Patents Examined by Cynthia L Schaller
  • Patent number: 12291879
    Abstract: An assembly apparatus for assembling a floor panel can include a platform to support a base layer and a top layer of the floor panel. The platform can include a first wall configured to contact a first edge of the base layer and a first edge of the top layer. The platform can further include second wall adjacent to the first wall and configured to contact a second edge of the base layer and a second edge of the top layer. A sensor unit can determine whether the first edge of the base layer is aligned with the first edge of the top layer, and whether the second edge of the base layer is aligned with the second edge of the top layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Lock Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jorgen J Moller, Jr., Jeremiah D. Shapiro
  • Patent number: 12286319
    Abstract: A joining apparatus for supporting strips of adhesive labels comprises two modules each of which in turn comprises a conveying element of the respective supporting strip; a cutting element configured to cut a respective supporting strip; a joining element that can be configured in a first operating position, in which it keeps in position a respective supporting strip and/or a fixing element, and in a second operating position in which it abuts against the joining element of the other module so as to join the supporting strips; a locking element that can be configured between an active position and a passive position. In particular, at least one joining element can be removed from the respective module to allow the introduction of the fixing element even when the two modules are in the neared configuration to one another. The subject matter of the present patent application is also a joining process for supporting strips of adhesive labels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: MAKRO LABELLING S.R.L.
    Inventors: Davide Campedelli, Marco Bellini
  • Patent number: 12280577
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present invention discloses a bonding device. The bonding device includes a main body and a lamination part connected to the main body. The lamination part is configured to press and bond an adhesive layer to an apparatus to be bonded, and includes a lamination main portion and a squeeze sub-portion connected to the lamination main portion. Along a lamination direction perpendicular to the lamination part, a width of the squeeze sub-portion is less than a width of the lamination main portion. The present invention, by using the squeeze sub-portion of the lamination part with a smaller width, more conveniently squeezes and bonds the adhesive layer, which facilitates mechanized bonding, improves a bonding efficiency, and reduces a labor cost while guaranteeing a bonding effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Biwu Liu
  • Patent number: 12281246
    Abstract: Described herein is a two-component polyurethane foam adhesive, a process for preparing the same and an article made therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Chase, Todd W. Wishneski, Matthew Freeman, Marcus J. Hunter, Joshua James Belill
  • Patent number: 12275607
    Abstract: A method and/or a machine is for tabbing a free end on a roll of sheet material. Converting a master roll of sheet material to the roll of sheet material and winding a first roll of sheet material onto a spindle at a winding position. Tabbing the free end of the roll of sheet material at a tabbing position. Where a tabber carrying a joiner are both in an initial position away from the first roll of sheet material, moving the tabber to a second position adjacent the roll of sheet material, moving the joiner into an engagement position where the joiner is engaged with the free end of the roll of sheet material. The joiner creates a tab with a combination of mechanical entanglement and heat welding. Returning the tabber and joiner to the initial positions. Doffing the tabbed roll of sheet material. The roll produced by the foregoing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Pinnacle Converting Equipment & Services, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Kalenowski, Donald R. Eberly, Nicholas G. Perkins, Gene Allen Ray
  • Patent number: 12275877
    Abstract: An adhesive tape with high high-load holding power, initial adhesive strength, and repeelability is provided. An adhesive layer of the adhesive tape contains filler particles and a triblock copolymer with a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1): A, B, and C independently denote a repeating unit. A and C independently denote an alkyl methacrylate monomer unit and B denotes an alkyl acrylate monomer unit. p, q, and r independently denote the degree of polymerization of their monomer units respectively. A and C may be the same or may denote an alkyl methacrylate monomer unit with a different chemical structure, and * denotes a bonding arm to another atom. A relationship D50/T between an average particle size D50 of the filler particles and an average thickness T of the adhesive layer ranges from 0.05 to 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Watanabe, Kota Suetsugu, Akira Yamakami, Yumi Kagiyama
  • Patent number: 12276114
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for constructing a joint between thin flexible sheets of electromagnetic shielding material. The method includes adhering first sides of multiple first sheets of shielding material to a wall and adhering first sides of multiple second sheets of shielding material to second sides of the multiple first sheets of shielding material. A conductive adhesive or a conductive double-sided adhesive tape may be applied to the first side of each of the first sheets of shielding material and the second sheets of shielding material, the first sheets of shielding material may be arranged to abut each other along at least one first seam, and the second sheets of shielding material may be arranged to abut each other along at least one second seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Dae-Yeon Kim, Dae-Heon Lee, Seung-Kab Ryu
  • Patent number: 12274153
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a display device. The apparatus according to an embodiment includes a seating portion on which a panel assembly is disposed, a jig to which a window is disposed, and a guide film disposed between the seating portion and the jig, wherein the guide film includes a film layer on which the panel assembly is disposed, and a mask disposed on the film layer to be apart from the panel assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jongsuk Lee, Kwanbae Kong, Woohyun Kwon, Juan Na, Yanghan Son
  • Patent number: 12251894
    Abstract: A method for closing an injection mold for manufacturing a revolution part made of composite material, the mold including a mandrel supporting a fiber preform and angular sectors comprising an annular base to come into contact with the fiber texture, the annular base extending between first and second side edges along a circumferential direction. The method includes successive positioning and fixing the angular sectors on the mandrel, the annular base of each sector compacting the fiber preform portion present oppositely, the side edges of the annular base of each angular sector being in contact with the side edges of the annular base of the adjacent sectors. Before the positioning and fixing of the angular sectors on the mandrel, strip s are placed on the exposed surface of the fiber preform, each strip covering an area of the fiber preform located facing a junction area between two adjacent angular sectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Maxime Guillot, Maxime Marie Désiré Blaise, Hubert Jean Marie Fabre
  • Patent number: 12246499
    Abstract: A process for welding profiles (1) of a thermoplastic or thermoplastic elastomer to a top layer (3) of a belt (2), such as a conveyor belt, also being made of a thermoplastic or thermoplastic elastomer. The process uses thermal impulse welding and applies the welding heat onto the surface (21) of the belt (2) which is opposite to the top layer (3). The process is in particular suited for welding TPO profiles to TPO top layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Habasit AG
    Inventors: Peter Hildebrand, Tobias Fleckenstein
  • Patent number: 12241005
    Abstract: The invention provides a laminated body having an excellent adhesive force with respect to a low-polarity metal member in the presence of hot water. The laminated body contains a resin substrate; an easily adhesive layer provided on at least one surface of the resin substrate; and an adhesive resin layer provided on a surface of the easily adhesive layer on a side opposite to the resin substrate, wherein the adhesive resin layer contains a polyolefin having at least one group selected from the group consisting of an acidic group and an acid anhydride group and having an acid value of 0.01 mgKOH/g to 6.5 mgKOH/g; and the laminated body is used for bonding a metal member having a ratio of a dipole term in surface free energy of 0.01% to 5.0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: TOYOBA CO., LTD., TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Watanabe, Ai Koganemaru, Hisao Okumura, Tomoya Sugiki, Takahiro Ito, Makoto Imahori
  • Patent number: 12241003
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are anaerobically curable compositions comprising one or more polymerizable (meth)acrylate ester monomers, a redox-active metal catalyst, saccharin or a saccharin derivative, a peroxide, and a benzoyl functionalized compound, wherein the composition does not gel after about 24 hours of storage at room temperature and methods of adhering two substrates using the anaerobically curable compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Stephen Fearon, Nigel Sweeney, Gerry Coughlan, David Condron, Brendan Kneafsey
  • Patent number: 12221567
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vapor barrier which is self-adhesive on both sides, comprising at least one moisture barrier layer, a carrier film, a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which is resistant to moisture, a second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which is present on a side of the carrier film opposite the first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a removable covering layer which has been applied to the second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on a side of the self-adhesive vapor barrier facing the surroundings opposite the carrier film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Uzin Utz Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Thomas Wigger
  • Patent number: 12218336
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, an electrode having an electrode mixture layer with a desired film thickness can be stably produced. A producing method disclosed herein includes detecting the surface position of a mixture coated film by a first sensor; detecting the surface position of a second roll by a second sensor; detecting the film thickness of the mixture coated film based on detection results of the first sensor and the second sensor; and adjusting a relatively rotation speed of a third roll based on the film thickness. And, the detected positions of the first sensor and the second sensor in a circumferential direction of the second roll are substantially identical. Due to this method, the change in the film thickness of the electrode mixed layer of produced electrode can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignees: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Mimura, Katsushi Enokihara, Masanori Kitayoshi, Kouji Yamashiro
  • Patent number: 12201183
    Abstract: A cushioning article comprises a first and a second polymeric sheet bonded to one another and enclosing an interior cavity. The polymeric sheets retain a gas in the interior cavity. A tensile component disposed in the interior cavity includes a first tensile layer, a second tensile layer, and a plurality of tethers spanning the interior cavity and connecting the first tensile layer to the second tensile layer. An inwardly-protruding bond joins the first polymeric sheet to the first tensile layer, protrudes inward from the first polymeric sheet toward the second polymeric sheet, and partially traverses the plurality of tethers. The first polymeric sheet is displaced from the first tensile layer adjacent to the inwardly-protruding bond by the gas. A method of manufacturing a cushioning article is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Page J. Bailey, Jeremy L. Connell, Jason R. Meeker
  • Patent number: 12198903
    Abstract: A method includes depositing a first layer of a first material onto a surface of a chamber component of a processing chamber. The first material comprises a polymer, the polymer having a dielectric strength of at least 40 MV/m. The method further includes depositing a second layer of a second material onto the first layer. The second material comprises a first ceramic material impregnated into the first polymer or a second polymer. The method further includes depositing a third layer. The third layer is of a third material. The third material includes the first ceramic material or a second ceramic material. The third material does not adhere to the first polymer or the second polymer. The third material does adhere to the first ceramic material or the second ceramic material of the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Frederick Sommers, Joseph Frederick Behnke, Xue Yang Chang, Anwar Husain, Alexander Alhajj Sulyman, Timothy Joseph Franklin, David J. Coumou
  • Patent number: 12193560
    Abstract: A method for forming a textile strap including a textile matrix formed by stacking at least one first material layer atop at least one second material layer in alternating order. The at least one first material layer is bonded to the at least one second material layer in a manner to fix the at least one first material layer to the at least one second material layer. A plurality of apertures are cut into the formed textile matrix inward from an edge of the textile matrix, such that the textile matrix with defined apertures is predictably flexible in each of two directions. The textile matrix with defined apertures is sheathed in a stretch outer layer configured to substantially enclose the textile matrix with defined apertures. The stretch outer layer is bonded to the textile matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Stumpworx LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Kuniholm, Zachary Meyer
  • Patent number: 12194720
    Abstract: A sheet processing device includes a conveyor, a rotator, a separator, and control circuitry. The conveyor conveys a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlapped and bonded together at a portion of the two-ply sheet. The rotator winds the two-ply sheet. The control circuitry causes the conveyor to convey the two-ply sheet in a winding direction to wind the two-ply sheet around the rotator such that a sagging space is created in the two-ply sheet, and causes the separator to insert into the sagging space to separate the two-ply sheet into two sheets. The control circuitry causes the conveyor to convey the two-ply sheet in a direction opposite the winding direction before an insertion of the separator into the sagging space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Takahashi, Tomohiro Furuhashi, Shinya Monma, Yoshito Suzuki, Joji Akiyama, Yohsuke Haraguchi, Sho Asano, Wataru Nozaki
  • Patent number: 12168742
    Abstract: The inventive perforated tape is a masking tape that has an elongate tape member further having a polymer coating top layer, a biodegradable paper mask layer middle layer, and a biodegradable polymer perforated lining member contiguously coupled to a bottom surface of the paper mask layer, a plurality of hole members parallelly disposed laterally and longitudinally substantially covering the entire polymer perforated lining member. The polymer perforated lining member further includes a plurality of solid portions of the polymer perforated lining member disposed laterally and longitudinally between the plurality of hole members adapted to resist tear so the elongate tape member tears substantially perpendicularly to longitudinal sides of the elongate tape member along a user-selected one row of a plurality of linear rows of hole members. An adhesive compound is disposed substantially on the entire bottom surface of the perforated lining member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventors: Rachel Carol Kohlmeier, Jake Kohlmeier
  • Patent number: 12163060
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides two part, room-temperature curable hybrid epoxy/(meth)acrylate compositions, comprising: (a) a first component, comprising (meth)acrylate monomers, crosslinkers, epoxy curatives, and optional free radical accelerator, tougheners, fillers and additives, and inhibitors; and (b) a second component, comprising epoxy resins, methacrylate free radical initiators, and optional tougheners, fillers and additives. The compositions provide among other advantageous properties fast cure rate, extremely high compression properties, and good thermal cycling performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Ruairi O'Kane, Li Li, Adam Meng, William F. Torres, Nicholas O. Dominguez, Martin Renkel