Patents Examined by Emmanuel S. Luk
  • Patent number: 11358314
    Abstract: Apparatus for transferring at least one component portion of an at least partially undercut injection molded plastic component, particularly a window frame trim component, from a first state, in which the at least one component portion has a geometric deviation from a component-specific reference state, to a second state, in which the at least one component portion has no geometric deviation from the component-specific reference state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: EUWE EUGEN WEXLER HOLDING GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Sebastian Baumgartl, Dennis Basusta
  • Patent number: 11345099
    Abstract: A system for constructing a composite structure includes a braiding machine, a winding tool and a forming machine. The composite structure is constructed of a wound tubular braiding. The wound tubular braiding is constructed of a biaxial or triaxial tubular braid of unidirectional tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Amol Ogale
  • Patent number: 11345070
    Abstract: The device for demoulding negatives in thermoplastic injection moulds comprises an ejector (1) provided on one of the ends thereof with a figure insert (2) with a profile complementary to the part that is to be moulded, wherein said ejector (1) comprises an outer tube (11) housing an inner cooling tube (12), which cools said figure insert (2). It allows for a device to be provided for demoulding negatives in thermoplastic injection moulds which enables the part to be obtained to be cooled, the cooling circuit reaching the figure area of the mould.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: COMERCIAL DE UTILES Y MOLDES, S.A.
    Inventor: Alberto Navarra Pruna
  • Patent number: 11339504
    Abstract: A process for producing an elastic fiber comprising: melt-spinning a raw material composition, which comprises a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer, at a spinning rate of 2,500 m/min to 10,000 m/min. The thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer comprises soft-segments obtained by reacting a polyether polyol as a long chain polyol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11331826
    Abstract: A mold frame for the production of molded pieces, comprising at least one mold cavity, the at least one mold cavity being defined by a plurality of mold walls, wherein at least one mold wall of the mold cavity is a mold wall that is displaceably attached to the mold frame, and comprising at least one heating element for heating at least a part of the mold frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Rampf Formen GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Ott, Tom Griffith, Andreas Wörz
  • Patent number: 11318651
    Abstract: To provide a heated cylinder for resin melting in a molding machine which realizes high material supply/transport performance, cost reduction, and more favorable maintenance performance, while making the plan view/plan sectional view shape of a resin charging port into a circular shape. The resin charging port of the heated cylinder is formed to include: an upper charging path section formed in a circular shape in a plan sectional view; a lower charging path section which is formed in a square shape or oblong hole shape in a plan sectional view; and an intermediate charging path section which smoothly links an inner surface of the upper charging path section and an inner surface of the lower charging path section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shoutarou Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 11313051
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite fabric includes the steps of feeding, mixing and stirring, first drying, hot melt extrusion, first cooling, stretch extension, second cooling, winding-strands-into-roll, second drying, and weaving. The composite fabric is composed of multiple first threads and multiple second threads which are woven to the first threads. The first threads and the second threads are respectively reflective threads and glowing threads so that the composite fabric includes both features of light reflection and glowing in dark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: WINN APPLIED MATERIAL INC.
    Inventors: Chung-Ming Yu, Shi-Wei Wang, Shih-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 11311922
    Abstract: A wire drawing process of a light storage wire includes a feeding step, a mixing step, a first drying step, a hot melt extrusion step, a first cooling step, a shaping/organizing wire step, a hot-temperature remodeling step, a stretching step, a second cooling step, a strand winding/rolling step, and a second drying step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: WINN APPLIED MATERIAL INC.
    Inventors: Chung-Ming Yu, Shi-Wei Wang, Shih-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 11305489
    Abstract: A 3D printing system, comprising a heated chamber; a printing base plate mounted inside the heated chamber; a cooling unit mounted outside and above the heated chamber; a printing nozzle; wherein the cooling unit is configured to surround the printing nozzle's upper side outside the heated chamber for cooling the printing nozzle's upper side and wherein the printing nozzle's lower side is mounted inside the heated chamber; and a nozzle heating unit mounted inside the heated chamber and around the printing nozzle's lower side at a distance from the outer surface of the printing nozzle; the heating unit configured to heat the printing nozzle's lower side; the system configured to receive a printing material for printing a 3D model inside the heated chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: D. Swarovski KG
    Inventors: Arik Bracha, Eran Gal-or
  • Patent number: 11305464
    Abstract: A vehicle interior board which has less deterioration and peeling near an end portion of a metal plate, has high quality, is thin, lightweight, and has high strength and excellent productivity. The vehicle interior board includes a pair of metal plates and a foamed polyurethane layer formed between the pair of metal plates. At the peripheral edge portion of the vehicle interior board, the foamed polyurethane layer covers peripheral end portions of the metal plates and is formed flush with outer surfaces of the metal plates. This makes it possible to suppress oxidation of the peripheral end portions which are cutting surfaces of the metal plates. Further, bonding is good between the metal plates and the foamed polyurethane layer. Further, it is possible to prevent peeling of the metal plates, chipping of the foamed polyurethane layer, and the like. Furthermore, it is easy to demold a vehicle interior board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MORIDEN Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Ishii, Yoshitaka Maehara, Takumi Ono
  • Patent number: 11299823
    Abstract: A spinning apparatus includes a spinning cabinet extending in a vertical direction, a spinneret that includes a plurality of spinneret holes, is disposed on an upper end side of the spinning cabinet, and is configured to extrude a spinning dope from the plurality of spinneret holes into an interior space of the spinning cabinet, a first gas supply path connected to the spinning cabinet is configured to supply a first gas from above the spinneret to the interior space, allowing the first gas to come into contact with the spinning dope extruded from the plurality of spinneret holes, and a second gas supply path connected to the spinning cabinet is configured to supply a second gas having a higher temperature than that of the first gas from below the spinneret to the interior space, allowing the second gas to come into contact with the spinning dope extruded from the plurality of spinneret holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Daicel Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Tsukamoto, Masahiro Haitsuka
  • Patent number: 11292171
    Abstract: The thread drawing processes include the steps of feeding, mixing and stirring, first drying, hot melt extrusion, first cooling, stretch extension, second cooling, winding-strands-into-roll, and second drying. The threads made by the processes mainly use thermoplastic polyurethane particles which are easily prepared. When fabric made by the threads is attached to objects, the fabric is flat and neat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: WINN APPLIED MATERIAL INC.
    Inventors: Chung-Ming Yu, Shi-Wei Wang, Shih-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 11267177
    Abstract: A flange is formed on a heating cylinder in a vicinity of a center in a longitudinal direction and a predetermined joining plate adheres to the flange. A flange plate is provided on a support frame. The joining plate is fixed to the flange plate to attach and detach freely, and the heating cylinder is caused to be supported by the support frame. Accordingly, movement in an axial direction and rotation of the heating cylinder are restricted. A guide portion for positioning during attachment and detachment is provided on one or both of the joining plate and the flange plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS. LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiko Yanagiya, Toshio Toyoshima, Yutaka Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11268212
    Abstract: A method includes charging PET bottle flakes having particular characteristics as a raw material into a crystallizer to generate a crystalline version thereof, drying the crystalline version with dehumidified air at a temperature of 160-180° C. and with a dew point of ?40° C. to bring down a moisture level thereof below 100 ppm, melting the dried crystalline version through an extruder configured to have a temperature therein maintained at 285-295° C., and feeding the melted raw material into a spin beam. The method also includes generating, through a spinneret, a number of filaments based on extruding, through the spinneret, the melted raw material fed into the spin beam, forming a yarn based on combining the number of filaments, and winding the formed yarn to generate a spool of Partially Oriented Yarn (POY) configured to be utilized as another raw material to generate a Draw Texturized Yarn (DTY).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventor: Arun Agarwal
  • Patent number: 11242621
    Abstract: The adhesive thread drawing processes include the steps of feeding, mixing and stirring, first drying, hot melt extrusion, first cooling, stretch extension, second cooling, winding-strands-into-roll, and second drying. The threads made by the processes are woven into fabric which has a certain level of stickiness so as to be attached onto objects without using glue and adhesive, and the fabric is flat and neat when it is attached to an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: WINN APPLIED MATERIAL INC.
    Inventors: Chung-Ming Yu, Shi-Wei Wang, Shih-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 11235526
    Abstract: A plasticizing device that plasticizes a material to produce a molten material includes a driving motor, a screw that has a grooved surface on which a groove is formed and rotates by the driving motor; and a barrel having a facing surface that faces the grooved surface and has a communication hole formed in the center and a heater, wherein the screw has a cooling medium flow path provided inside the screw, an inlet portion that communicates with the cooling medium flow path and introduces a cooling medium from the outside of the screw, and an outlet portion that communicates with the cooling medium flow path and discharges the cooling medium to the outside of the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Inventor: Kei Yokota
  • Patent number: 11235386
    Abstract: A debinder provides for debinding printed green parts in an additive manufacturing system. The debinder can include a storage chamber, a process chamber, a distill chamber, a waste chamber, and a condenser. The storage chamber stores a liquid solvent for debinding the green part. The process chamber debinds the green part using a volume of the liquid solvent transferred from the storage chamber. The distill chamber collects a solution drained from the process chamber and produces a solvent vapor from the solution. The condenser condenses the solvent vapor to the liquid solvent and transfer the liquid solvent to the storage chamber. The waste chamber collects a waste component of the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Desktop Metal, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Jepeal, Paul E. Dresens
  • Patent number: 11230059
    Abstract: A plasticizing device includes a rotor having a rotation shaft and a groove-formed surface that includes a groove formed in the rotation direction and that inclined from the rotation shaft in a radial direction with respect to a radial direction orthogonal to the center axis, a facing unit having a facing surface inclined so as to face the groove-formed surface in the radial direction, a heater heating a material to be supplied between the facing surface and the rotor, and a communication hole through which the material plasticized by heat of the heater flows, a drive motor generating rotational driving force, a connection unit fitting to the rotor in a direction along a rotation shaft of the drive motor, connecting the rotation shaft of the drive motor and the rotor to each other, and transmitting the rotational driving force of the drive motor to the rotor, and an elastic member disposed between the rotor and the connection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Inventor: Yasutoshi Hideshima
  • Patent number: 11225003
    Abstract: A hot runner system having a nozzle received in a well in a mold plate. The nozzle has a melt channel, a nozzle body through which the melt channel extends, and a collar connected to and spaced apart from the nozzle body. A manifold is seated against the nozzle. The manifold has a melt channel in fluid communication between a source of moldable material and the nozzle channel. A bearing member against which a seating surface of the collar is supported is received in the well, and a biasing member is seated between a step in the well and the bearing member. The biasing member has plate loading surface and a nozzle loading surface. The nozzle loading surface and the plate loading surface are concentric with the seating surface of the collar and are circumferentially offset from the seating surface of the collar in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Mold-Masters (2007) Limited
    Inventors: Gurvinder Bajwa, Douglas Ursu, Denis Babin
  • Patent number: 11213982
    Abstract: An injection apparatus includes a heating cylinder having a nozzle for injecting resin material, a drop-port block that supports the heating cylinder, an injection stage extending so as to be orthogonal to the lengthwise axis of the heating cylinder while supporting the drop-port block, and a pair of injection-apparatus moving mechanisms that moves the heating cylinder. The drop-port block is provided with a supporting stage extending in the direction orthogonal to the lengthwise axis, and the injection-apparatus moving mechanism is connected to the supporting stage and to a stationary mount which supports a stationary mold. The supporting plate extends alongside the injection stage with a clearance therebetween so that deformation of the supporting stage when the nozzle is pressed into contact with the stationary mold is not transmitted to the injection stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventor: Kazunori Tanaka