Patents Examined by Edmund Lee
  • Patent number: 10093040
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for production of artificial leather comprising top coat, polyurethane layer and optional substrate layer, said process comprising i) providing a release layer, ii) applying one or more than one layer of a top coat to the release layer to an overall top coat layer thickness in the range from 1 to 500 ?m, iii) applying first polyurethane system components comprising an isocyanate component (A) and a polyol component (B) to the top coat to form a first polyurethane layer, wherein the isocyanate index of the first polyurethane system components is in the range from 101 to 140, iv) optionally applying further polyurethane system components to the first polyurethane layer to form further polyurethane layers, v) optionally applying a substrate layer to the polyurethane system components, vi) curing the polyurethane system components to form a polyurethane layer, and vii) separating the release layer from the top coat, wherein the overall thickness of the first and optional
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Franz Xaver Redl, Andreas Emge, YueXia Feng, Cheun-Gwo Chen, Xiao-Kun Yang, Oliver Reese
  • Patent number: 10065377
    Abstract: Methods of forming multi-component reinforced composites are described. The methods may include forming a particle-reinforced component and a polymer-containing component where the particle-reinforced component and the polymer-containing component are in contact with one another. The particle reinforced component may be formed by a process that includes providing reactive particles that have a reactive polymerization promoter chemically bonded or coated on the surface of the reactive particles and contacting the reactive particles with a resin solution that includes monomers of a polymer. The polymerization promoter chemically bonded or coated on the surface of the reactive particles may promote the polymerization of the monomers. The resin solution may subsequently be polymerized forming a polymer matrix around the reactive particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Rajappa Tadepalli, Klaus Friedrich Gleich, Jawed Asrar, Kiarash Alavi
  • Patent number: 10065348
    Abstract: The production of a plastic molded part utilizes a barrier layer embedded in plastic. Plastic is injection-molded successively in different cavities of the injection mold onto a three-dimensional preform made from a cut of a multi-layer barrier film, which multi-layer barrier film comprises a barrier layer coated with plastic on both sides. The plastic coating of the barrier film cut is at least superficially melted by the injected plastic melt. And the preform is supported by a support formed on the corresponding partial mold on the respective opposite side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: FERROMATIK MILACRON GMBH
    Inventors: Sven Engelmann, Rüdiger Saum, Thorsten Thümen
  • Patent number: 10059046
    Abstract: A process for making a multi-component hollow housing comprises injecting a first plastic material into a first mold cavity and causing it to solidify to form a first component, whereby the first plastic material shrinks lengthwise; injecting a second plastic material into a second mold cavity having the first component transferred thereto and causing the second plastic component to solidify to form a second component, the second component comprising a tolerance-elimination element that is longitudinally attached to the first component at one of the ends thereof, wherein a length of the shrunk first component is at least ten times greater than a length of the tolerance-elimination element, and wherein an absolute lengthwise shrinkage of the second plastic material forming the tolerance-elimination element is at least ten times smaller than the lengthwise shrinkage of the first plastic material; at least partially overmolding an intermediate part comprising the first and second component with a third plastic m
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: BRAUN GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Kunz, Werner Huebscher, Kris Lueckel, Sven Schäfer, Stefan Gehard Triebig
  • Patent number: 10059034
    Abstract: A medical device-includes a scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. The scaffold is crimped to the balloon by a process that includes inflating the delivery balloon during a diameter reduction to improve scaffold retention and maintaining an inflated balloon during the diameter reduction and prior and subsequent dwell periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Lily Ayo Roberts, Sean A. McNiven, Kathleen Yan, Boyd V. Knott, Jeremy B. Beer, Mark C. Johnson
  • Patent number: 10040229
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing a piston (8) having a circumferential seal in the form of a circular cup seal (16). In a functional, installed state, the cup seal (16) has a profile consisting of a leg held in the piston (8) and aligned radially with respect to the piston longitudinal axis (19) in a radial region (17) and of a leg which is bent by approximately 90° into an axial region (18) and is aligned approximately parallel to the piston longitudinal axis (19). The cup seal (16) is mounted in a mold as a flat or arched preform (21, 21a) with a radial region (17a, 17b) which forms the approximately radial leg, aligned with the piston longitudinal axis (19). A circumferential region (18a, 18b) projecting radially beyond the mold cavity is shaped into the axial region (18) after removing the piston from the mold to obtain the functional contour of the installed state of the cup seal (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: WABCO GmbH
    Inventors: Lars Sommer, Uwe Stabenow
  • Patent number: 10035287
    Abstract: A method for sealing a fastener employs a mold which provided with an inlet port for molding material. The mold is then positioned over a fastener and the mold is sealed against a structure. A molding material is then injected into the mold. The mold is then removed to leave an in-situ molded cap formed over the fastener and sealed to the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Weidong Song
  • Patent number: 10016920
    Abstract: A conveyor component comprises a thermoformable portion chemically bonded to an injection molded base portion. A surface of the thermoformable portion is prepared for bonding. Then an injection moldable material is injected onto the prepared surface to form the injection molded base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Laitram, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Richard A. Keb, Ruizhe Ma, Michael Hendrik DeGroot
  • Patent number: 10016917
    Abstract: A method of injecting a sealing gel into a predetermined structure for a work piece is provided. The method includes the following steps: providing a molding tool with an insertion structure shaped with respect to compliment the predetermined structure, enclosing a local region of a recess of the work piece with the molding tool, injecting a fluid sealing gel into the molding tool, and dismantling the molding tool after the sealing gel has cooled to a solid state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Dandan Zhang, Lvhai Hu, Fengchun Xie
  • Patent number: 10016919
    Abstract: A method of making an article of footwear is disclosed. The method may generally include placing a first rigid member into a first region of a molding cavity and placing a second rigid member into a second region of the molding cavity. The first rigid member may be spaced from a first cleat and the second rigid member may be spaced from a second cleat. A second material may be injected into the first region and into the second region to form a sole comprising a first plate member and a second plate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher S. Cook, David J. Roulo
  • Patent number: 9986780
    Abstract: An integrally-formed shoe having no machine sewing and a manufacturing method thereof are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Inventor: Kurt Lien
  • Patent number: 9987771
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a sealing element, the method having the steps of providing a mold comprising a molding cavity in the shape of the sealing element, the mold having inner walls and outer walls, placing a ring-shaped separator concentrically in the mold, pouring a first elastomer having a first hardness into a center of the separator, and pouring a second elastomer having a second hardness that is different from the first hardness between the separator and the inner walls of the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Inventor: Bronislav Walter
  • Patent number: 9975286
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite material made ornament by using a mould assembly only involves: positioning of the fastener in the first mould, positioning of the composite material layers in the second mould, and then closing the mould assembly, injecting glue and drying, then obtaining a composite material made ornament. The glue injecting process enables the glue to be fully penetrated into the composite material layers to connect the composite material layer and the fastener, and to form the connecting portion at the same time, which not only improves the manufacturing efficiency, but also enhances the structure strength and quality of the product of the present invention. Furthermore, the composite material made ornament is fixed to the fixing member by the fastener, without the problem that the glue is likely to be aged or degraded, causing peeling off of the carbon fiber composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Inventor: Ching-Long Ong
  • Patent number: 9979264
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a laminated rotor core comprises a first step of positioning and mounting a laminated core body 14 on a mounting table 17 of a carrying tray 16, a second step of positioning and arranging the laminated core body 14 mounted on a mounting table 17 on a lower die 28, the laminated core body 14 having permanent magnets 15 inserted into respective magnet insertion holes 11 and 12, and clamping the laminated core body 14 mounted on the mounting table 17 by an upper die 29 and a lower die 28, and a third step of pushing resin out of resin reservoir pots 42 provided in the lower die 28 and filling the respective corresponding magnet insertion holes 11 and 12 of the laminated core body 14 with the resin through resin passages 43 formed in the mounting table 17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Hisatomo Ishimatsu, Hirotoshi Mabu, Yoshiaki Yamamoto, Iwao Myojin
  • Patent number: 9969118
    Abstract: A method for producing a container (2) from a blank (3) in a mold (1) provided with a wall (4) and a mold bottom (8) that is movable relative to the wall (4) between a retracted position and a deployed position, the method including: a phase of introducing the blank (3) into the mold; a preblowing phase including the injection, into the blank (3), of a fluid pressurized to a so-called preblowing pressure, a blowing phase following the preblowing phase and including the injection, into the blank (3), of a fluid pressurized to a so-called blowing pressure greater than the preblowing pressure; a boxing phase including the displacement of the mold bottom (8) from the retracted position thereof to the deployed position thereof, initiated after the pressure in the blank (3) has reached the blowing pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventors: Mikael Derrien, Pierrick Protais
  • Patent number: 9969112
    Abstract: A manufacturing process is provided for a shoe with a fabric upper that is internally provided with a waterproof coating layer made of plastic material. The process includes the step of piercing of the upper in order to inject plastic material in an intermediate space between a core of a mold and the upper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: CALZATURIFICIO MODA ITALIANA SRL
    Inventor: Osvaldo Giangrandi
  • Patent number: 9962875
    Abstract: A method and a system for producing a plastic housing are presented. In a first step, a base body and at least one closure element are produced, and in a second step an elastomer layer is applied by way of at least one gate point using a gating process, the layer joining the base body and the at least one closure element to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch Automotive Steering GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis Fuechsel, Jens Hafermalz
  • Patent number: 9962871
    Abstract: An insert molding method includes: integrally molding a thermoplastic resin with an insert component, by setting the insert component, which is a metal conductor, in a mold; clamping the mold; and injection-filling the thermoplastic resin in a cavity. The insert component is made of copper or a copper alloy. Prior to injection molding, a thin film layer mainly made of a chlorosulfonated polyethylene is formed on a surface of a portion of the insert component to be covered with the thermoplastic resin, and the thin film layer is crosslinked in the mold during injection molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: SHINSEI KAGAKU KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Miyata, Ryosuke Tanaka, Naoto Kubo
  • Patent number: 9950473
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for additively fabricating a solid object from a series of components. The method utilizes additive fabrication with a programmed computer operating a machine to produce a solid object based on a three dimensional, computerized rendering of the solid object. Each component is produced from one or more molds which are filled with a fluid material that solidifies into a component that attaches to a previously manufactured component by way of the same process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Inventors: Richard J. Russell, Michael F. Turk
  • Patent number: 9943988
    Abstract: A reusable surgical implement is provided that is formed of a core positioned within an enclosure. The core is formed of a suitable flexible material to enable the implement, which can be any suitable device such as a reusable surgical trial implant, rod template or flex driver, among others, to be bent to conform to the desired shape for an actual implant to be placed in the location of the implement. The material forming the enclosure is also flexible to accommodate the flexing of the core, and is biologically inert to enable the implement to be sterilized after use for use in subsequent surgical procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Gauthier Biomedical, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael T. Gauthier, Kenneth Roggow, Mara C. Schwartz, Austin R. Braganza