Patents Examined by Alex B Efta
  • Patent number: 12385401
    Abstract: A ceramic matrix composite component and method of fabrication including a plurality of longitudinally extending ceramic matrix composite plies in a stacked configuration forming a densified body and one or more elongate functional features formed therein and in alignment with the plurality of longitudinally extending ceramic matrix composite plies. Each of the elongate functional features includes an inlet configured to be in fluid communication with a flow of cooling fluid from a fluid source. One or more bores cut through the plurality of ceramic matrix composite plies from at least one of the one or more elongate functional features to an outlet proximate to an outer surface of the ceramic matrix composite component. One or more film cooling throughholes cut through the ceramic matrix composite plies from an inner surface of the ceramic matrix composite component to an outlet proximate to the outer surface of the ceramic matrix composite component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Matthew Harper Hockemeyer
  • Patent number: 12377232
    Abstract: A cartridge of an electronic vaping device includes a reservoir configured to store a pre-vapor formulation and a heating element configured to heat the pre-vapor formulation. The heating element includes a metal tube having a first end and a second end. The metal tube defines an opening therethrough. The metal tube includes a sidewall defining at least one spiral channel extending substantially continuously along a portion of the metal tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Travis Martin Garthaffner, Charles L. Dendy
  • Patent number: 12371592
    Abstract: An eco-friendly aqueous acrylic emulsion OPP tape and a method for manufacturing the same and, more particularly, to a method for manufacturing an OPP tape using an aqueous acrylic emulsion adhesive that adopts an optimized drying process to significantly enhance the production efficiency, and an OPP tape using an aqueous acrylic emulsion adhesive that is produced by the manufacturing method and has non-toxicity, durability secured by stability, and excellent adhesiveness and retention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Inventor: In-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 12371371
    Abstract: In the present disclosure, a method of forming a gypsum panel is disclosed. The method comprises: providing a first facing material, forming a starch slurry by combining starch and water at a shear rate of 3,000 rpm or more, providing the starch slurry onto the first facing material, depositing a gypsum slurry comprising stucco and water onto the starch slurry on the first facing material, providing a second facing material on the gypsum slurry, and allowing the stucco to convert to calcium sulfate dihydrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Gold Bond Building Products, LLC
    Inventors: Gene Whittington, Robert Piercy, Tom Griffith, Al Flanders
  • Patent number: 12359382
    Abstract: A ground tape applicator is configured to apply adhesive tape to ground surfacers. The ground tape applicator includes a plurality of rollers that guide the adhesive tape to the ground surface and apply the adhesive tape to the ground surface. The ground tape applicator includes a blade configured to engage with the adhesive tape to cut the adhesive tape to a desired length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Roden, Dennis D. Kemmetmueller, August F. Legatt, James C. Schroeder, Michael D. Vangstad
  • Patent number: 12357779
    Abstract: An aerosol delivery device includes a housing enclosing a reservoir retaining an aerosol precursor composition. A first power-source terminal connects a power source to the aerosol delivery device. An atomizer is configured to vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition. A switch is coupled between the first power-source terminal and the atomizer. A micro pump is arranged between the reservoir and the atomizer to deliver aerosol precursor composition from the reservoir to the atomizer. A driver circuit includes a boost converter coupled between the first power-source terminal and the micro pump, to drive the micro pump. A control component includes processing circuitry configured to switchably control the driver circuit to drive the micro pump, and switchably control the switch to connect the power source to the atomizer independently of the driver circuit and thereby power the atomizer to vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Rajesh Sur
  • Patent number: 12350858
    Abstract: Disclosed is a manufacturing method of a composite panel, comprising: a providing step of providing a flexible sheet; an attaching step of forming a lamellar structure by attaching at least one lamellar board to cover the flexible sheet; and a cutting step of cutting a plurality of longitudinal grooves in the lamellar structure layer to form a plurality of lamellar strips, thereby obtaining the composite panel that is able to be bent laterally into a curved configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: CAROL YOUNG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chang-Jen Yang, Pao-Ching Yang, Chun-Ting Yang
  • Patent number: 12343646
    Abstract: A process for making a puzzle includes the step of cutting puzzle pieces from a sheet of material and subsequently printing an image on the cut pieces. The resulting puzzle is far more durable than a conventional jigsaw puzzle and because of the process used to make it also benefits from the ability to replace individual pieces if lost. The puzzle is packaged intact in a packaging sleeve assembly designed to durably and aesthetically package the puzzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: STARZ PUZZLES LLC
    Inventor: Thomas M. Cholewa
  • Patent number: 12345912
    Abstract: A diamond turning station having a drum able to be rotated about an axis C and a diamond tip. A piece to be machined P is installed on the drum as follows: the piece to be machined P is offset by a distance D from the rotation axis of the drum; the piece to be machined P is placed so that there is a mean angle Theta between the axis C and a cutting profile corresponding to the active surfaces, the angle Theta being as follows: Theta=arccos (D/Ry), where Ry is a radius of curvature required in the long direction of the microstructures. Next, the diamond tip is moved along the cutting profile of the microstructures, while actuating the rotation of the drum, so as to machine all the microstructures on the surface of the piece to be machined P.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: OPTINVENT
    Inventors: Khaled Sarrayedine, Simon Julien, Yao Liu
  • Patent number: 12338376
    Abstract: Provided are an adhesive including a polyisocyanate composition (X) containing a polyisocyanate (A), and a polyol composition (Y) containing a tertiary amine compound (B) having plural hydroxyl groups, a polyol (C), and an aliphatic cyclic amide compound (D), as essential components, a laminated film using the adhesive, and a method for producing a laminated film including a step of separately applying two components, which includes bringing a polyisocyanate composition (X) containing a polyisocyanate (A) that is applied onto one base material into contact with a polyol composition (Y) containing a tertiary amine compound (B) having plural hydroxyl groups, a polyol (C), and an aliphatic cyclic amide compound (D) that is applied onto the other base material, and performing pressure-bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoo Okubo, Shigekazu Takahashi, Daiki Tomita
  • Patent number: 12336565
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid cartridge that can be inserted into an electrically heated smoking article, the liquid cartridge comprising: a liquid composition; an absorbent soaked with the liquid composition; and wrapping paper wrapped around the side of the absorbent in a cylindrical shape measuring 7 to 20 mm long and 5 to 8 mm in diameter, wherein the absorbent has a sufficient absorption rate to absorb 70 to 120 mg of liquid composition and keep the same in the liquid cartridge, and also provides an electrically heated smoking article and an aerosol generating device and system therefor, the electrically heated smoking article comprising: a filter; a liquid cartridge located upstream of the filter; and a tobacco filler containing shredded tobacco located upstream of the filter and located upstream or downstream of the liquid cartridge, wherein the filter, liquid cartridge, and tobacco filler are wrapped in wrapping paper to form a smoking article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: INNO-IT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Kiu Jeong, Hyuk Won, Seung Joo Han
  • Patent number: 12329210
    Abstract: There is provided a flavor generation device that includes: a control unit configured to acquire a remaining amount value that is a value concerning a remaining amount of power stored in a power supply; a generation unit configured to atomize an aerosol source or heat a flavor source; and an auxiliary device different from the generation unit. The generation unit and the auxiliary device are electrically connected to the power supply. The control unit is configured to suppress power supply to at least one of the generation unit and the auxiliary device when the remaining amount value is higher than a discharge end value representing a discharge end state of the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Keiji Marubashi, Takuma Nakano, Hajime Fujita
  • Patent number: 12334574
    Abstract: A power supply assembly for an e-vaping device may include a coupling interface configured to couple with a cartridge to configure the e-vaping device to generate a vapor, a light-emitting device, and a light tube structure extending from the light-emitting device and through the coupling interface. The light tube structure may channel light emitted by the light-emitting device to emit the light into a reservoir of the cartridge to cause at least one portion of the cartridge to emit at least a portion of the channeled light to an external environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Sean Sundberg, Ryan Alan Bailey, Charles Dendy, Robert Arents, Christopher S. Tucker, Nam Tran
  • Patent number: 12325608
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for dispensing discrete sections of double-sided adhesive tape, comprising a reel support unit whose position is adjustable so as to vary a length of the section of double-sided adhesive tape to be dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignees: Fameccanica.Data S.p.A., Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
    Inventors: Oronzo Lucia, Alessandro Cipriani, Maurizio Spiriticchio, Khelifa Baizid, Emanuela Elisa Cepolina, Massimiliano Scaccia, Roberto Gagliardi, Mariapaola D'Imperio, Isiah Zaplana, Ferdinando Cannella, Darwin G. Caldwell
  • Patent number: 12321802
    Abstract: A method and a multilayer device is described which allows the use of known and present electronic, passive electronic devices on the market or other electronic devices, making them one-piece with textiles or polymers through the use of heat-sealing materials and creating a stable innovative device. The method includes unrolling and resizing of a first layer of a textile material, positioning and gluing of an electronic device on the first layer, closing the electronic device on the first layer with a second layer of textile, thermopressing the first and second layers in which the electronic device sandwiched therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: ME Innovation SRL
    Inventor: Davide Zanesi
  • Patent number: 12318986
    Abstract: Disclosed is a festooner and a method for buffering a strip, wherein the festooner includes a first holder and a second holder which are oppositely movable towards and away from each other in a buffer direction to vary a buffer capacity of the festooner, and a first set of buffer rollers and a second set of buffer rollers held by the first holder and the second holder, respectively, wherein the first set of buffer rollers and the second set of buffer rollers define a meandering buffer path between them. The festooner further includes an endless drive element for driving each buffer roller, wherein the festooner further includes an overlength collector for collecting and paying out an overlength of the endless drive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: VMI HOLLAND B.V.
    Inventors: Gerrit Roy Nijland, Teunis Johannes Verbruggen, Jochem Johannes Van Steenis, Gerrit Mulder
  • Patent number: 12312506
    Abstract: The instant invention concerns the use of polymers obtained by radical copolymerization of a mixture of (1) acrylic acid; (2) methacrylic acid; and (3) at least one allylcatechol selected from 4-allylbenzene-1,2-diol, 3-allylbenzene-1,2-diol; methylated forms thereof (eugenols); and mixtures thereof, for treating a metallic surface intended to be adhesive-bonded to another surface, in order to impart a resistance to the adhesive failure to the resulting bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: SPECIALTY OPERATIONS FRANCE
    Inventors: Guillaume Gody, Isabelle Storet, Laurent Garel, Marie-Pierre Labeau
  • Patent number: 12311648
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for delaminating a composite by immersing the composite into a delamination solution; wherein the composite comprises a metal substrate and a coating applied on one side or both sides of the metal substrate, wherein the coating comprises a polymeric binder; and wherein the polymeric binder comprises an aqueous copolymer. The use of delamination solution comprising an alkali metal silicate salt allows for complete delamination of the composite in a highly efficient and extremely fast manner. Furthermore, the delamination method disclosed herein circumvents complex separation processes, contamination and corrosion of the metal substrate and enables an excellent materials recovery. An application of the method for delaminating an electrode for a battery is disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: GRST SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Kam Piu Ho, Yingkai Jiang, Yangjian Dong
  • Patent number: 12291012
    Abstract: A hot foil stamping press with a pressing table (10) on which a sheet can be advanced, a pressing system (20) for pressing a foil (14) onto the sheet, a guiding system (18) for guiding the foil (14) over the sheet, the guiding system (18) defining a foil transportation path which extends across the path along which the sheet is being advanced, a holder (11) for receiving a supply (12) of foil, and a discarding system (22) for the used foil, the holder being arranged at an operator side of the press.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: BOBST MEX SA
    Inventors: Christophe De Gaillande, Christoph Vollmer, Haoming Song
  • Patent number: 12290993
    Abstract: An object is to provide a composite pre-bonding treatment method that stabilizes quality of a bonded part. The present disclosure provides a composite pre-bonding treatment method performed when bonding a composite material to a member. The method includes: (S2) attaching an absorber adapted to absorb a contaminant to a surface of a prepreg laminate that is a precursor of the composite material; (S3) covering the prepreg laminate with a packaging material from above the absorber; (S4) vacuuming the packaging material and heating the prepreg laminate at a temperature lower than a curing temperature of a prepreg; (S5) then removing the packaging material; (S6) peeling off the absorber; (S7) attaching, to a surface of the prepreg laminate with the absorber peeled off, a release member that does not transfer silicone or fluorine to a resin, and then (S9) curing the prepreg laminate to mold the composite material; and (S11) peeling off the release member from the composite material before bonding the member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Akiyama, Kiyoka Takagi