Patents Examined by Carson Gross
  • Patent number: 12709072
    Abstract: Disclosed is a film attachment apparatus for a housing of an electronic apparatus. The film attachment apparatus according to various embodiments, which adheres a film on the surface of a housing plate in an electronic apparatus having an edge portion having a curve, comprises: a jig configured to mount and fix the housing plate; a roller configured to press the film with respect to the housing plate; a vertical driving portion configured to move the roller from the upper portion to the lower portion of the surface of the housing plate, to which the film is adhered, and to press the roller with respect to the film; and a horizontal driving portion configured to move the roller from the surface of the housing plate in the direction toward the edge portion of the housing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., JM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jisung Kim, Hankil Park, Sehwan Hong, Myeonggeun Lee, Seongjin Jeong
  • Patent number: 12703154
    Abstract: A method for forming an acoustic resonator panel for an aircraft propulsion assembly nacelle, the acoustic panel including cells with transverse internal obstacles in order to lengthen the path traveled by the sound waves. The method includes forming a perforated metal sheet, stacking a plurality of thermoplastic cellular cores and at least one perforated sheet, two successive cellular cores being separated by a perforated sheet, compacting the stack, and thermoplastic welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignees: SAFRAN, SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Nicolas Pierre Lanfant, Marc Versaevel, Fabien Arnaud
  • Patent number: 12702954
    Abstract: A method is provided for sealing a first end of a plurality of liquid-filtration membranes, each having a hollow tubular shape. The method comprises: providing adhesive in a storage vessel; immersing the first ends of the liquid-filtration membranes into the adhesive up to a first length; applying a driver liquid above the adhesive, wherein the driver liquid is less dense than the adhesive, such that a weight of the driver liquid applies a force so as to drive adhesive into an interior of each liquid-filtration membrane up to a second length along the first ends, that is greater than the first length; removing at least some of the driver liquid; solidifying the adhesive; cutting the plurality of liquid-filtration membranes at a point that is between the first length and the second length such that the first ends of the liquid-filtration membranes are disconnected from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: HMT Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Hamid Rabie
  • Patent number: 12703178
    Abstract: An integrated dust-free reverse film application box includes a main body. The main body includes a foldable packaging box, which includes a lower cover plate, an upper cover plate, and a connecting plate. First and second mobile phone frames are provided on an inner side of the upper cover plate and an inner side of the lower cover plate, respectively. The first mobile phone frame is provided with a first limit slot and a positioning slot. The second mobile phone frame is provided with a second limit slot with a film assembly and a positioning column corresponding to the positioning slot. Snap slots and snap parts are symmetrically provided on both sides of each of the first mobile phone frame and the second mobile phone frame, respectively. The positioning column is provided at an end of the second mobile phone frame near the first mobile phone frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: Dongguan Yuanpu Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Delong Ye
  • Patent number: 12683470
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for improving the adhesive-based embedding of a permanent magnet (01) within a receiving cavity (02) in a rotor (03) of an interior permanent magnet motor, wherein metered quantities of adhesive are precisely applied at a pair of instances (04A and 4B) and another pair of instances (6A and 06B) to the permanent magnet (01) and its receiving cavity (02) respectively, whereby during the motion of insertion, the adhesive respectively present on the permanent magnet (01) and the receiving cavity (02) experience counter-shear and hence opposing displacement to consequently completely fill up the void space therebetween without overflow to result in said permanent magnet (01) being embedded, with improved adhesion, within in the rotor (03).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Inventor: Ranjit Arun Date
  • Patent number: 12676252
    Abstract: A taping head for taping a wire harness with tape of a tape roll includes a base body and a rotatable tape dispenser with a mouth and mandrel for receiving the tape roll. The tape dispenser is configured to rotate the tape roll and is mounted to the base body by means of a quick-release coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: APTIV MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT SERVICES GMBH
    Inventors: José Lopes Carrolo Nuno, Qiu Jianliang, Marco Rubén Medeiros Ferreira da Silva, Miguel Sousa Borges Monteiro Pires
  • Patent number: 12673797
    Abstract: A system for use in manufacturing vapor-generating articles may include a rotatable drum that is configured to hold a plurality of the vapor-generating articles. The system may also include a tagging drum that is configured to tag a respective label to a housing of each of the vapor-generating articles. The system may also include a pressing roller that is configured to press a leading edge of the label against the housing after the tagging. The system may further include a rolling drum that is configured to roll the label around the housing after the pressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventor: Martin Garthaffner
  • Patent number: 12668049
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a formulations of cements and methods for bonding dissimilar materials. The formulations and methods can bond a Non-polyvinyl chloride (PVC) containing first polyolefin that is amorphous or has low crystallinity to a second material that is a rigid material or a hard PVC. The methods and formulations can work by co-dissolution at an interface, or activation of a one of the materials prior to bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: CAREFUSION 303, INC.
    Inventors: Zehra Sevinc, Tea Datashvili, Fanqing Meng, Shang-Ren Wu, Chinnu Brahatheeswaran
  • Patent number: 12654417
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices relating to an additively manufactured multilayered structure. The additively manufactured multilayered structure may be provided by unspooling a material roll of laminate material using a roller system. A welding device may be used to apply welds between layers of the laminate material to distribute a loading between the layers during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Gabriel Silva
  • Patent number: 12654380
    Abstract: A system (1), for continuous manufacturing of semi-finished products including at least one electronic device (5) positioned between two strips (10, 14) of extruded elastomeric material, includes: conveying means, extrusion means (11) delivering a first extruded strip (10) of elastomeric material and a second extruded strip (14) of elastomeric material, means for feeding the electronic device (5), and cutting means (23). The extrusion means (11) include heating means allowing the hot extrusion of the strips (10, 14), and the conveying means include at least one means (30) for holding the electronic device (5) in place in a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALES DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Baptiste Forichon, Benjamin Dault
  • Patent number: 12654433
    Abstract: A film lamination aligning device used for a protective film and an electronic device includes a carrier board and multiple elastic retaining strips. The carrier board has an alignment structure and an accommodation space formed and enclosed by the alignment structure, the electronic device is positioned in the accommodation space, multiple pillars are extended from the carrier board and situated on one side inside the accommodation space. The elastic retaining strips are connected to the carrier board and situated on another side inside the accommodation space, and the protective film is disposed at the carrier board and clamped between the pillars and the elastic retaining strips, so as to form the film lamination aligning device with the effect of accurately positioning the protective film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: QI JI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bo-Yuan Hsu
  • Patent number: 12643758
    Abstract: A pressing roller is provided including an inner core and a roller cover structure where the roller cover structure is divided into segments. Each roller cover segment may have a rigid inner ring, an elastomeric outer ring, and a deformable coupling structure located between the inner ring and the outer ring. The deformable coupling structure may be formed from a shape memory alloy, a carbon fiber composite, or nylon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gustav André Mellin, Pawel Marek Siczek, Brian Christopher Schwamberger
  • Patent number: 12623445
    Abstract: Described is an affixing apparatus capable of flattening a surface of a film affixed to a main surface of a plate-shaped body. An affixing apparatus for affixing the film to the plate-shaped body includes: a plate-shaped mounting member provided with a mounting portion on which the plate-shaped body is mounted; a plate-shaped pressing member installed at a position facing the mounting member; and a support member installed at an outer edge of the mounting portion so as to be positioned between the mounting member and the pressing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS ICT MATERIA, INC.
    Inventors: Masao Nogami, Akimitsu Morimoto
  • Patent number: 12623431
    Abstract: A foam sheet core, including a plurality of foam sheet walls defining an array of hollow cells, wherein the plurality of foam sheet walls are bonded together to form the array of hollow cells, each of the plurality of foam sheet walls has a thickness from about 0.002 inches to about 0.08 inches, and each of the plurality of foam sheet walls has an average height from about 0.05 inches to about 5 inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Xiaoxi Wang, Gary E. Georgeson
  • Patent number: 12617194
    Abstract: A method for producing a multilayer structure includes the following steps: a) providing a first substrate, b) depositing a thick layer of a precursor formulation including a preceramic polymer filled with inorganic particles on the first substrate, c) providing a second substrate, d) adhesively bonding the thick layer and the second substrate, e) thinning the first substrate or the second substrate so as to obtain an active layer, f) applying a pyrolysis heat treatment so as to ceramize the preceramic polymer of the thick layer and to obtain a ceramic matrix composite material, the filler content and the nature of the inorganic particles being chosen so that the thick layer has a coefficient of thermal expansion which differs, at most, by 15% from that of the first substrate and from that of the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, SOITEC
    Inventors: Marilyne Roumanie, Christelle Navone, Sébastien Quenard, Didier Landru, Christelle Veytizou
  • Patent number: 12611821
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a connection between a first plastic component and a second plastic component, wherein at least one of the two components is produced by plastics injection moulding, wherein at least one fastening region is provided on the at least one component and is moulded with a surface structure of grooves having a small spacing, and wherein the components are connected to one another by an ultrasonic welding method in the fastening region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: Magna Exteriors (Bohemia) s.r.o.
    Inventors: Radim Žďárský, Ondřej Vohlídal, Jan Soltys
  • Patent number: 12600519
    Abstract: A labeling station in labeling machines for pre-adhesive labels, including a feeding assembly with unwinding rollers of a respective spool of backing tape with adhesive labels applied thereto and at least one assembly for applying the labels which has a peeling device located proximate to the containers to be labeled and adapted to separate the individual labels from the backing tape for application, and at least two mutually composable parts, respectively a first part, which includes a first support which forms a first worktable, on which the application assembly is mounted, and a second part, which includes a second support, on which at least the feeding assembly is mounted. The feeding assembly further includes a splicing system for joining the backing tapes which are unwound from the unwinding rollers and a group of dandy rolls, while at least one first redirection roller is mounted on the first worktable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: P.E. LABELLERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luca Bonardi
  • Patent number: 12589582
    Abstract: A roller including a core portion having a cylindrical shape, a support portion located on a central axis of the core portion and configured to rotatably support the core portion, a foam body covering an entire circumference of the core portion and including an outer circumferential surface being flat, an operation portion configured to operate the foam body, and a fixing portion configured to fix the support portion and the operation portion, wherein at least one of end portions of the outer circumferential surface bends toward a direction of the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsuoka, Takayoshi Fujino, Yasuyuki Daigo, Masayuki Kubota
  • Patent number: 12583192
    Abstract: Inflatable medical devices and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. The devices can be medical invasive balloons, such as those used for transcutaneous heart valve implantation, such as balloons used for transcatheter aortic-valve implantation. The balloons can have high strength, fiber-reinforced walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: Loma Vista Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Q. Tilson, Mark C. Scheeff, Paul J. Dreyer
  • Patent number: 12539391
    Abstract: A catheter for delivering fluids includes a hollow tube having a proximal section, a distal section, and an elongated lumen that extends through the proximal and distal sections of the hollow tube. One or more fluid openings are formed in the distal section of the hollow tube, which are in fluid communication with the elongated lumen of the hollow tube. A visible marker collar is secured to an outer surface of the hollow tube and is located at a junction of the proximal and distal sections of the hollow tube. A visible marker filament is disposed within the elongated lumen of the hollow tube and extends between the junction of the proximal and distal sections of the hollow tube and a distal end of the hollow tube. The visible markers are used to identify a soaker region of the catheter used to infuse fluids or drain fluids from a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: Ethicon Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Killion, Frank Richard Cichocki, Jr., Gaoyuan Chen