Patents Examined by Alex B Efta
  • Patent number: 11975493
    Abstract: Provided are an adhesive tape attaching device for cell and a manufacturing method for the adhesive tape attaching device for cell. The adhesive tape attaching device for cell includes a tooling plate, an adhesive tape clamping and pulling mechanism, an adhesive tape cutting mechanism, an adhesive tape attaching mechanism, and a driving mechanism. The tooling plate is for carrying a cell; the adhesive tape clamping and pulling mechanism is configured to clamp an adhesive tape and drive the adhesive tape to move in a horizontal direction approaching the cell; the adhesive tape cutting mechanism is disposed in a transportation direction of the adhesive tape, the adhesive tape cutting mechanism is located upstream of the tooling plate, and the adhesive tape cutting mechanism is configured to cut the adhesive tape into adhesive tape segments; the adhesive tape attaching mechanism is configured to attach the adhesive tape segment onto a to-be-attached region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGSU CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kun Yang, Gang Lin, Xiang Fan, Tengteng Wang
  • Patent number: 11976013
    Abstract: An article may include a substrate including a ceramic matrix composite (CMC); a composite coating layer including a first coating material that includes a rare-earth disilicate and a second coating material that includes at least one of a rare-earth monosilicate, a CMAS-resistant material, or a high-temperature dislocating material, where the second coating material forms a substantially continuous phase in the composite coating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce Corporation, Rolls-Royce plc
    Inventors: Stephanie Gong, Ngunjoh Lawrence Ndamka, Matthew R. Gold, Li Li, Taylor K. Blair, Sunny Chang, Ann Bolcavage
  • Patent number: 11958787
    Abstract: The disclosure describes braze tape coatings and technique to form articles with differing physical properties in different layers or regions of the article. An example method includes forming a braze tape defining at least one layer that includes a first segment and a second segment. A portion of the second segment in the plane is adjacent to a portion of the first segment in a plane of the layer. The method also includes positioning the braze tape on a surface of a substrate, the plane of the layer of the braze tape being parallel to the surface of the substrate. The method also includes heating the braze tape to melt a constituent of at least one of the first coating material and the second coating material to form a densified coating on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce Corporation, Rolls-Royce High Temperature Composites, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Alexander Sean Golden, Sungbo Shim, Li Li, Taylor K. Blair
  • Patent number: 11957834
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heating inhaler and a controlling method thereof. The method includes: the sensing element detecting a suction action, and if the sensing element detects the suction action within a first predetermined time period, the control circuit board controlling the power source to supply power to the atomizer for a second predetermined time period then stop supplying, wherein the indicating element displays a first state within the second predetermined time period until the power source stops supplying power to the atomizer, then the indicating element displays a second state. If the sensing element detects no suction action within the first predetermined time period, the control circuit board controlling the power source to stop supplying the electric power to the atomizer, and the indicating element displaying the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Qiaofang Feng
  • Patent number: 11945749
    Abstract: A method of making a stoichiometric monazite (LaPO4) composition or a mixture of LaPO4 and LaP3O9 composition, as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of joining or sealing materials with the compositions, as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Melinda Ann Drake, Robert Michael Morena
  • Patent number: 11945757
    Abstract: An optical element includes an optical surface including a ceramic material. The optical element further includes a coating that includes a bifunctional molecule arranged on the optical surface. The bifunctional molecule includes a first functional group and a second functional group. The first functional group forms a covalent bond to the ceramic material of the optical surface, and the second functional group includes an aromatic functional group. The optical element further includes a carbon-containing material non-covalently bonded to the second functional group of the bifunctional molecule of the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventor: Michael W. Cason
  • Patent number: 11919820
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coated ceramic fiber including a silicon carbide coating layer adjacent to the ceramic fiber and a silicon dioxide coating layer adjacent to the silicon carbide coating layer, wherein the silicon dioxide coating layer forms micro cracks after a crystal structure transformation. The coated ceramic fiber may be included in a composite material having a ceramic matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Wesley Jackson, Ying She, Gajawalli V. Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 11910828
    Abstract: An elongated aerosol-generating device to receive an aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a heater to heat the article, to penetrate an internal portion of article, and extending longitudinally with respect to the device; and an extractor to extract the article received in the device, the extractor being slidable within the device and between an operating position with the heater in contact with the article, and an extraction position with the heater separated from article, the extractor being removable from the device and including a cavity to receive the article, a first aperture defined through an end-wall of the cavity to allow the heater to penetrate the cavity when the extractor is moved between the positions, in which the extractor further defines an air-flow channel to allow air flow into the cavity, an inlet of the air-flow channel being positioned radially-outward of the first aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Boris Mahler, Dani Ruscio, Olivier Greim
  • Patent number: 11903418
    Abstract: A composite wick is provided for use in a micro-vaporizer having a fluid reservoir and a heating element. The composite wick comprises a wick body positionable so that its upstream surface is in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir and the downstream surface is disposed in opposition to a surface of the heating element. The wick body comprises at least one base wick structure having a plurality of tortuous passages that collectively provide a capillary effect to draw fluid from the reservoir and transport it toward the downstream surface. The wick body further comprises an active material positioned within the wick body so that vaporizable fluid drawn through the wick body contacts and interacts with the active material. The active material is selected to impart a desired characteristic to the vaporizable fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Blackship Technologies Development LLC
    Inventors: Yongjie Xu, Donovan Phillips
  • Patent number: 11884502
    Abstract: A tape dispenser providing a dispensing assembly adapted to accommodate various widths of tape, wherein the dispensing assembly is operatively associated with a handle assembly to enable self-alignment of the dispensing tape and the dispensing assembly, and wherein a cutting assembly is operatively associated with the dispensing assembly for selectively cutting the dispensing tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Alphonso J. Ellis
  • Patent number: 11878114
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to nicotine powder inhalers where the nicotine powder is delivered at air flow rates that mimic a smoking regime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik, Gerard Zuber
  • Patent number: 11878496
    Abstract: According to the utility model, there is provided a film laminator for cell phones, useful for film lamination on a surface of a cell phone, including: a cell phone fixing plate, on which a through hole for receiving the cell phone is established, and a top surface of which is a horizontal face; with at least one position limiting plate for abutting the cell phone within the through hole being also fixed on the top surface. The film laminator for cell phones further includes: a film laminating plate for fixing a cell phone film; one end of which is hinged to the cell phone fixing plate, and the other end of which is movable freely so that the film laminating plate is bonded with the top surface of the cell phone fixing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Alpha Comm Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Qiang Xiong, Shaoyu Lin
  • Patent number: 11881322
    Abstract: This patent document relates to systems, structures, devices, and fabrication processes for ceramic matrix composites suitable for use in a nuclear reactor environment and other applications requiring materials that can withstand high temperatures and/or highly corrosive environments. In one exemplary aspect, a method of joining and sealing ceramic structures is disclosed. The method comprises forming a joint of a ceramic structure and an end plug using a sealing material, wherein the end plug has a hole that goes through a top surface and a bottom surface of the end plug; filling the ceramic structure with a desired gas composition through the hole; heating a material into a molten form using a heat source; and directing the material into the hole, wherein the material solidifies to seal the end plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: General Atomics
    Inventors: Jonathan David Sheeder, Jiping Zhang, Christian Peter Deck, Hesham Ezzat Khalifa, Robert Warren Stemke, Brian Stephen Austin, Gokul Vasudevamurthy, Carlos Bacalski, Eric Song, Christina Allyssa Back
  • Patent number: 11873260
    Abstract: Systems and methods for forming an oxidation protection system on a composite structure are provided. In various embodiments, an oxidation protection system disposed on a substrate may comprise a boron-silicon-glass layer formed directly on the composite structure. The boron-silicon-glass layer may comprise a boron compound, a silicon compound, and a glass compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven A. Poteet, Katherine Urena Pimentel
  • Patent number: 11866285
    Abstract: Provided is a coating film transfer tool having a pivotable transfer head and a tape guide for transfer tape, and capable of satisfactorily transferring a coating film. In some examples, such a coating film transfer tool includes tape guides respectively having lower sides disposed on a first side of a main body where the transfer tape passes before coating film transfer, and upper sides disposed on a second side of the main body where the transfer tape passes after coating film transfer passes. An interval between the upper sides is wider than an interval at a position where an interval between the lower sides is narrowest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Tombow Pencil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Tamura, Hiromichi Fujisawa, Takuya Yashiro
  • Patent number: 11866380
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a coating includes providing a ceramic matrix composite that includes SiC fibers disposed in a SiC matrix, depositing a base slurry on the ceramic matrix composite, wherein the base slurry contains powders of a metal oxide, at least one of silicon carbide, silicon nitride, or free silicon, and barium-magnesium-aluminosilicate in a first carrier fluid, drying the deposited base slurry to produce a base green layer, depositing a transition slurry on the base green layer, wherein the transition slurry contains powders of a metal oxide, at least one of silicon carbide, silicon nitride, or free silicon, at least one of zirconium carbide, zirconium nitride, or zirconium oxide, and barium-magnesium-aluminosilicate in a second carrier fluid, drying the deposited transition slurry to produce a transition green layer, and forming a consolidated coating on the ceramic matrix composite by heating the base green layer and the at least one transition green layer to cause chemical reactions that conv
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Imelda P. Smyth, Sarah A. Frith
  • Patent number: 11821154
    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: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Roden, Dennis D. Kemmetmueller, August F. Legatt, James C. Schroeder, Michael D. Vangstad
  • Patent number: 11819051
    Abstract: An electrically operated aerosol-generating system is provided, including a main unit and a tubular aerosol-generating article. The main unit includes a heating portion disposed at an outer surface of the main unit. The heating portion includes one or more electric heaters. The tubular aerosol-generating article includes a tubular aerosol-forming substrate and an inner passage, wherein the inner passage is configured to receive the heating portion of the main unit. The one or more electric heaters of the heating portion of the main unit are arranged to heat the tubular aerosol-forming substrate when the tubular aerosol-generating article is received on the heating portion of the main unit. The aerosol-generating system further includes means to determine that the tubular aerosol-generating article is received on the heating portion of the main unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventor: Tony Reevell
  • Patent number: 11819605
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette assembly, which includes a housing with a top cover, a cigarette body which includes a battery, an atomizer, a cartridge, and a mouthpiece supported by a cigarette housing, an opener unit which includes a pair of first track member at the housing, a pair of second rack member at the cigarette housing, pair of gear communicating between the pair of first rack member and the pair of second rack member respectively, an elongated bar member communicating with the top cover to control the top cover to an open position or a close position, an atomizer control unit which comprises a control bar member, a position guiding member, and a guiding groove for turning on and off the atomizer simultaneously when moving to the open position and the closed position respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Yushui Chen
  • Patent number: 11814326
    Abstract: A method of forming a doped substrate comprises heating a substrate comprising a layer of a dopant on at least one surface to a predetermined temperature; applying a predetermined degree of isostatic external pressure on the surface of said substrate at said predetermined temperature for a time sufficient to induce thermal migration of the dopant into the substrate to provide a doped substrate; and removing the isostatic pressure and cooling the doped substrate to about room temperature. The substrate is a glass material, a single crystal material, a poly-crystalline material, a ceramic material, or a semiconductor material, and the substrate may be optically transparent. The dopant comprises one or more transition metals, one or more rare earth elements, or a combination of both. The layer of a dopant comprises one or more segregated layers of distinct chemical species. The isostatic pressure and elevated temperature may be applied simultaneously or sequentially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Gary Cook, Ronald W. Stites