Female Mold Type Means Patents (Class 425/117)
  • Patent number: 11906398
    Abstract: There is provided an automated system for preparing tissue samples that comprises one or more microtomes, a hydration system, and a processor, the processor being programmed to initiate facing, by one or more microtomes, of a first tissue block comprising a first tissue sample embedded in an embedding material, and cause the first tissue block to be hydrated by the hydration system for a first predetermined time, and initiate facing, by one or more microtomes, of a second tissue block while the first tissue block is being hydrated, the second tissue block comprising a second tissue sample embedded in an embedding material, and cause the second tissue block to be hydrated by the hydration system for a second predetermined time, and to initiate the one or more microtomes to begin sectioning of the first tissue block while the second tissue block is being hydrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Clarapath, Inc.
    Inventors: Baris Yagci, Eric Feinstein, Partha P. Mitra, Janak Sewkarran, Cong Zhang, Robert Shusko
  • Patent number: 11826934
    Abstract: A method for continuously molding glass components with the aid of at least one plastic, at least one unshaped glass component being positioned between a first molding tool and a second molding tool, the at least one unshaped glass component being elastically shaped by pressing together the first molding tool and the second molding tool, the at least one elastically shaped glass component being secured in the shaped state by locking slides, and a plastic being applied to at least one side of the shaped glass component at least in areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Volker Wachenschwan, Christine Schuetz, Wilma Dewald
  • Patent number: 11758622
    Abstract: A method and system for heating a material includes an induction coil, a susceptor providing a receptacle, where the receptacle is configured to receive the material, and at least one nozzle for ejecting a heated gas onto and/or into the material. During the method, the susceptor is heated by the induction coil, and thermal energy from the susceptor can be transferred to the material. In addition to being heated by heat from the susceptor, the material is also heated by the heated gas, thereby increasing a heating rate of the material to rapidly heat the material to a processing temperature. The system can include other components such as a gas source, at least one conduit that channels gas from the gas source to the at least one nozzle, and a heat source that heats the gas prior to ejecting the gas from the at least one nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Marc R. Matsen, Tunde Olaniyan, Everette D. Gray, Landon K. Henson, William C. Dykstra
  • Patent number: 11731783
    Abstract: A spark prevention cap is disclosed. The cap forms a sealed cavity around an end of a fastener protruding from a surface of a structure, for example, an aircraft structure. The cap has a cap body with an annular base terminating at a rim. The rim surrounds an opening into a central cavity for receiving the end of the fastener. The annular base has an external circumferential surface extending from the base rim, and a mating feature on the external circumferential surface configured to contact a sealant material applied externally to the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Thomas Monaghan
  • Patent number: 11498250
    Abstract: A method for the design, manufacture, and assembly of modular lattice structures composed of cuboctahedron unit cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States Government as represented by The Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Benjamin Jenett, Neil Gershenfeld, Kenneth Cheung, Christine Gregg
  • Patent number: 11415176
    Abstract: Interface for fastening a first component to a second component providing a fastening collar made from composite material intended to be overmoulded at least on a part of the first component and including a bearing surface intended to bear on the second component and a fastening insert extending along an axis of elongation substantially perpendicular to the bearing surface of the collar for fastening to the second component, the fastening collar being overmoulded around the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SKF Aerospace France S.A.S
    Inventor: Rémi Sarlin
  • Patent number: 11338486
    Abstract: An injection-moulding tool (2) for producing an in particular thin-walled plastics component, comprising: —at least two tool elements (1, 1?, 1?), wherein the at least two tool elements (1, 1?, 1?), in a closed position of the injection-moulding tool (2), are moved against one another at least in sections so as to form at least a subregion of a shape-imparting tool cavity (3) of the injection-moulding tool (2), wherein—the at least two tool elements (1, 1?, 1?) each have at least one shape-imparting contouring structure (4, 4?, 4?) which delimits the tool cavity (3) at least in sections, wherein—on at least one tool element (1, 1?, 1?), adjacent to the contouring structure (4, 4?, 4?), there is formed at least one ventilation structure (5) for ventilating the tool cavity (3) in the closed position of the injection-moulding tool (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventor: Werner Kohlmann
  • Patent number: 11305476
    Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing device of a battery case including a first mold including a first space part having a shape corresponding to a storage part formed therein; a second mold including a second space part having a shape corresponding to the storage part and a through-hole communicating with the second space part formed therein, and coupled to the first mold with a laminate sheet interposed therebetween; and an air pressure regulator mounted in the through-hole in a state in which the first space part and the second space part are isolated from the outside, and increasing or decreasing an air pressure of the second space part through the through-hole to stretch and modify the laminate sheet into a shape corresponding to the first space part or the second space part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventors: Sei Woon Oh, Hyun Min Kim, Sun Hwak Woo, Yeo Kyung Yoon, Eun Ju Lee, Ji Eun Lee, Soo Ji Hwang
  • Patent number: 11299078
    Abstract: An armrest includes a first branch cable and a second branch cable, a frame, a skin covering the frame, and a foamed resin material. The frame includes a first routing section and a second routing section in which the first branch cable and the second branch cable are arranged, respectively. The foamed resin material is disposed on an inner side of the skin. The first branch cable and the second branch cable are disposed within the foamed resin material in the first routing section and the second routing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES. LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED, TOKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Makoto Higashikozono, Kaho Hayashi, Hideki Oshima, Takahiko Endo, Keiji Makino, Jun Jin, Takemasa Okumura
  • Patent number: 11239125
    Abstract: A carrier structure includes: a plurality of substrates; a separation portion provided between the substrates; and a periphery portion provided at the periphery of the substrates and formed with at least one opening. With the configuration of the opening, the area of an insulating layer of the carrier structure can be reduced. Therefore, the overall space of electrostatic buildup in the carrier structure can also be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsien-Lung Hsiao, Yu-Cheng Pai, Chia-Chi Lo, Szu-Hsien Chen, Shu-Chi Chang
  • Patent number: 10987835
    Abstract: A method for casting a ring-shaped plastic frame comprises providing two mold parts, wherein at least one of the two molds parts includes at least one ring-shaped seat. Positioning a rotor disk between the two mold parts where the rotor disk comprises at least one annular recess. Engaging a mold core with at least a portion of each of the two mold parts. The mold core comprises at least one casting channel configured to attach at one end to a supply of plastified plastic. Inserting at least one mold insert into the at least one ring-shaped seat. A mold volume is defined by the at least one mold insert, the mold core and an edge of the at least one annular recess, wherein the mold volume is configured to fluidly connect with the at least one casting channel to receive plastified plastic to form a plastic frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Lapmaster Wolters GmbH
    Inventors: Helge Moeller, Joern Kanzow
  • Patent number: 10703013
    Abstract: Described are improved devices and processes for manufacturing concrete articles, including concrete pipe. In one embodiment, the invention provides an apparatus that has a first platform that is located beneath the floor of a manufacturing facility. The first platform includes a top surface and is configured to move bi-directionally along an axis. Two form bases can reside on the top surface of the first platform, each form base further including a form core that extends vertically from the first platform through respective holes in a second platform that resides above the first platform at an elevation even with or just above the floor's surface. The second platform is configured to move bi-directionally with the first platform between one of two cranes disposed on either side of a concrete mixer. A form is placed over the first core, which is then positioned under the outlet of an auger that receives concrete from the mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Inventor: William M. Del Zotto
  • Patent number: 10699924
    Abstract: The invention relates to a modular system for moulding electronic components, comprising at least three separate system modules; a press module for moulding the electronic components; a loader module for loading the electronic components to be moulded from a cassette to a press module; and a service module configured to at least partially control each of the other system modules. The invention also relates to a kit-of-parts for assembling such a modular system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Besi Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Lambertus Gerardus Maria Venrooij, Jeroen Kleijburg
  • Patent number: 10653228
    Abstract: Method and machine (10) for producing capsules of cosmetic products, preferably lipsticks. The method includes a step of introducing (2000) a base volume of a cosmetic product into a melting and preparing the machine to melt and prepare cosmetic products, and a subsequent step of injecting (2020) a predetermined and melted portion of the base volume of cosmetic product by injecting elements (160) of the machine (10) into a containment capsule (200) of the predetermined portion of the base volume of cosmetic product; the containment capsule and the predetermined portion of cosmetic product making up a semifinished product of the cosmetic product designed to be subjected to subsequent steps of working and morphological processing before its final use by an user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: PATENT LAB SA
    Inventor: Sergio Faverio
  • Patent number: 10537113
    Abstract: A process of inserting a stick into a meat patty, which is formed in a food product forming apparatus. The process includes inserting the stick at least partially into the meat patty while a drum of the food product forming apparatus rotates and the stick is moved for insertion into the meat patty by an insertion unit. While the stick is inserted into at least one cavity in one of the rows of cavities, another at least one cavity in another one of the rows of cavities is simultaneously filled with the meat patty. The step of inserting the stick takes place during a co-rotational movement of the drum and the insertion unit, while the drum rotates from a filling position to a discharge position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS BAKEL B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrikus Petrus Gerardus Van Gerwen, George Lambertus Josephus Maria Boogers, Hendrik Jan Righolt
  • Patent number: 10435220
    Abstract: Described herein are packaging materials and their use in manufacturing packaging containers having an opening device, and intended for food products. In some embodiments, a packaging material for a packaging container for liquid or semi-liquid food includes: a bulk layer made of paper or paperboard; a heat-sealing layer; a barrier layer arranged between the bulk layer and the heat-sealing layer; and a laminate layer arranged between the barrier layer and the bulk layer. The packaging material can include one or more weakenings in direct or indirect contact with an attenuation in the packaging material, the one or more weakenings defining a consumer opening area. The attenuation can provide a material bridge for an injection molded opening device. In one embodiment, the attenuation can include the heat-sealing layer, the barrier layer, and the laminate layer, but not the bulk layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Jonas Björk, Pärm Andersson, Bengt Håkansson
  • Patent number: 10399267
    Abstract: A device for thermoforming containers, the device having mold blocks mounted to move in translation. An example embodiment may include at least first and second analogous mold blocks, a counter-mold, means for causing a thermoplastic material to advance along an advance axis, and two labeling blocks. The mold blocks can be moved in a first movement between a thermoforming level and a disengagement level. The mold blocks can also be moved in a second movement along an axis transverse to the advance axis so as to place each mold facing in succession the counter-mold and one of the labeling blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: ERCA
    Inventor: Sébastien Le Metayer
  • Patent number: 10225906
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a semiconductor nanocrystal in a layer. The layer can be a monolayer of semiconductor nanocrystals. The monolayer can form a pattern on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Seth Coe-Sullivan, Jonathan S. Steckel, LeeAnn Kim, Moungi G. Bawendi, Vladimir Bulovic
  • Patent number: 10076858
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for manufacturing intraocular lenses (IOLs) is disclosed. Two mold components (an outer mold component and an inner mold component) of different composition may be employed. The outer mold may be composed of a metal or other refractory material and may serve as the outer die into which a lens forming material can be introduced. The inner mold component may be composed of a softer or more compliant material and may be deployed within the outer mold component. The IOL may be formed by casting the lens-forming material into a shape defined by the space between the two mold components. In certain embodiments, the present disclosure may reduce or eliminate flash in IOLs, improve alignment of their optical surfaces, and/or reduce or eliminate the need for bonded regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Lauren Gerardi, Kevin M. Lewellen
  • Patent number: 9724837
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for die cutting label stock comprising a facestock, an adhesive and optionally a liner to form labels where a liner of the linered pressure sensitive adhesive label stock may be a thin or ultrathin liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventors: Alan Green, Dennis R. Benoit
  • Patent number: 9539772
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method and system that can be utilized to manufacturing composite structures in a closed cavity mold. The tool system includes a closed cavity tool with spring members that when in compression apply pressure to a preform located within the closed cavity mold. During a curing cycle, the spring members provide substantially constant pressure to the preform, thereby preventing voids and porosity in the cured composite structure. Further, the substantially constant pressure, provided by the spring members, acts to more effectively conform the preform to the geometry defined by a void in the closed cavity mold during the curing cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen K. Bishop, Robert J. Greenberg, Forrest W. Henry
  • Patent number: 9469051
    Abstract: On a foam plastics molding machine, a molding unit, defined by a mold and an interface frame equipped with a number or quantity of plastic molding material and operating fluid inlets, is loaded into a raised window in a fixed frame of the machine by positioning the molding unit in a fixed position on a trolley; positioning the trolley astride a fixed platform; raising the platform so that vertical ribs on the interface frame slideably engage corresponding vertical guides forming part of the machine and on a level with the window; connecting the guides to the ribs; and moving the guides towards the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: BAZZICA ENGINEERING S.R.L.
    Inventor: Carlo Bazzica
  • Patent number: 9446556
    Abstract: A printer compensates for variations in ejected material drop volumes occurring during production of the layers for the formation of an object in a three-dimensional printer. The printer includes an optical sensor that generates topographical and measurement data of each layer of the object after each layer is printed. Differences in height between columns of material being formed by the ejectors in the printhead are identified with reference to the data produced by the sensor and raster data used to operate the printhead are modified adjust the formation of a next layer in the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Paul A. Hosier, Roger L. Triplett, Stuart A. Schweid, Terri A. Clingerman
  • Patent number: 9383747
    Abstract: A production installation for the automated manufacture of parts, particularly a pallet circulating installation for the manufacture of reinforced concrete elements and/or an installation for manufacturing reinforcement elements, includes an electronic control computer which is connected to sensors and control elements in the production installation and controls the production sequence. At least one display device is provided for the schematic graphical representation of the production installation and the current state data therefor. A mass memory is provided which can be used to store the state data for the production installation in time-indexed fashion over a period which goes beyond the production time for a part. Also, an electronic computer unit and a display device are provided which can be used to retrieve and graphically display the historical state data stored in the mass memory, together with a schematic graphical representation of the production installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: PROGRESS MASCHINEN & AUTOMATION AG
    Inventors: Erich Nussbaumer, Richard Michael Hellrigl
  • Patent number: 9366605
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for processing tissue specimens against decomposition, putrefaction and autolysis which use a simple three step procedure in a single vessel or container. First, the specimens are saturated with a solvent mixture of a ketone and a hydrocarbon, e.g., an Acetone/Hexane or an Acetone/Xylene mixture, to dissolve lipids and other cellular solutes. The container is then flooded with melted Paraffin. In a last step, the solvent mixture is vaporized and evacuated from the container, allowing the melted Paraffin to replace the vaporized solvent and impregnate the specimens. Raw, i.e., non-processed and non-burred specimens up to 5 mm thick can be processed in about 60 minutes. A solvent regenerator distills the evacuated solvent; and converts vent waste gases into carbon dioxide and water through a thermocatalytic oxidizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Inventor: Steven Paul Wheeler
  • Patent number: 9220925
    Abstract: A device and a method for the production of lipstick leads made of paste-like masses where, the device includes a chamber, a flexible mold part and a mold holder, and the flexible mold part is arranged in the chamber and paste-like mass is poured into the flexible mold part and can at least partially solidify in the flexible mold part and the at least partially solidified paste-like mass is removed with a removal device while elastically expanding the flexible mold part, and the mold holder is arranged for at least some of the time and at least partially in the chamber for holding part of the flexible mold part, so that the mold holder is moved relative to the flexible mold part, and the chamber can be filled with a heat transfer medium before and/or during the filling of the flexible mold part, and a negative pressure expands the flexible mold part in the chamber to remove the paste-like mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Weckerle GMBH
    Inventors: Franz Xaver Gilg, Sven Droste
  • Patent number: 9209047
    Abstract: This method of waferscale packaging produces finished integrated circuits (ICs) individually completely encapsulated with environmentally protective packaging material while still in the wafer format. Following conventional semiconductor fabrication of chips at the wafer level and prior to their separation, a first polymer is applied to the front surface of the wafer with allowance for contact holes. A carrier wafer is attached to the exposed polymer. The original substrate is removed and the devices are separated by cutting through the semiconductor layer and the first polymer. A second polymer is applied to cover the exposed backside of the devices and to fill the cut spaces between them, thereby sealing the remaining five surfaces of the chips. The second polymer layer may also include contact holes for access to the back side of the device chips. A second singulation cutting leaves the chips on the wafer prepared for a pick-and-place operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: American Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas R. Hackler, Sr., Dale G. Wilson
  • Patent number: 9022765
    Abstract: A vibrating machine for producing a molded body by compacting a granular raw mixture includes an oscillatable vibrating table configured to receive a molding box. A clamping device is produced by at least two clamping closures, each including: a pivot bracket having a lower end being pivotally mounted on the vibrating table and an upper end including a cranking which is directed outward; a double-acting hydraulic pivot cylinder pivotally mounted on the vibrating table; a two-armed rocker arm pivotally connected to the pivot bracket and including an inner part that cooperates with the molding box and an outer part that cooperates with the hydraulic pivot cylinder; and a compression spring disposed between the cranking and the outer part of the rocker arm such that the rocker arm releases from a position closing the respective clamping closure upon a pressure in the hydraulic pivot cylinder being relieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Outotec Oyj
    Inventors: Hardy Nagel, Wilfried Schumacher, Monique Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20150108685
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying sealant. The apparatus may comprise a shaping portion, a centering portion, and a support system. The shaping portion may have a cavity configured to receive a fastener system and receive a sealant. The centering portion may have a channel configured to position the shaping portion in a desired position around the fastener system when the fastener system is received in the cavity. The support system may be configured to maintain the desired position of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Carissa Ann Pajel, Robert Marshall Burgess, Benjamin Priest Hargrave
  • Publication number: 20150084732
    Abstract: There is disclosed a transformer, comprising a triangular wound core; a low voltage LV winding; and at least one high voltage HV foil disc winding and a method for manufacturing a transformer coil, comprising providing a high voltage HV inner mold assembly; and winding at least one HV foil disc winding on the HV inner mold assembly. There is also disclosed a mold for manufacturing a transformer coil, comprising side gears respectively arranged at top and bottom positions of a triangular wound core; a high voltage HV inner mold assembly connected to the side gears; and a HV outer mold assembly connected to the side gears, wherein the HV outer mold assembly has a top opening across a length thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Jong-Yun Lim, Seung-Chul Lee, Gun-Woo Nam, Chang-Hyeon Lee, Stephane Schaal, Martin Carlen, Samuel Outten
  • Patent number: 8944797
    Abstract: A molding apparatus includes a mold having a long cavity; a pinching member that holds a long metal plate having a pair of longitudinal ends, a pair of lateral ends and a pair of surfaces forming a plate shape by pinching the long metal member, the long metal plate being inserted into the cavity such that the longitudinal direction of the long metal plate is directed to a longitudinal direction of the cavity and the long metal plate is positioned at a position offset from a center of the cross-section of the circumferential surface; and an inlet for pouring a resin material into a space defined between the mold and the pinching member, wherein a shape of the space is such that the amounts of the resin material to be poured around the each side of the pair of surfaces of the long metal plate are equivalent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Misonoo, Makoto Fuchigami
  • Publication number: 20150008616
    Abstract: A mold for producing a biological tissue embedded in a block of an embedding material is provided. The mold comprises a compartment having a compartment floor and a depression extending downwards from the compartment floor. A molding apparatus, comprising a mold and a press for pressing a sample sheet onto the compartment floor of the mold is provided. The press comprises a foot configured to enter at least partially into the compartment and press a sample tissue, at least partially into the depression. A method of embedding a biological tissue in an embedding material using a mold as described herein is provided. A cleaning device configured for removing excess embedding materials from the press of the molding apparatus is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: UC-CARE LTD.
    Inventors: Alex Pasternak, Keren Schweizer
  • Publication number: 20150001754
    Abstract: A mold that: makes it possible to manufacture a molded foam body wherein a reinforcing member extends to a portion of an outer face of the molded body main body that corresponds to a parting line in the inner face of the cavity of the mold; and prevents molding problems stemming from the reinforcing member getting into the aforementioned parting line. Also: a method for manufacturing a molded foam body using the aforementioned mold; and a molded foam body manufactured thereby. A recessed step portion (6) that faces the cavity (4) of the aforementioned mold (1) is provided in the mating face (3a) of at least one part (3) of said mold (1), at at least a portion of the parting line (P) (formed in the inner face of the cavity (4)) adjacent to which the reinforcing member (22) is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kuroki, Teruo Iwai, Taisuke Yonezawa
  • Publication number: 20140377575
    Abstract: There is disclosed an in-mould labelling process for the manufacture of a labelled article comprising the steps of: feeding a labelstock web into a mould; forming an article in the mould such that the formed article contacts and effectively adheres to a label of the labelstock web; detaching the adhered label from the labelstock web; and removing the formed and labelled article from the mould.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Stephen Langstaff, Christopher Konkel, Robert Siegl
  • Patent number: 8852495
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a piece made of composite material including a fiber preform that is embedded in a matrix, includes placing the preform in a first chamber that is delimited by a first semi-sealed wall, i.e., permeable to gas and impermeable to a product that is able to form the matrix, extracting the gases in a second chamber that is delimited by a second gas-tight wall and the first semi-sealed wall so as to obtain the diffusion of the product that is able to form the matrix in the preform, characterized in that it consists in using—as a first semi-sealed wall—at least one plate with a number of pipes of tapered shape that empty on either side of the at least one plate and at least one semi-sealed membrane that is superposed on the at least one plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Philippe Blot, Sébastien Gohier, Mathieu Lannuzel
  • Patent number: 8827686
    Abstract: The present invention provides an imprinting apparatus or an imprint transfer method in which uniformity of curing quality by UV light is maintained and a uniform application thickness of a UV curable resin is achieved, even if glass is contaminated with dust and/or smudges or has a flaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Shiraishi, Naoaki Yamashita, Masashi Aoki
  • Patent number: 8801983
    Abstract: A hip spacer mold forming a spacer with a spacer stem connected to a spacer head has a stem portion for forming a spacer stem. The hip spacer mold also has a plurality of interchangeable head modules configured for alternatively forming spacer heads of a plurality of different predetermined sizes. The head modules are configured to be disposed adjacent the stem portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Zimmer Orthopaedic Surgical Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Haney, Scott Sporer, Michael E Hawkins
  • Publication number: 20140205697
    Abstract: A molding roller includes a cylindrical main body and a seamless ring-shaped molding film. The main body has a circumferential surface. The molding film is directly formed on the circumferential surface. The molding film has a molding surface opposite to the main body. The molding surface has a number of molding patterns. The molding film is made of polymer material, and the polymer material is obtained through the polymerization of polydimethylsiloxane and hard chain additive. The invention further relates to an apparatus and provides a method for manufacturing the molding roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: CHIA-LING HSU
  • Publication number: 20140205696
    Abstract: A molding roller includes a cylindrical main body and a seamless ring-shaped molding film. The main body has a smooth circumferential surface. The molding film is made of flexible organic-inorganic composite, and is coated on the circumferential surface. The molding film has a molding surface opposite to the main body. The molding surface defines a plurality of molding patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: CHIA-LING HSU
  • Patent number: 8758000
    Abstract: The apparatus comprises a melting chamber (6) in communication with a molding cavity made up by two half-molds (1, 2) in a close position, an inlet duct (3) through which plastic material is fed into said melting chamber (6), an ultrasound vibration element (4) activated by an ultrasound generator (5) and provided with an end portion inserted in the melting chamber (6) through an access opening thereof, and motion means for generating a relative displacement between the ultrasound vibration element (4) and the melting chamber (6). The ultrasound vibration element (4) is supported by adjustment means so as to adjust the position of a longitudinal axis (E) thereof in two cross directions (X, Y) perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to an axial direction (Z) parallel to a longitudinal axis of the melting chamber (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Fundacio Privada Ascamm
    Inventors: Francesco Puliga, Matías Sacristán Erriquez, Francisco Javier Plantà Torrallba, Alfons Navarro Solanilla
  • Patent number: 8708682
    Abstract: A method for repairing gas turbine components, in particular gas turbine blades, including at least the following steps: a) preparing a gas turbine component to be repaired; b) removing a damaged portion from the gas turbine component to be repaired, thereby forming a plane separation surface; c) placing the gas turbine component at least partly in a process chamber in such a way that the plane separation surface extends approximately horizontally within the process chamber; d) filling the process chamber with a metal powder that is bonding-compatible with the material of the gas turbine component to be repaired, namely up to the level of the separation surface; e) building up the removed portion on the separation surface by depositing metal powder in layers onto the separation surface and by fusing the metal powder, which has been deposited in layers onto the separation surface, to the separation surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Huttner, Karl-Heinz Dusel, Erwin Bayer, Albin Platz
  • Patent number: 8691139
    Abstract: A method of connecting a component to a molded article may include disposing a component adjacent to a wall of the article being molded, overlapping a portion of the component with a portion of the wall of the article being molded while the wall is still at least partially molten, and permitting the wall of the article being molded to cool with said portion of the component still overlapped by the wall. Preferably, a portion of the component is overlapped on two sides by the wall of the article being molded to firmly retain the component relative to the article after the article is formed. The article may be a receptacle, or any other object, as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: TI Automotive Technology Center GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Grauer
  • Publication number: 20140048977
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for molding a medical device utilizes a rigid outer stiffener and a flexible inner mold that nests with the outer stiffener. The medical device can be a stimulating apparatus used to deliver electrical stimulation to a peripheral, central or autonomic neural structure. More specifically, the medical device can be a neurostimulator apparatus designed to delivery electrical stimulation to the sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) to treat primary headaches, such as migraines, cluster headaches and/or many other neurological disorders, such as atypical facial pain and/or trigeminal neuralgias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: AUTONOMIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Powell, Carl Lance Boling, Jennifer Teng, Morgan Clyburn
  • Patent number: 8616868
    Abstract: A sealant mold for sealing a domed nutplate unit particularly at a lower region about an adhesively attached interface with a substrate such as an aircraft fuel tank wall. The sealant mold is formed from a lightweight plastic material, and includes an inner cap in combination with an outer skirt to define a gap or trough for receiving and supporting a metered quantity of a curable sealant material. The mold is fitted onto a dome of the nutplate unit with an inner cap inboard edge landed onto a dome shoulder. The outer skirt is then displaced downwardly about the landed inner cap to extrude the sealant material about the lower region of the nutplate unit particularly such as the adhesively attached interface with the substrate. The sealant material is allowed to cure, after which the sealant mold can be stripped quickly and easily from the cured sealant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Physical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles G. Hutter, III, John M. Cortez
  • Publication number: 20130344186
    Abstract: A hip spacer mold forming a spacer with a spacer stem connected to a spacer head has a stem portion for forming a spacer stem. The hip spacer mold also has a plurality of interchangeable head modules configured for alternatively forming spacer heads of a plurality of different predetermined sizes. The head modules are configured to be disposed adjacent the stem portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Sean Haney, Scott Sporer, Michael E. Hawkins
  • Patent number: 8609003
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming any size antibiotic impregnated bone cement (AIBC) intramedullary (IM) nail. The cement nail is formed around a base support or base IM nail. The apparatus includes a molded plastic tube device to form the shape of the cement IM nail and plastic spacers which position the molded plastic tube around the base support or base IM nail for formation of the cement nail. The AIBC material may be any of the known antibiotic loaded/impregnated bone cements that are commercially available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Inventor: Rahul Vaidya
  • Patent number: 8602761
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for the automatic manufacture of wind turbine blades using die halves (2,3) wherein by applying dry fiber mats, two complementary shells are molded whereby the attachment thereof will result in the blade to be obtained, head-bearing means (5,6) being arranged with respect to the die halves (2,3), said means being susceptible to selectively having demolding agent, paint, adhesive application accessories or a machining accessory, and head-bearing means (13) having a functional assembly capable of applying the dry fiber mats in the die halves (2,3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Danobat, S. Coop
    Inventors: César Arriola Arrizabalaga, Xabier Era{tilde under (n)}a Achaga, Mariano Sastre Sánchez, Fernando Martínez Herraiz
  • Patent number: 8556612
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an educational method and apparatus for the instruction of basic scientific principles relating to mining. The apparatus consists of a kit for science instruction that comprises a topographic mold, casting compound, and one or more components simulating materials found in nature beneath the surface of the earth. The kit may include a tool for obtaining core samples of the resulting topographic model and may include a topographic map. The components of the kit may be used in conjunction with weight measurement tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Carolina Biological Supply Company
    Inventor: Brian Matthew Kloepfer
  • Publication number: 20130175730
    Abstract: A sealant mold for sealing a dome element particularly at a lower region about an interface with a substrate such as an aircraft fuel tank wall. The sealant mold is formed from a lightweight plastic material, and includes an outer cap portion having an opening formed therein, in combination with an integral outer skirt to define a gap or trough for receiving and supporting a metered quantity of a curable sealant material. The mold is slidably fitted onto a dome element with outer skirt displaced downwardly to extrude the sealant material about the lower region of the dome element. The sealant material is allowed to cure, after which the sealant mold can be stripped from the cured sealant material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: PHYSICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: PHYSICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
  • Patent number: 8480389
    Abstract: A hip spacer mold forming a spacer with a spacer stem connected to a spacer head has a stem portion for forming a spacer stem. The hip spacer mold also has a plurality of interchangeable head modules configured for alternatively forming spacer heads of a plurality of different predetermined sizes. The head modules are configured to be disposed adjacent the stem portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Zimmer Orthopedic Surgical Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Haney, Scott M. Sporer, Michael E. Hawkins