Patents Examined by Alexander S. Thomas
  • Patent number: 12201234
    Abstract: The invention provides an insulating fill material comprising a blend of fibres, the fibres comprising cashmere guard hair. The fill material typically includes at least 50% cashmere guard hair. The blended fibres are preferably formed into a non-woven web, which is lapped to provide a plurality of layers (101). The invention also provides products incorporating the fill material, such as bedding and garments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: BESPOKE FABRICS LTD
    Inventor: Joan Johnston
  • Patent number: 12199392
    Abstract: A component pack including a carrier strip extending in a longitudinal direction and a plurality of technical components formed initially separately from the carrier strip and each fastened on the carrier strip. The technical components project from the carrier strip laterally in a transverse direction of the carrier strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Raab, Harald Kraenzlein, Martin Bleicher, Jochen Fertig, Gerhard Goegelein
  • Patent number: 12187927
    Abstract: Provided is an adhesive tape in which each of at least one perforation line includes: a plurality of separation parts at which one side portion and an other side portion of the adhesive tape are separated away from each other in its longitudinal direction; a connection part through which the one side portion and the other side portion are connected to each other in the longitudinal direction, the connection part located between two adjacent separation parts in a width direction of the adhesive tape; and a weak connection part through which the one side portion and the other side portion are connected to each other in the longitudinal direction, the weak connection part having a smaller breaking strength than the connection part, and the perforation line includes at least one group including the connection part and the weak connection part adjacent to each other in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignees: NITOMS, INC., NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Numazu
  • Patent number: 12179845
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an innovative and highly practical connection member for a vehicle structure. The present invention is a connection member for a vehicle structure equipped with at least two connection sections (2) that are used in the vehicle structure and that connect appropriate sites within the vehicle structure, the connection member for a vehicle structure being characterized in having a layered structure section (1) configured by impregnating a layered body (4) in which a plurality of fiber bodies (3) have been layered with a matrix resin and curing the impregnated layered body, and employing, as the fiber bodies (3), bodies in which bundles of unidirectionally aligned carbon fibers (5) have been interwoven with thermally fusible fibers (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: ARISAWA MFG. CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanaka, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Takashi Yamamoto, Hiroko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12179472
    Abstract: The disclosed reinforced adhesive substrate includes a transparent, flexible, breathable backing with a reinforcing material having open areas to the substrate. The reinforcing material strengthen the breathable backing while maintaining transparency so that overall the substrate is transparent. A transparent adhesive substrate can allow the underlying surface to be visualized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
    Inventors: John J. Rogers, Audrey A. Sherman, Amanda C. Engler
  • Patent number: 12172343
    Abstract: A mold component for forming a foamed part with a three-dimensional shape includes a magnetic block having a first face that defines a curved three-dimensional surface with a hook strip-receiving recess positioned above the magnetic block. The magnetic block is configured to be placed in a mold with a hook strip placed in the hook strip-receiving recess. The hook strip has a ferrous metal-containing component such that the magnetic block attracts and holds the hook strip with the hook strip conforming to the curved three-dimensional surface. Characteristically, the mold component is configured to be applied in a molding process to mold the three-dimensional shape in the foamed part wherein the hook strip attaches to a trim cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Baolong Shang, Asad Ali, Todd W. Waelde, Hongwei Xia, Chandrashekar Simha, Jiangang Zhang, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 12172414
    Abstract: The interior material includes a base material having a plate shape and a skin material covering a front surface of the base material, where the skin material has a woven fabric in which optical fibers are woven as constituent yarns. A bundle structure that collects a plurality of optical fibers exposed from the end portion of the skin material so as to lie along a back surface of the base material is provided at an end portion of the back surface of the base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 12162394
    Abstract: A vehicle floor mat system comprising a vehicle floor tray molded from an extrusion polymer sheet, a vehicle floor mat affixation device containing a circular shaped body with axial extending tines, and a removable carpet attachment is disclosed. The vehicle floor mat system resists affixation device pull-out and shear forces applied to the mat with respect to the original equipment manufacturer's floor covering on which the mat is placed but allows for easy removal and replacement of the vehicle floor mat and of the affixation devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Tarboy LLC
    Inventor: Salvatore Gruttadauro
  • Patent number: 12163617
    Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body of the present embodiment may include a first plate, a second plate, a seal configured to seal the first plate and the second plate to provide a vacuum space, and a support configured to maintain the vacuum space. Optionally, the support may include a first support having a first support plate formed in a grid shape, and a plurality of spacer coupling portions configured to protrude from the first support plate. Optionally, the support may a second support having a second support plate formed in a grid shape, and a plurality of spacers configured to protrude from the second support plate and coupled to each of the plurality of spacer coupling portions to form a plurality of bars together with the plurality of spacer coupling portions. Optionally, the support may a radiation resistance sheet supported by a portion of the plurality of bars and spaced apart from at least one of the first support plate and the second support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wonyeong Jung, Deokhyun Youn, Bongjin Kim, Minsu Ryu
  • Patent number: 12157581
    Abstract: A flexible element for lining an edge of an aeronautical seat shell, made up of an assembly of at least two elongate, flexible and planar cut pieces, secured together by respective longitudinal boundaries so that the assembly has a three-dimensional shape matching with an edge of an aeronautical seat shell. A method for manufacturing such a lining element, as well as a method for setting up such a lining element over an aeronautical seat shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS ATLANTIC SAS
    Inventor: Frederic Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 12157961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-woven fabric comprising one or more fibre layers each comprising a plurality of fibres arranged along a fibre direction, wherein the non-woven fabric comprises a plurality of stitching rows, each stitching row comprising one or more threads arranged along a stitch direction, for maintaining arrangement of the plurality of fibres in the one or more fibre layers relative to each other, wherein at least one thread comprises a binding agent. The present invention further relates to preforms comprising the non-woven fabric according to the present invention and methods for producing the non-woven fabric, preforms and wind turbine blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: BLADE DYNAMICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Manish Mukherjee, Harald Behmer
  • Patent number: 12152718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an insulated pipe comprising one or more inner pipes comprising a plastic, a flexible vacuum insulation panel surrounding the one or more inner pipes, and an outer jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Inventor: Patrik Roseen
  • Patent number: 12152719
    Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body includes a heat exchange pipeline and a sealing plug. The heat exchange pipeline includes at least two pipelines which pass through a first plate and a second plate to allow a refrigerant to move between inner and outer spaces. The sealing plug allows the heat exchange pipeline to pass through a first point of the first plate and a second point of the second plate without contacting a third space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wonyeong Jung, Deokhyun Youn, Jangseok Lee
  • Patent number: 12144477
    Abstract: A securing system includes a fastener and a tape. The fastener includes a main body portion having a first end and a second end, a curved portion extending from the first end, first and second legs extending from the second end, and a roller extending between the first and second legs. The tape may extend around the roller and may be self-adhering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: SHURTAPE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Robert Wagner, David Adam Worley, Daniel Eric Festa, Sr.
  • Patent number: 12128660
    Abstract: A vehicle interior material in which a skin body is less likely to rise from a base material at a position of an end portion is provided. The vehicle interior material includes a base material and skin body 3 covering at least a part of a front side of the base material and bonded to the base material. Skin body 3 includes folded portion 15 folded to a side of back surface 10b. Back surface 10b is exposed to a side of the base material at a position of an end portion of folded portion 15 in an extending direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Uchida
  • Patent number: 12128740
    Abstract: A vehicle accessory apparatus for mounting in a panel aperture of a vehicle panel includes a housing having an injection molded frame and one or more mounting clips integrally molded with the frame along an outer periphery of the frame. Each mounting clip is biased to an advanced position and resiliently movable to a retracted position upon partial insertion of the housing into the panel aperture of the vehicle panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: MARKDOM INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Changize Sadr
  • Patent number: 12128667
    Abstract: A skin material includes: a design layer; and a base cloth layer. The design layer includes a surface layer and a foam layer. The base cloth layer includes a surface fabric and a back fabric, and a binding yarn that binds the surface fabric and the back fabric. The binding yarn is a thermoplastic resin fiber erected between the surface fabric and the back fabric to form a gap between the surface fabric and the back fabric. The foam layer and the surface fabric are joined. An interior material includes the skin material and a base material to which the skin material is attached. A method for producing the skin material includes joining the surface layer and the base cloth layer via a foamable adhesive to serve as the foam layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo Yamane, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Yusuke Kawata, Yuji Kamide, Kazuhiro Masumoto, Takumi Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 12122130
    Abstract: A thermal vacuum insulation element (10) comprising a first planar limiting part (12) and a second planar limiting part (14). The limiting parts are spaced apart from each other and define an evacuated space (16) between them. The evacuated space (16) is sealed by means (26) for sealing. The vacuum insulation element includes first support elements (18) extending away from the first limiting part (12) into the evacuated space (16) and second support elements (20) extending away from the second limiting part (14) into the evacuated space (16), the limiting parts (12, 14) being arranged with the support elements (18, 20) such that the first support elements (18) and the second support elements (20) protrude beyond and are spaced from each other. The first support elements (18) are spaced from the second limiting part (14), and the second support elements (20) are spaced from the first limiting part (12). A fiber structure (22) interconnects the first support elements (18) and the second support elements (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: V21 GmbH
    Inventors: Malte Lang, Roland Wiedenroth
  • Patent number: 12115737
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a thermally conductive article including a pad having first and second opposed major surfaces and a thickness therebetween. The thickness is formed of entangled thermally conductive fibers and at least a portion of the entangled thermally conductive fibers have at least one terminal end at the first opposed major surface, the opposed second major surface, or both. The pad is at least partially impregnated with a polymer. Another thermally conductive article is provided including a) a pad having first and second opposed major surfaces and a thickness therebetween; b) a first thermally conductive skin layer; and c) a second thermally conductive skin layer. The thickness of the pad is formed of aligned thermally conductive fibers, and at least a portion of the thermally conductive fibers have a terminal end at the first opposed major surface and the opposed second major surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jacob P. Podkaminer, Jens Eichler, Peter J. Schneider, Sebastian Goris, Victor Ho, Joseph A. Dunbar, Matthew T. Johnson, Matthew H. Frey
  • Patent number: 12119628
    Abstract: A textile sleeve for routing and protecting an elongate member and method of construction thereof are provided. The sleeve has a wall with opposite edges extending lengthwise between opposite ends. The edges are configured to be wrapped about a central longitudinal axis to bound the elongate member within an enclosed cavity. The wall is formed of interlaced heat-resistant yarn with at least one hook-type fastener member along one of the edges and at least one loop-type fastener member along the other of the edges. The hook-type fastener member and the loop-type fastener member are configured to attach with one another to maintain the opposite edges in releasably fixed, overlapping relation with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC
    Inventors: Alice Kaing, Amelie Simoens, Julien Deltor, Nandor Gyurta