Carrier Is Configured Mold Patents (Class 156/232)
  • Patent number: 11973246
    Abstract: A method of shaping a gasket on a separator without causing destruction and damage. A fuel battery separator gasket is shaped via a shaping of a sticking agent and a transfer of the sticking agent. During the shaping, the sticking agent to be the gasket is shaped on a flexible substrate having flexibility. During the transfer, the sticking agent shaped on the flexible substrate is transferred to one of a pair of separators facing each other with an electrolyte membrane provided in a fuel battery cell being interposed therebetween and each having a bead forming a flow path of fluid between the bead and the electrolyte membrane in close contact with the electrolyte membrane to shape the gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taisuke Matsuda, Shigeru Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11267279
    Abstract: A sparkling fabric includes: a fabric substrate; and a tri-layer adhered to the fabric substrate. The tri-layer includes: an adhesive layer that adheres the tri-layer to the fabric substrate; an exposed design layer; and a metal plating layer between the exposed design layer and the adhesive layer. The tri-layer is distributed as a plurality of separable and identifiable tri-layer pieces across the fabric substrate such that the distribution of tri-layer pieces has a density on the order of 15-25 pieces per centimeter squared (pcs/cm2) and a size of a piece is less than 1 millimeter (mm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventors: Man Kuen Cheung, Nga Man Chang, Sze Wing Ling
  • Patent number: 11130324
    Abstract: A decorative laminate lay-up used in the manufacture of decorative laminates includes a decorative laminate sheet assembly composed of resin impregnated paper layers and a textured release sheet positioned on a top surface of the decorative laminate sheet assembly. The textured release sheet provides a textured surface to decorative laminates resulting from processing of the decorative laminate sheet assembly, wherein the textured release sheet includes a textured surface exhibiting anti-reflective, hydrophobic and oleophobic characteristics leading to a fingerprint proof surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: WILSONART LLC
    Inventors: Muyuan M. Ma, Rajesh Ramamurthy
  • Patent number: 11123968
    Abstract: A decorative laminate lay-up used in the manufacture of decorative laminates includes a decorative laminate sheet assembly composed of resin impregnated paper layers and a textured release sheet positioned on a top surface of the decorative laminate sheet assembly. The textured release sheet provides a textured surface to decorative laminates resulting from processing of the decorative laminate sheet assembly, wherein the textured release sheet includes a textured surface exhibiting superhydrophobicity, self-cleaning and low surface energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: WILSONART LLC
    Inventors: Muyuan M. Ma, Rajesh Ramamurthy
  • Patent number: 11077639
    Abstract: A textured release sheet includes a substrate, which has been electron beam treated, including a top side and a bottom side. A matte surface is formed on the bottom side thereof, wherein the matte surface of the surfacing material is a coating of an radiation curable material applied to the bottom side of the substrate. The coating is an UV curable acrylate mixture applied to the substrate, wherein the UV curable acrylate mixture is irradiated with UV-radiation via an excimer laser emitter to produce a UV-irradiated layer wherein the UV curable acrylate mixture is only crosslinked on the surface thereof, which produces a matting surface through the effects of a micro-convolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: WILSONART LLC
    Inventors: Muyuan M Ma, Rajesh Ramamurthy, Jin Chao, Mahesh Subramanian
  • Patent number: 11052584
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method to embed a label essentially consisting of a paper substrate carrying electronic inks and/or a printed electronic circuit and/or device (thereby achieving a paper-based electronic circuit) directly into a moulded plastic piece (also designated as plastic object), the embedding of the paper-based electronic circuit and the production of the plastic piece being performed in a single operation. The invention thus also relates to a method to manufacture plastic objects embedding such label. The invention also concerns a plastic object encompassing a label essentially consisting of a paper substrate carrying electronic inks and/or a printed electronic circuit and/or device (thereby achieving a paper-based electronic circuit) embedded in the moulded plastic and in particular an object obtained by the method disclosed to prepare a moulded plastic piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: AW BRANDING LIMITED
    Inventors: Christophe Chartier, Gaël Depres, Jean-Marie Vau
  • Patent number: 10486375
    Abstract: A production method for a fiber-reinforced plastic, in which a preform made of a reinforcing fiber substrate and having a three-dimensional shape and an inner mold operatable in a lateral direction different from an up-down direction are disposed in a mold cavity formed by an upper mold and a lower mold, and a state in which a plate thickness of the preform has been made greater than the thickness of a molded article to be obtained is brought about, and a matrix resin is injected and impregnated into the preform, and, after that, at least one of the upper mold and the lower mold is operated toward the other and the inner mold is operated in the lateral direction to pressurize the preform, whereby the thickness of the preform is controlled so as to be equal to a predetermined product's thickness, and subsequently the matrix resin is hardened by heating to obtain the molded article, and a production apparatus for a fiber-reinforced plastic for use in the production method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Naofumi Hosokawa, Hiroshi Odani, Masato Furukawa, Masaaki Yamasaki, Akihiko Shirahase
  • Patent number: 10353201
    Abstract: A design engine for designing an article to be worn on a human body part (input canvas) in a virtual environment. A virtual model engine of the design engine is used to generate and modify a virtual model of the input canvas and a virtual model of the article based on skin-based gesture inputs detected by an input processing engine. The gesture inputs comprise contacts between an input tool and the input canvas at locations on the input canvas. The virtual model engine may implement different design modes for receiving and processing gesture inputs for designing the article, including direct manipulation, generative manipulation, and parametric manipulation modes. In all three modes, a resulting virtual model of the article is based on physical geometries of at least part of the input canvas. The resulting virtual model of the article is exportable to a fabrication device for physical fabrication of the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventors: Madeline Gannon, Tovi Grossman, George Fitzmaurice
  • Patent number: 10119793
    Abstract: A slash-protecting panel is affordable, comfortable, flexible, light, and concealable, while providing at least 80N HOSDB slash protection. A plurality of solid elements are aligned on upper and lower backing sheets in rows and columns separated by continuous gaps between 25% and 95% as wide as the solid elements, the upper elements being centered above the gap intersections of the lower elements, leaving isolated gap “islands” uncovered but no continuous gaps. Embodiments further include a third layer with smaller “button” solid elements arranged behind the gap islands, leaving no gaps. The solid elements can be ceramic or metal, and the backing sheets can be ballistic fabric, or any convenient woven, non-woven, or warp knit. Solid elements can be attached to the sheets by rivets or adhesives, or held in pockets. Embodiments include an inner and/or an outer covering layer of a knit or similar fabric for added comfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Warwick Mills Inc.
    Inventor: Charles A Howland
  • Patent number: 9956704
    Abstract: A panel includes a thermoset material, and an image comprising sublimation ink. The sublimation ink is absorbed in the thermoset material. The rigid component may be a rigid structure formed by the thermoset material. The panel may be for a bath or shower enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventors: Steven Grunwald, Jonathan Kyle, Robert D. Hill
  • Patent number: 9868235
    Abstract: A compacting and injection mold for a fiber preform is for use in fabricating a turbine engine guide vane out of composite material. The mold includes a shell forming a trough that is to receive the fiber preform and that is closed in leaktight manner by bottom and top covers, compacting blocks arranged inside the trough each having a surface pressing normally against a surface of the fiber preform that is to be compacted, and closure blocks arranged inside the trough. Each closure block has a surface pressing normally against a surface of a compacting block and does not have a surface in contact with the fiber preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Romain Plante, Lise Lacroix, Olivier Patrigeon, Jean-Pierre Cauchois, Pascal Burek
  • Patent number: 9833934
    Abstract: A method for producing shape memory anti-counterfeiting identifier includes the following steps: a high polymer material with a shape memory function without the need of sunshine cross-linking or chemical cross-linking is directly extruded to become sheet in an extruder or is injected to be molded in an injection molding machine, and the extruded sheet can be a planar sheet or a sheet having a surface on which concave-convex patterns or characters are formed; the above sheet is then heated to the temperature higher than the vitrification temperature and lower than the melting point temperature, and the patterns or characters are pressed on the planar sheet, or the sheet on which the concave-convex patterns or characters are already formed is pressed to become planes or other patterns and characters; the sheet is then cut into small sheets, wherein one pattern or one group of characters is implied on every small sheet, and when the small sheets are again heated to the temperature higher than the vitrification
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU MANBORUI MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhongqun Zhang, Yiye Zhang, Lilan Ke
  • Patent number: 9618757
    Abstract: Using a stereoscopic image display device 10 formed by arranging plural cubic corner bodies 12 in a plane state such that shaft centers thereof are parallel to each other, each of the bodies 12 having three reflective planes 17-19 perpendicular to each other and a reflected light outlet 11 a provided at a corner of the planes 17-19, and placing a half mirror 14 on a light entrance plane of the bodies 12, an image is formed by letting a light from an object 26 in the light entrance plane of the bodies 12 and recursively reflecting the light off the bodies 12; and reflecting the recursively reflected light off the half mirror 14 and letting the light out from the reflected light outlet 11a to outside. Accordingly, a stereoscopic image, i.e., a real image of the object can be observed when the device 10 is viewed from a front side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: ASUKANET COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto Otsubo
  • Patent number: 9493914
    Abstract: An economical, permanent construction of traffic surfaces that does not require an extensive use of resources and that is cost-effective to produce, and in particular that of protecting the parts of the bound and unbound layers of the traffic surface construction that lie beneath the surface layer of the carriageway from the ingress of water. A construction comprising at least one base layer, at least one asphalt surface layer and at least one intermediate layer applied to the at least one base layer, said at least one intermediate layer comprising a material that contains at least one silane-terminated polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: DENSO-HOLDING GMBH & CO.
    Inventor: Thomas Markus Kaiser
  • Patent number: 9415537
    Abstract: A demolding device detaches a sheet-shaped mold from a molded product. The demolding device includes a molded product holder placed in a location different from a transfer device. The molded product holder is constructed and arranged to hold the molded product while being adhered to a first region of the mold. A detaching roller on which the mold is wound is movably provided above the molded product holder in an extending direction of the mold to roll up and detach the mold from the molded product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: TOSHIBA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinya Itani, Hiromi Nishihara, Takato Baba, Takaharu Tashiro, Takafumi Ookawa, Hidetoshi Kitahara
  • Patent number: 9023165
    Abstract: A method for the production of a fibrous network-substrate component includes the steps of providing a network of fibrous material (1) on a preliminary substrate (2) by filtering high aspect ratio molecular structures (HARM-structures) from gas flow, placing the network of fibrous material (1) on the preliminary substrate (2) in proximity to a secondary substrate (3), applying a force to the network of fibrous material (1) to preferably attract the network of fibrous material (1) from the preliminary substrate (2) to the secondary substrate (3) in order to transfer the network of fibrous material (1) from the preliminary substrate (2) to the secondary substrate (3), and removing the preliminary substrate (2) from the network of fibrous material (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Canatu Oy
    Inventors: David P. Brown, Andrei Ollikainen, Esko I. Kauppinen, Albert G. Nasibulin, Jussi Heikkonen
  • Patent number: 9005493
    Abstract: A 3-d stereoscopic viewing lens which the retarder film is made of a PVA film. A 3-D stereoscopic viewing lens having a linear polarized film, one or more lens substrate layers, and an epoxy layer. A process of making retarder film including mounting a PVA film to an assembly line; wetting, cleaning, and washing the PVA film through said assembly line; softening, expanding and stretching the PVA film's x-axis through said assembly line; adding gap filling agent to the PVA film; stretching the PVA film's y-axis through a width frame holder and as a result transforming the PVA film into a retarder film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Inventor: Roger Wen-Yi Hsu
  • Patent number: 8940120
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new method for manufacturing an electronic part, which is capable of reducing the number of steps of superpose-printing, achieving positional accuracy (alignment accuracy) of precise superposed patterns, and layering with substantially no difference in level, thereby improving productivity and dimensional accuracy and eliminating defects. The method for manufacturing an electronic part includes the steps of forming a composite ink pattern layer on a releasing surface of a transfer plate using a relief offset method, and then simultaneously reversely transferring the composite ink pattern layer to a printing object. Various organic transistor elements are formed by combining a conductive ink, an insulating ink, and an ink containing a semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventor: Masayoshi Kotake
  • Patent number: 8940122
    Abstract: A protective adhesive film may include a polyurethane sheet and an adhesive layer disposed on at least a portion of a first major surface of the polyurethane sheet. The adhesive layer may comprise a pressure-sensitive adhesive that includes an acrylate polymer and a silicone macromer. The adhesive layer may adhere to a surface of an electronic device without the application of any liquid or additive to the adhesive layer or the surface of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Wrapsol Acquisition, LLC
    Inventors: Lewis S. Cohen, Juan Maldonado, Igor Muravyov, Brett G. Webster
  • Patent number: 8932424
    Abstract: Paint film composites comprise sheet metal, a color layer, and an optional transparent protective layer. Methods of making and using the paint film composites, and shaped articles made thereby, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Michael A. Johnson, Frank A. Brandys, Kent E. Nielsen, Charlie C. Ho, Vijay Rajamani
  • Patent number: 8906182
    Abstract: A method for preparing a composite fabric includes: casting a foamed liquid adhesive onto a smooth release-coated web; applying a fabric to the wet adhesive; fixing the adhesive to the fabric by drying; removing the release-coated web from the adhesive coated intermediate; depositing onto an embossed casting substrate a layer of liquid skin coat composition; applying the porous adhesive layer of the adhesive-coated intermediate to the wet skin layer; drying to fix the skin layer to the adhesive-coated intermediate; and separating the embossed casting substrate from the dried composite to provide the composite fabric. The resulting composite fabrics look and feel like soft shell composite fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Dartex Coatings, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas C. Colasanto
  • Patent number: 8795454
    Abstract: In a manufacturing method for a monolithic ceramic electronic component, a plurality of green chips arrayed in row and column directions which are obtained after cutting a mother block are spaced apart from each other and then tumbled, thereby uniformly making the side surface of each of the green chips an open surface. Thereafter, an adhesive is applied to the side surface. Then, by placing a side surface ceramic green sheet on an affixation elastic body, and pressing the side surface of the green chips against the side surface ceramic green sheet, the side surface ceramic green sheet is punched and stuck to the side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Togo Matsui, Minoru Dooka, Hiroyoshi Takashima, Kenichi Okajima
  • Patent number: 8556617
    Abstract: For manufacture of fiber-reinforced components, a positionable base frame is used on which a controllable holding device is provided for gripping and holding at least one reinforced fiber layer. A draping device is provided on the base frame, using which the reinforced fiber layer may be draped onto a mold core via the application of a vacuum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Broetje Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Raphael Reinhold, Stefan Juergens
  • Patent number: 8460498
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for of applying a sublimation transfer to a coffee cup having a handle connected at two locations to the cup. A sublimation transfer is placed around the container with a dye image an outer surface of the cup and extending beneath the handle. An elastic clamp wraps around the cup and sublimation transfer and extends beneath the handle to press the dye layer against the cup beneath the handle. The clamp has an elongated opening near one end of the clamp and the opening is placed over the handle to fasten the clamp to the cup. The wrapped cup and sublimation transfer is placed on a conveyor oven for sublimation heating, with the clamp being removed for reuse after the sublimation transfer of the dye layer onto the cup is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Photo U.S.A., Corp.
    Inventors: James Peng, Dexian Wang
  • Publication number: 20130143414
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods for fabricating polymer nanostructures and nanostructured electrodes are disclosed. Material layers are deposited onto polymer nanostructures to form nanostructured electrodes and devices including the nanostructured electrodes, such as photovoltaic cells, light-emitting diodes, and field-effect transistors. Embodiments of the disclosed methods are suitable for commercial-scale production of large-area nanostructured polymer scaffolds and large-area nanostructured electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
    Inventors: Jayan Thomas, Nasser N. Peyghambarian, Robert A. Norwood, Palash Gangopadhyay
  • Patent number: 8349114
    Abstract: A strelchable wrap for holding a sheet with sublimable ink against an object, such as a mug, for transferring an image from the sheet to the mug. The wrap has two layers of elastomeric, rubber material glued together. The inner layer has a greater sponginess to conform the sheet to the mug, while the outer layer has greater strength to stretch and hold the web over the sheet. Flexible rods, held at the ends of the rubber sheet by the outer layer glued to itself, attach the web with the sheet to the mug. The rods connect together above and below the mug and hold the rubber web in a stretched condition with the inked sheet in contact with the mug. The rods also extend above and below the rubber web which, in turn, is wider than the mug. Connecting together the ends of the connector rods permits their joinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Inventor: Cary Green
  • Patent number: 8277593
    Abstract: A printing plate and a method of fabricating an LCD device are disclosed. The printing plate includes convex and concave portions, and a blanket support formed in the concave portion to prevent the bottom of the concave portion from being directly in contact with a pattern material coated on a blanket of a printing roll. The blanket support is additionally formed in the concave portion of the printing plate to prevent the pattern material coated on the blanket of the printing roll from being directly in contact with the bottom of the concave portion. In this case, the pattern material can be prevented from being transferred onto the printing plate in an undesired pattern. As a result, it is possible to form a precise pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul Ho Kim, Tae Young Oh
  • Patent number: 8236126
    Abstract: An encapsulation method of an environmentally sensitive electronic element is provided. A first substrate is provided, wherein at least one first alignment mark and a plurality of environmentally sensitive electronic elements are formed on the first substrate. A second substrate is provided, wherein at least one second alignment mark and a plurality of limiting cavities are formed on the second substrate. A plurality of cover lids is respectively disposed in the limiting cavities. An adhesive is formed on the cover lids. The first substrate and the second substrate are laminated together with the first alignment mark and the second alignment mark as reference, so that the environmentally sensitive electronic elements are sealed in the adhesive and located between the first substrate and the second substrate. The second substrate and the cover lids are separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kuang-Jung Chen, Shu-Tang Yeh, Ping-I Shih, Kung-Yu Cheng, Jian-Lin Wu
  • Patent number: 8211529
    Abstract: To endow a velourlike carrier (7), which has a finely fibrous surface, in particular a grain leather having a buffed topside or a synthetic velour material, and has been provided with a dressing (1) which has a grain texture on its face side the dressing (1) consisting of a consolidated polymeric dispersion and being produced separately on a substrate having a textured surface corresponding to the grain texture, with the requisite properties in terms of softness and abrasion resistance, but particularly in terms of air and water vapor permeability, the dressing (1) has capillaries (11) which extend throughout its entire thickness, which everywhere is substantially the same, and is bonded to the carrier (7) via a thin bonding layer (12) formed of a consolidated polymeric dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Philipp Schaefer
  • Patent number: 8153081
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, an optical-based test sensor for use in the determination of an analyte in a liquid sample is disclosed. The test sensor includes a base, a polymer carrier, and a test membrane. The base has a capillary channel formed in a surface of the base that is adapted to move a liquid sample from an inlet to a reaction area formed in the base. The polymer carrier has a lower surface adhered to the surface of the base and is disposed over at least a portion of the capillary channel. The test membrane, which contains a reagent, is adhered to the lower surface of the polymer carrier and extends from the polymer carrier into the reaction area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer Healthcare LLC
    Inventor: Rex J. Kuriger
  • Patent number: 8137497
    Abstract: A method includes the steps of providing a first tape base material on a single side of a stiffener substrate, forming, on the stiffener substrate, a cavity for accommodating a semiconductor chip therein, inserting the stiffener substrate in the cavity and providing the stiffener substrate on the first tape base material, sealing the semiconductor chip and the stiffener substrate with a sealing resin, and removing the first tape base material and forming a build-up layer on a tape removing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sunohara, Kei Murayama, Mitsutoshi Higashi, Hideaki Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20120052259
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new method for manufacturing an electronic part, which is capable of reducing the number of steps of superpose-printing, achieving positional accuracy (alignment accuracy) of precise superposed patterns, and layering with substantially no difference in level, thereby improving productivity and dimensional accuracy and eliminating defects. The method for manufacturing an electronic part includes the steps of forming a composite ink pattern layer on a releasing surface of a transfer plate using a relief offset method, and then simultaneously reversely transferring the composite ink pattern layer to a printing object. Various organic transistor elements are formed by combining a conductive ink, an insulating ink, and an ink containing a semiconductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masayoshi Kotake
  • Publication number: 20120021191
    Abstract: A structure comprising high aspect ratio molecular structures (HARM-structures), wherein the structure comprises an essentially planar network (2) of HARM-structures, and a support (3) in contact with the network (2). The support (3) has an opening (5) therein, at the peripheral region (4) of which opening (5) the network (2) is in contact with the support (3), such that the middle part of the network (2) is unsupported by the support (3). The network (2) comprises essentially randomly oriented HARM-structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Canatu Oy
    Inventors: David P. Brown, Bradley J. Aitchison, Albert G. Nasibulin, Esko I. Kauppinen
  • Publication number: 20110277922
    Abstract: Disclosed are a base material manufacturing method, in which transfer of the structure of a mold to the entire surface of a base material is possible, irrespective of planarity of the mold or the base material, and in-plane uniformity of the transfer and uniformity of in-plane distribution of a remaining layer thickness can be achieved, and a nanoimprint lithography method and a mold duplicating method employing the base material manufacturing method. The method comprises forming on a transfer mold a cured layer composed of a transfer material, superposing on the surface of the cured transfer material layer a base material having a surface capable of adhering to the cured transfer material layer by physical interaction so that the cured material layer and the base material are adhered to each other to form an integrated material, and then separating the integrated material from the transfer mold to obtain a base material with the transfer material layer transferred thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Osamu Masuda, Motohiro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20110240739
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for the authentication of an article comprising the steps of generating identification data about an article, geometrical coding the identification data to form one geometric coding, incorporating the geometrical coding into a random pattern to forman authentication pattern, and embedding physically the authentication pattern onto the surface of the article to create a specific roughness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Delaigle, Joël De Coninck, Carl Emmerechts, Rudi Deklerck, Philippe Lemaire
  • Patent number: 8002931
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for of applying a sublimation transfer to a coffee cup having a handle connected at two locations to the cup. A sublimation transfer is placed around the container with a dye image an outer surface of the cup and extending beneath the handle. An elastic clamp wraps around the cup and sublimation transfer and extends beneath the handle to press the dye layer against the cup beneath the handle. The clamp has an elongated opening near one end of the clamp and the opening is placed over the handle to fasten the clamp to the cup. The wrapped cup and sublimation transfer is placed on a conveyor oven for sublimation heating, with the clamp being removed for reuse after the sublimation transfer of the dye layer onto the cup is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Photo USA Corp.
    Inventors: Dexian Wang, James Peng
  • Patent number: 7998301
    Abstract: Techniques to apply a label to an object are described. In one embodiment, the label application system can include a magazine, an indexer, a separator, an applicator and an impressor. The magazine may hold one or more sets of contiguous labels. The indexer advances a label from the contiguous set of labels. The separator separates the label from the contiguous set of labels. The applicator may apply adhesive to the separated label or, alternatively, a substrate of the object. The impressor presses the label onto the desired object to complete the attachment process. In one embodiment the indexer is mechanically implemented. Alternatively, the indexer can receive control signals from a processor which control the movement of the indexer through the desired indexing positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Denholm, John C. Ford
  • Publication number: 20110165365
    Abstract: A method for encapsulating structures (11) (typically MEMS structures) supported by a carrier substrate (12) (typically made of glass or silicon), includes: application, on the carrier substrate (12), of at least one cover (7) supported by a mould (1, 2, 6), the mould including a catching layer (6), each cover (7) being in contact with the catching layer (6); then fastening of at least one cover (7) onto the carrier substrate (12); and then separation of the mould (1, 2, 6) from the at least one cover (7). The catching layer (6) includes a fluoropolymer. Preferably, the mould (1, 2, 6) is mechanically separated from the at least one cover (7), by pulling the mould (1, 2, 6) away from the at least one cover (7). Thus, the mould (1) can be reused, which considerably simplifies encapsulating operations carried out on an industrial scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: KFM TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sebastien Brault, Elisabeth Dufour-Gergam, Martial Desgeorges
  • Patent number: 7943002
    Abstract: A tool and a method for packaging lens module are provided. The method for packaging lens module includes the following steps. Firstly, a carrier having at least one cavity is provided. Next, a holder is disposed in the cavity. Then, a die is disposed on a surface of a substrate. After that, the substrate is inversely placed on the carrier, wherein the surface where the die is disposed faces the carrier, and the die corresponds to the holder. Then, a cover plate covers the carrier and the substrate, such that the substrate is fixed on the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Hsin-Chieh Lu
  • Publication number: 20110058354
    Abstract: An optical sheet receiving an incident light from a light source is provided. The optical sheet includes a body, a plurality of reflective structures, and a plurality of Fresnel lens units. The body includes an incident surface and an emergent surface. The incident surface receives the incident light with an incident angle. The refractive index of the body is ni and i is a positive integer. The reflective structures are placed on the body. There is a spacing W between two neighboring reflective structures. In the direction of the incident light, the thickness of the reflective structure is t. The Fresnel lens units, having a width P, are disposed on the emergent surface. Each Fresnel lens is corresponded to the spacing. When the equation, tan?1 [P2/6t]>sin?1 ?i=1j1/ni,j?1, is satisfied, the incident light passes through the spacing, the incident angle is adjusted by the thickness t and converged by the Fresnel lens units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Entire Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yan-Zuo Chen, Wen-Feng Cheng, Li-Ping Cho
  • Publication number: 20100143667
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying nail tabs to roofing and building cover materials involving the steps of depositing tab material onto the surface of the roofing or building cover material, during or after its manufacture, resulting in a plurality of nail tabs from a lamination roll, and bonding the tabs to the surface of the material by pressure between the lamination roll and said surface. The method also encompasses depositing the tab material or pre-formed tabs by a pressure roll in contact with said surface. The tabs preferably are made substantially of a polymer material and may be hardened or cured by ultra-violet or visible light. The tabs may also be pre-formed and have adhesive backing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: David Allan Collins, George William Jackson, Miguel E. Madero O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20100101713
    Abstract: Disclosed are a printing mold and a manufacturing method thereof, and a method of forming a thin film pattern using the printing mold. The printing mold comprises a polymer-based main body with convex and concave surface portions, and an ink-phobic layer disposed on the concave surface portions of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu-Young KIM, Jae-Hyuk Chang, Dae-Jin Park, Ju-Han Bae
  • Patent number: 7704345
    Abstract: A method for decorating the cylindrical walls of receptacles, comprising the following steps: a) moveable mandrels are arranged in a loop and are displaced, keeping their axes parallel to a direction D; b) each receptacle is engaged by the cylindrical wall thereof on the mandrel; c) the mandrel is brought into the vicinity of a marking cylinder which turns about a fixed axis parallel to direction D; d) the mandrel is rotated at a speed which is correlated with that of the marking cylinder; e) a transfer film support strip is displaced between the marking cylinder and the mandrel; f) the marking cylinder and mandrel are placed in contact with each other such that the marked area of the transfer film adheres to the cylindrical wall; g) the support strip is removed from the cylindrical wall of the receptacle. The inventive method is adapted to the manufacture of flexible tubes and can be easily implemented on existing devices such as capping machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Cebal SAS
    Inventor: Michel Bosshardt
  • Patent number: 7686910
    Abstract: A method and a device for the automated application of a self-adhesive paint film to a three-dimensionally curved bodywork part, using a robotic application tool, the paint film being held ready in the form of a multi-layered film composite ready for picking up. After picking up has taken place, a protective strip on the adhesive side is removed from the film section, which is held taut, by means of a contact piece attached to the film composite on the end side and the adhesive side of the film section is thereby exposed. The paint film section is subsequently aligned above the body part to be covered, at a small distance from it, and is progressively pressed onto the bodywork part from the spaced-apart, taut position by means of a roller or doctor moving over the paint film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Uwe Habisreitinger, Bernhard Nordmann
  • Patent number: 7678423
    Abstract: An elastomeric stamp is used to deposit material on a non-planar substrate. A vacuum mold is used to deform the elastomeric stamp and pressure is applied to transfer material from the stamp to the substrate. By decreasing the vacuum applied by the vacuum mold, the elasticity of the stamp may be used to apply this pressure. Pressure also may be applied by applying a force to the substrate and/or the stamp. The use of an elastomeric stamp allows for patterned layers to be deposited on a non-planar substrate with reduced chance of damage to the patterned layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of Michigan, The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Stephen Forrest, Xin Xu, Xiangfei Qi, Marcelo Davanco
  • Patent number: 7618510
    Abstract: A method of applying a pattern on a topography includes first applying a polymer film to an elastomer member, such as PDMS, to form a pad. The pad is then applied to a substrate having a varying topography under pressure. The polymer film is transferred to the substrate due to the plastic deformation of the polymer film under pressure compared to the elastic deformation of the PDMS member. Thus, upon removal of the pad from the substrate, the PDMS member pulls away from the polymer layer, thereby depositing the polymer layer upon the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Li Tan, Yen-Peng Kong, Stella W. Pang, Albert F. Yee
  • Patent number: 7601039
    Abstract: An electronic interconnection apparatus can include a sacrificial substrate, which can include first trenches and second trenches formed in the sacrificial substrate. The first trenches can be disposed below a surface of the sacrificial substrate, and the second trenches can be disposed below the first trenches. First sidewalls can connect the surface and the first trenches, and the first sidewalls can be angled with respect to the surface and the first trenches. Second sidewalls can connect the first trenches and the second trenches, and the second sidewalls can be angled with respect to the first trenches and the second trenches. Spring contact elements can reside upon the sacrificial substrate. Each of the spring contact elements can have a first portion disposed on the surface, a second portion disposed on one of the first trenches, and a third portion disposed on one of the second trenches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: FormFactor, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin N. Eldridge, Gary W. Grube, Igor Y. Khandros, Gaetan L. Mathieu
  • Publication number: 20090242107
    Abstract: A method includes the steps of providing a first tape base material on a single side of a stiffener substrate, forming, on the stiffener substrate, a cavity for accommodating a semiconductor chip therein, inserting the stiffener substrate in the cavity and providing the stiffener substrate on the first tape base material, sealing the semiconductor chip and the stiffener substrate with a sealing resin, and removing the first tape base material and forming a build-up layer on a tape removing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sunohara, Kei Murayama, Mitsutoshi Higashi, Hideaki Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 7591971
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an adhesive moulded body (1, 1?) having an at least partially adhesive outer side (3, 3?), said moulded body being formed in a form tool (6), for example by means of an injection moulding method. According to the invention, an adhesive body (4, 4?) or a semi-finished product of an adhesive body (4, 4?) is produced, or said adhesive body (4, 4?) and semi-finished product can be simultaneously produced. To this end, the tool (6) comprises two separable tool parts (7) and (9), two nozzles (9) and (10) ending in a form cavity (13). An adhesive (12) or a semi-finished adhesive product are sprayed onto the rear side of the film (14). A suitable plastic (11) is sprayed into the form cavity (13) by means of the nozzle (9), in order to form the base body (2?). The nozzle (10) enables the adhesive body (4?) to be produced by means of injection moulding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Weidmann Plastics Technology AG
    Inventor: Norbert Marie Ahlborn
  • Patent number: RE47777
    Abstract: An economical, permanent construction of traffic surfaces that does not require an extensive use of resources and that is cost-effective to produce, and in particular that of protecting the parts of the bound and unbound layers of the traffic surface construction that lie beneath the surface layer of the carriageway from the ingress of water. A construction comprising at least one base layer, at least one asphalt surface layer and at least one intermediate layer applied to the at least one base layer, said at least one intermediate layer comprising a material that contains at least one silane-terminated polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO-HOLDING GMBH & CO
    Inventor: Thomas Markus Kaiser