Patents Examined by Andrew D Graham
  • Patent number: 12233581
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a coil component comprising the steps of: preparing a coil assembly body in which a coil is attached on a magnetic core and a mold body which is formed with a cavity portion in the inside thereof and which includes at least one opening portion, putting a viscous admixture including magnetic powders and thermosetting resin and the coil assembly body in the cavity portion, pushing the put-in viscous admixture in the mold body, and thermally-curing the pushed-in viscous admixture and forming a magnetic exterior body which covers the coil assembly body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: SUMIDA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motomi Takahashi, Tomohiro Kajiyama, Teruaki Tanaka, Shinichi Sakamoto, Juichi Oki, Mitsugu Kawarai, Tsutomu Otsuka
  • Patent number: 12226945
    Abstract: A method for forming containers from preforms. The method includes loading successive preforms into successive molds at a mold loading station, each mold having a mold cavity in the shape of the containers to be produced. The containers being formed in a forming station by injecting a gaseous or liquid fluid into the preform in order to expand the preform and acquires the shape of the container defined by the mold cavity. The steps performed at the mold loading station and the forming station are distinct from each other, and a transferring step occurs at a transferring station arranged between the mold loading station and the forming station where successive molds containing the preforms are transferred from the mold loading station to the forming station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: DISCMA AG
    Inventors: Luc Desoutter, Benoit Picot, Danie Diesnis
  • Patent number: 12226961
    Abstract: A preform charge is formed by forming an assemblage of preforms, wherein preforms in the assemblage are bonded to a neighboring preform such that the preform charge effectively becomes a single unit. The preform charge can then be added to a mold to fabricate a part via compression molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Arris Composites Inc.
    Inventors: Erick Davidson, Ethan Escowitz, Riley Reese, Sean Hennessee, J. Scott Perkins
  • Patent number: 12226948
    Abstract: Devices, assemblies, kits, systems and methods for shaping of elongated elements containing thermoplastic polymers are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: CarboFix Spine Inc.
    Inventors: Oren Globerman, Mordechay Beyar, Daniel Umansky
  • Patent number: 12220879
    Abstract: A lightweight polymer-based composite product may include a polymer material body and a lightweight filler material that is embedded in the polymer. The polymer material body may be an in-situ polymerized polymer formed via casting of a reactive resin in a mold. The polymer may have a density of at least 1.0 g/cm3. The lightweight filler material may be concentrated on at least a portion of a first surface of the polymer material body. The lightweight filler material may have a density of between 0.1 and 1.0 g/cm3. The lightweight polymer-based composite product may have a density that is less than a comparable product that consists mainly of the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Mingfu Zhang, Jieyu Hu, Lance Wang, Jawed Asrar
  • Patent number: 12208542
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing thermoformed objects are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes controlling a material transport system to move a material to a first location proximate to one or more heat sources. The method can include controlling the one or more heat sources to heat a first region of the material to a first temperature and heat a second region of the material to a second temperature. The method can also include controlling the material transport system to move the material to a second location proximate to an object forming element, and controlling the object forming element to form a dental appliance from the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yevgeniy Sirovskiy, James C. Culp
  • Patent number: 12203214
    Abstract: An installation for compacting strands or a preform including strands, the strands or the preform including at least a first portion in which the strands are twisted at a first angle and a second portion in which the strands are twisted at a second angle different from the first angle, the installation including a mould which includes the strands or the preform, and wherein the mould has at least a first part in which the first portion of the strands or of the preform is disposed, having a first thickness and a second part in which the second portion of the strands or of the preform is disposed, having a second thickness different from the first thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Yanneck Wielhorski, Julien Paul Schneider-Die-Gross
  • Patent number: 12194693
    Abstract: A forming apparatus comprises a frame. The frame defines a vertical axis, a horizontal axis, and a longitudinal axis. A carriage is movably connected to the frame. A first stomp foot is movably connected to the carriage such that it may move along the vertical axis. A second stomp foot is movably connected to the carriage such that it may move along the vertical axis. A first swing arm is movably connected to the carriage and a second swing arm, movably connected to the carriage, is laterally opposed from the first swing arm relative to the longitudinal axis. A method includes applying at least one ply of composite material over a forming surface of a forming tool and deforming the at least one ply of composite material over the forming surface of the forming tool with the forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Scott Krajca, Long Ly, Chace Wilcoxson, Darrell Jones, Kurtis Willden, Michael A. Lee, Josiah Brubaker, Michael Karas, Joseph Warren, Paul Lesovoy
  • Patent number: 12193900
    Abstract: Fibers, for example fiberglass fibers, are added to dental stone powders to provide for reinforced dental stones. Dental stones are made by combining dry components, including binder and fiber glass, adding water to the resulting mixture and setting the mixture in a dental mold. The dental stones are reinforced by the fibers, and allow for reduced breaking or chipping during handling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Ransom & Randolph LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Paul Nixon
  • Patent number: 12186973
    Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing flooring planks including a plastic base and an image plastic layer. The method includes a feeding step of feeding a plastic layer into oppositely rolling rollers; and a rolling step of hot rolling an embossing on the plastic layer. A feeding tension of the plastic layer is adjusted according to a longitudinal deviation between the embossing and the pattern in the rolling step. A device includes a first feeding device, an oppositely rolling rollers control device, a detecting device, and a tension controller disposed on the first feeding device. The method, the device and the long plastic layer with the embossing in register with the pattern processed use the method, implement the embossing rolled on the plastic layer in register with the pattern on the plastic layer and have high production efficiency, low cost and less energy consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: UNILIN BV
    Inventors: Yibing Wang, Wenjin Tang, Caiqin Zhu
  • Patent number: 12179380
    Abstract: A press apparatus for vehicle crash pads including real wood sheets. The press apparatus includes a lower press including an engraved part, and a support part to support an upper press, the support part having a fixing protrusion, the upper press including an embossed part, first slides fixed to maintain a shape of the engraved part during a compression process of the real wood sheet, the first slides compressing a rear surface of the real wood sheet while rising along the embossed part, and a second slide to compress the real wood sheet during the compression process of the real wood sheet. During a wrapping process of the real wood sheet, the second slide compresses the real wood sheet to an inner rear surface of a core while falling such that a portion of the real wood sheet bent inward of the engraved part is wound around the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Seoyon Autovision Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ik Keun Choi, Min Kyeong Lee, Hyun Ho Lee, Ji Seung Hong, Jong Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 12178268
    Abstract: A glove has a protective member in the thumb-crotch region and includes a textured outer surface. The protective member is configured to protected against slicing done by sharp objects. The textured outer surface enables grip ability in greasy environments. The textured outer surface may be formed via a foaming process during manufacture of the glove. There may be a colored layer between an inner liner and the protective member that establishes a color splash effect in the event that a portion of the glove ruptures or fails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SUMMIT GLOVE INC.
    Inventor: James L Hull
  • Patent number: 12173846
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high-pressure tank includes an arrangement step of arranging, in a cavity of a mold, an intermediate including a liner and a fiber bundle wound around the liner, and an impregnation step of impregnating the fiber bundle with a molten resin in the cavity by increasing a pressure on the molten resin injected into the cavity. The impregnation step includes a pressure increasing step of increasing an internal pressure of the intermediate when increasing the pressure on the molten resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomohiko Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 12157250
    Abstract: A composite wood panel is manufactured from thin wood laminae cut from wood unsuitable for peeler logs or dimensional lumber. At least one bonding agent is applied to the wood laminae, and they are formed into a randomly oriented mat that is compressed into a thin wood web that can be a corrugated web or a flat web that is permanently set in a single press operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: BONDCORE ÖU
    Inventor: Ronald J. Batty
  • Patent number: 12151410
    Abstract: A method of forming an article by controlling the thickness of a portion of the plastic composition which comprises a layer of molten plastic composition between opposite first and second solid skins, so that the thickness is constant with a very low tolerance of +/?0.5%, preferably +/?0.2%, when the portion is subsequently exposed to a reduced pressure to cause expansion of the layer of molten plastic composition to form a core layer of expanded cellular foam between the first and second solid skins, and by controlling the stretch of the first solid skin to be within the range of 0.5 to 3%, the expansion of the plastic composition can be highly uniformly controlled in the expanded wall parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Bockatech Ltd.
    Inventor: Peter Reginald Clarke
  • Patent number: 12145723
    Abstract: An apparatus for securing first and second skins to a core in a composite rotor blade includes an elongated member configured to be installed through a passage in the core of the composite rotor blade. The elongated member has a first end configured to be attached to an outer surface of the first skin and a second end configured to be attached to an outer surface of the second skin. The apparatus also includes a first patch configured to adhere the first end to the outer surface of the first skin, and a second patch configured to adhere the second end to the outer surface of the second skin such the elongated member extends from the outer surfaces of the first and second skins through the passage in the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Deyo, Andrew Paul Scott, Frank M. Caputo, William P. Fallon, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12144702
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of producing an orthodontic transpalatal arch having multiproperties. The present invention provides the transpalatal arch which is easy to prepare without the need of laboratory, cast, and impression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Inventor: Yasir Ruda Abdul-Hussain Al-Laban
  • Patent number: 12147214
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of manufacturing a dental device, the method comprising: obtaining a set of clinical options for the dental device from a health care provider; creating a first data set from the set of clinical options; communicating the data set to a computer aided design (CAD) software; preparing a digital design for the dental device using the CAD software; communicating the digital design to an automated milling apparatus; and automatedly milling a block of polymer to obtain the dental device. Also disclosed are dental devices manufactured by the above method. Further disclosed are methods of treating or ameliorating apnea jaw-related disorder in a patient, the method comprising obtaining a dental device manufactured by the above method and positioning the dental device over the dentition prior to sleep, whereby the mandible is advanced forward relative to the maxilla, thereby ameliorating the symptoms of sleep apnea or the jaw-related disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: PROSOMNUS SLEEP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Sung Kim, David W. Kuhns, Leonard A. Liptak
  • Patent number: 12145317
    Abstract: There is provided improved laser sintering systems that increase the powder density and reduce anomalies of the powder layers that are sintered, that measure the laser power within the build chamber for automatic calibration during a build process, that deposit powder into the build chamber through a chute to minimize dusting, and that scrubs the air and cools the radiant heaters with recirculated scrubbed air. The improvements enable the laser sintering systems to make parts that are of higher and more consistent quality, precision, and strength, while enabling the user of the laser sintering systems to reuse greater proportions of previously used but unsintered powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: 3D SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: David H Cullen, Rafael Enrique Hidalgo
  • Patent number: 12138848
    Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing flooring planks including a plastic base and an image plastic layer. The method includes a feeding step of feeding a layered raw material of a long decorative material to be rolled into oppositely rolling rollers; and a rolling step of hot rolling an embossing on the transparent plastic layer. A feeding tension of a printed plastic layer is adjusted according to a longitudinal deviation between the embossing and the pattern in the rolling step. The device includes a first feeding device, a second feeding device, the oppositely rolling rollers, a detecting device, and a tension controller disposed on the second feeding device. According to the long decorative material with the embossing in register with the pattern manufactured by the method, the embossing hot-rolled on the transparent plastic layer is in register with the pattern on the printed plastic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: UNLIN, BV
    Inventors: Yibing Wang, Wenjin Tang, Caiqin Zhu