Patents Examined by Emmanuel S. Luk
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Patent number: 11874045Abstract: An ice maker includes an upper assembly having an upper tray that defines upper portions of a plurality of ice making chambers. The ice maker also includes a lower assembly that is located vertically below the upper assembly and configured rotate relative to the upper assembly. The lower assembly includes a lower tray that defines lower portions of the plurality of ice making chambers, and a lower support that is configured to receive the lower tray and restrict an outward expansion of the lower portions of the plurality of ice making chambers. The lower tray includes a lower tray body configured to hold a first volume of water, and a circumferential wall that extends upward from the lower tray body and is configured to hold a second volume of water above the first volume of water.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jinil Hong, Yonghyun Kim
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Patent number: 11865802Abstract: A main technical feature of a method for molding and forming a flip-flop and a mold thereof provided by the invention is that when a polymer raw material is filled into a mold chamber space of the mold, the filled raw material is preferentially flowed in a direction of a strap area space used to mold a V-shaped strap portion of the flip-flop to ensure that the slender V-shaped strap portion of the flip-flop can be integrally formed.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: OTRAJET INC.Inventors: Ching-Hao Chen, Liang-Hui Yeh
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Patent number: 11865797Abstract: A method of forming a sporting implement includes placing a plurality of fibers in a cavity formed in a first portion of a mold, the mold having an inlet and an outlet. A second portion of the mold is positioned in contact with the first portion such that the cavity cooperates with the second portion of the mold to define a chamber. A first material is mixed with a second material to form a thermoplastic resin. The thermoplastic resin is injected into the chamber through the inlet. The inlet and outlet are closed, and the thermoplastic resin completely polymerizes so as to form a fiber reinforced sporting element in the chamber, and the sporting element is removed from the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Bauer Hockey, LLCInventors: Mathieu Ducharme, Jean-Frédérik Caron Kardos, Martin Chambert
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Patent number: 11858228Abstract: A molding device and a molding method are disclosed. The molding device includes an upper mold, a lower mold and a middle mold. The lower mold is disposed below the upper mold. The middle mold is disposed between the upper mold and the lower mold. The middle mold is moveably attached to the lower mold through a position control mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: KING STEEL MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ching-Hao Chen, Liang-Hui Yeh
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Patent number: 11857937Abstract: The present disclosure provides an anisotropic lamellar inorganic fiber aerogel material and a preparation method thereof. The method includes: mixing a polymer solution, an inorganic precursor and a chloride to obtain a spinning precursor solution; blow spinning the spinning precursor solution to obtain a composite fiber aerogel; calcinating the composite fiber aerogel to obtain the anisotropic lamellar inorganic fiber aerogel material. Therefore, the method has advantages of simplicity, easy operation, low cost, high efficiency and easy industrialized production. The inorganic fiber aerogel materials prepared by the above method are composed of multi-layer stacked fibers and have an anisotropic lamellar structure, which can be cut into any desired shape, and stacked to any desired thickness.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITYInventors: Hui Wu, Chao Jia
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Patent number: 11849737Abstract: Food-grade shapers and serving containers for frozen confections are disclosed. A system of the disclosure includes a serving container and a shaping lid. The serving container includes a cup portion and a shaping portion, wherein the cup portion comprises a lower sidewall defining a cup cavity for receiving a shaved ice confection, and the shaping portion comprises an upper sidewall defining one or more shaping regions. The shaping portion includes a top rim defining a top-most portion of the serving container. The shaping lid is configured to removably connect to the serving container.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Snowie LLCInventor: Carl A Rupp
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Patent number: 11850796Abstract: The invention relates to a system for producing three-dimensional models. The system preferably includes a z-axis drive unit on a side of a build container that is coupled to a build platform for moving the build platform in a vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: VOXELJET AGInventors: Ingo Ederer, Daniel Günther
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Patent number: 11841695Abstract: A 3D printing system comprising, an extendable body, a material delivery system, a first wall adhesion device, and a second wall adhesion device.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Sarbajit K. Rakshit
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Patent number: 11840774Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a one-step chitosan fiber spinning device, including a stand; a stock solution tank, a coagulating bath, a plasticizing stretch bath, a water washing basin, a drying mechanism and a winding mechanism; a front end of a water conveying pipe is fixed on an inner wall of a front end of the water washing basin; a bearing at a front end of a mounting sleeve is mounted on the inner wall of the front end of the water washing basin; activity slots are formed in outer ends of mounting plates; a control head is fixed at an outer end of a control head seat; one end of a two-shaft motor is connected with a gear; a water tank is mounted at a top of a rear end of the water conveying pipe.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2023Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: WENZHOU JIAYUAN BIOTECHNOLOGY CO. LTDInventors: Liang Lin, Xinxu Yan, Rui Han, Peng Guo
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Patent number: 11833725Abstract: An injection molding apparatus with hot runners includes a rear plate that supports at least one manifold, wherein a first face of the rear plate that contains the main manifold is in direct contact with a first face of the manifold plate substantially on the entire flat surface of the first face of the manifold plate which is not affected by the recesses which, in the manifold plate, accommodate the secondary manifolds. The manifold plate has nozzles, and the actuators of the injection nozzles are completely external to the rear plate, are completely inside recesses of the manifold plate, and are arranged so that a respective piston cylinder is compressed between the first face of the rear plate and the secondary manifold.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: SACMI IMOLA S.C.Inventors: Gabriele Sangiorgi, Marco Fini, Davide Penazzi, Peter Süss
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Patent number: 11833736Abstract: A method of controlling an imprint process to form a pattern by using a mold on a substrate is provided. The method includes inspecting to determine whether to continue or stop a series of imprint processes during the series of imprint processes of a lot, wherein the inspecting includes capturing an image of the pattern formed on a shot region by the imprint process, obtaining, by comparing a position of a peripheral portion of the pattern in the image and a design value of the position of the peripheral portion, an extrusion amount of an imprint material from the shot region due to the imprint process, and determining, based on a change in the extrusion amount over a plurality of imprint processes, a next process to transition from a current process upon stopping the series of imprint processes.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihiro Koura, Kunihiko Asada
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Patent number: 11825852Abstract: A machine for making filled pasta products and which comprises a first feeding device for feeding a first layer of pasta dough and a second feeding device for feeding a second layer of pasta dough; a shaping device for shaping the filled pasta products, located downstream of the first and second feeding devices, with reference to the direction of unrolling the first and second layers of pasta dough; the shaping device includes a first and a second advancing and shaping roller for advancing and shaping the first and the second layer, respectively, each including a respective supporting roller having on its peripheral surface respective moulds for shaping the respective first and second layers of dough and each configured to be assembled to and disassembled from the respective supporting roller.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: AZIONARIA COSTRUZIONI MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE A.C.M.A. S.P.A.Inventors: Andrea Biondi, Riccardo Ruggeri, Ivanoe Bertuzzi, Enrica Vassallo, Marco Garganelli, Matteo Lenzi
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Patent number: 11825851Abstract: DOUGH KNEADING AND SHAPING MACHINE with conical rollers to knead and shape dough on a table, including a drive mechanism comprising a gear motor with axis at the output of the reducer, and the end of the axis is set in a beam which has, at each end, a pair of gears geared to a sprocket fixed to the structural body of the machine, the gears have an axis supported on bearings and coupled to a universal joint, and the universal joint transmits rotation to an axis, and the axis has at the bearing ends embedded in the rigid structure and with the aid of screws and structural elements, the rigid frame is fixed to the beam, and the axis end is set at the vertex of the body of the cone, and the cone has a surface cap fixed by screws on the body to cover the entire conical surface of the cone.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Metalúrgica Siemsen Ltda.Inventor: Eloy Marcilio de Sousa Junior
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Patent number: 11819029Abstract: The present teaching relates to a method for forming rings from dough or other masses. A mass portion is positioned into a forming device on an abutment under a pressing device, wherein the pressing device has a centering ring, a displacement rod, a cut-out ring and a press ram. The centering ring is placed on the abutment, wherein the mass portion is laterally enclosed by means of the centering ring and is pressed by means of the press ram against the abutment into an approximately cylindrical form with a uniform thickness. A core hole is made in the mass portion by means of the displacement rod, so that a thin core of the mass portion remains between the abutment and the displacement rod. The core is punched out by the cut-out ring, and the press ram is lifted off the mass portion formed into a ring.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: KÖNIG MASCHINEN GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H.Inventors: Eduard Rauch, Florian Rossmann, Wolfgang Staufer, Hannes Stelzer
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Patent number: 11807957Abstract: An object is built by depositing a mat on a build surface and utilizing a manufacturing process to position a structure over at least a portion of the mat to define an object. The object is removed from the build surface such that a first portion of the mat removed with the object is bonded to the structure, and a second portion of the mat removed with the object is unsupported by the structure. Alternatively, an object can be built by printing a conductive material over a surface to define a structure and utilizing the conductive material as a collector to control an electric field deposition over the structure to define an object where a first portion of the deposition is bonded to the structure and a second portion of the deposition is unsupported by the structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Inventor: Russell Kirk Pirlo
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Patent number: 11806905Abstract: An injection mold (100) including a core plate assembly (200), a cavity plate assembly (400) and a stripper plate assembly (300) arranged between the core and cavity plate assemblies (200, 400). The mold (100) includes a plurality of mold stacks (MS) with a molding configuration, in which the mold stacks (MS) are closed to define molding cavities. A gap (G) is provided between the core plate (210) and the stripper plate (310) when the mold (100) is in the molding configuration, such that a clamping load (CL) applied to urge the core plate (210) toward the cavity plate (410) is directed substantially entirely through the mold stacks (MS).Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: HUSKY INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEMS LTDInventor: Maxfield Paul Bradshaw
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Patent number: 11794380Abstract: The present invention includes: an injection container unit; a lid member; and an ejection air supply section configured to press a foamed mixed material in the injection container unit with compressed air and thereby eject the foamed mixed material through an ejection port, the lid member being provided with a sealing body configured to deform when a fluid is injected and thereby make close contact with the inner circumferential surface of the injection container unit during the pressing.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Komiyama, Tomohiro Aoki
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Patent number: 11796910Abstract: A template according to the present embodiment is a template used in a lithography process of a semiconductor manufacturing process. A first substrate includes a first face, a second face protruded from a portion of the first face, and a lateral face being a lateral face positioned between the second face and the first face and inclined with respect to the second face at a connection portion to the second face. A first material film is provided at least on the lateral face.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Kosuke Takai, Shingo Kanamitsu, Noriko Sakurai
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Patent number: 11788209Abstract: Compact module for wet spinning of chemical fibres of the type comprising a spinning head (F) of 2-8 tows (S), each one consisting of a plurality of continuous filaments, relative supply pumps (P) of the spinning solution, a coagulation tank (V) containing a coagulation solution, and a plurality of drive rollers (2) and respective idle diverter rollers (3) which determine a zigzag path of the tows (S) downstream of the spinning area, in the rectilinear lengths of which liquid-based treatments are carried out on said tows (S). The rectilinear lengths of said zigzag path are horizontal and said liquid-based treatments on the tows (S) are carried out in horizontal treatment trays (4) of the spillway type.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: M.A.E. S.p.A.Inventors: Valter Guardiani, Paolo Delledonne, Fiorenzo Rasparini, Alfredo Tanzi, Paola Gandolfi, Marco Rovellini
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Patent number: 11785952Abstract: A mechanical structure for installing cover plates of a pasta machine includes at least two brackets arranged symmetrically; a plurality of cover plates arranged between the two brackets, two ends of each cover plate are respectively and detachably connected to the two brackets. The cover plates are integrally formed by sheet metal technology. The cover plates are connected/mounted to brackets respectively through a snap-on and/or a slide-on connection.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Inventors: Liang Li, Rui-Ling Zhang