Patents Examined by Brent T. O'Hern
  • Controlled ablation and surface modification for marking an electronic device
    Patent number: 10919326
    Abstract: An article having a laser-formed marking is disclosed. The article includes a coating defining an exterior surface of the article and the marking extends through the coating. The marking comprises a recessed marking feature which provides a color or other visual attribute to the marking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Michael S. Nashner, Peter N. Russell-Clarke
  • Attachment part for connecting to a structural part
    Patent number: 10906250
    Abstract: An add-on part (10) for connecting to a component (30). The add-on part (10) has a longitudinal axis (A) and a welding section (11) to be welded to the component (30) by torsional ultrasonic welding. The welding section (11) has a contact surface (12) for contact with a torsion sonotrode (70) and a welding surface (13) for connecting to the component (30). The welding section (11) is delimited, at least in some sections, by an inner vibration-decoupling zone (14). The inner vibration-decoupling zone (14) extends, at least in some sections, at an inclination to or parallel to the longitudinal axis (A). The method comprises a) bringing the welding surface (13) in contact with a welding region (31), b) applying a force to the contact surface (12) such that the welding surface (13) is pressed against the welding region (31), and c) introducing a torsional ultrasonic vibration into the welding section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: TELSONIC HOLDING AG
    Inventor: Claus Regenberg
  • Apparatus and method to pick a magnetizable object from a group of magnetizable objects
    Patent number: 10911635
    Abstract: An apparatus and method to pick a magnetizable object from a group of magnetizable objects having substantially uniform and predetermined respective sizes, the apparatus including an elongated magnet having a major axis, and a rigid dielectric material having an aperture, the rigid dielectric material positioned relative to the elongated magnet in order to present an opening through the rigid dielectric material along a line collinear with the major axis. The rigid dielectric material is movable, relative to the elongated magnet, in a direction parallel to the major axis between a first position at which at least a portion of the elongated magnet is within the aperture, and a second position at which no part of the elongated magnet is within the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Inventor: Alexander D. Walter
  • Structural body and core
    Patent number: 10906266
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a structural body including a core composed of fiber and a support, which is a component of the core and is in contact with the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Ikuo Uematsu, Naoya Hayamizu, Kenya Uchida
  • Foldable honeycomb structure and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 10906264
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a foldable honeycomb structure widely used as an industrial material, a landscape material, and a building material, and a manufacturing method therefor. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a foldable honeycomb structure and a manufacturing method therefor, wherein a foldable honeycomb structure capable of being folded and unfolded is easily produced using a readily foldable film or sheet made of a plastic material, paper, a metal material, or a non-metal material, instead of prior art molding or extrusion methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: CHEMCORE CO., LTD
    Inventor: Duok Ki Joo
  • Seam tape and methods of manufacture and use thereof
    Patent number: 10899898
    Abstract: Provided herein are seam tapes and related methods. The seam tapes can be compatible with polyolefin-based waterproof/breathable (w/b) membranes, including polypropylene (PP) w/b membranes and/or polyethylene (PE) w/b membranes. Also provided are seams sealed by means of these seam tapes, as well as materials, fabrics, and garments including one or more of these sealed seams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Celgard, LLC
    Inventors: Karl F. Humiston, Kristoffer K. Stokes, Perry K. Hancock
  • Systems and apparatus having joined portions and methods of manufacture
    Patent number: 10889084
    Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a first portion having a first material and a first interface surface. A second portion having a second material that is different than the first material is included. The second portion has a second interface surface that is connected to the first interface surface of the first portion. A method of manufacturing an apparatus is described. The method includes adhering a first portion of the apparatus to a second portion of the apparatus to create a combined portion. After adhering the first portion of the apparatus to the second portion of the apparatus to create the combined portion, the combined portion of the apparatus is treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David Kazmierz Szczypinski, Ronald B. Smith, Mikhail Bruk
  • Glass substrate
    Patent number: 10882775
    Abstract: A glass substrate comprising a rectangular glass sheet having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite the first main surface, the glass substrate having a first side and a second side which are adjacent to each other in a view along a thickness direction of the glass sheet, in which a thickness tolerance is less than 6.26 ?m in a first cross section which is a cross section in the thickness direction of the glass sheet along a straight line parallel to the first side, the thickness tolerance being a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the thickness of the glass sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ono, Nobuaki Ikawa, Motoichi Iga, Masaya Kunigita
  • Reinforcing article
    Patent number: 10857757
    Abstract: A reinforcing article includes a porous substrate layer separating a plurality of parallel first continuous fiber elements spaced apart from each other and extending along a first direction from a plurality of parallel second continuous fiber elements spaced apart from each other and extending along a different direction. Each first and second continuous fiber elements include a plurality of parallel and co-extending continuous fibers embedded in a thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Integrated Composite Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Clare Hawley, Derek Joel Mazula
  • Friction damped insert for highly stressed engineering components
    Patent number: 10854184
    Abstract: A friction damped insert for highly stressed engineering components is disclosed. The disclosed inventive concept provides a method and system for increasing the damping capacity of an engineering system by adding a non-flat solid, highly damped insert to a system component that contributes most to the system's dynamic response. The insert can either be embedded into a system component during casting or be fastened to the system component outer surface. The insert is made of the single layer of flexible material by forming it into a rigid elongated body. The layer of material can be turned over on itself without folding to create a cylinder or can be folded over a number of times to create a prismatic bar. The layer of material may be shaped into a corrugated panel. The layer of flexible material may have a number of relatively small openings or perforations with a uniform spatial distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Yuri Anatoly Karpenko
  • Barrier tape for seaming and repair of barrier sheets
    Patent number: 10850483
    Abstract: A barrier tape comprises a barrier section comprising one or more barrier layers and one or more adhesive layers adhered to a face of the barrier section. The barrier tape can be used to join together adjacent barrier sheets or to patch a breach in a barrier sheet to form a barrier assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Raven Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Kolbasuk, Tom Stoebner, Dan Smith
  • Medium
    Patent number: 10843496
    Abstract: A medium includes a base layer and a separation layer. First to fifth regions are defined in the medium along a first direction in this order. Portions of the base layer which are in contact with the separation layer are stickable in at least a part of the first region and the fifth region and are not stickable in the second region and the fourth region. A length, in a second direction, of a second-side end portion of the fifth region in the first direction is less than a length, in the second direction, of a first-side end portion of the third region in the first direction. A length, in the second direction, of a first-side end portion of the fifth region in the first direction is less than the length, in the second direction, of the second-side end portion of the fifth region in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro Murayama, Harumitsu Inoue, Haruki Matsumoto, Kazuyuki Katagiri, Daisuke Baba
  • Color coded trim-to-fit mat
    Patent number: 10836293
    Abstract: An automobile mat has a plurality of differently colored guidelines applied to one of both of its top surface and bottom surface, each to aid in the cutting there-along to create a mat periphery shaped and sized to properly fit one of a similar plurality of vehicle models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: ADC Solutions Auto, LLC
    Inventors: Annette Marie Stroud, Diner Mondragón
  • Fiber-reinforced organic polymer aerogel
    Patent number: 10836880
    Abstract: Fiber-reinforced organic polymer aerogels, articles of manufacture and uses thereof are described. The reinforced aerogels include a fiber-reinforced organic polymer matrix having an at least bimodal pore size distribution with a first mode of pores having an average pore size of less than or equal to 50 nanometers (nm) and a second mode of pores having an average pore size of greater than 50 nm and a thermal conductivity of less than or equal to 30 mW/m·K at a temperature of 20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: BLUESHIFT MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Liu Yang, Ashleigh Fletcher, Stewart Taylor, Fiona Sillars, David Nash, Andrew Webley, Garrett Poe
  • Composite board composed of wood material with a middle layer made of plywood
    Patent number: 10828874
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composite board composed of wood material, comprising a middle layer composed of plywood, wherein the middle layer is connected to at least one outer layer composed of fiberboard. In order to provide an economically producible composite board having improved strength properties, an artificial resin-impregnated paper according to the invention is arranged between the middle layer and the outer layer. The invention further relates to a method for producing the composite board composed of wood material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: SWISS KRONO TEC AG
    Inventors: Roger Braun, Josef Hofer
  • Polymer sealed in-mold decoration and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 10828811
    Abstract: An injection molded product formed from an inner layer, or substrate, to which an aesthetic IMD layer is bonded during a first injection molding process, leaving a portion of the substrate exposed about the perimeter(s) of the substrate. A transparent outer layer, or overmold, is then injection molded over the top of the IMD layer and substrate, bonding substantially to the IMD layer and to the substrate where it remains exposed following the first injection molding. The process of forming a product through the disclosed two-step injection molding process creates a customizable, aesthetic product with an aesthetic IMD layer completely encapsulated between the substrate and a clear overmold in such a way to protect the IMD layer from the environment in which the product is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Inventor: Timothy P. Curnutt
  • Rectangular glass substrate and method for preparing the same
    Patent number: 10829411
    Abstract: A rectangular glass substrate has a front surface, a back surface, four side surfaces, and eight chamfered surfaces, and a thickness of at least 6 mm. A first curved surface along the edge line between the front surface and the chamfered surface disposed adjacent thereto has an average gradient of up to 25% in a range from the front surface to a position of 50 ?m below the front surface when the substrate is rested horizontal with the front surface facing upward. A second curved surface along the edge line between at least one of four side surfaces and the chamfered surface disposed adjacent to the front surface has an average gradient of at least 30% in a range from the at least one side surface to a position of 50 ?m below the at least one side surface when the substrate is rested horizontal with the at least one side surface facing upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daijitsu Harada, Masaki Takeuchi
  • Customized pieces and method of making customized pieces from semi-precious gemstones
    Patent number: 10821549
    Abstract: A method of making a customized item from a single piece of quartz, the method comprising the steps of providing a piece of quartz of sufficient size and shape to form the item, carving the item out of the single piece of quartz into a desired shape, etching information into the item and applying a coating to the information after the step of etching the information to form the customized item. A customized item is also provided comprising a body formed of a single piece of quartz, the body shaped into a configuration simulating a home or a sports object, and including personalized information etched into the quartz and a coating over the personalized information to enhance visibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Opulent Luxuries, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey S Rutstein
  • Microstructure geometry for thermal barrier coatings to mitigate CMAS attack
    Patent number: 10822968
    Abstract: Thermal barrier coatings and methods to make such coatings present improved resistance to CMAS infiltration. The method for forming a thermal barrier coating includes applying a layer of the thermal barrier coating to a component having a surface, forming a plurality of first channels in the thermal barrier coating, and forming a plurality of second channels in the thermal barrier coating. The first channels extend through a thickness of the thermal barrier coating from an interface with the surface of the component to a free surface opposite the interface. The second channels are disposed between the free surface and the interface and extending lengthwise generally parallel to the free surface of the thermal barrier coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Eric Jordan, Rishi Kumar
  • Additive manufactured multi-portion article
    Patent number: 10821678
    Abstract: An additive manufactured multi-portion article includes a first portion of an article manufactured by a first additive manufacturing process; and a second portion of the article manufactured by a second additive manufacturing process different than the first additive manufacturing process, the second portion attached to the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Wayde R. Schmidt, Paul Sheedy, John A. Sharon, Dustin D. Caldwell, Slade R. Culp