Patents Examined by Edmund H. Lee
  • Patent number: 11826934
    Abstract: A method for continuously molding glass components with the aid of at least one plastic, at least one unshaped glass component being positioned between a first molding tool and a second molding tool, the at least one unshaped glass component being elastically shaped by pressing together the first molding tool and the second molding tool, the at least one elastically shaped glass component being secured in the shaped state by locking slides, and a plastic being applied to at least one side of the shaped glass component at least in areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Volker Wachenschwan, Christine Schuetz, Wilma Dewald
  • Patent number: 11820051
    Abstract: Described herein is an automatic or automated process for injection molding of coated components, more particularly coated soles of plastic, where first of all the molding tool is lined with a release agent composition and, after flashing of this release agent composition, a composition for forming the component is injected. After crosslinking of these two compositions, the coated component produced is removed from the molding tool and subjected optionally to an aftertreatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: BASF COATINGS GMBH
    Inventors: Karin Reuter, Lea Fedeler, Simon Winzen, Jens-Henning Noatschk
  • Patent number: 11813782
    Abstract: A tool, in particular for encapsulating or casting rotors of electric machines, having an arrangement space which extends along a longitudinal axis and is designed to arrange and encapsulate or cast a component, wherein the arrangement space is delimited at least in sections by at least one adjusting tool, the position of which can be adjusted in such a way that a size of the arrangement space can be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Peter Schmid
  • Patent number: 11811165
    Abstract: Provided is a molding method of a sealing cover, realized by setting up a sealing cover mold, the mold includes a cavity and a core group arranged in the cavity, including setting up a first core and a second core, the mold opening direction of the first core and the second core are not parallel. The present application does not need a process hole to perform the injection molding of the sealing cover with a fastening structure, whose sealing is also better.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC WANBAO APPLIANCES COMPRESSOR (GUANGZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pei Gong, Yan Deng
  • Patent number: 11780130
    Abstract: A support template for moulds for sports helmets, in particular cycling helmets, provided with at least one frame includes: at least one support portion, placed on a first side of the frame, for the support of at least one component of a helmet to be obtained by a moulding or co-moulding process, the support portion being configured to keep the respective component of the helmet to be obtained according to a predetermined position inside a respective mould; at least one centring portion placed on the first side of the frame and arranged to engage a respective centring seat made on the respective mould so as to ensure the alignment of the latter with the support template and keep the centred positioning of the component of the helmet according to a predetermined configuration; and at least one grip portion to allow manual engagement of the support template by an operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: KASK S.P.A.
    Inventor: Angelo Gotti
  • Patent number: 11772311
    Abstract: The mold apparatus disclosed herein is configured for simultaneous communication of a resin having a color and a complementary resin having a complementary color into a mold cavity without intermixing between the resin and the complementary resin in order to form an object wherein the color is essentially separated from the complementary color, in various aspects. In various aspects, the object formed by the mold apparatus may be configured as a fishing lure body, which is a molded portion of a fishing lure. The fishing lure body has a top and a bottom, and the top is of the color and the bottom is of the complementary color, in various aspects. Related methods and manufactures are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventor: Braxton McNaughton
  • Patent number: 11757274
    Abstract: Cable gland for guiding a cable through a wall opening, comprising a body element extending along a longitudinal axis and having an internal cable duct extending along the longitudinal axis, a clamping portion arranged on the body element and having a plurality of clamping elements, a tubular sealing element arranged inside the cable duct and connected to the body element, and a cap nut having an axial opening at one end which is mechanically coupled with the body element, wherein the body element is formed from a first material and the cap nut is formed from a second material, wherein the first material and the second material are injection moulded on to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: WISKA HOPPMANN GMBH
    Inventor: Peter Gehre
  • Patent number: 11738482
    Abstract: A method for potting electrical components into complex finishing forms is presented. A releasing agent is added into a mold cavity. Next, an initial layer of potting compound is added into the mold cavity. A label layer is added into the initial layer of the potting compound. A set of electronic components is added over the label layer. An interstitial layer of potting compound is added over the set of electronic components. A reinforcement layer is added along the interstitial layer. A finishing layer of the potting compound is added over the reinforcement layer forming an uncured potted electronic product. The uncured potted electronic product is cured within the mold cavity in order to produce a cured potted electronic product. The cured potted electronic product is released from the negative mold using a releasing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventor: Jack Armstrong
  • Patent number: 11731328
    Abstract: The injection moulding of articles formed by plastic materials having different characteristics, for example of different colours, is carried out in a single injection cycle in which the first and the second plastic materials are injected into a first and into a second zone of a mould cavity by first and second injectors controlled according to specific modes so as to define a shape and/or a position of a weld line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: INGLASS S.p.A. con Socio Unico
    Inventor: Maurizio Bazzo
  • Patent number: 11726167
    Abstract: A radar cover is disposed on a path of a radio wave of a radar unit for detecting a surrounding situation of a vehicle. The radar cover includes, a plate-like transparent member having a housing recess recessed toward a front and formed on a back surface thereof, a colored core housed in the housing recess in a state of being in contact with a bottom surface of the housing recess, and a support member bonded to the back surface of the transparent member. In at least a portion of a region forming the housing recess when viewed from a front side of the transparent member, the depth of the housing recess is set to be larger than the thickness of the colored core, and a portion of the support member is filled in a region where the colored core is not disposed in a space surrounded by the housing recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: FALTEC Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takumi Ochiai
  • Patent number: 11718002
    Abstract: The invention relates to a technical field of car roller shutter door production, in particular to a method for manufacturing a car roller shutter door. A single film piece is firstly vacuum formed into a desired shape, and then rubber is injected into the film piece after vacuum forming, so that the rubber and the film piece are integrally formed to form a single roller shutter strip, and then a required number of single roller shutter strips are placed and laminated on a flexible substrate in an integrated and orderly manner to form a car roller shutter door. Each of roller shutter strips is independent of each other and does not interfere or affect each other, which improves flexibility of the car roller shutter door. Compared with long strips of whole film sheet on the car roller shutter door in the prior art, each of film pieces of the present invention is independent of each other and does not have defect of easy fracture of the whole film sheet, which makes service life long.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN HIROCA AUTOMOTIVE TRIM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Wu Chuan Chuang, Shuming Lee
  • Patent number: 11717993
    Abstract: A method for producing a cellulose product from a multi-layer cellulose blank structure, wherein the method comprises the steps; forming the multi-layer cellulose blank structure from at least a first layer of dry-formed cellulose fibres and a second layer of a cellulose fibre web structure, through arranging the at least first layer and second layer in a superimposed relationship to each other and in the superimposed relationship arranging the at least first layer and second layer in contact with each other; arranging the multi-layer cellulose blank structure in a forming mould; heating the multi-layer cellulose blank structure to a forming temperature in the range of 100° C. to 300° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: PulPac AB
    Inventors: Linus Larsson, Ove Larsson
  • Patent number: 11718000
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wheel integrated to a support shaft, including: making by overmolding, in a first material, of a wheelrim on the support shaft, the wheelrim having an upper face having a ribbed annular portion in which cells are formed, delimited by reinforcing ribs and having respective bottoms, making by overmolding, in a second material, of a crown on the upper face of the wheelrim, by implementing an injection in at least one injection point positioned opposite the ribbed annular portion, prior to the step of making the crown by overmolding, formation of a material deposit in at least one target cell, selected amongst the cells, so as to form a raised area with respect to bottom thereof, the injection of the second material at the injection point being performed opposite the raised area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: JTEKT EUROPE
    Inventors: Olivier Pauloz, Gaël Grampre, Damien Jacquet
  • Patent number: 11701845
    Abstract: A method of forming a composite article includes constructing a preform having a strand layer including an interior portion and a peripheral portion surrounding the interior portion. The strand layer includes a plurality of strand segments traversing the interior portion and defining a first strand segment population density and a second strand segment population density. The preform is inserted into the mold cavity so that the interior portion of the preform is received in a molding region of the mold cavity. The molding region has a first thickness corresponding to the first strand segment population density and a second thickness corresponding to the second strand segment population density. Following the inserting, the mold is closed and the interior portion of the preform is compressed within the molding region. In the closed mold, the peripheral portion of the strand layer may be maintained in a loose state within the relief region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Bartel, Ryan Hood, Sam Lacey, Christian Alexander Steinbeck
  • Patent number: 11701805
    Abstract: Disclosed are a transfer-molded inductor and a manufacturing method thereof. The inductor comprises a magnet formed by transfer molding with a soft magnetic colloid; and a prefabricated coil assembly comprising an air-core coil and electrode sheets connected at two ends of the air-core coil. The method comprises steps of: connecting a prefabricated air-core coil and an electrode sheet by welding to form a coil assembly, and placing the coil assembly in a cavity of a mold; performing transfer molding with a soft magnetic colloid in a gelatinous state so that the coil is entirely buried in the colloid while the electrode sheets at two ends of the air-core coil are at least partially exposed outside the colloid to serve as terminal electrodes; and performing demolding after the colloid is cured to form a magnet, and finishing the terminal electrodes to obtain the inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen Sundlord Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinshu Yu, Shengcheng Xia
  • Patent number: 11701806
    Abstract: An instrument panel (10) includes a base material portion (20) made of a base material M1 and a different material portion (30) made of a different material M2 having a different thermal shrinkage from that of the base material M1, and in the instrument panel (10), the base material portion (20) and the different material portion (30) are connected in a state such that at least a part of the two materials do not overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taiki Moriizumi, Yuuki Kami, Noboru Hirano, Toshihiro Saimura, Hajime Miyamoto, Atsushi Yusa, Kazuhiro Kawano
  • Patent number: 11685086
    Abstract: A process for producing molded products having portions formed with two separate materials is provided. The process involves forming a first component over a structural core in a first step, and forming a second component that is secured to the first component and the core in a second step. The second component can be formed directly over the first component or can be secured thereto after formation. The first and second components can additionally be formed with indicia thereon, or with recesses within which inserts containing the desired indicia can be positioned. Additionally, the first component can be formed with a ridge disposed on a projection formed on the first component that effectively seals off a portion of the first component when the second component is formed around the core and the first component to ensure the portion of the first component surrounded by the ridge remains visible after formation of the second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Gauthier Biomedical, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael T. Gauthier, Mara C. Schwartz, Kenneth A. Roggow
  • Patent number: 11685090
    Abstract: A method of coating a field joint, pipe sections for forming a coated field joint, and a coated field joint formed thereby. First and second angular cut backs are provided in the parent coating of each pipe section. The first angular cut back is at an angle of about 30°+?0.5° relative to the longitudinal axis of the field joint, and the second angular cut back is positioned further from the field joint than the first angular cut back. The first and second angular cut backs result in the parent coating having a stepped profile, a step in the stepped profile between the first and second angular cut backs, the step is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the field joint and is often substantially free of indentations. The field joint coating may be injection moulded to have an upstand that is less than or equal to about 5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SHAWCOR LTD.
    Inventors: Adam Wright, Ole Thomas Ustad, Magne Skinstad
  • Patent number: 11679307
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of forming plurality of golf balls comprising steps of: providing plurality of inner cores; forming sheet of uncured rubber; forming plurality of preps in the sheet of uncured rubber such that each prep contains a concave top surface and is detachably connected to coupling material; loading the preps and coupling material into a core mold; loading plurality of inner cores into mold such that the inner cores are aligned with the concave surface of each prep; molding the preps about the inner cores to form outer core layers; and forming covers about outer core layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventor: Richard Strozyk
  • Patent number: 11673731
    Abstract: The present disclosure, in one embodiment, relates to an injection molded container for holding a product, wherein the container is configured to house a humidity control product that may regulate the relative humidity of the inner body of the container such that the product housed therein may be kept at an optimal humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Boveda, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean A. Knutsen, Robert L. Esse, Brian Rice