Patents Examined by Binu Thomas
  • Patent number: 11458498
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a painting booth having a structure which sprays a paint in a painting booth, and is capable of reutilizing by withdrawing a used paint, and preventing atmospheric pollution and surrounding contamination, and is configured to include: an exhaust duct installed in an upper part of a booth; a filter plate configured by a metal net, which is installed on a front wall of the booth; a bottom filter plate installed on a bottom of the booth, and a collector collecting paint sludge which falls to the bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventor: Myoung Jong Lee
  • Patent number: 11453946
    Abstract: Methods of and systems for performing leak checks of gas-phase reactor systems are disclosed. Exemplary systems include a first exhaust system coupled to a reaction chamber via a first exhaust line, a bypass line coupled to a gas supply unit and to the first exhaust system, a gas detector coupled to the bypass line via a connecting line, a connecting line valve coupled to the connecting line, and a second exhaust system coupled to the connecting line. Methods include using the second exhaust system to exhaust the connecting line to thereby remove residual gas in the connecting line that may otherwise affect the accuracy of the gas detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: SungBae Kim, HakYong Kwon, YoungMin Kim, KiKang Kim, SeungHwan Lee
  • Patent number: 11440035
    Abstract: An application device for the application in series of a paint or other coating compositions to motor vehicle bodies or add-on parts thereof has a nozzle print head which contains a plurality of nozzles arranged, for example, in one or more rows, which apply the coating composition to the surface to be coated as continuous jets or individual drops. The nozzle print head is arranged on a multi-axis coating robot. In contrast to application devices of this type known hitherto, the coating composition consists of at least two components which are to be mixed together, such as, for example, 2K paint, which are fed to the nozzle print head via separate supply lines for jointly supplying the nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Dürr Systems AG
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Fritz, Benjamin Wöhr, Marcus Kleiner, Moritz Bubek, Timo Beyl, Frank Herre, Steffen Sotzny
  • Patent number: 11440047
    Abstract: A dispensing unit for dispensing liquid material includes a hollow reservoir for accommodating a syringe and having an elongated nipple at one end of the reservoir, a piston including a shaft disposed therein, and a bracket adapted to receive the nipple of the reservoir and the piston. The reservoir nipple provides a fluid path for liquid material dispensed from the syringe supported in the reservoir. The bracket receives the nipple of the reservoir such that the fluid path for the liquid material is oriented towards a nozzle disposed in the bracket. The nipple also has holes disposed near an end thereof, and the bracket is adapted to receive the piston oriented with respect to the reservoir nipple such that the shaft of the piston is aligned with the holes in the nipple and the nozzle. The shaft is displaceable through the holes in the nipple towards the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: IO Tech Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Zenou, Ziv Gilan
  • Patent number: 11437251
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a substrate holder configured to hold a substrate; a processing liquid supply part configured to supply a processing liquid to the substrate held by the substrate holder; a chemical liquid supply part configured to supply a chemical liquid as a component of the processing liquid to the processing liquid supply part; a pure water supply part configured to supply pure water as a component of the processing liquid to the processing liquid supply part; a low-dielectric constant solvent supply part configured to supply a low-dielectric constant solvent as a component of the processing liquid to the processing liquid supply part; and a controller configured to control a ratio of the chemical liquid, the pure water, and the low-dielectric constant solvent contained in the processing liquid by controlling the chemical liquid supply part, the pure water supply part, the low-dielectric constant solvent supply part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMI TED
    Inventor: Hiroki Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11426826
    Abstract: Techniques and devices are disclosed for fabrication layout device. The device includes a table with a work surface. The work surface being a continuous surface and configured to support a plurality of railing pieces for fabrication of a railing assembly. The device further includes a beam located above the work surface. The beam is operatively coupled to the table, such that the beam moves relative to the work surface in a first direction. Attached to the beam is an ink dispenser. The ink dispenser is configured to move along the beam in a second direction different from the first direction. The ink dispenser is further configured to dispense ink onto the work surface of the table in the form of a pattern of the railing assembly. Railing pieces are positioned on the pattern so that they can be assembled to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Lawrence Chasse, John Michael Evans
  • Patent number: 11424149
    Abstract: A substrate processing system is disclosed which includes a processing chamber comprising a susceptor having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a groove formed in the first surface adjacent to a perimeter thereof, and a substrate support structure including a plurality of carrier lift pins, each of the plurality of carrier lift pins movably disposed in an opening formed from the second surface to the first surface, wherein the opening is recessed from the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Masato Ishii, Richard O. Collins, Richard Giljum, Alexander Berger
  • Patent number: 11422462
    Abstract: A forming apparatus includes a substrate holder having a plurality of chucking regions that chuck a lower surface of the substrate and configured to hold the substrate by chucking the substrate with the plurality of chucking regions, and a controller configured to control execution of a forming process and independently control a chucking force of each of the plurality of chucking regions. The controller controls a chucking force of each of the plurality of chucking regions in a mold separation step so as to make a final mold separation point, at which the mold finally separates from the composition, coincide with a center of a pattern surface of the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takahiro Sato
  • Patent number: 11413634
    Abstract: A device for spraying a coating product in liquid form, includes a valve for controlling the flow of the liquid product, a piston, secured to a needle arranged to free or block a passage of liquid product, a valve body including a housing arranged to accommodate the piston, and including a control fluid supply connector arranged on the bottom dead center side of the piston, and the valve body is monolithic and further includes at least one control fluid supply channel accommodated in a side wall of the valve body and whose at least one longitudinal portion extends along part of the housing from the supply connector side to the top dead center side of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: POMTAVA SA
    Inventors: Euphemien Marchand, Alois Nicolet
  • Patent number: 11383545
    Abstract: A system and method for applying an overcoat to a printed image on a substrate generally includes a radiative source that transmits electromagnetic radiation within a predefined wavelength range to the printed image on the substrate to be absorbed by the printed image and heat the printed image to a predetermined temperature range, a depositing device that deposits an overcoating powder onto the heated printed image, the overcoating powder having a melting point within the predetermined range such that upon deposition thereof, the overcoating powder adheres and/or melts onto the heated printed image, and a residual powder removing device that removes any residual overcoating powder not adhered to the printed image or the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Eliud Robles Flores, Charles T. Facchini, Pedro Pagan
  • Patent number: 11387098
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser, comprising a dispenser faceplate having at least one ejection port and a dispenser guard. The dispenser guard has at least one opening configured to allow fluid exiting from the ejection port to flow through and at least one drainage structure. The dispenser guard is spaced from the ejection port with a gap small enough to attract the fluid accumulated around the ejection port to flow into the drainage structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Steven C. Shackleton
  • Patent number: 11364653
    Abstract: A device for staining or painting planks has an enclosure and a plank receiver for guiding a plank into the enclosure. At least one pair of vertical rollers are provided for engaging the plank received in the plank receiver. A lever may be positioned to contact the plank upon exit from the plank receiver. A linkage bar is affixed to the lever and to vertical rollers. Moving the lever by insertion of the plank moves the vertical rollers in preparation for receiving a leading edge of the plank. The vertical rollers are mounted on swing arms for facilitating adjustment of a space between the left vertical rollers and the right vertical rollers for accommodating planks of various thicknesses. Vertical sprayers are pivotally mounted and in communication with the swing arms for pivoting with the vertical rollers for maintaining a constant distance between the vertical rollers and the left vertical sprayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: STAINTRAC, LLP
    Inventors: Duane Carl Voss, Clifford Marion Richison, Joshua Mikal Burrup
  • Patent number: 11365470
    Abstract: A method and coating system are provided that use a temperature controlled gas flow to smooth a surface of a ceramic, like a thermal barrier coating (TBC). Thermal spray coating unit coats a ceramic on a surface. The thermal spray coating unit creates a flow of ceramic material towards the surface. A layer of at least partially molten ceramic material on the surface is smoothed by transmitting a flow of temperature controlled gas across the at least partially molten ceramic material on the surface after the thermal spray coating of the ceramic on the surface. The solidified ceramic has a smoother surface that requires much less polishing to attain a desired surface roughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gerhart LaMoyne Hanson, Martin Lewis Smith
  • Patent number: 11352722
    Abstract: A system for in-line treatment of at least one thread is provided. The system is configured to be used with a thread consuming device and comprises a treatment unit having a plurality of nozzles arranged at different positions relative the at least one thread, said at least one thread being in motion in use, each nozzle being configured to dispense one or more coating substances onto the at least one thread when activated; and at least one thread engagement device configured to rotate the at least one thread along its longitudinal axis as the at least one thread moves through said treatment unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Coloreel Group AB
    Inventors: Martin Eklind, Joakim Staberg
  • Patent number: 11338316
    Abstract: A coating apparatus applies a liquid material to a surface of a target object using a coating needle. The coating apparatus includes a coating unit having a coating needle and a container to hold a liquid material, a driving device configured to move the coating needle up and down, a Z-axis table configured to move the coating unit up and down, and a controller configured to drive the driving device and the Z-axis table to perform a coating operation. The controller adjusts the coating amount of the liquid material by controlling the driving device and the Z-axis table in accordance with an operation parameter set corresponding to the coating unit attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiro Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11333971
    Abstract: There is provided that an imprint apparatus that forms a pattern on a substrate by curing an imprint material in a state in which a mold and the imprint material on the substrate are in contact with each other, the apparatus including a control unit configured to control a movement of a stage configured to hold the substrate and the supplying of a gas by a gas supplying unit, wherein the control unit removes charges from the mold by starting the supplying of the gas by the gas supplying unit before starting to move the stage below a dispenser after the mold and the cured imprint material are separated, and making a peripheral member face the mold via the gas during the movement of the stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11331691
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing tow prepreg includes: a spreading roller which adjusts an incident angle of supplied fiber; and two or more coating rollers including a first roller and a second roller which rotate while having a gap between the first roller and the second roller, in which the fiber supplied from the spreading roller passes through the gap between the first roller and the second roller to be coated with resin. The incident angle of the fiber supplied for immersing the resin is adjusted to adjust tension applied to the fiber supplied to a coating roller, such that the quantity of the resin of the tow prepreg can be controlled more precisely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Han Chung, Yong Min Park, No Hyun Park, Yean Jung Jeong
  • Patent number: 11302830
    Abstract: A thin-film coating applicator assembly is disclosed for coating substrates in outdoor applications. The innovative thin-film coating applicator assembly is adapted to apply performance enhancement coatings on installed photovoltaic panels and glass windows in outdoor environments. The coating applicator is adapted to move along a solar panel or glass pane while applicator mechanisms deposit a uniform layer of liquid coating solution to the substrate's surface. The applicator assembly comprises a conveyance means disposed on a frame. Further disclosed are innovative applicator heads that comprise a deformable sponge-like core surrounded by a microporous layer. The structure, when in contact with a substrate surface, deposits a uniform layer of coating solution over a large surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: John Arthur deVos
  • Patent number: 11298717
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an application device for applying an application medium onto a component, preferably for application of a coating onto a motor vehicle body component. The application device includes a print head for preferably serial and/or permanent application of the application medium, wherein the print head has: a nozzle plate, at least one nozzle in the nozzle plate in order to discharge the application medium, at least one valve element, which is movable relative to the nozzle plate, for control of the application medium discharge through the at least one nozzle, wherein the at least one movable valve element closes the at least one nozzle in a closing position and releases it in an opening position, and at least one drive for moving the at least one valve element. The application device is characterised in particular in that it includes at least one temperature control apparatus for reducing heating of the at least one drive during application of the application medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Dürr Systems AG
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Fritz, Benjamin Wöhr, Marcus Kleiner, Moritz Bubek, Timo Beyl, Frank Herre, Steffen Sotzny
  • Patent number: 11293582
    Abstract: An applicator machine and a process for heating and coating a section of pipeline. The applicator machine includes a frame configured to rotate about a section of pipeline to be heated and coated, rotating means operable to rotate the frame, and coating material applicators induction coils and radiant heaters mounted on the frame and rotatable therewith. The induction coil is configured to heat a section of pipeline adjacent to the induction coil to a coating material application temperature. The radiant heaters are configured to heat factory-applied coatings. Each coating material applicator sprays coating material through an aperture in a respective induction coil. The applicator includes an enclosure configured to surround a section of pipeline and provision for evacuating and collecting waste coating material. The coating material applicator may be configured to spray powder coating material, such as fusion bonded epoxy powder material and/or chemically modified polypropylene powder material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: PIPELINE INDUCTION HEAT LTD.
    Inventors: Michael George, Jason Montgomery