Patents Examined by Elizabeth Bradford
  • Patent number: 11446620
    Abstract: Processes are disclosed for producing gypsum-based products from a gypsum slurry. Additives or combinations of additives for improving compressive strength, fluidity and/or set time of the gypsum product are mixed in intimate contact with raw gypsum prior to or during grinding and/or flash calcination to form stucco. The stucco is used to prepare a gypsum slurry which is shaped and sets to form the gypsum product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Gold Bond Building Products, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph J. Bailey
  • Patent number: 11420416
    Abstract: A microporous membrane is made by a dry-stretch process and has substantially round shaped pores and a ratio of machine direction tensile strength to transverse direction tensile strength in the range of 0.5 to 5.0. The method of making the foregoing microporous membrane includes the steps of: extruding a polymer into a nonporous precursor, and biaxially stretching the nonporous precursor, the biaxial stretching including a machine direction stretching and a transverse direction stretching, the transverse direction stretching including a simultaneous controlled machine direction relax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Celgard, LLC
    Inventors: Xiangyun Wei, Charles Haire
  • Patent number: 11404617
    Abstract: A liquid photocurable resin composition not containing a thermal polymerization initiator is applied to a surface of a light-transmitting cover member having a light-shielding layer or a surface of an image display member, irradiated with ultraviolet rays under an atmosphere where the oxygen concentration is significantly decreased and cured, to form a light-transmitting cured resin layer. Subsequently, the image display member and the light-transmitting cover member are stacked through the light-transmitting cured resin layer to manufacture an image display device of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Hayashi, Yoshihisa Shinya, Kouichi Ogawa, Tsukasa Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11186028
    Abstract: A blow mold unit including: a blow mold including first and second blow cavity split molds and a plurality of raised bottom molds; first and second pressure receiving members; first and second fixing plates to which the first and second blow cavity split molds and the first and second pressure receiving members are respectively fixed; a third fixing plate interposed between the first and second fixing plates and to which the raised bottom molds are fixed at a first surface thereof; a pressure receiving rod extending down from a second surface; and a placement portion fixed to at least one of the first and second fixing plates and placing the third fixing plate thereon when the first and second blow cavity split molds are closed. The pressure receiving rod includes a first engaging portion engageable with a second engaging portion in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11102898
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device includes forming on a first substrate a display element and a metal layer surrounding the display element, the metal layer including a first portion having a first width and a second portion having a second width less than the first width, forming on a second substrate a sealing member surrounding the display element, the sealing member including a first sealing portion having a first forming width and a second sealing portion having a second forming width greater than the first forming width, arranging the first substrate and the second substrate such that the sealing member on the second substrate faces the first substrate, the first sealing portion overlaps the first portion of the metal layer, and the second sealing portion overlaps the second portion of the metal layer, and sealing the first and second substrates by melting and curing the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Goeun Lee, Sangmin Hong
  • Patent number: 11086421
    Abstract: A touch panel is related. The touch panel includes a first electrode board, a second electrode board spaced from the first electrode board, a number of transparent spacers disposed between the first electrode board and the second electrode board, and an insulating frame disposed between the first electrode board and the second electrode board and around the plurality of transparent spacers. The first electrode board includes a first substrate, a first carbon nanotube structure located on and buried under a first surface of the first substrate, and two first electrodes electrically connected to the first carbon nanotube structure. A distance between the first carbon nanotube structure and the first surface of the first substrate is less than 10 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai-Li Jiang, Jia-Ping Wang, Rui Xie, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 11077625
    Abstract: Thermoplastic welding apparatus and related methods are disclosed. An example method includes providing a smart susceptor between composite parts that are to be joined via thermoplastic welding. The example method includes positioning the composite parts and the smart susceptor on a tooling surface within a cavity of a tooling apparatus and applying a seal to the composite parts and the tooling surface to form a vacuum chamber between the composite parts and the tooling surface at a welding joint of the composite parts; producing a magnetic field at the welding joint. The example method includes providing a vacuum in the vacuum chamber during a welding operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Marc R. Matsen, Mark A. Negley, William Preston Geren, Robert Miller
  • Patent number: 10987875
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a hot melt device comprising a heating device that is automatically or manually triggered is configured so as to have its melt surface applied bringing a thermoplastic material in its solid form into contact with a surface via mechanical extrusion; using a heater to heat the thermoplastic material to a temperature above a melting temperature of the thermoplastic material while maintaining the contact of the thermoplastic material with the surface; allowing the heated thermoplastic material to cool to a temperature that is below the thermoplastic material's melting temperature; and allowing the heated thermoplastic material to bond the hot melt apparatus to the contacted surface without a solvent or use of a curing chemical reaction when the heated thermoplastic material is cooled to below the thermoplastic material's melting temperature while remaining connected to the structural body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Oceaneering International, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Christensen, Peter Carow, Eric Curley, Andrew Curtis, James Stein, Lee Vyoral, Michael M Withey
  • Patent number: 10967677
    Abstract: There is provided a pneumatic tire having improved wet grip performance and fuel efficiency in a good balance. The pneumatic tire is provided with a tread composed of a rubber composition comprising not less than 0.5 part by mass of silica and not less than 5 parts by mass of a resin based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component comprising 40 to 100% by mass of a styrene-butadiene rubber and 0 to 60% by mass of a butadiene rubber, wherein an adhesive force of the rubber composition measured by the specified adhesion test method is not less than 300 when an adhesive force of a reference rubber composition wherein the whole amount of resin has been replaced by oil is assumed to be 100, and a ratio of a loss tangent tan ?0° C. at 0° C. of the rubber composition to a loss tangent tan ?70° C. at 70° C. of the rubber composition (tan ?0° C./tan ?70° C. is from 3.0 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Suguru Izumo, Ryoji Kojima
  • Patent number: 10946549
    Abstract: The invention relates to a conveyor line (1) for the continuous production of drywall boards as well as a slurry distributing device (22) which is used in this conveyor line (1). The distributing device is used for the uniform and low-speed flow distribution of slurries (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: KNAUF GIPS KG
    Inventors: Stergios Karakoussis, Thomas Koch, Thomas Kramer, Alexander Hartmann, Georgi Paraskov, Rainer Schneiderbanger, Carlo Knauf
  • Patent number: 10913237
    Abstract: A microporous membrane is made by a dry-stretch process and has substantially round shaped pores and a ratio of machine direction tensile strength to transverse direction tensile strength in the range of 0.5 to 5.0. The method of making the foregoing microporous membrane includes the steps of: extruding a polymer into a nonporous precursor, and biaxially stretching the nonporous precursor, the biaxial stretching including a machine direction stretching and a transverse direction stretching, the transverse direction stretching including a simultaneous controlled machine direction relax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Celgard, LLC
    Inventors: Xiangyun Wei, Charles Haire
  • Patent number: 10906146
    Abstract: A zero clamp force fixture assembly may comprise a body comprising a locating surface and a side, a neck extending away from the side of the body, a zero force clamp coupled to the neck, and a universal locating feature coupled to the locating surface. The neck may taper towards an interface with the zero force clamp. The zero force clamp may comprise an upper jaw and a lower jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew A. Mertens, Gordon Miller Reed
  • Patent number: 10892495
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for preparing a catalyst coated membrane including the steps of: coating a substrate with a first catalyst dispersion thereby obtaining a first catalyst dispersion coated substrate, providing a second side of a membrane with a support film, coating a first side of the membrane with a second catalyst dispersion, thereby obtaining a second catalyst dispersion coated first side of the membrane, drying the first catalyst dispersion thereby obtaining a first catalyst coated substrate or drying the second catalyst dispersion coated first side of the membrane thereby obtaining a second catalyst coated first side of the membrane, laminating the first catalyst coated substrate to the second catalyst dispersion coated first side of the membrane or laminating the first catalyst dispersion coated substrate to the second catalyst coated first side of the membrane so that the first catalyst and the second catalyst superimpose, thereby forming a laminate including a membrane compri
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: GREENERITY GMBH
    Inventors: Sarayut Leeratanaphanit, Bernd Nollmann
  • Patent number: 10881537
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally a manufacturing process which results in a completely hydrogel polymer device that maintains lumen patency which allows for numerous applications. Catheters and stents are particular examples, and their composition, mechanical characteristics, and the significantly unique ability to conduct and allow fluids to pass from one end to the other without physiological rejection, inflammation, or manifestation of complications due to implant or otherwise undesirable outcomes when used for ambulatory and or therapeutic interventions is the purpose of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Inventor: Scott M. Epstein
  • Patent number: 10850490
    Abstract: A method in accordance with the present invention has: providing an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer; mixing the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, a photoinitiator, a coupling agent, a crosslink-assisting agent, an ultraviolet light absorber, and a radical scavenger to obtain a mixture; and forming the mixture into a film at a specific temperature to obtain the laminated glass interlayer film. The laminated glass in accordance with the present invention is has high transmittance and low haze, and also shortens the production time, thereby enhancing the quality and applicability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Inventors: Taiwei Chen, Yang-Jui Cheng
  • Patent number: 10843448
    Abstract: According to a method of manufacturing an image display device of the present invention, a photo-curable resin composition in a liquid state is applied to a surface of a light-transmitting cover member including a light-shielding layer or a surface of the image display member to a thickness greater than that of the light-shielding layer. Then, in this state, the photo-curable resin composition is irradiated with a UV ray to be pre-cured, thereby forming a pre-cured resin layer. Next, the image display member and the light-transmitting cover member are stacked via the pre-cured resin layer and thereafter, the pre-cured resin layer is irradiated with a UV ray to be completely cured, thereby forming a light-transmitting cured resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Ogawa, Yoshihisa Shinya, Naoki Hayashi, Tomoyuki Toyoda
  • Patent number: 10807272
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for coating workpieces (2), preferably consisting of wood, wood-based materials, plastics material or the like at least in sections, comprising a feed device (10) for feeding a coating material (12), a pressing unit (20) for pressing the coating material (12) against a surface (2a) of a workpiece (2), a conveyor device (4) for bringing about a relative motion between the pressing device (20) and the respective workpiece (2), an energy source (30) for applying energy onto the coating material (12) and/or the workpiece (2), and a control device (50) for controlling at least the energy source (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: HOMAG Holzbearbeitungssysteme AG
    Inventor: Johannes Schmid
  • Patent number: 10786943
    Abstract: A printer is configured with at least two printheads that are separated from one another in a cross-process direction by an integral multiple of printhead widths. This configuration enables parallel swaths of material to be ejected and then movement of the printheads in the cross-process direction by a distance corresponding to one or more integral numbers of the printhead width enables the area between the swaths to be completed and the area outside of the original swaths printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Barry P. Mandel, James L. Giacobbi, Paul J. McConville, David A. Mantell, James J. Spence, James P. Calamita
  • Patent number: 10780658
    Abstract: A method and apparatus comprising a laser unit and a controller. The laser unit is configured to generate a number of laser beams. The controller is configured to operate the laser unit to generate the number of laser beams resulting in a desired level of heating of a composite patch that cures the composite patch on a composite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Morteza Safai, Kimberly D. Meredith
  • Patent number: 10759156
    Abstract: According to a method of manufacturing an image display device of the present invention, a photo-curable resin composition in a liquid state is applied to a surface of a light-transmitting cover member including a light-shielding layer or a surface of the image display member to a thickness greater than that of the light-shielding layer. Then, in this state, the photo-curable resin composition is irradiated with a UV ray to be pre-cured, thereby forming a pre-cured resin layer. Next, the image display member and the light-transmitting cover member are stacked via the pre-cured resin layer and thereafter, the pre-cured resin layer is irradiated with a UV ray to be completely cured, thereby forming a light-transmitting cured resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Ogawa, Yoshihisa Shinya, Naoki Hayashi, Tomoyuki Toyoda