Patents Examined by Edmund H. Lee
  • Method for producing stacked core
    Patent number: 11095194
    Abstract: To suppress positional deviations of magnetic members of a stacked core and prevent damage thereto when the stacked core is attached to a case. A method for producing a stacked core including a stack of foil-shaped magnetic members for fixation to a case with a fastening bolt includes preparing magnetic members each having formed therein a positioning opening, and a tubular collar adapted to be fastened to the case with the fastening bolt inserted therethrough, the tubular collar having a first receiving face for a head of the fastening bolt and a second receiving face for the case, stacking the magnetic members while arranging the collar within the opening, impregnating gaps between the stacked magnetic members as well as gaps between the openings of the magnetic members and the outer peripheral face of the collar with resin, and integrating the magnetic members with the collar by curing the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Tatebe
  • Method of manufacturing a component of an outsole for use in an article of footwear
    Patent number: 11084239
    Abstract: An outsole component for use in an article of footwear is manufactured using a molding process that incorporates a second polymeric material with a film component including a first layer formed of a polymeric hydrogel material. The first layer forms the external or ground-facing layer of the outsole. Methods of manufacturing the outsole component, as well as articles of footwear including outsole component and methods of manufacturing such articles of footwear are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Caleb W. Dyer
  • Manufacturing method of molded article including annular resin member
    Patent number: 11084193
    Abstract: In the primary molding step, the insert core having axially-projecting convex portions aligned apart from one another in the circumferential direction is located in a primary molding die, and the injection molding is performed. In the secondary molding step, the annular internal resin member and the insert core which have undergone the primary molding step are located in a secondary molding die, and the injection molding is performed. Gates for injecting molten resin in a cavity of the secondary molding die are located in the secondary molding die so that welds that are joining points of the molten resin in the secondary molding step are positioned in the radially outside of rib portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: NAKANISHI METAL WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masayoshi Nakamura
  • Method for manufacturing composite structure and method for manufacturing integrated composite structure
    Patent number: 11072098
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite structure in which a first member and a structure material as a second member are integrated, the method including: an arrangement step of arranging a structure precursor including a resin and reinforced fibers in a mold made of the first member; a heating step of heating the structure precursor to equal to or higher than a temperature at which a storage elastic modulus (G?) of the structure precursor is less than 1.2×108 Pa; a shaping step of expanding the structure precursor by heating to form a structure material as a second member, and bringing the structure material into close contact with the first member to obtain a composite structure; and a cooling step of cooling the composite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Fujioka, Yoshiki Takebe, Masato Honma
  • Fuel injector
    Patent number: 11073120
    Abstract: A fuel injector, including a valve insert and a plug extrusion coating, is described, the valve insert including a valve sear and a valve housing. The valve housing has an alignment device, which is equipped to align the valve insert in an injection molding die, and the plastic extrusion coating has a second alignment device which is equipped to align the fuel injector during assembly in an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Naumann, Johann Bayer
  • Method for conforming a display panel
    Patent number: 11074839
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for conforming a display panel to a surface of an aircraft structure. The method positions the display panel within a resin barrier that is located on the surface such that a cavity is formed, places a film and the display panel together, and applies a force on the display panel that causes the display panel to conform to the surface of the aircraft structure. The display panel has a shape that changes to a first shape to match a second shape of the surface of the aircraft structure. The method also injects a resin into the cavity while the force is applied, and cures the resin in the cavity while the force is applied to form a cured resin. The cured resin holds the display panel in the first shape and attaches the display panel to the surface of the aircraft structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Brook W. Garrettson
  • Method of manufacturing a liquid ejection head
    Patent number: 11065874
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid ejection head including a first step of having a molten resin becoming a first portion flow in between a first position in a first mold and a first position in a second mold and the molten resin becoming a second portion flow in between a second position in the first mold and a second position in the second mold; a second step of relatively moving the first and second molds, after opening the molds; a third step of closing the molds; a fourth step of joining the first and second portions, a fifth step of taking out the first and second portions and the sealing portion from the molds and mounting a recording element substrate; and a step of forming a space portion between a liquid supply path surface and a mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoko Shimizu, Yukuo Yamaguchi, Mikiya Umeyama
  • Production method for composite member
    Patent number: 11059207
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a composite member formed by bonding a base material and a resin member. The method includes: a surface treatment step of forming micro-order or nano-order asperities on a surface of a base material; and a bonding step of directly bonding, by injection molding, a resin member to the surface of the base material that has the asperities formed in the surface treatment step. In addition, the composite member includes: a base material having micro-order or nano-order asperities on a surface thereof; and a resin member that is in direct contact with the surface of the base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignees: The University of Tokyo, The Foundation for the Promotion of Industrial Science
    Inventors: Yusuke Kajihara, Fuminobu Kimura, Yuta Tamura, Naotake Nakura, Eiji Yamaguchi, Norihito Shibuya
  • Cartridge, core, mold and method of manufacturing a cartridge
    Patent number: 11053064
    Abstract: A cartridge for a medium to be dispensed includes a head part having a dispensing outlet and a film forming a cartridge wall, with the film bounding a cartridge chamber for the medium to be dispensed, extending at least partially in a longitudinal direction of the cartridge and having a front end that is connected to the head part. The head part has a collar, the collar surrounding the dispensing outlet in a radially outer region of the head part and extending in the longitudinal direction. The front end of the film is sealingly and non-releasably connected to the collar of the head part. The collar of the head part has an inner surface extending in the longitudinal direction and includes at least one projection projecting radially inwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AG
    Inventors: Tobias Bodenmüller, Richard Lavelanet, Philipp Seiler, Markus Heule, Hans Aeberhard
  • Method for producing fiber-reinforced resin molded articles
    Patent number: 11040502
    Abstract: A method for producing a fiber-reinforced resin molded article includes disposing a suction medium, a resin barrier aeration medium and a fiber base material in a cavity such that the suction medium is disposed between an end part of the fiber base material and a mold, and the resin barrier aeration medium is disposed between the suction medium and the end part of the fiber base material. The method further includes: impregnating the fiber base material with a resin by injecting the resin from an injection part, while reducing a pressure in the cavity by suction from a suction part; curing the resin with which the fiber base material is impregnated; and releasing a fiber-reinforced resin in which the fiber base material and the resin are integrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi Maeda, Kazuma Takeno, Hiroshi Tokutomi, Tetsuya Sato, Kazunori Kuga
  • Method to produce a wetcast revetment mat
    Patent number: 11041281
    Abstract: A method to produce a revetment mat. The method comprises the following steps: (a) positioning a first side of a grid adjacent to a mold; (b) positioning a frame adjacent to the second side of the grid opposite the mold to form a plurality of block casting impressions, wherein each block casting impression contains a portion of the grid; (c) filling the plurality of block casting impressions with a composite fill; (d) curing the composite fill, embedding within it the grid, to form a revetment mat; and (e) removing the revetment mat form the mold and the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: PREMIER CONCRETE PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Blaine S. Sanchez, Cary S. Goss
  • Method for manufacturing magnet embedded core
    Patent number: 11038408
    Abstract: To prevent the creation of unnecessary resin from the resin used for fixing the magnet, a device for manufacturing a magnet embedded core including a magnet embedded in resin filling a magnet insertion hole (104) extending axially in a motor core comprises a resin charging device (80) configured to charge the resin (114) in solid form into the magnet insertion hole (104), a magnet insertion device (90) configured to insert the magnet (110) into the magnet insertion hole (104), and a heating device (70) configured to heat the motor core (101) to melt the resin (114) in solid form received in the magnet insertion hole (104).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Kuroda Precision Industries Ltd.
    Inventor: Osamu Fukuyama
  • Concrete barrier-wall element and method of producing
    Patent number: 11028546
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reinforcing element for a concrete barrier-wall element, which concrete barrier-wall element has a repelling profile on at least one longitudinal side, wherein the reinforcing element has longitudinal reinforcing bars and has bows, which extend transversely to the longitudinal reinforcing bars and are connected to the longitudinal reinforcing bars. According to the invention, the reinforcing element has at least one first region and the first region largely has the repelling profile. The invention further relates to a method for producing a concrete barrier-wall element having a repelling profile on at least one longitudinal side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: DELTA BLOC INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Edl, Franz Spitzer
  • Method of forming at least one channel within a substrate and a system
    Patent number: 11020888
    Abstract: A method of forming at least one channel within a substrate includes coupling a fitting to a mold, and securing together the fitting and an insert via threads. A system includes a mold configured to form the substrate. The method also includes inserting a component into an opening of the fitting. Part of the component is disposed outside of the opening of the fitting, and the component is utilized to define the at least one channel within the substrate. The method further includes molding at least one material to the component and the insert to form the substrate. Furthermore, the method includes removing the fitting from the insert while the insert remains molded to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Anthony M. Coppola, Hamid G. Kia
  • Method of manufacturing a lightweight vehicle window glass article
    Patent number: 11020941
    Abstract: A window including a layer of optically clear structural polymer core and two layers of optically clear silicone applied to first and second sides of the core. A method is disclosed for manufacturing a window that comprises injection molding a layer of optically clear structural polymer and solidifying the structural polymer core. Optically clear silicone is then injected onto the entire surface of both of the first and second sides of the optically clear structural polymer core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul Kenneth Dellock, Thomas F Boettger, Talat Karmo, Stuart C. Salter, Michael Musleh
  • Method for manufacturing ball joint and method for manufacturing stabilizer link
    Patent number: 10994458
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a ball joint including a ball-seat molding step for forming a ball seat assembly by using, as a core, a ball section of a ball stud, the ball section of which is integrally provided in advance at one end portion of a stud section, and insert-molding a ball seat made of resin to cover at least a portion of the ball section present on an opposite side to the stud section, and a housing molding step for insert-molding a housing made of resin by using, as a core, the ball section partially covered by the ball seat of the ball seat assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigeru Kuroda
  • Method for molding composite material and jig for molding composite material
    Patent number: 10987880
    Abstract: A method for molding a composite material in which a curved corner is formed between two planes by using a molding jig includes: shaping a laminated body in such a manner that a thickness of the laminated body is decreased from an outer side toward an inner side of the corner, by using the molding jig in which the angle formed by the two planes is a first bending angle, the laminated body including fiber sheets laminated so as to have the corner curved at the first bending angle; and shaping the laminated body in such a manner that the thickness is decreased from the outer side toward the inner side by curving the corner so as to form a second bending angle, by using the molding jig in which the angle formed by the two planes is the second bending angle smaller than the first bending angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tokutomi
  • Method for manufacturing keycaps of capped keyboard apparatus
    Patent number: 10983599
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing keycaps of a capped keyboard apparatus is disclosed. The proposed method includes: (a) providing a cover layer and plural keycap main bodies, wherein the cover layer includes plural units, and each the unit has an upper surface with a character; (b) putting the plural keycap main bodies on a fixture; (c) shaping the cover layer on the fixture and attaching each the unit to a corresponding one of the plural keycap main bodies; and (d) cutting the cover layer to obtain plural keycaps independent of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: ACROX TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Steve Ore-Yang
  • Method for producing a shoe
    Patent number: 10973283
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a shoe (1), comprising a shoe sole (2) and an upper (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Puma SE
    Inventor: Matthias Hartmann
  • Method for making a shell plate
    Patent number: 10967385
    Abstract: A method for making a shell plate that is mountable to a shell of a grinding mill for grinding ore, said shell plate includes a shell plate body having a first portion including a fixing surface for fixing the shell plate body to the shell and a second portion including a wear surface facing toward interior of the grinding mill, said first portion and said second portion forming a continuous shell plate body, the second portion includes polyurethane such that the wear surface is made of polyurethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: OUTOTEC (FINLAND) OY
    Inventor: Kari Lauermaa