Patents Examined by Francisco W Tschen
  • Patent number: 12347652
    Abstract: Exemplary methods of forming a coating of material on a substrate may include forming a plasma of a first precursor and an oxygen-containing precursor. The first precursor and the oxygen-containing precursor may be provided in a first flow rate ratio. The methods may include depositing a first layer of material on the substrate. While maintaining the plasma, the methods may include adjusting the first flow rate ratio to a second flow rate ratio. The methods may include depositing a second layer of material on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Lance A. Scudder, Sukti Chatterjee, David Masayuki Ishikawa, Yuriy V. Melnik, Vibhas Singh
  • Patent number: 12325172
    Abstract: A manufacturing method includes an injection molding process of injection-molding a preform having a two-layer structure including an outer layer preform and an inner layer preform, and a blow molding process of blow molding the preform to mold a delamination container made of resin. The injection molding process includes an outer layer molding process of filling an outer layer injection mold with PET (outer layer resin material) to mold the outer layer preform and molding a thin film portion in a part of the outer layer preform, and an inner layer molding process of injecting PP (inner layer resin material) toward the thin film portion to break the thin film portion and filling an inner layer injection mold with PP having a temperature lower than a melting point of PET via the broken thin film portion to mold the inner layer preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Tsuchiya, Hiroshi Horigome
  • Patent number: 12319897
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions and methods of treatment employing compositions comprising polyelectrolyte complexes. The compositions include a water-soluble first polyelectrolyte bearing a net cationic charge or capable of developing a net cationic charge and a water-soluble second polyelectrolyte bearing a net anionic charge or capable of developing a net anionic charge. The total polyelectrolyte concentration of the first solution is at least 110 millimolar. The composition is free of coacervates, precipitates, latex particles, synthetic block copolymers, silicone copolymers, cross-linked poly(acrylic) and cross-linked water-soluble polyelectrolyte. The composition may be a concentrate, to be diluted prior to use to treat a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: THE CLOROX COMPANY
    Inventors: David R. Scheuing, Thomas F. Fahlen, Jared Heymann, Mike Kinsinger, William Ouellette, William L. Smith
  • Patent number: 12288685
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for modifying a wafer surface using an organosilicon precursor are provided herein. The wafer surface is dosed with the organosilicon precursor following deposition of a dielectric material by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. In some implementations, the dielectric layer is made of silicon oxide. Dosing the wafer surface with the organosilicon precursor may occur in the same chamber as the ALD process. The organosilicon precursor may modify the wafer surface to increase its hydrophobicity so that photoresist adhesion is improved on the wafer surface. In some implementations, the wafer surface may be exposed to an inert gas RF plasma after dosing the wafer surface with the organosilicon precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy D. Fields, Awnish Gupta, Douglas W. Agnew, Joseph R. Abel, Purushottam Kumar
  • Patent number: 12280609
    Abstract: A method for producing a silver coating on a glass pane, wherein the silver coating includes at least one busbar and/or at least one solder contact surface, wherein the method includes printing the silver coating onto the glass pane by screen printing with a printing pattern having printing and non-printing regions and baking the printed silver coating, wherein the printing region of the printing pattern for the busbar and/or the printing region of the printing pattern for the solder contact surface is provided at least partially with a dot matrix or a line matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventor: Klaus Weissborn
  • Patent number: 12257370
    Abstract: Lubricious or hemocompatible coatings for medical devices are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: MicroVention, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory M. Cruise, Steve Plotkin, Petr Vasek
  • Patent number: 12246345
    Abstract: A method of forming a multilayer coating on a substrate is provided. The multilayer coating exhibits reduced strike-in and mottling. The method includes the steps of providing the substrate including a primer disposed thereon, applying a basecoat composition on the primer, applying a clearcoat composition on the basecoat composition, and curing the basecoat composition and the clearcoat composition to form the multilayer coating on the substrate. The basecoat composition includes a film forming resin, a pigment, and about 5% to about 75% by weight on binder of a cyclic lactone modified branched acrylic polymer having a hydroxyl monomer content of about 1% to 65% by weight, all or part of which has been reacted with a cyclic lactone, and having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of about 10,000 to about 150,000 g/mol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLC
    Inventors: Jeffery W. Johnson, Delson J. Trindade, Yongqing Huang, Sedef Piril Ertem
  • Patent number: 12131985
    Abstract: According to various embodiments described herein, an article comprises a glass or glass-ceramic substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface, and a via extending through the substrate from the first major surface to the second major surface over an axial length in an axial direction. The article further comprises a helium hermetic adhesion layer disposed on the interior surface; and a metal connector disposed within the via, wherein the metal connector is adhered to the helium hermetic adhesion layer. The metal connector coats the interior surface of the via along the axial length of the via to define a first cavity from the first major surface to a first cavity length, the metal connector comprising a coating thickness of less than 12 ?m at the first major surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Mandakini Kanungo, Prantik Mazumder, Chukwudi Azubuike Okoro, Ah-Young Park, Scott Christopher Pollard, Rajesh Vaddi
  • Patent number: 12097532
    Abstract: This invention provides a method for forming a multilayer coating film, comprising applying a base paint (X) having a solids content ratio of 30 to 62 mass % to a substrate to form a base coating film having a cured film thickness of 6 to 45 ?m; applying an effect pigment dispersion (Y) having a solids content ratio of 0.1 to 10 mass % to the base coating film to form an effect coating film having a cured film thickness of 0.1 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Sakai
  • Patent number: 12064788
    Abstract: The present invention related to a method of manufacturing of a contamination control sheet, the method comprising the steps of: passing a web of support material from a supply roller to a coating station, and applying a coating of polymeric material to one surface of the support material; passing the coated support material through an oven to cure the polymeric material; and passing the coated support material around a cooling roller to a take up roller; characterised in that a nip roller is provided adjacent to the cooling roller so that the coated surface of the support material is pressed onto the cooling roller by the nip roller, and further characterised in that the cooling roller has a surface roughness of 0.2 to 1 Ra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: DYCEM LIMITED
    Inventor: Mark Dalziel
  • Patent number: 12059704
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method comprising as method steps: a) providing a sheetlike composite precursor comprising a carrier layer; b) overlaying the sheetlike composite precursor on an outer face of the sheetlike composite precursor with a liquid first polymer composition; c) hardening the liquid first polymer composition, thereby obtaining a first polymer layer; and d) overlaying the sheetlike composite precursor on the outer face of the sheetlike composite precursor with a liquid second polymer composition; wherein the first polymer layer in method step d) comprises an isocyanate content in a range from 0.1% to 50% by weight, based on the weight of the first polymer layer. The invention further relates to a sheetlike composite obtainable by the method; a container precursor and a closed container, each comprising the sheetlike composite; and to uses of a liquid primer and the sheetlike composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: SIG Services AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Lemme, Andreas Lemsky, Dirk Schibull
  • Patent number: 12053812
    Abstract: A method of applying a marking to a part in a stamping die includes moving a component of the stamping die, the component having a mechanical application device secured thereto. A controlled volume of a marking medium flows through the mechanical application device during the moving such that a volume of the marking medium is controlled by the moving of the component during a stamping die operation. In one form, the component is an upper die of the stamping die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Kalweit, John Michael Fritz, Joseph Yarnevich, Andrey M Ilinich, Christopher Taylor, Thomas Kandow
  • Patent number: 12053913
    Abstract: A foam molding apparatus and a foam molding method thereby are proposed. The foam molding apparatus includes a foaming agent supply unit configured to supply a foaming agent, a molten resin supply unit configured to supply molten resin, a fixed mixing unit configured to produce a foaming resin-critical solution by mixing a foaming agent supplied from the foaming agent supply unit and molten resin supplied from the molten resin supply unit through a rod-shaped body, and a molding unit configured to mold a foam molding product using the foaming resin-critical solution supplied from the fixed mixing unit. Accordingly, it is possible to produce a foaming resin-critical solution by uniformly mixing a large amount of high-viscosity gel-state molten resin and a high-pressure compressed and low-viscosity foaming agent, using high-strength multiple channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: etat'H solide
    Inventor: Myung Ho Kang
  • Patent number: 12042999
    Abstract: Described are methods for making three dimensional objects. A nozzle is positioned within a gel inside a container of gel. The position of the nozzle within the gel is changed while depositing solidifying material through the nozzle. The gel supports the solidifying material at the position at which the solidifying material is deposited. The solidifying material is solidified to form a solid material, which is a three-dimensional object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Steelcase Incorporated
    Inventors: Skylar Je Tibbits, Christophe Guberan, Jared S. Laucks, Schendy Guiders Kernizan, Kathleen S. Hajash, Bjorn Sparrman, Paul Noll
  • Patent number: 12030281
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a glass resin laminated body includes a step of sticking a glass film on a resin film via an adhesive layer while holding the glass film and the resin film between a first roller that presses against the resin film and a second roller that is disposed opposite to the first roller and that presses against the glass film. A ratio of an elastic modulus P1 of a surface layer of the first roller to an elastic modulus P2 of the resin film P1/P2 satisfies a relation of 3×10?3?P1/P2?1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Sato, Takeshi Murashige, Junichi Inagaki, Atsushi Kishi
  • Patent number: 12030264
    Abstract: Equipment for forming a tubular rod from a bundle of fibrous material comprising a mandrel constructed to form a space within the bundle of fibres; the mandrel includes a passage for delivering a treatment fluid to facilitate the formation of the fibres into a tubular structure as the fibre bundle as the bundle passes over the mandrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Gary Fallon, Arnold Herholdt, Gerhard Le Roux, John Richardson
  • Patent number: 12011880
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to recoater systems for use with additive manufacturing systems. A recoater assembly may be adjustable along multiple degrees of freedom relative to a build surface, which may allow for adjustment of a spacing between the recoater assembly and the build surface and/or an orientation of the recoater assembly relative to an orientation of the build surface. In some embodiments, the recoater assembly may be supported by four support columns extending above the build surface, and attachments between the recoater assembly and the support columns may be independently adjustable to adjust the recoater relative to the build surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: VulcanForms Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Sweetland
  • Patent number: 12011893
    Abstract: A threaded shaft for a ball screw comprising: a shaft of fibre-reinforced polymer material; and a helical ridge formed on an outer surface of said shaft, said helical ridge being formed from a fibre-reinforced polymer material comprising a plurality of helical fibres wound around the shaft in the same sense and grouped together to form the ridge. The helical ridge formed from grouped helical fibres all wound with the same sense provides excellent axial load carrying capability as the fibres run continuously from end to end of the shaft and can thus transmit load from end to end. This adds much greater strength than a shaft formed from plastics only. The load carrying capability of the fibre wound helical ridge can indeed approach that of existing metal threads while still being much lighter in weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: CROMPTON TECHNOLOGY GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: William Pollitt, Konrad Wilder
  • Patent number: 12004602
    Abstract: A component, for example, a shoe foxing, may have one or more regions with embedded particles and one or more regions without embedded particles. The one or more regions without embedded particles may comprise one or more outer surfaces of the component. The component may be formed by heating and pressing material sections in a mold. The component may be formed by extrusion. One or more of the material sections may lack embedded particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Converse Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen N. Bruno
  • Patent number: 12005619
    Abstract: An injection molding system includes a conveyor apparatus that moves a mold, and an injection molding apparatus that performs, using an injection cylinder and a screw, injection molding with the mold, wherein the improvement of the injection molding system includes at least one structure located in proximity to at least a part of the conveyor apparatus, wherein the at least one structure includes at least one element that is moveable, and wherein, when the screw is removed from the injection cylinder, the at least one element is in a position to prevent the at least one element from contacting the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignees: Canon Virginia, Inc., Canon U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara, Yohei Minatoya, Kenta Inaba