Utilizing Parting Or Release Material To Prevent Adhesion Patents (Class 156/289)
  • Patent number: 11963309
    Abstract: Processes for laminating a conductive-lubricant coated Printed Circuit Board (PCB) are disclosed. An example laminated PCB may include a lamination stack that may further include a core, an adhesive layer, and at least one graphene-metal structure or at least one hexagonal Boron Nitride metal (h-BN-metal) structure. The materials of the PCB may change in accordance with the invention described herein, including the materials of the core, the materials of the conductive-lubricant coatings, or the metal layers of the conductive-lubricant-metal structures. Doping processes for each change in materials used are also described herein. The conductive-lubricant of the conductive-lubricant-metal structure will promote high frequency performance and heat management within the PCB. Furthermore, a removal process of those materials post-lamination is described herein to promote protection of materials and subsequent removal of protective layers without breakage or tearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY, PCB TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Boaz Atias, Elad Mentovich, Yaniv Rotem, Doron Naveh, Adi Levi, Yosi Ben-Naim, Yaad Eliya, Shlomo Danino, Eran Lipp, Alon Rubinstein, Ran Hasson Ruso
  • Patent number: 11951695
    Abstract: Provided are methods for producing a fiber-reinforced plastic having high mechanical properties and high productivity during molding of a complicated shape. In one aspect, the method produces a fiber-reinforced plastic using a tape substrate A and a sheet substrate B, the tape substrate A being a tape-shaped substrate including one or more sheets of incised prepreg a; the incised prepreg a being a prepreg including unidirectionally oriented reinforcing fibers and a resin and having a plurality of incisions dividing the reinforcing fibers formed in the prepreg, and satisfying the following condition 1; the sheet substrate B being a substrate including randomly oriented reinforcing fibers and a resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuzo Fujita, Kentaro Adachi, Takuya Karaki
  • Patent number: 11926723
    Abstract: Provided is a method that can produce a resin porous material from a water-insoluble polymer in a small number of steps while suppressing the formation of skin layers. The production method of a resin porous material disclosed herein includes preparing a solution of a water-insoluble polymer in a mixed solvent including a good solvent of the water-insoluble polymer and a poor solvent of the water-insoluble polymer, and drying the solution to remove the mixed solvent. The poor solvent has a higher boiling point than the good solvent. The drying the solution is performed using superheated water vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Kohei Matsunobu
  • Patent number: 11908762
    Abstract: A temporary protective film comprising a support film and an adhesive layer provided on one surface or both surfaces of the support film is disclosed. The coefficient of linear expansion at 30° C. to 200° C. of the temporary protective film may be greater than or equal to 16 ppm/° C. and less than or equal to 20 ppm/° C. in at least one in-plane direction of the temporary protective film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: RESONAC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Tomori, Tomohiro Nagoya, Takahiro Kuroda
  • Patent number: 11897156
    Abstract: Method of manufacturing a substrate with a cut thermal film comprises obtaining an input digital image of a design to be transferred to the substrate; storing the input image in memory; rendering design elements of the design as a single output image; based upon a bleed size value, a maximum number of negative areas, a maximum number of positive areas, and attribute values: resizing the image to include a border for bleed; filling transparent areas of the image with the substrate attribute values; creating a cutting path; creating a mask image; inverting the mask image; modifying the mask image to adjust fill areas around details, to limit negative areas to be less than the maximum number of negative areas, and to limit positive areas to be less than the maximum number of positive areas; creating cutting path data in memory as a vector path outlining the mask image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ZAZZLE INC.
    Inventor: Young Harvill
  • Patent number: 11883063
    Abstract: A tube can include an elongated cannulated member that has an external wall. The tube can be navigated during a selected procedure. The tube can be shaped to selected configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Wald, Brad Jacobsen, Charles R. Considine, Frank Strupeck
  • Patent number: 11877402
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for applying an electrical conductor to a solar cell, which comprises providing a flexible membrane with a pattern of groove formed on a first surface thereof, and loading the grooves with a composition comprising conductive particles. The composition is, or may be made, electrically conductive. Once the membrane is loaded, the grooved first surface of the membrane is brought into contact with a front or/and back of a solar cell. A pressure is then applied between the solar cell and the membrane(s) so that the composition loaded to the grooves adheres to the solar cell. The membrane(s) and the solar cell are separated and the composition in the groove is left on the solar cell surface. The electrically conductive particles in the composition are then sintered or otherwise fused to form a pattern of electrical conductor on the solar cell, the pattern corresponding to the pattern formed in the membrane(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: LUMET TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Benzion Landa, Naomi Elfassy, Stanislav Thygelbaum
  • Patent number: 11866838
    Abstract: A method for creating colorful patterns on a metal surface by using colorless ink is revealed. First carry out a first anodizing process on a metal substrate to form a first anodic oxide layer on a surface of the metal substrate. Then coat a layer of colorless ink on the first anodic oxide layer on the surface of the metal substrate to form a colorless ink pattern mask. Later perform a second anodizing process to form a second anodic oxide layer on a part of the metal substrate without being covered with the colorless ink pattern mask. Next remove the colorless ink pattern mask and coat a metal film over the first anodic oxide layer and the second anodic oxide layer to get a colorful pattern on the metal substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Chen-Kuei Chung, Chin-Jou Kuo, Wei-Hsuan Lin
  • Patent number: 11858285
    Abstract: Provided are processes of applying a decorative imaging to a substrate that includes providing a stamp pad comprising a child and environmentally friendly disperse dye composition, inking a stamp with the disperse dye composition, optionally transferring the disperse dye composition from the stamp to an intermediate ink receptive surface using the rubber stamp to thereby place an image on an intermediate ink receptive surface, and transferring the image to a dye receptive object by application of sufficient heat and pressure. The disperse dye compositions provided herein are safe, environmentally friendly, and able to be used in stamp pad imaging processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Esprix Technologies, LP.
    Inventors: Mark W. Cummings, Jana Petrova, Mandy Smith, Paula S. Smith, Tonya N. Tremitiere, John F. Cooper
  • Patent number: 11793289
    Abstract: An artificial nail tip having a plurality of smile line guidelines embedded on the surface of the artificial nail tip, which allows a user or a nail professional to easily create smile lines of varying depths on the artificial nail tip is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: APPLIED LACQUER INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Wan Jou Chen, Carol Ma
  • Patent number: 11787125
    Abstract: A method for connecting two components is proposed where a pressure acting on an adhesive between two join partners is supported by an auxiliary body which rests on a cutout of one of the components. Both components to be connected together and the auxiliary body are covered by a vacuum film and once the air has been sucked out, the compressive force is generated below the vacuum film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schulze, Martin Eberle
  • Patent number: 11792949
    Abstract: A device includes a first sealing member including a first film, a second sealing member, a first circuit member including a first contact point, and a second circuit member including a second contact point. The device defines a closed space which is enclosed by the first sealing member and the second sealing member and is shut off from an outer space outside the device. The first circuit member and the second circuit member are shut in the closed space. At least one of the first sealing member and the second sealing member includes an uneven portion. The uneven portion is in contact with at least one of the first circuit member and the second circuit member and covers a predetermined region which corresponds to at least one of the first contact point and the second contact point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shinji Ueda, Osamu Hashiguchi
  • Patent number: 11787098
    Abstract: A production line for manufacturing extruded plates, comprises a conveyor for conveying a semifinished product, an edge cutting device for cutting off an edge area of the semifinished product to present a plate-shaped endless base profile, and a separating device for separating individual plates from the endless base profile. A distance (D) between the separating device and the edge cutting device in the conveying direction is dimensioned such that, between an average temperature T1 of the semifinished product during cutting of the edge area in the edge cutting device and an average temperature T2 of the endless base profile during separation, there is a temperature difference T1?T2 of 2 K?T1?T2?15 K. Due to distance (D) within an optimum temperature range, further processing of the cut off edge areas is essentially neutral in terms of installation space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Akzenta Paneele + Profile GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Jürgen Hannig, Felix Hüllenkremer, Peter Wendling
  • Patent number: 11778751
    Abstract: A method of compensating misalignment during manufacturing laminate-type component carriers is disclosed. The method includes detecting an image of a region of interest of a component carrier structure during manufacturing the component carriers based on the component carrier structure, identifying a structural feature in the image of the region of interest showing misalignment with respect to a target design, and at least partially compensating the identified misalignment of the structural feature by modifying the target design of at least one correlated structural feature to be manufactured subsequently, wherein the at least one correlated structural feature is correlated to said structural feature showing misalignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Abderrazzaq Ifis, Markus Leitgeb
  • Patent number: 11773732
    Abstract: A component for a turbine engine is provided. The component includes a main body portion having a flow path surface; and a protective layer formed of a chopped fiber material, the protective layer cohered to at least a portion of the flow path surface of the main body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nitesh Jain, Nicholas Joseph Kray, Abhijeet Jayshingrao Yadav
  • Patent number: 11772334
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to manufacturing a balloon envelope for use in a stratospheric balloon system. For instance, a stream of polyethylene mixture us extruded through an extruder in order to orient molecules of polymer chains of polyethylene and to provide an oriented film. The oriented film is passed through an electron beam and thereby crosslinking the polymer chains to provide a cross-linked film. The cross-linked film is heat sealed to form the balloon envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Aeroster International, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Roach, Jacques Gagne
  • Patent number: 11772332
    Abstract: The present welding system includes: a transport device that transports a work in a state where a plurality of webs are overlaid on each other; an anvil roller that includes an anvil which intermittently makes contact with the first surface of the work being transported; an ultrasonic horn that is opposite the second surface of the work and that cooperates with the anvil to apply vibration energy to the work so as to intermittently weld the webs; a speed changing device that lowers the transport speed of the work supplied between the horn and the anvil when the welding is performed; and a pressing device that presses the first surface of the work to the anvil when the welding is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Arima
  • Patent number: 11765825
    Abstract: In an example, an article of manufacture includes a composite material. The composite material includes hollow glass filaments that are encapsulated within a polymeric matrix material. The hollow glass filaments are at least partially filled with the polymeric matrix material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew S. Doyle, Joseph Kuczynski, Timothy J. Tofil
  • Patent number: 11764097
    Abstract: A system and method for cleaning and inspecting ring frames is disclosed here. In one embodiment, a ring frame processing system includes: a cleaning station configured to remove a first tape on a first surface of a ring frame using a first blade, clean first adhesive residues from the first tape on the first surface of the ring frame using a first wheel brush, and remove second adhesive residues from a second tape on a second surface of the ring frame using a second blade; and an inspection station, wherein the inspection station comprises an automated optical inspection system configured to determine the cleanness of the first and second surfaces of the ring frame after cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien-Fa Lee, Hsu-Shui Liu, Jiun-Rong Pai, Shou-Wen Kuo, Jian-Hung Cheng, M. C. Lin, C. C. Chien, Hsuan Lee, Boris Huang
  • Patent number: 11754772
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a precise extrusion and transfer apparatus for light guide plate production, including: a feed hopper; a dehumidifying and drying device; a screw conveyor fixedly mounted on one side of the outer wall of the dehumidifying and drying device; a screw extrusion device; and a molding box fixedly mounted with first motors and a second motor on one side of the outer wall by means of bolts, where power output ends of two sets of first motors pass through the molding box and are fixedly mounted with first precise roller bearings by means of rotating shafts, and a power output end of the second motor passes through the molding box and is fixedly mounted with a second precise roller bearing by means of a rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: NANJING BREADY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yong Liu
  • Patent number: 11737908
    Abstract: An ostomy appliance comprising: first and second walls connected to each other at or near their peripheries, the first wall having a stoma-receiving opening; a connection member connected to the first wall for attaching the appliance to a user; an aperture located in either of the first and/or second walls for permitting waste gases to exit the appliance; a multi-layer filter positioned adjacent and covering the aperture on an exterior surface of the respective first and/or second wall, wherein a layer of the filter is hydrophobic and wherein said hydrophobic layer is positioned directly adjacent the respective first and/or second wall, wherein the hydrophobic layer has a first side and a second side and wherein the first side is connected directly to the respective first and/or second wall, said connection holding the multi-layer filter relative to the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Salts Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Kieran Williams, Lee Tretheway, Iain Powner, Jesus Alfaro, Marcus Allen
  • Patent number: 11730574
    Abstract: Methods and systems for post-processing molds are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes using a layer-by-layer build process on a polymeric resin to produce a plurality of aligner molds. The method can include transporting the plurality of aligner molds to a resin removal station. The method can also include applying high pressure air to the plurality of aligner molds to remove residual material from the plurality of aligner molds. The residual material can include excess polymeric resin. The method can further include collecting the excess polymeric resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivas Kaza, Shiva P. Sambu, Kamesh Tata, Michael J. Doung, Long Phan
  • Patent number: 11731899
    Abstract: A method for producing a vehicular structure in which a transparent substrate and an adherend are bonded together by an adhesive includes pasting a protective film on, so as to cover, an adhesive arrangement area in a peripheral part of a vehicle-inner-side surface of the transparent substrate, and arranging an adhesive in the adhesive arrangement area after removing the protective film, and bonding together the transparent substrate and the adherend with the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Ryouichi Urata, Masayuki Sase
  • Patent number: 11724484
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display unit according to an exemplary embodiment of one aspect of the present invention includes: unwinding a first film from a first film roll, and carrying the first film; attaching a second film onto the carried first film and forming an elongated film laminated body; forming a cutting line in the film laminated body in a width direction at intervals along a longitudinal direction and forming a film sheet piece; and laminating the film sheet piece on a first surface of a panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SHANJIN OPTOELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Beom Seok Lee, Hang Suk Choi, Eung Jin Jang
  • Patent number: 11685685
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of a method of forming a curved glass article. In the method, a mold having a curved surface is provided. A self-adhesive layer is disposed on the curved surface. A glass sheet is bent into conformity with the curved surface at a temperature less than the glass transition temperature of the glass sheet. The glass sheet includes a first major surface and a second major surface in which the second major surface is opposite to the first major surface. The first major surface is adhered to the self-adhesive layer. A frame is bonded to the second major surface of the glass sheet, and the glass sheet is removed from the self-adhesive layer. A system for performing the method and a mold having a self-adhesive layer are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Dongyoung Cho, Hyun-Soo Choi, Ki-Nam Kim, Shin Kim
  • Patent number: 11682321
    Abstract: A method for making labels comprising providing a plastic substrate layer and a paper substrate layer. The paper substrate layer comprises a printed display information sheet, wherein the printed display information sheet comprises a plurality of display information tags arranged in an array. The plastic substrate layer is coupled to each of the rows of display information tags within a first portion of the display information tags to form a composite substrate row. A first line of perforations is cut into a width of the composite substrate at one or more first spaced intervals, a length of the first spaced intervals being defined by a length of the display information tags. A second line of perforations is cut into a width of the composite substrate at one or more second spaced intervals, a length of the second spaced intervals being defined by a height of the display information tags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Electronic Imaging Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Wilkinson, David Adler
  • Patent number: 11639047
    Abstract: A window pane includes at least one structural substrate referred to as interior substrate, intended to face toward a host structure within which the window pane is intended to be fixed, and having a face, referred to as interior face, wherein the interior face of the substrate includes, projecting therefrom and at the edge or near the edge and along at least one of the sides of the window pane, at least one male or female retaining element intended to collaborate with at least one respectively female or male retaining shape arranged in the host structure of the window pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Thomas Tondu, Jérôme Barbier
  • Patent number: 11628965
    Abstract: A labeling device and a method for applying labels to containers comprising an unwinding unit for receiving thereon at least one supply roll with a label tape; having an intermediate buffer unit for temporarily storing the label tape unwound from the supply roll, the intermediate buffer unit comprising at least one first movable roller unit; a drive unit arranged downstream of the intermediate buffer unit when seen in the conveying direction and used for driving the label tape in the conveying direction and processing unit for separating the label tape into the individual labels and for optionally coating the labels with glue and for transferring the labels to the containers wherein the intermediate buffer unit and the drive unit have arranged between them a separately configured, dynamic buffer unit comprising at least one second roller unit which is movable independently of the intermediate buffer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Johannes Strauss, Christian Holzer, Bernd Schroll
  • Patent number: 11628628
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite part by laying up courses of composite tape using an automated tape layup (ATL) machine onto a conductive flexible facesheet laid flat on a flat surface, and then transferring the facesheet with the composite material thereon to a curved tooling surface for attachment of substructures and curing into the composite part. The method may also include applying insulation below the facesheet and above the composite material, then heating the conductive facesheet to cure the composite tape and fuse the composite tape to the substructures without heating the tooling surface or any other items used to compress and cure the composite material into the composite part. Heating of the facesheet may be performed using joule heat provided by a single turn transformer inducing current to a plurality of conductive wires attached at opposing ends to the facesheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Anthony Wadsworth
  • Patent number: 11622603
    Abstract: An article of footwear has a sole structure that includes a bladder having stacked polymeric sheet secured to one another at a peripheral bond and defining a first sealed chamber between the first and second polymeric sheets, a second sealed chamber between the second and third polymeric sheets, and a third sealed chamber between the third and fourth polymeric sheets, each of the first, second, and third sealed chambers retaining fluid in isolation from one another. Different patterns of bonds secure adjacent ones of the polymeric sheets to one another, resulting in different geometries of the sealed chambers. The sealed chambers are configured (e.g., by pressure, shape, position, and/or size) to elastically deform to provide a desirable cushioning experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary M. Elder, Lee D. Peyton
  • Patent number: 11597844
    Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of floor surface decoration materials, and particularly provides a multi-coating radiation-cured pre-coating film and a preparation method therefor. The first aspect of the present application provides the multi-coating radiation-cured pre-coating film, which sequentially comprises a flexible transparent film layer and a radiation-cured coating from bottom to top, wherein the radiation-cured coating sequentially comprises a radiation-cured elastic primer layer and a radiation-cured wear-resistant finish paint layer from bottom to top, the at least one radiation-cured elastic primer layer and the at least one radiation-cured wear-resistant finish paint layer are arranged, and the radiation-cured elastic primer layer equentially comprises a radiation-cured elastic wear-resistant primer layer and a radiation-cured elastic matte/bright primer layer from bottom to top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventors: XinXiong Li, He Nian Long, Hui Li, DongMing Zhang, Shizhen Li, XiuLin Deng
  • Patent number: 11587470
    Abstract: A business form comprises a first portion and a second portion adhesively secured to the first portion via a control bond adhesive. The control bond adhesive is a mixture comprising: between about 1 kg and 2 kg of a flexible adhesive; between about 1 kg and 2 kg of water; between about 12 g and 16 g gypsum, and between about 13 g and 23 g fumed silica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Rekon, LLC
    Inventors: Roger Davis, Gina Staudinger, Jesse Crum
  • Patent number: 11578620
    Abstract: There is described a fixture for supporting a plurality of gas turbine engine blades that are to be imaged. The mobile fixture comprises a plurality of interconnected mounts arranged to lie within a common plane, wherein each mount comprises at least one support surface for holding a respective blade. Support surfaces of respective mounts are oriented such that their respective normal vectors have the same angle with respect to the common plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Rolls Royce PLC
    Inventor: Ye Ren
  • Patent number: 11565437
    Abstract: Method of manufacturing a substrate with a cut thermal film comprises obtaining an input digital image of a design to be transferred to the substrate; storing the input image in memory; rendering design elements of the design as a single output image; based upon a bleed size value, a maximum number of negative areas, a maximum number of positive areas, and attribute values: resizing the image to include a border for bleed; filling transparent areas of the image with the substrate attribute values; creating a cutting path; creating a mask image; inverting the mask image; modifying the mask image to adjust fill areas around details, to limit negative areas to be less than the maximum number of negative areas, and to limit positive areas to be less than the maximum number of positive areas; creating cutting path data in memory as a vector path outlining the mask image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Zazzle Inc.
    Inventor: Young Harvill
  • Patent number: 11548204
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high-pressure tank including a liner that stores gas and a reinforcing layer made of a fiber-reinforced resin and covering an outer surface of the liner includes: a first step of forming a cylinder member made of the fiber-reinforced resin; a second step of forming two dome members made of the fiber-reinforced resin; and a third step of forming a reinforcing body that is the reinforcing layer by joining both end portions of the cylinder member and end portions of the two dome members, respectively. The first step includes forming the cylinder member by winding a release material around a mandrel and winding the fiber-reinforced resin on the release material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsunori Shindo, Kazuyo Wakasugi, Masayoshi Takami, Yasunori Nosaka
  • Patent number: 11511502
    Abstract: A method for preparing a part using a rigid tool surface having a shape. The method includes applying a breather sheet comprising gas-permeable material over the rigid tool surface. A vacuum bag is applied over the breather sheet, and a vacuum pressure is applied underneath the vacuum bag to conform the breather sheet and the vacuum bag to the shape of the rigid tool surface. A resin pre-impregnated ply is applied over the vacuum bag, and the part is positioned over the ply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Mark Anthony Wadsworth
  • Patent number: 11505721
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a stretchable adhesive film comprising a substrate layer comprising an elastomer; and a first adhesive layer provided on one surface of the substrate layer, wherein the stretchable adhesive film satisfies Equation 1, and a display device comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Han Sol Yoo, Hyun Cheol Kim
  • Patent number: 11505720
    Abstract: The invention relates to a film comprising an optionally multilayer carrier layer; wherein one surface side of the carrier layer has been modified over part of its area either by surface activation or by printing with a print medium, such that the surface side has modified regions and unmodified regions; wherein the modified regions and the unmodified regions are coated over part or all of the area by a release material; and wherein the strength of adhesion of the release material to the carrier layer in the modified regions is different compared to the adhesion of the release material to the carrier layer in the unmodified regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: LOPAREX GERMANY GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Jürgen Panhans
  • Patent number: 11505949
    Abstract: A floor may include a substrate having a top side and a bottom side. A top layer may be provided on the substrate. The top layer may consist of a printed thermoplastic film and a thermoplastic transparent or translucent layer provided on the printed thermoplastic film. The top layer may be directly adhered to the substrate by heat welding the printed thermoplastic film and the top side of the substrate, in the absence of a glue layer. The substrate may be a synthetic material board including a filler. The substrate at least at two opposite edges may include coupling means provided in the synthetic material board. The thermoplastic transparent or translucent layer may be provided with a structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventors: Laurent Meersseman, Martin Segaert
  • Patent number: 11498791
    Abstract: The subject matter of the present invention is a method and a device for producing an adhesive tape (1). First a material web (2) comprising a carrier tape material is supplied from an unwinding unit (3). The supplied material web (2) is subsequently provided on at least one surface with at least one adhesive strip (4) in a coating unit (6). The material web (2) provided with the adhesive strip (4) is then cut into at least two longitudinal strips with the aid of a cutting device (10) and made up into individual adhesive tapes (1). According to the invention, a sensor (8, 9) scanning the material web is used to align the material web (2) and/or the cutting device (10) in the transverse direction (Q) in such a way that a longitudinal cut (S) respectively produced with the aid of the cutting device (10) is introduced in an exact position into the material web (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: CERTOPLAST TECHNISCHE KLEBEBAENDER GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Rambusch, Rene Rambusch, Kay Ruhnau
  • Patent number: 11479908
    Abstract: The present invention provides a synthetic leather including at least a base (i), an adhesive layer (ii), and a skin layer (iii). The adhesive layer (ii) is formed of a urethane resin composition including a urethane resin (A) produced using an aromatic polyisocyanate (a1) as a raw material and water (B). The skin layer (iii) is formed of a urethane resin composition including an anionic urethane resin (X) having an anionic group concentration of 0.15 mmol/g or less and water (Y). The aromatic polyisocyanate (a1) preferably includes toluene diisocyanate. The urethane resin (A) has an aromatic ring concentration of 0.1 to 2.5 mol/kg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventor: Ryo Maeda
  • Patent number: 11479694
    Abstract: The invention relates to the technical field of adhesive tape and discloses a high-performance ultra-thin double-sided adhesive tape, including a polyester film substrate, a high-performance adhesive coating coated on both sides of the polyester film, wherein the high-performance adhesive coating is composed of the following parts by weight of each component uniformly mixed: 100-140 parts by weight of high-performance acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive, 15-20 parts by weight of curing agent, and 130-160 parts by weight of ethyl acetate. The thickness of the adhesive tape is 0.003-0.010 mm, with a good adhesion and a mechanical strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventor: Shaoyu Fan
  • Patent number: 11479911
    Abstract: The present invention provides a synthetic leather including at least a base (i), an adhesive layer (ii), and a skin layer (iii). The adhesive layer (ii) is formed of a urethane resin composition including a urethane resin (A) produced using an aromatic polyisocyanate (a1) as a raw material and water (B). The skin layer (iii) is formed of a urethane resin composition including an anionic urethane resin (X) having an anionic group concentration of 0.25 mmol/g or less, water (Y), and an anionic surfactant (Z). The aromatic polyisocyanate (a1) preferably includes toluene diisocyanate. The urethane resin (A) has an aromatic ring concentration of 0.1 to 2.5 mol/kg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventor: Ryo Maeda
  • Patent number: 11472922
    Abstract: According to the present invention, damage such as film tearing during a rolling process can be reduced by using, as a substrate for a flexible display, a polyimide film having the thickness of 5-10 ?m, modulus of 3-8 GPa, the absolute value of out-of-plane retardation (Rth) of 200-600 nm, and a strain, at a tensile force of 100 MPa, of 10% or less. In addition, since the polyimide film has low residual stress with respect to inorganic substrates, the occurrence of defects during a TFT process is reduced. As a result, processing reliability for a flexible display can be improved. In addition, the saturated static electricity half-life of the polyimide film is controlled to be 250 seconds or more so as to minimize the voltage loss ratio of saturated static electricity and reduce the current drop during a TFT operation, and, as a result, enables a display having improved luminosity to be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Cheolmin Yun, Bora Shin, Danbi Choi
  • Patent number: 11465172
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for applying coatings on a baggy web are provided. A Mayer rod and a back-up roll engage with each other to form a nip. The back-up roll has a deformable inner layer with a surface thereof covered by a deformable outer layer. The Mayer rod and the flexible web at a contacting area are impressed into the back-up roll with a machine-direction nip width W and a nip engagement depth D, which enables formation of a coating having a substantially uniform thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Kara A. Meyers, Shawn C. Dodds, Eric A. Vandre, Tyler J. Rattray, Kevin T. Grove, Brittni M. Schiewer, Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Samad Javid, James N. Dobbs, Wayne D. Meredyk
  • Patent number: 11427732
    Abstract: An easy-to-peel eco-friendly adhesive tape includes a film substrate, an adhesive layer, and a first print layer. The film substrate has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface has a surface energy greater than 36 dyne/cm. The adhesive layer is disposed on the first surface of the film substrate, and extends from one lengthwise edge towards the lengthwise edge of the film substrate, and does not reach the other side of the film substrate. Therefore, the first surface of the film substrate close to the other side has no adhesive layer. The first print layer is disposed on the first surface of the film substrate in a printing manner, and the first print layer is disposed on the first surface of the film substrate without the adhesive layer, and forms a peeling part. The adhesive tape can be thoroughly separated from the cardboard box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: WILL TREND CORPORATION
    Inventor: San-Chai Tsai
  • Patent number: 11238759
    Abstract: A combination wristband and label form. The form includes a polyester section having a single-ply wristband defined by die cuts therein. The wristband includes a foldable portion having a first panel and a second panel. An outer surface of one of the first panel and the second panel is coated with a coating configured for receiving printed indicia. An outer surface of at least the other of the first panel and the second panel has adhesive to allow for the first panel to be adhesively secured to the second panel after the coating has received the printed indicia. The void exposes the coating on the outer surface of one of the first panel and the second panel to allow the printed indicia to be printed on the coating through the void. Upon folding the foldable portion, the printed indicia is sandwiched between the first panel and the second panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Ward-Kraft, Inc.
    Inventors: Gina Staudinger, Roger Davis, Phil Quick, Roger Kraft
  • Patent number: 11232719
    Abstract: A combination wristband and label form. The front side has a first portion having a plurality of labels die cut therein and a second portion having a void. A back side of the form comprises a polyester section. The form includes a single-ply wristband defined by die cuts in the polyester section. The single-ply wristband has a foldable portion comprising a first panel and a second panel. The first panel is configured to accept printed indicia. A strap extends laterally from the first panel in a first direction and a tab extends from the second panel in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The tab is configured to be adhesively adhered to the strap to secure the single-ply wristband around a person's appendage. The single-ply wristband is of unitary construction and is devoid of paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Ward-Kraft, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Kraft, Gina Staudinger, Roger Davis, Phil Quick
  • Patent number: 11132589
    Abstract: A method for configuring a sensor tag may include providing a flexible substrate layer comprising a thin film of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU); depositing a sensor inlay on the flexible substrate layer; and applying a protective coating over the sensor inlay encapsulating the sensor inlay between the flexible substrate layer and the protective coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: Gopal Chandramowle, David Torrecilla Puertas
  • Patent number: 11125267
    Abstract: An attachment structure includes a main body and a first adhesive layer. The main body has an upper side as a first side and a lower side as a second side. The first adhesive layer is selectively disposed on one of the first and second sides. The first adhesive layer has multiple first passages. The first passages divide the first adhesive layer into multiple first adhesive blocks. By means of the first passages of the first adhesive layer, when the main body is attached to another unit, the main body can be more easily and tightly attached to the unit without producing any void or blister.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ching-Hang Shen