Applying Pressure Before Electrical, Magnetic, Or Radiant Energy Patents (Class 156/273.7)
  • Patent number: 11860453
    Abstract: Methods of manufacturing an ophthalmic lens are described. The methods include a step of providing an ophthalmic lens; and a step of providing a photocurable film. The methods use a digital light projections system to photocure at least one region of the film to produce at least one photocured gradient index refractive element. The film is applied to a surface of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Sourav Saha, Paul Chamberlain, Arthur Bradley, Baskar Arumugam
  • Patent number: 11766835
    Abstract: A welding process may be configured to convert a substrate into a welded substrate by applying a process solvent to the substrate, wherein the process solvent interrupts one or more intermolecular force between one or more component in the substrate. The substrate may be configured as a natural fiber, such as cellulose, hemicelluloses, and silk. The process solvent may be configured as an ionic-liquid based solvent and the welded substrate may be a congealed network after the process solvent has been adequately swollen and/or mobilized the substrate. A welding process may be configured such that individual fibers of a substrate are not fully dissolved such that material in the fiber core may be left in the native state by controlling process variables. The welding process fibers may have a tenacity 10% or 20% greater or a diameter 25% less than that of a cellulosic-based yarn substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Natural Fiber Welding, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke Michael Haverhals, Aaron Kenneth Amstutz, Jonglak Choi, Xiling Tang, Michael Molter, Spencer Jacob Null
  • Patent number: 11701844
    Abstract: A pulling device is provided for a pultrusion device, having at least one clamping device that can be moved in a pultrusion direction. The clamping device is designed to frictionally seize a pultruded profiled strand to be conveyed, in order to apply a tensile force to the profiled strand. The clamping device has at least three clamping jaws that can be moved in relation to each other, for peripherally clamping the profiled strand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Christoph Eisch
  • Patent number: 11691332
    Abstract: Systems and methods in which a material or materials (e.g., a viscous material) are printed or otherwise transferred onto an intermediate substrate at a printing unit(s). The intermediate substrate having an image of material printed thereon is subsequently transferred to a sample building unit, and the image of material is transferred from the intermediate substrate to a sample at the sample building unit. Optionally, the printing unit(s) includes a coating system that creates a uniform layer of the material on a donor substrate, and the material is transferred from the donor substrate onto the intermediate substrate at the printing unit(s). Each of the printing units may employ a variety of printing or other transfer technologies. The system may also include material curing, heating, sintering, ablating, material filling, imaging and cleaning units to aid in the overall process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: IO Tech Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Zenou, Ziv Gilan, Guy Nesher
  • Patent number: 11613086
    Abstract: A method for producing a reinforcing bar by pultrusion, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a source of fibres; b) assembling the fibres into a bundle; c) impregnating the bundle with a thermosetting resin; d) eliminating excess resin from the bundle; e) compressing the bundle in a centripetal manner; f) exposing the bundle to a radiant energy source; g) spraying particles onto a surface of the bundle; and h) exposing the bundle to radiation in order to initiate, on the surface of same, the polymerisation of the resin. The present invention also concerns a system provided with corresponding devices in order to be able to implement the method. The present invention also concerns a reinforcing bar obtained with the described method and/or system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Pultrall Inc.
    Inventors: Alexandre Lallier, Danny St-Cyr
  • Patent number: 11598607
    Abstract: An apparatus implementable on a firearm includes a lens, a light source, a control unit coupled to control the light source to project an image of an aim point onto the lens, and a housing structure that houses the lens, the light source, and the control unit, with a portion of the housing structure forming a shroud that surrounds the lens. The lens includes an ultraviolet (UV)-sensitive lens that darkens responsive to sensing a UV light. Alternatively, or additionally, the shroud is sensitive to the UV light and a color of the shroud darkens responsive to sensing the UV light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Strike IP, LLC
    Inventors: Shanyao Lee, Felix Danishwara
  • Patent number: 10954416
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a connection structure capable of increasing the allowable range of a spacing between terminals of a component and mounting at a low temperature. The method for manufacturing a connection structure includes a disposition step of disposing, through an anisotropic conductive adhesive of a thermosetting type including conductive particles, a first electronic component including a first terminal row and a second electronic component including a second terminal row facing the first terminal row, a thermal pressurization step of thermally pressurizing the first electronic component and the second electronic component to sandwich the conductive particles between the first terminal row and the second terminal row, and a full curing step of irradiating with infrared laser light to fully cure the anisotropic conductive adhesive in a state where the conductive particles are sandwiched between the first terminal row and the second terminal row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki Ozeki
  • Patent number: 10703394
    Abstract: A method of producing an electrode-equipped plate spring of a railcar bogie includes: a resin removing step of partially irradiating a surface of fiber-reinforced resin, prepared by including electrically conductive fibers in resin, of a plate spring with a laser beam to partially remove the resin and partially expose the electrically conductive fibers; and an electrode forming step of attaching an electrode to an exposed region formed by partially exposing the electrically conductive fibers of the fiber-reinforced resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takehiro Nishimura, Yousuke Tsumura, Masayuki Mitsue, Teruhisa Nakaoka, Fumihide Inamura, Katsuyuki Kawashima, Akira Todoroki, Yusuke Nishio
  • Patent number: 10625477
    Abstract: A reinforcing fiber sheet manufacturing apparatus configured to place a reinforcing fiber bundle on a table includes a fiber bundle supply mechanism configured to feed the reinforcing fiber bundle and equipped with a fiber bundle pressing portion that is configured to press the reinforcing fiber bundle against the table; and a cutting blade located independently of the fiber bundle supply mechanism and configured to cut the reinforcing fiber bundle that is pressed by the fiber bundle pressing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Haruhiko Tsuji, Tamotsu Suzuki, Yasumoto Noguchi, Yasuhiro Sato
  • Patent number: 10502984
    Abstract: An electronic ink sealing chamber, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The electronic ink sealing chamber includes: a housing and electronic ink sealed inside the housing, a plurality of electrode groups being provided on inner sides of the housing, each of the electrode groups including a first electrode and a second electrode provided opposite to the first electrode, a connection line between a center of the first electrode and a center of the second electrode of each of the electrode groups being a line of centers, and any two of lines of centers of the plurality of electrode groups being not parallel to each other. When these lines of centers are in a same plane, they are intersected with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingchao Wang, Junwei Wang
  • Patent number: 10449736
    Abstract: A system and method for forming a composite part. The apparatus comprises a sleeve that molds a composite material. The sleeve has a first face and a second face. The second face has features to mold the composite material. The first face comprises a first inclined surface having an angle less than about 90 degrees and greater than about 0 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Charles R. Prebil, James R. Fox
  • Patent number: 10437284
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a display module, a bracket disposed on a rear surface of the display module, and a first adhesive member which fixes at least a portion of the display module to the bracket, between the display module and the bracket. The first adhesive member may have adhesive force which is reduced to a specified value or less by at least one of force, light, and/or heat applied from outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Ju Kwak, Sung Gwan Woo, Sung Ho Ahn, Hun Jo Jung, Soon Ik Park
  • Patent number: 10369750
    Abstract: The device for welding thermoplastic parts includes a matrix for positioning the parts to be assembled, the matrix including an amagnetic insulating insert that defines joining zones in which the welds must be produced, a bladder defining a sealed volume and means for producing a partial vacuum in the sealed volume, and means for moving a magnetic induction head to near the joining zones and without making contact with the bladder. The welding process includes positioning at least one first part, then of placing metal inserts on areas of the first part corresponding to the joining zones that must be welded, and then positioning at least one second part. A bladder is put in place covering the parts and a partial vacuum is created in the volume defined by the bladder. The magnetic induction head is moved to produce the weld bead without contact while the partial vacuum is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus SAS
    Inventor: Eric Soccard
  • Patent number: 10221325
    Abstract: An ink composition according to the present invention contains an adhesiveness providing component including an acrylate monomer for providing an adhesiveness with respect to a print medium, and a rigidity providing component including at least one substance selected from the group consisting of a multi-functional acrylate monomer and a multi-functional acrylate oligomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignees: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., MURAKAMI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masakatsu Okawa, Syuji Iwata, Tsuguo Yamaoka
  • Patent number: 10113671
    Abstract: A process for the production of a pipe comprising: an interior surface having a shape; and a thermoplastic inliner is provided. The process comprises: introducing the thermoplastic inliner into the interior of the pipe; heating the pipe from the outside to a temperature higher than a crystallite melting point (Tm) of a molding composition of an exterior surface of the inliner; expanding the inliner radially in the pipe so that an exterior surface of the inliner assumes the shape of the interior surface of the pipe; and cooling the inliner; wherein a cross section of the inliner is optionally reduced through exposure to an exterior force prior to being introduced into the pipe. Relative movements between carrier pipe and inliner are thus prevented; the risk of collapse of the inliner is moreover low. The pipe is used for the production of a laid pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: EVONIK DEGUSSA GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Franosch, Jan Berger, Andreas Dowe, Marco Gensheimer, Uwe Kannengiesser
  • Patent number: 10065404
    Abstract: A process for in-line laminating a heavy-gauge transparent polymer sheet with a pre-pre-formed polymer film to produce a laminated polymer sheet. The pre-formed polymer film can impart one or more aesthetic or functional elements to the heavy-gauge polymer sheet. The resulting laminate can have equivalent, or enhanced, properties as compared to conventionally-prepared laminates and can be formed into a variety of articles with multiple end uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Ryan Thomas Neill, Patsy Jeanine Barton, Jill Ellen Cline, James Hubert David, David Gayle Salyer
  • Patent number: 9987782
    Abstract: A nozzle heater assembly coupled to a hot runner nozzle includes a heater support made of at least two support segments spaced apart by a gap. A heater element secured to both support segments is configured to limit the gap between the two segments. The nozzle heater assembly to be coupled to a hot runner may also include in other applications a heater support formed of a single piece and configured as a hollow helical tube including at least two axial gaps. A heater element is secured to the helical tube, where the helical tube can be compressed or stretched axially to alter a clamping force generated when the helical tube and the heater are coupled to the hot runner nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: OTTO MÄNNER INNOVATION GMBH
    Inventor: Swen Spuller
  • Patent number: 9796132
    Abstract: A mandrel for use in welding an air mattress having a top layer, bottom layer and at least one baffle joining the top layer and bottom layer, the mandrel includes a central mounting block; a baffle locating pin on a top surface of the central mounting block for securing the baffle to the central mounting block; a conductive sealing surface positioned along an edge of the central mounting block; a stop block positioned on the top surface of the central mounting block adjacent the sealing surface; and a bumper mounted to the central mounting block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: DIELECTRICS INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen J. Wiater
  • Patent number: 9789675
    Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms for generating a laminate structure. In an embodiment, a layer of adhesive material is disposed on a surface of a glass plate or other constituent layer for a laminate. Prior to an application of another constituent layer, the adhesive layer is selectively cured to form in the adhesive layer at least a first portion which adjoins a second portion of the layer of adhesive material. In some embodiments, a level of cure of the first portion is greater than a level of cure of the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Hongqin Shi
  • Patent number: 9695499
    Abstract: Provided is a nanowire manufacturing substrate, comprising a grid base layer on a substrate and a grid pattern formed by patterning the grid base layer, the grid pattern being disposed to produce a nanowire on a surface thereof. According to the present invention, the width and height of the nanowire can be adjusted by controlling the wet-etching process time period, and the nanowire can be manufactured at a room temperature at low cost, the nanowire can be mass-manufactured and the nanowire with regularity can be manufactured even in case of mass production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Jae Lee, Kyoung Jong Yoo, Jun Lee, Jin Su Kim, Jae Wan Park
  • Patent number: 9643893
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a joint body of a ceramic body and a metal body includes a step of joining them together by passing a current to an abutment surface between them. The joining step includes a step of heating up the abutment surface to a temperature T1 within a temperature range between (Tr-220)° C. and (Tr-50)° C. in a period longer than 10 seconds, Tr being a recrystallization temperature of the metal body, a step of heating the abutment surface for a period longer than 5 seconds at a temperature T2 within a temperature range between Tm×0.3° C. and Tm×0.45° C., Tm being a melting point of the metal body, and a step of heating the abutment surface for a period longer than 3 seconds at a heating temperature higher than Tm×0.48° C. and lower than Tm×0.6° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Shirai, Tomohiro Shimizu, Yasuyuki Ookouchi
  • Patent number: 9633883
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first frame to hold a wafer tape having a first side and a second side. A plurality of semiconductor device dies are disposed on the first side of the wafer tape. A second frame includes a first clamping member and a second clamping member to clamp therebetween a product substrate having a circuit trace thereon. The second frame is configured to hold the product substrate such that the circuit trace is disposed facing the dies on the wafer tape. A needle is disposed adjacent to the second side of the wafer tape. A length of the needle extends in a direction toward the wafer tape. A needle actuator is connected to the needle to move the needle to a die transfer position. A laser points toward a portion of the product substrate corresponding to the transfer position to affix the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Rohinni, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Huska, Cody Peterson, Clinton Adams, Sean Kupcow
  • Patent number: 9616647
    Abstract: A device for bonding a window includes a chamber having an internal space, a display panel fixing unit in the chamber and including a first curved surface, the first curved surface being configured to attach to a flexible display panel, a window fixing unit in the chamber and including a second curved surface, at least part of the window fixing unit including an ultraviolet transmitting material, the second curved surface facing the first curved surface and being complementary with the first curved surface, and the second curved surface being configured to attach to a window, and an ultraviolet irradiating unit on the window fixing unit, the ultraviolet irradiating unit being configured to irradiate ultraviolet light through the window fixing unit toward the first curved surface of the display panel fixing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Youl Cho, Jong-Hwan Kim, Kyung-Su Lee
  • Patent number: 9434866
    Abstract: Adhesives compositions and methods of preparing adhesive compositions are described. The methods generally comprise a) providing a syrup composition comprising i) a free-radically polymerizable solvent monomer; and ii) a solute (meth)acrylic copolymer; and b) radiation curing the syrup composition in the absence of an ionic photoacid generator. In one embodiment, the solute (meth)acrylic copolymer as provided or during curing comprises repeat units derived from at least one alkyl(meth)acrylate monomer, at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer comprising an acid-functional group; and at least one (meth)acryloyl monomer comprising an epoxy-functional group; and the acid-functional groups crosslink with the epoxy-functional groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Inventors: Arlin L. Weikel, Babu N. Gaddam, Larry R. Krepski, Wayne S. Mahoney, Jason D. Clapper
  • Patent number: 9293740
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an EL display device having a panel part that comprises a light emitting part in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed, and a thin-film transistor array device to control light emission of the light emitting part. The method includes the following steps: forming the panel part on a substrate, and then forming a sealing layer to cover the panel part. The step of forming the sealing layer is performed by forming a film configuring the sealing layer, with the mask being disposed over base substrate. Mask includes contact part in contact with the base substrate, and edge part disposed over the panel part with a gap between the edge part and the panel part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: JOLED INC
    Inventors: Seiji Imanaka, Kazuo Uetani, Zenken Kin
  • Patent number: 9147813
    Abstract: A package for a light source, a semiconductor device, and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In particular, a Light Emitting Diode (LED) dice is attached to a bonding pad of the light source package by two discrete types of different adhesives. One of the adhesives may be curable under exposure to Ultraviolet (UV) light and the other adhesive may be cured under thermal radiation, but is stable when exposed to UV light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Keat Chuan Ng, Bit Tie Chan, Kheng Leng Tan
  • Patent number: 9102100
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for welding a joining region of a foil to a connecting part, particularly two foils to a tubular connecting part. Conventional apparatuses are associated with the risk of steep workpiece flanges causing uncontrolled weaknesses in the foil and the weld seam. According to the invention, an extension of the foil outside of the joining region is provided in a controlled manner such that the foil has spare length. In this connection, the invention further relates to the use of a foil, to a method for welding, to a system for producing bag, and to a bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: KIEFEL GmbH
    Inventors: Rupert Gschwendtner, Martin Klein
  • Patent number: 9030835
    Abstract: The main part of the melt produced during laser welding of two housing parts along a circumferential edge is made to flow towards the printed circuit board by a predefined geometry, thus fixing the board in a form-fitting manner. The basic geometry is modified to prevent the melt from distributing in both directions in an uncontrolled manner and make it flow towards the inside of the housing in a targeted manner. The printed circuit board can thus be fixed and the housing sealed in a single operation. Less space is required on the printed circuit board since the support surfaces only affect the peripheral zone of the printed circuit board. The peripheral zone is a barrier zone since the individual printed circuit board is cut out of a panel. Due to the larger contact surface, prestress losses caused by creep of the plastic have no adverse effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Henryk Frenzel, Volker Müller
  • Patent number: 8980029
    Abstract: A doubler repair apparatus includes a composite structure having a repair area, a susceptor having an adhesive film and at least one magnetic component extending within the adhesive film on the repair area, a repair doubler patch on the susceptor and a heat source having an induction coil generally above the repair doubler patch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Mary Katherine Nigro, Marc R. Matsen, Robert James Miller
  • Publication number: 20150056417
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet 1 for an image display device, comprising a film-shaped pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 2 and a pair of base material layers 3 and 4 laminated so as to sandwich the adhesive layer 2, wherein outer edges 3a and 4a of the base material layers 3 and 4 project more outward than an outer edge 2a of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 2, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 2 is formed from a pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition comprising a structural unit derived from an alkyl (meth)acrylate in which the number of carbon atoms of an alkyl group is 4 to 18, and has a shear storage modulus at 25° C. of 30 to 150 kPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Kouji Yamazki, Kenichi Shinya, Tomoyuki Nakamura, Satoshi Ohkawa, Junichi Imaizumi, Hiroaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8926782
    Abstract: A method for making a polymeric microfluidic structure in which two or more components (layers) of the microfluidic structure are fixedly bonded or laminated with a weak solvent bonding agent, particularly acetonitrile or a mixture of acetonitrile and alcohol. In an aspect, acetonitrile can be used as a weak solvent bonding agent to enclose a microstructure fabricated in or on a non-elastomeric polymer such as polystyrene, polycarbonate, acrylic or other linear polymer to form a three-dimensional microfluidic network. The method involves the steps of wetting at least one of the opposing surfaces of the polymeric substrate components with the weak solvent bonding agent in a given, lower temperature range, adjacently contacting the opposing surfaces, and thermally activating the bonding agent at a higher temperature than the lower temperature range for a given period of time. The contacted polymeric substrates may also be aligned prior to thermal activation and compressed during thermal activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Rheonix, Inc.
    Inventors: Peng Zhou, Lincoln C. Young
  • Patent number: 8906177
    Abstract: A method for controlling a contact angle between a glue and a surface of a substrate during manufacture of microchip packages is disclosed. The method includes applying a glue to a surface of a substrate, and placing an electrode in electrical connection with the glue. A potential difference is applied between the electrode and the substrate. The potential difference is applied across the glue and causes a contact angle between the glue and the surface of the substrate to be altered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited
    Inventor: William Halliday
  • Publication number: 20140352879
    Abstract: A process of fabricating an actuator element is provided. In the process, a dielectric elastomer film having first and second sides is provided. An electrode material is applied on a portion of the first and second side of the dielectric elastomer film. A compressive material is applied to the first side of the dielectric elastomer film. The present process may be employed for producing improved monolithic actuator elements such as configurable buttons, arrays of buttons, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Mikyong Yoo, Xina Quan
  • Publication number: 20140318703
    Abstract: A continuous production process for a polytetrafluoroethylene functional film for electro-mechanical energy conversion is disclosed. The process includes a step of thermal bonding a composite film having a micro-porous structure and electrically charging the composite film. The composite film having a micro-porous structure includes one layer of porous polytetrafluoroethylene film sandwiched between two adjacent layers of polytetrafluoroethylene film thermally bonded by two heated rollers. The process also has a step of electrically charging the composite film to obtain a polytetrafluoroethylene piezoelectric electret film. The electrically charging the composite film can be corona-polarizing the composite film by introducing the composite film between an electrode roller and a corona electrode, or introducing the composite film into an electroplating region and attaching electrodes to the upper and lower surfaces thereof, followed by introducing the film to a charging region by a contacting process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: SHANGHAI DAGONG NEW MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiangshan Gong, Xiaoqing Zhang, Miya Tsugunari
  • Publication number: 20140311668
    Abstract: A method for producing an organic EL panel includes an application step of applying a filler, a desiccant, a sealant and a fixing agent to positions on a encapsulation substrate opposing the position of an element, a positioning step of positioning an element substrate and the encapsulation substrate, a heating step of heating the encapsulation substrate, a defoaming step of removing gases incorporated within the filler and the like, a sticking substrates step of sticking the element substrate and the encapsulation substrate using a pair of surface plates, a gas introduction step of returning the periphery around the pressure welded element substrate and encapsulation substrate to an atmospheric pressure environment, a provisional fixing step of irradiating ultraviolet rays onto the fixing agent, and a seal curing step of irradiating ultraviolet rays onto the sealant, thereby curing the sealant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventor: Yuji Yanagi
  • Publication number: 20140272332
    Abstract: Structures and methods for providing a liquid adhesive between substrates of a composite structure are described. Methods include providing a liquid adhesive having a thread disposed therein between two substrates of a composite structure. In some embodiments, the thread has a fixed diameter which acts to provide a consistent gap between the two substrates. In some embodiments, the thread is configured to be activated during the assembly process to facilitate curing of the liquid adhesive. In some embodiments the thread is configured to be activated after the composite structure is formed to facilitate separation of the two substrates and disassembly of the composite structure. The thread can be made of a conductive or non-conductive material. In some embodiments, the thread is activated by passing a voltage through the thread to heat the thread. In some embodiments, the thread is activated by passing ultraviolet light through the thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Samuel T. Reineman, Kevin D. Gibbs, Amy Qian, Derek W. Wright
  • Publication number: 20140231004
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a chamber frame for a dialyzer, which is readily produced, has a stable quality, is inexpensive and is excellent in sealing property and heat resistance. A cut frame 1 is set on an unshown table of an impulse welder 30, distributors 13 are fitted into communicating passage 9 and communicating passages 11, and a net 15 is positioned so as to cover a central opening 3. Welded portions A and B, and the welded portions C and D are subjected to impulse welding. Mounting of the net 15 as a spacer and mounting of the distributors 13 are carried out simultaneously by a single pressing operation. After that, the welded portions of the net are deburred, and correction work is performed on defects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: AGC ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio MATSUMURA, Shuichi OHKAWA, Tadao YUKI, Kazumi OHSHIMA, Kouji NOBUTA, Taigo OHSAWA, Kazuo KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 8784599
    Abstract: A laser induced thermal imaging (LITI) apparatus includes a stage configured to support an acceptor substrate and a supporting portion configured to support a donor film and to move the donor film up and down relative to the stage so as to adjust a distance between the acceptor substrate and the donor film. The donor film includes a thin film to be disposed on the acceptor substrate. The stage includes a discharging outlet through which gas between the acceptor substrate and the donor film is discharged to the outside. The LITI apparatus may be used to laminate a film on an acceptor substrate including an organic light emitting display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Won Sun, Sok-Won Noh
  • Patent number: 8782895
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a droplet ejection head, a structure of a substrate having an energy-generating element that imparts energy to a liquid to eject a liquid droplet from an ejection orifice and an orifice plate having the ejection orifice formed therein are laminated through a flow channel member for forming a pattern of a liquid flow channel that is a region in which the liquid flows. At least one of a plate before being laminated and the flow channel member before being laminated has a void of at least one of a through-hole other than the ejection orifice and a recess in the face to be laminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20140158280
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a translucent rigid substrate laminate, which method can improve position precision. Further provided is a translucent rigid substrate bonding apparatus that contributes to improvement of the position precision while increasing production efficiency of a plate-shaped product. In the method of manufacturing a translucent rigid substrate laminate and the translucent rigid substrate bonding apparatus according to the present invention, when translucent rigid substrates are bonded in a predetermined positional relationship by interposing a photo-curable fixing agent including (A) polyfunctional (meth)acrylate, (B) monofunctional (meth)acrylate and (C) a photopolymerization initiator therebetween, the entire fixing agent spreading between the both translucent rigid substrates is cured every time the translucent rigid substrates are bonded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: DENKI KAGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kurimura
  • Patent number: 8715447
    Abstract: A method for making a polymeric microfluidic structure in which two or more components (layers) of the microfluidic structure are fixedly bonded or laminated with a weak solvent bonding agent, particularly acetonitrile or a mixture of acetonitrile and alcohol. In an aspect, acetonitrile can be used as a weak solvent bonding agent to enclose a microstructure fabricated in or on a non-elastomeric polymer such as polystyrene, polycarbonate, acrylic or other linear polymer to form a three-dimensional microfluidic network. The method involves the steps of wetting at least one of the opposing surfaces of the polymeric substrate components with the weak solvent bonding agent in a given, lower temperature range, adjacently contacting the opposing surfaces, and thermally activating the bonding agent at a higher temperature than the lower temperature range for a given period of time. The contacted polymeric substrates may also be aligned prior to thermal activation and compressed during thermal activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Rheonix, Inc.
    Inventors: Peng Zhou, Lincoln C. Young
  • Patent number: 8715446
    Abstract: A latent solvent-based microfluidic apparatus and method involves laminate bonding of two non-elastomeric, cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) components having opposing surfaces to be bonded, wherein in a contacted state there is at least one interstitial space between the contacted surfaces, applying an organic latent solvent to at least one of the opposing surfaces, wherein the latent solvent is in an inactive state, contacting the two opposing surfaces together, actively removing the latent solvent from the at least one interstitial space; and adjusting a latent solvency parameter to activate the latent solvent, wherein the opposing contacted surfaces become bonded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Rheonix, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Roswech, Peng Zhou, Lincoln C. Young
  • Publication number: 20140111919
    Abstract: A bonding method of a container having a base substrate, and a lid member adapted to form a space with the base substrate includes: providing the base substrate and the lid member, arranging the lid member so as to overlap a bonding area of the base substrate, making a pressing member have contact with an exterior surface of an area of the lid member surrounded by the bonding area, and performing bonding by irradiating the lid member with an energy beam in the state of making the pressing member have contact with the lid member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Miyasaka, Kazuhisa Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20140106148
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the continuous inline production of coated polymeric substrates or laminates and also to an apparatus for implementing this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Evonik Roehm GmbH
    Inventors: Waldemar Kanzler, Thomas Hasskerl, Ghirmay Seyoum, Patrick Kliem, Werner Krebs, Dieter Foerster, Manfred Dannehl
  • Patent number: 8663417
    Abstract: An installation system for mounting stationary objects, such as towel holders, shelves, lights, or similar furnishing items, on an installation surface, such as a wall or a ceiling, in particular in rooms equipped with tiles, marble slabs, or similar wall coverings, includes one or more fastening elements, a lighting device, and/or an adhering and connecting agent, wherein the adhering and connecting agent is a light-curing adhesive. The one or more fastening elements can be fastened by introducing an adhering and connecting agent into an adhesive space formed by the installation surface and components of the fastening element. The fastening element has at least one at least partially transparent component for irradiating the adhering and connecting agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: nie wieder bohren ag
    Inventor: Frank Braun
  • Publication number: 20140046439
    Abstract: An implantable MEMS package for the treatment of an ocular condition is provided. The MEMS package includes an outer portion; an active portion attached to the outer portion, the active portion including a fluid regulating element having a moving element; and a fluidic channel at an interface of the outer portion and the active portion. The fluidic channel is formed in at least one of the outer and active portions and permits fluid communication from the MEMS package to the fluid regulating element. A method for forming a MEMS package as above is also provided. An ocular implant for treating glaucoma including an inlet tube for receiving aqueous humor; a MEMS package as above, coupled to the inlet tube; a control system to control the MEMS package; and an outlet tube for draining aqueous humor at a drainage location, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventors: Cesario P. Dos Santos, Nicholas M. Gunn, Robert J. Sanchez, JR., Leslie A. Field, Chen Ning
  • Patent number: 8597460
    Abstract: An adhesion method capable of strongly adhering two members without using an adhesive and without impairing a fine structure or optical properties of a joining surface, and a biochemical chip and optical component made by the same are provided. The adhesion method includes step A of forming a coating film 13 of a first film compound having a first functional group on a first joining surface 11 of a first member 21, step B of forming a coating film 14 of a second film compound having a second functional group on a second joining surface 12 of a second member 22, and step C of bringing the first joining surface 11 into contact by pressure with the second joining surface 12 while bringing a coupling agent having at least one coupling reactive group that forms a bond by a coupling reaction with the first functional group and the second functional group into contact with the first and second functional groups to form bonds by the coupling reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC
    Inventor: Kazufumi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20130276954
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a composite preform from tape material, including feeding a tape section into a tape section guide that suspends the tape across a tooling surface, moving at least one of the tape section guide and the tooling surface relative to each other to position the tape section at a desired location and orientation relative to the tooling surface, moving the tape section toward a pre-existing tape section disposed on the tooling surface, and tacking the tape section to the pre-existing tape section. A corresponding apparatus for manufacturing composite preforms is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: David R. Cramer, Neal J. Beidleman, Colin R. Chapman, Don O. Evans, Michael K. Passmore, Michael L. Skinner
  • Publication number: 20130224425
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet 1 for an image display device, comprising a film-shaped pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 2 and a pair of base material layers 3 and 4 laminated so as to sandwich the adhesive layer 2, wherein outer edges 3a and 4a of the base material layers 3 and 4 project more outward than an outer edge 2a of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 2, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 2 is formed from a pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition comprising a structural unit derived from an alkyl (meth)acrylate in which the number of carbon atoms of an alkyl group is 4 to 18, and has a shear storage modulus at 25° C. of 30 to 150 kPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji YAMAZAKI, Kenichi SHINYA, Tomoyuki NAKAMURA, Satoshi OHKAWA, Junichi IMAIZUMI, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 8518204
    Abstract: A method of fabricating and transferring a micro device and an array of micro devices to a receiving substrate are described. In an embodiment, an electrically insulating layer is utilized as an etch stop layer during etching of a p-n diode layer to form a plurality of micro p-n diodes. In an embodiment, an electrically conductive intermediate bonding layer is utilized during the formation and transfer of the micro devices to the receiving substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: LuxVue Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Hsin-Hua Hu, Andreas Bibl, John A. Higginson, Hung-Fai Stephen Law