Honeycomb-like Patents (Class 428/116)
  • Patent number: 11661169
    Abstract: A floor structure for an aircraft includes a rail that defines a recess having an opening and a bottom and designed to receive one or more attachment elements, a covering element arranged above a segment of the recess so as to provide a complementary bearing surface above the opening, and a cellular supporting structure having a first end that rests on the bottom of the recess, and a second end supporting the covering element. Thus, the covering element can be sufficiently thin to avoid or limit the formation of steps at the surface of the floor structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: Airbus (S.A.S.), Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Christian Godenzi, Jean-Michel Corvi, Thomas Sanpons
  • Patent number: 11655192
    Abstract: An example article includes a substrate and a barrier coating on the substrate extending from an inner interface facing the substrate to an outer surface opposite the inner interface. The barrier coating includes a bulk matrix and a plurality of discrete plugs inset within the bulk matrix and dispersed across the outer surface of the barrier coating. An example technique includes forming the barrier coating on the substrate of a component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Li Li, Jun Shi, Scott Nelson, Taylor K. Blair
  • Patent number: 11649424
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pneumatic microfluidic platform for high-throughput studies of cardiac hypertrophy that enables repetitive (hundreds of thousands of times) and robust (over several weeks) manipulation of cardiac ?tissues. The platform is reusable for stable and reproducible mechanical stimulation of cardiac ?tissues (each containing only 500 cells). Heterotypic and homotypic ?tissues produced in the device were pneumatically loaded in a range of regimes, with real-time on-chip analysis of tissue phenotypes. Concentrated loading of the three-dimensional cardiac tissue faithfully recapitulated the pathology of volume overload seen in native heart tissue. Sustained volume overload of ?tissues was sufficient to induce pathological cardiac remodeling associated with upregulation of the fetal gene program, in a dose-dependent manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Hesam Parsa
  • Patent number: 11649192
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure body having a porous partition wall disposed to surround a plurality of cells, which serving as fluid through channels extending from a first end face to a second end face, wherein the plurality of cells includes: large opening cells having a large opening area on the first end face and the second end face; and small opening cells having an opening area smaller than that of the large opening cells on the first end face and the second end face, a ratio of an opening diameter of the large opening cells to an opening diameter of the small opening cells is larger than 1.11 and smaller than 1.28, and the opening diameter of the small opening cells is larger than 0.78 mm, and a cell density of the honeycomb structure body is larger than 93 pcs/cm2 and smaller than 104 pcs/cm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yudai Kurimoto, Shogo Hirose
  • Patent number: 11649641
    Abstract: The invention relates to a panel for constructing a floor or wall covering. The panel comprises a substantially planar top surface, at least one core layer composed of a composite material which core layer is provided with at least one cavity, and a bottom surface. The panel further comprises at least one pair of opposite edges, said pair of opposite edges preferably comprising complementary coupling parts configured for mutual coupling of adjacent panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Luc Martine Baert, Tom Van Poyer, Sven Boon
  • Patent number: 11642813
    Abstract: A method and extrusion die to form a laminar integral skin of a honeycomb structure is provided. The method includes extruding a ceramic precursor batch through a die with feedholes in entry side and slots in exit face of the die to form the honeycomb structure. In a region on the periphery of the die configured to form the cell matrix, a series of concentric slots around the matrix in the exit face of the die are configured to feed skin onto the matrix. Ring sections between concentric slots are angled away from the center and a mask is disposed on top of the periphery producing a channel for extruded skin to meet and bond to extruded matrix. Optionally, slots in the skin-forming ring sections enhance knitting between laminar skin layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Douglas Munroe Beall, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Thomas William Brew, Kenneth Richard Miller
  • Patent number: 11635101
    Abstract: A component comprising a first outer region (11), at least one intermediate region (13) and a second outer region (12). The outer regions (11, 12) have a higher density and/or a higher elastic modulus than the at least one intermediate region (13). A polymer composition (21) can, preferably, be injected into the component (1) such that a mechanical connection (41) is fixed or can be fixed in the polymer composition (21). A method, a kit and the use thereof are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: NOLAX AG
    Inventors: Thomas Wolf, Patrick Steiner, Marcel Fischer
  • Patent number: 11632913
    Abstract: A plant-growing tray for containing cylindrical stabilised media for growing plants comprises an array of flared columns, a lower end of the columns being wider than an upper end. The columns define an array of cells therebetween for containing cylindrical stabilised media, and a column comprises one or more contact edges defined by an intersection between a wall of the flared column and a virtual cylindrical surface in a cell, such that the contact edges are suitable for contacting a cylindrical stabilised medium positioned in the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL PLANT PROPAGATION TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventor: John Cooley
  • Patent number: 11629000
    Abstract: A buffer packaging is provided. The buffer packaging includes a main body and at least one support plate. The main body is stretchable in a stretching direction and includes at least one receiving hole. The at least one support plate is connected with the main body and is swingable between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: FOREVER LUCKY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mei-Jun Chen
  • Patent number: 11629644
    Abstract: An acoustic attenuation panel for a propulsion assembly includes an acoustic front skin having perforations, and a central structure formed from partitions arranged perpendicularly in order to make up cells, wherein the front skin and the central structure form the panel which is made as a single piece and is provided for directly covering a surface of an element of the propulsion assembly forming a rear skin which closes the cells of the central structure at the rear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: Safran Nacelles, SAFRAN
    Inventors: Marc Versaevel, Jean-Philippe Ginefri, Fabrice Provost, Jeremy Quesnel, Wouter Balk, Sébastien Louchard, Loïc Hervé André Le Boulicaut
  • Patent number: 11624289
    Abstract: In some examples, the disclosure describes an article and a method of making the same that includes a substrate defining an outer surface, a barrier layer on the outer surface of the substrate, the barrier layer defining a textured surface having a plurality of cells, each cell having a geometry and a depth, and an overlying layer formed on the textured surface of the barrier layer. The barrier layer may be configured to reduce migration of material from the substrate to the overlaying layer to reduce or prevent formation of cristobalite phase thermally grown oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce Corporation, Rolls-Royce High Temperature Composites, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephanie Gong, Scott Nelson, Sungbo Shim, Li Li, Robert Alexander Sean Golden
  • Patent number: 11619014
    Abstract: A composite structural panel for use in bridge structures, and method of manufacturing same, comprises a top panel and a bottom panel separated by and attached to at least one, but preferably a plurality, of structural composite preforms which may be fabricated by a continuous manufacturing process and may be saturated by resin using a continuous wetting process. The composite preforms may take any cross-sectional shape but are preferably trapezoidal. The top and bottom panels may be fabricated from a plurality of layers of woven fabric layers and non-woven fabric layers which are saturated with a resin that is subsequently cured using cure processes known in the art. The composite structural panel of the invention is usable as a flat structural member for use as bridge decking, ramps, trestles, and any application requiring a structural panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: COMPOSITES INTELLECTUAL HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Lewit, Ronnal P. Reichard
  • Patent number: 11618224
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high-pressure tank including a liner and a fiber-reinforced resin layer, the fiber-reinforced resin layer having a first reinforcing layer covering an outer surface of the liner and a second reinforcing layer covering an outer surface of the first reinforcing layer includes: forming a cylinder member made of a fiber-reinforced resin and having fibers oriented in a circumferential direction of the cylinder member; forming two dome members made of the fiber-reinforced resin; forming a reinforcing body that is the first reinforcing layer by joining the cylinder member and the dome members; and forming on an outer surface of the reinforcing body the second reinforcing layer made of the fiber-reinforced resin and having fibers oriented across the dome members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koji Katano
  • Patent number: 11598536
    Abstract: A system comprising a first plurality of microchannels, a second plurality of microchannels in thermal communication with the first plurality of microchannels such that the first plurality of microchannels and second plurality of microchannels form a heat exchanger, and a phase change composite in thermal communication with the heat exchanger and methods of operating are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Kozubal, Jason David Woods, Eric Jason Bonnema, Ramin Teimouri Faramarzi
  • Patent number: 11600255
    Abstract: An acoustic panel is provided that includes a perforated first skin, a second skin and a corrugated structure. The corrugated structure is between and is connected to the perforated first skin and the second skin. The corrugated structure includes a first baffle, a first septum, first material and second material that is configured with the first material. The first baffle is formed by an uninterrupted portion of the first material. The first septum is formed by a portion of the second material that is exposed through an interruption in the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Rohr, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc W. Quesada, Jose S. Alonso-Miralles, Kathryn Mireles, Michael Scamardo, Yves Klett
  • Patent number: 11598091
    Abstract: A slab filler, and method for implementing fillers in a two-way concrete slab for building structures, are disclosed. The filler comprises an upper keeper tray and a lower keeper tray, and a volumetric filling element. The upper keeper tray is attached to a top of the volumetric filling element and the lower keeper tray is attached to a bottom of the volumetric filling element. The filler comprises a plurality of indicators positioned on all corners of the keeper tray to indicate an amount or level of a concrete fed on the filler. The filler further comprises grooves at an end of the spacer, configured to securely hold one or more belts. Spacers and belts are configured to receive one or more rebar. Further, the volumetric filling element is a high-density material, where the filler is incorporated without upper keeper tray and lower keeper tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventors: Seyed Soroush Mirkhani, Ali Firouzi Monfared
  • Patent number: 11590444
    Abstract: A honeycomb filter includes a pillar-shaped honeycomb substrate having a porous partition wall and a plugging portion provided so as to plug end at any one of the inflow end face side or the outflow end face side of the cell, wherein in a section orthogonal to the extending direction of the cell, the shape of the cell is hexagonal, the partition wall includes a first partition wall disposed between the inflow cell and the outflow cell and a second partition wall disposed between the inflow cells, and the first partition wall has a porous trapping layer on its surface for trapping particulate matter in exhaust gas, and the second partition wall has no trapping layer on its surface or has a trapping layer thinner than the trapping layer disposed on the surface of the first partition wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Aoki, Yasuyuki Furuta, Takahiro Honda, Koji Kuzutani
  • Patent number: 11591918
    Abstract: An article includes a substrate, a ceramic barrier coating, and a layer of networked ceramic nanofibers. The ceramic barrier coating is disposed on the substrate and has a porous columnar microstructure. The layer of networked ceramic nanofibers is disposed on the ceramic barrier layer and seals the pores of the porous columnar microstructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhongfen Ding, Elisa M. Zaleski
  • Patent number: 11578001
    Abstract: A coating material for a silicon carbide-based honeycomb structure, the coating material including from 20 to 75% by mass of ceramic powder (A), the ceramic powder (A) including from 55 to 95% by mass of silicon carbide and from 5 to 30% by mass of silicon dioxide as chemical components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventor: Suguru Kodama
  • Patent number: 11577539
    Abstract: A greeting card assembly that contains a first flap and a second flap that are joined at a central fold seam. The first flap and the second flap can move between an open configuration and a closed configuration. A flat center support is provided that extends vertically over the central fold seam. The flat center support has a flat face surface and a flat back surface. A plush body is set in the center of the greeting card assembly. The plush body is attached to both the first flap and the second flap. The flat center support extends into an interior of said plush body through an open bottom. When the first flap and the second flap are moved into their closed configuration, the plush body is pressed against both the flat face surface and the flat back surface of the flat center support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: 100 Greetings, LLC
    Inventors: Jen-Lin Chen, Anthony Carl T. Gonzales, Jay Kamhi
  • Patent number: 11571874
    Abstract: A multi-layer article of woven fabric includes a woven base layer; a woven mesh layer, disposed above the base layer, the mesh layer utilizing a first common warp for each one of a plurality of stacked wefts; and a woven binding layer, disposed above the mesh layer. The base layer and the binding layer share a second common warp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventor: Elizabeth Whelan
  • Patent number: 11572189
    Abstract: An acoustic absorption structure comprising a plurality of resonators. Each resonator comprises a first chamber which has a first mouthpiece delimited by an edge pressed against an inner surface of a porous zone of a skin so that the first chamber and the skin delimit a first cavity, a second chamber, in which is positioned the first chamber, which delimits, with the first chamber, a second cavity, at least one acoustic orifice passing through the first chamber, at least one drainage orifice passing through the first chamber and at least one drainage hole passing the second chamber, each drainage orifice and each drainage hole being configured to limit an accumulation of fluid in the resonator. Also, an aircraft propulsive assembly or an aircraft comprising the acoustic absorption structure are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Claire Maffre, Jérôme Gaillardo, Lionel Czapla, Florian Ravise, Laurent Caliman, Laurent Cazeaux, Antoine Cousin, Denis Brossard
  • Patent number: 11572683
    Abstract: A structural, load-bearing panel useful in constructing multistory buildings may have a panel height, panel width, and panel thickness, and may include a first layer comprising at least 75 wt. % of concrete, relative to a total weight of the first layer; an insulation layer comprising flexible polymer, the insulation layer having a thickness of at least 5 cm; and a second layer comprising at least 75 wt. % concrete, wherein the insulation layer is sandwiched between the first and second layers, and wherein the panel is suitable to be set in any of a planar, curved, and polyhedral cross-sectional shape. Set panels are not flexible, though the flexibility of the insulation layer, particularly of a polyethylene foam, may allow the panel to have a curved, or polyhedral cross-section while still serving as a structural support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Luai M. Alhems, Mohammed Ibrahim, Aftab Ahmad, Mohammed Salihu Barry
  • Patent number: 11565500
    Abstract: Disclosed are a sandwich panel capable of being advantageously applied to a body wearable device, and a method of manufacturing the same. The sandwich panel includes: a core; and face sheets attached to both surfaces of the core, wherein the face sheet is made of a two-dimensional auxetic material. The core has a neutral surface in accordance with bending moment and is made of a porous material. The face sheet is made of metal, polymer, ceramic, or a composite material, and has higher density, strength, and rigidity than the core. The method includes: processing face sheets; and attaching the face sheets to both surfaces of a core, wherein the face sheet is processed to have a two-dimensional auxetic structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: INDUSTRY FOUNDATION OF CHONNAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ki Ju Kang, Eun Byeol Park, Ga Eun Kim
  • Patent number: 11559961
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a pressing equipment for manufacturing a floor element, wherein the pressing equipment comprises a press configured to press an upper decorative layer of the floor element upon a lower support layer of the floor element, a positioning device configured to place the floor element in a pressing position at the press, and a centering device configured to adjust the mutual position of the upper decorative layer of the floor element and of the lower support layer of the floor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Daltile Corporation
    Inventors: Felipe Giannazzo, Claudio Caselli, Rahul Patki
  • Patent number: 11555621
    Abstract: Adapters, devices, and methods are provided that permit catalytic monolith modules to be used in catalytic converter systems designed for fixed bed catalysts using granular catalysts. The adapter provides air flow straightening upstream from the catalytic monoliths, mitigating non-uniform flow into the catalytic monoliths. The adapter is reusable, allowing simple replacement of spent catalytic monolith modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Franklin J. Gulian, Alan D. McCarrick
  • Patent number: 11554558
    Abstract: There is disclosed a tool for manufacturing a composite component, the tool comprising: a skin composed of fibre reinforced plastic and defining a layup surface for the composite component, the skin having a plurality of passageways extending from the layup surface to an opposing surface of the skin; a backing secured to the skin, the backing and the skin defining a cavity therebetween; a support core disposed within the cavity and comprising a gas-permeable material in fluid communication with the passageways; and a conduit extending through the backing such that the conduit is in fluid communication with the gas-permeable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce plc
    Inventor: James Tingle
  • Patent number: 11554848
    Abstract: Structural composite airfoils include a primary structural element, a secondary structural element defining the trailing edge of the structural composite airfoil, and a discrete leading edge structure defining the leading edge of the structural composite airfoil. The primary structural element includes an upper skin panel, a lower skin panel, and a middle C-channel spar that is coupled to the upper skin panel and the lower skin panel. The discrete leading edge structure is coupled to the upper leading edge end of the upper skin panel and to the lower leading edge end of the lower skin panel. The upper skin panel may include a first panel bend adjacent the discrete leading edge structure, and the lower skin panel may include a second panel bend adjacent the discrete leading edge structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Gregory Santini, Kyle Alexander Johnson, Bryan Gruner, Ross Westermeier, Jan A. Kordel
  • Patent number: 11554339
    Abstract: A plugged honeycomb structure includes intersecting porous walls extending in an axial direction between an inlet end and an outlet end of the honeycomb structure, the intersecting porous walls forming a matrix of repeating unit cells arranged in a repeating pattern. The repeating unit cells comprise: three or four channels, each channel formed by four walls, wherein the three or four channels comprise more inlet channels than outlet channels, at least one wall of an inlet channel or an outlet channel is intersected midwall by a wall, an area of an outlet channel is equal to or less than an area of any of the inlet channels, and continuous line segments extending along walls of at least three repeating unit cells. Other plugged honeycomb structures, plugged honeycomb bodies, honeycomb extrusion dies, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Douglas Munroe Beall, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Pushkar Tandon
  • Patent number: 11547988
    Abstract: Methods use a catalytic composition built up from a ceramic material including a catalytic material and a first inorganic binder and a second inorganic binder and a catalytic structure made thereof. Preferably, the structure is made by a colloidal ceramic shaping technique. The structure is used for catalytic or ion exchange applications. The catalytic structures have excellent mechanical, physicochemical and catalytic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: VITO NV (VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK NV), UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN
    Inventors: Steven Mullens, Lidia Protasova, Jasper Lefevere
  • Patent number: 11541983
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite assembly with a continuous skin for a rear end of an aircraft by obtaining an upper part of the rear end by composite tooling. The upper part comprises a multi-spar vertical tail plane. The spars of the vertical tail plane comprise widening roots that form an upper shell of the rear end and an upper skin. Furthermore, a lower part comprises a lower shell of the rear end including semi-complete frames and stringers and a lower skin. The upper and lower parts are assembled with a joining procedure. The upper and lower skins are joined to obtain the composite assembly with the continuous skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.
    Inventors: Esteban Martino-Gonzalez, Alberto Arana Hidalgo, Melania Sanchez Perez, Carlos Garcia Nieto, Jesus Javier Vazquez Castro, Edouard Menard, Fernando Iniesta Lozano, Maria Almudena Canas Rios
  • Patent number: 11541939
    Abstract: Presented are multilayer composite panels for motor vehicles, methods for making/using such panels, and motor vehicles with transparent composite roof panels having localized reinforcement features. A sandwich-type multilayer composite panel contains one or more exterior layers each including a transparent rigid material, one or more bonding layers each including a transparent adhesive material, and one or more structural reinforcement layers each including a fiber-reinforced polymer material. Each structural reinforcement layer may be attached directly to a bonding layer and/or exterior layer. The composite panel may also include one or more IR-reflective layers, one or more light-absorbing sunshade layers, and one or more insulating low-k layers. The fibers of each structural reinforcement layer are localized to a discrete region within the composite panel's plan-view profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Bradley A. Newcomb, Julien P. Mourou, Giles D. Bryer, Joung Min Choi, Thomas S. Prevost
  • Patent number: 11541988
    Abstract: An aircraft fairing includes a fairing body having an exterior fairing wall and at least one wheel bin. The at least one wheel bin has a side wall extending from an opening in the exterior fairing wall to an end wall. The side wall and the end wall define a cavity of the at least one wheel bin in fluid communication with the opening in the exterior fairing wall. An acoustic resonator is mounted to an outer surface of the side wall of the at least one wheel bin and is in fluid communication with the cavity. The acoustic resonator has a resonant frequency substantially similar to a cavity modal frequency of the at least one wheel bin at an aircraft flight condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS CANADA MANAGING GP INC.
    Inventors: Abdolreza Madjlesi, Thineshan Kathirchelvan
  • Patent number: 11535306
    Abstract: An exemplary multi-dimensional load structure may include a base panel having a tiered structure with an upper layer, a lower layer, and at least one interior layer therebetween. The load structure may also have a glass layer applied to at least surfaces of each of the upper layer, the lower layer, and the at least one interior layer not in contact with an adjacent layer. The load structure may further have a coating applied to the exterior of the glass layer. The at least one interior layer may be configured to withstand a greater compressive force than the upper layer and the lower layer and/or the upper layer and the lower layer may be lighter than the at least one interior layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Gemini Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Robinson
  • Patent number: 11525473
    Abstract: A locking system comprising a block made of a polymer substance having an upper surface and a lower surface. In a normal condition, the block has the following structure. A bore, having a first axis, extends through the block and passes through the upper surface and the lower surface, the bore being shaped to include a taper, whereby an upper end of the bore has a larger diameter than a lower end of the bore, and the bore has an internal surface that is smooth. And, a slot, having a second axis, extends through the block and passes through the upper surface and the lower surface, the slot having a generally planar configuration with a width and a thickness, the slot being positioned such that the first axis and the second axis are co-axial, whereby the slot and the bore form a single continuous opening extending through the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: National Diversified Sales, Inc.
    Inventors: David Rusch, Daniel Nourian, James Ryan Larsen, Clem Neale Vann, III
  • Patent number: 11524258
    Abstract: An adsorbent material module includes a plurality of tubular adsorbent materials and a plurality of medium materials. Each of the tubular adsorbent materials includes at least one channel and at least one adsorbent layer. The adsorbent layer surrounds the at least one channel. The medium materials are coated on two ends of each of the tubular adsorbent materials, respectively, and the medium materials have a thermal conductivity function or an electrical conductivity function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Aura Material Inc.
    Inventors: Chin-Chih Tai, Hsin-Hung Pan, Fang-Ching Chang
  • Patent number: 11516993
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide an apparatuses and methods for protecting surfaces (e.g., furniture) from animal contact. The surface protection apparatus may comprise a plurality of rigid or semi-rigid members extending from a base portion. The protrusions may comprise a plurality of conical members extending from the base portion or may comprise a plurality of panels extending from the base portion. A plurality of apparatuses may be secured relative to one another to provide an enlarged surface area such that large surfaces (e.g., counters) may be covered by the surface protector to prevent pets from lying on the large surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: PEACHTREE PET LLC
    Inventor: Christian Enterkin
  • Patent number: 11519330
    Abstract: A nacelle for a gas turbine engine having a longitudinal centre line. The nacelle includes an air intake disposed at an upstream end of the nacelle. The air intake includes, in flow series, an intake lip, a throat and a diffuser. The nacelle further includes a protrusion extending radially inward from the air intake downstream of the intake lip. The protrusion extends circumferentially by a protrusion angle (?p) with respect to the longitudinal centre line of the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Robert E Christie, David G MacManus, Christopher T J Sheaf
  • Patent number: 11512610
    Abstract: A clamp for securing a component to an isogrid case of a gas turbine engine includes a top having an attachment feature for coupling the clamp to the component. The clamp further includes a bottom. The clamp further includes two sides extending from the top towards the bottom, each of the two sides being thicker at the bottom than at the top, and the two sides defining a shaped slot closer to the bottom than the top for receiving a rib of the isogrid case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel A. Bales, William Bogue, Stuart C. Kozan
  • Patent number: 11512619
    Abstract: An automotive exhaust system includes an exhaust pipe and a catalytic converter. The catalytic converter includes a catalyst in fluid communication with the exhaust pipe, and an electric heater between the exhaust pipe and the catalyst. The electric heater includes a cellular structure that defines a plurality of smaller and larger cells. The smaller cells occupy a contiguous half of the cellular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Xiaogang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11514879
    Abstract: A sound absorbing apparatus includes a first member including at least one first opening portion for enabling Helmholtz resonance, and a second member that is on the first member, has a plate shape or a sheet shape, and is formed of a porous material. The second member includes at least one second opening portion overlapping one-to-one with the at least one first opening portion in planar view. A periphery of each of the at least one second opening portion coincides with or is located outside a periphery of each corresponding one of the at least one first opening portion in planar view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Honji
  • Patent number: 11505504
    Abstract: Cordierite-forming batch mixtures including one or more non-oxide inorganic source materials or materials as pore-formers are provided. Non-oxide inorganic materials, such a non-oxide silicon material that includes at least one of silicon carbide, silicon, or silicon nitride, may be added to cordierite-forming batch mixtures as at least a partial replacement for conventional inorganic pore-formers. Non-oxide inorganic pore-formers may provide an increase in pore volume while having a reduced coefficient of thermal expansion impact as compared with conventional pore-formers. Cordierite-forming mixtures as disclosed herein may additionally include rare-earth catalysts and alkaline-earth materials that may enhance the pore-forming effect of non-oxide inorganic pore-formers without significant exothermic reactions or the production of emissions that may require additional processing treatments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Gregg William Crume
  • Patent number: 11505642
    Abstract: A prepreg having at least one layer of fibres and a curable thermosetting resin system at least partly impregnating the at least one layer of fibres, wherein the curable thermosetting resin system includes a curable thermosetting resin including at least two epoxide groups, a curing agent that includes at least one amine group, and an accelerator that includes an azole group; wherein the curable thermosetting resin, the curing agent and the accelerator are provided in respective concentrations in the prepreg to provide that, after curing the thermosetting resin at a cure temperature of at least 140° C. for a period of from 1 to 6 minutes, (i) the cured thermosetting resin has a glass transition temperature Tg which is greater than the cure temperature and is within the range of from 150° C. to 180° C. and (ii) the cured thermosetting resin is at least 90% cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Gurit (UK) Ltd.
    Inventors: Paul Spencer, Laura Jane Slade
  • Patent number: 11504771
    Abstract: Methods for producing an object by generative manufacturing, a component, and a computer-readable medium. In one method, a sheet-like part is formed with bulges. In another method, a supporting structure is formed with an arch formed by arch segments converging in the buildup direction and meet at an arch tip. In another method, a supporting structure is formed with a strut of a cloverleaf-like cross-sectional shape. In another method, a supporting structure is formed with a sheet-like part connected to the object and formed to project obliquely forward from the object in the buildup direction. In another method, a supporting structure is formed with a sheet-like part extending substantially along the buildup direction, the sheet-like part formed with apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Premium Aerotec GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Lehmann, Thomas Mueller, Maureen Harms, Thorsten Schröder
  • Patent number: 11506865
    Abstract: A honeycomb sandwich panel having an absolute value of thermal expansion coefficient smaller than an absolute value of thermal expansion coefficient obtained by using carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) is provided. The honeycomb sandwich panel includes: a first skin being a plate material made of a low expansion metal being a metal having an absolute value of thermal expansion coefficient smaller than an absolute value of thermal expansion coefficient of CFRP; a second skin being a plate material made of the low expansion metal and arranged to face the first skin; and a core made of CFRP or the low expansion metal, being bonded to the first skin and the second skin and including a plurality of tubular cells each having a hexagonal cross section, the tubular cells being formed adjacently to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya Hattori, Noboru Kawaguchi, Toshitaka Nakaoji, Atsumu Oikawa
  • Patent number: 11498875
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method for fabricating a ceramic heating body with a porous heating film, which relates to technical field of fabricating method of heating body; the method including mixing, ball-milling, defoaming, molding and drying, sintering, paraffin filling, machining, coating, metalizing sintering, and electrode leading; the beneficial effects of the present application is simple in whole fabricating method, and by using a box furnace to sinter the green body under an oxidizing atmosphere and normal pressure, the fabricated ceramic heating body is heated uniformly and the heating efficiency is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: ALD GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Yi Ding, Hongsheng Cheng
  • Patent number: 11495201
    Abstract: In a sound absorption panel formed by stacking a plate perforated with a hole having a hole size smaller than a fiber length such as expanded metal, a honeycomb material, and felt-like fiber between the perforated plate and the honeycomb material, and joining the perforated plate, the felt-like fiber, and the honeycomb material to each other with an adhesive, the adhesive applied to the perforated plate is permeated into a surface of the felt-like fiber exposed from the hole to fix the fiber on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SHIZUKA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Take, Tomohisa Nakamura, Yoshihiko Ueki
  • Patent number: 11485423
    Abstract: Floor panel vibration is reduced by suppressing a mode in which an entire region surrounded by a plurality of frame members in a floor panel vibrates. Vehicle-body framework members having closed cross-section structures, and a panel member to which vibration is transmitted from an engine or/and a suspension via the vehicle-body framework members are provided. The panel member includes a flange portion having a planar shape on its outer peripheral edge and to which the vehicle-body framework members are joined along the panel outer peripheral edge; a curved surface portion that is curved such that a place closer to a panel central side bulges out more to a lower side in a continuous manner from a panel-central-side edge portion of the flange portion; and a flat surface portion that extends to the panel central side from the panel-central-side edge portion of the curved surface portion in a continuous manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaito Nakamura, Miho Kurata, Sakayu Terada
  • Patent number: 11485107
    Abstract: A laminated structure includes a front facesheet, a rear facesheet and a core arrangement disposed there between. The core arrangement includes a plurality of ribs, the ribs disposed so as to form walls defining a reticulated lattice of cells. The ribs have a thickness in a first direction and a height in a second direction approximately orthogonal to the facesheets and to the first direction that extends between the first adhesive joint and the second adhesive joint, the height being at least 100× larger than the thickness. The core arrangement is bonded to the front facesheet by curing a first adhesive joint and bonded to the rear facesheet by curing a second adhesive joint, the first adhesive joint and the second adhesive joint being concurrently cured (co-cured) under pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Space Systems/Loral, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Parker, Jude Zils, Russell L. Beck, Douglas William Dietz
  • Patent number: 11472154
    Abstract: A sandwich component comprising: (i) a first main surface with a first cover layer and a second main surface with a second cover layer, the first cover layer and/or second cover layer having an opening, weakening, or marking in a lateral region and/or is provided with the same, (ii) at least one intermediate layer positioned between the first and second cover layers, and (iii) a polymer composition which is arranged between the first and the second cover layers substantially within the intermediate layer and/or in the region of the opening, weakening, or marking. A mechanical connection mechanism is fixed, or can be fixed, directly in the polymer composition through the first cover layer and/or the second cover layer and/or in the lateral region in the region of the opening, weakening, or marking so as to pass through the first cover layer and/or the second cover layer and/or the lateral region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NOLAX AG
    Inventors: Thomas Wolf, Patrick Steiner, Anton Brandmair, Philipp Hug, Thomas Frey