Patents Examined by Francisco W Tschen
  • Patent number: 11738500
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a method for embossing a component, a method for connecting a component to a second component via a substance-to-substance bond, and a device, e.g., a heat exchanger, having such a component. The method for embossing includes embossing a support groove into the component at least in some sections at a first surface portion of the component; embossing a functional groove into the component at the first surface portion; wherein the functional groove is arranged spaced apart from the support groove at least in some sections; and wherein the functional groove is formed for partially receiving a second component for a substance-to-substance bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventors: Klaus Hassdenteufel, Stefan Schill, Daniel Schleicher
  • Patent number: 11735706
    Abstract: A method includes mixing a solvent with a dry cathode mixture to form a slurry. The dry cathode mixture includes a cathode active material, a conductive diluent, and a polymeric binder. The method further includes removing the solvent from the slurry to form a composition and calendering, in a first calendering step, the composition to form a sheet. The calendering the composition includes passing the composition between calender rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Pacesetter, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaofei Jiang, Russell Bruch, Joseph Beauvais
  • Patent number: 11731381
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing two soundproof panels of an aircraft nacelle including a duct. The manufacturing method includes a step of supplying a mold having, on a single face, a cavity for each soundproof panel, a step of producing, in the bottom of each cavity, an inner skin for being oriented towards the duct, and a curing step during which the elements present in the mold are cured in the mold. Such a method makes it possible to produce the two soundproof panels in the same mold, thus reducing the gaps between them after they have been positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Jacques Lalane
  • Patent number: 11723374
    Abstract: A computer numerically controlled flow resistance system based on container features and properties of food ingredients comprises a mixing chamber, a stirring element, a pushing plate and a resetting element. The mixing chamber is communicated to sources of food ingredients of various colors, and the stirring element is disposed in the mixing chamber for stirring the food ingredients of various colors, so that the food ingredients after mixing have a desired color. The pushing plate is used to extrude the stirred food ingredients in the mixing chamber to a pastry tip of a pastry extrusion head. The resetting element makes a piston cylinder move to an extruding position according to an extrusion signal of a controller, and when the pushing plate stops displacing, the resetting element makes the piston cylinder move to a flow resistance position according to a flow resistance signal of the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventor: Jo-Peng Tsai
  • Patent number: 11724437
    Abstract: A bending method and a bending device, wherein a composite bar comprising a bundle of reinforcing fibres embedded in a polymer matrix is bent at a bending point. To make it bendable, the composite bar is heated locally at the bending point using an ultrasonic device with a sonotrode. After the bending point has been heated, an infeeding movement between the composite bar and the sonotrode is used to deform a region of the composite bar at the bending point to create a deformed portion of which the outer dimensions are different from the outer dimensions of the bar portions of the composite bar adjoining the bending point. The two bar portions are then moved or angled away in relation to one another, and so the composite bar is curved at the bending point. Once the desired bending has been achieved, the composite bar is cured at the bending point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SOLIDIAN GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas Bischoff
  • Patent number: 11724420
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for creating precursors for consolidating composite parts. One embodiment is a method for forming a metallic structure. The method includes forming a precursor for a pressure membrane that includes a contour having a linearized length corresponding with a linearized length of a surface of a forming tool. The method also includes affixing a perimeter of the precursor to a perimeter of a base member, leaving a volume between the base member and the precursor, altering a shape of the precursor at a superplastic temperature by forcing the precursor into complementary contact with the surface of the forming tool, and setting the shape of the precursor while the precursor is held in complementary contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Marc R. Matsen, Lee Charles Firth, Randall D. Wilkerson, Julie F. Murphy, Ravi Verma
  • Patent number: 11717845
    Abstract: A smoking device for aerosol-generation may comprise a device housing, a surface acoustic wave-atomizer (SAW-atomizer), a supply element, and a control system. The device housing may include a storage portion for an aerosol-forming substrate. The SAW-atomizer may include an atomization region, a first transducer, and/or a second transducer. The first transducer is configured to generate first surface acoustic waves that propagate along a surface of the SAW-atomizer. The supply element is arranged to supply the aerosol-forming substrate from the storage portion to the atomization region of the SAW-atomizer. The control system is configured to operate the SAW-atomizer to atomize the aerosol-forming substrate in the atomization region to generate an aerosol. A cartridge for such a smoking device and a method for generating an aerosol in a smoking system are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Jerome Christian Courbat, Oleg Mironov
  • Patent number: 11718039
    Abstract: A stereolithography apparatus having a build platform and a tray, into which the build platform can be immersed, wherein at the bottom in or on the tray a light-transmissive film is formed or arranged and is elastically deformable, having a light source or energy source underneath the film, the tray can be filled with flowable printing material, a control apparatus controls the movement of the build platform relative to the film and the control apparatus superimposes, during the substantially vertical release movement between a slice of a structure, produced by stereolithography, on the build platform from the film, upon the release movement a substantially horizontal, in particular translational, transverse movement which transverse movement extends at an angle between 60 and 120° relative to the release movement and has alternating, in particular reciprocating, movement directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Lorenz Josef Bonderer, Jörg Ebert, Theresa Sujata Maria Senti, Rudolf Jussel
  • Patent number: 11718081
    Abstract: A sheet separation device includes a rotator, a nipping member to nip the two-ply sheet with the rotator, a first conveyor to convey the two-ply sheet in a first direction toward the rotator and a second direction reverse thereto, a winding member to wind the two-ply sheet around the rotator, a second conveyor to convey a sheet medium in the second direction, a separation claw to move in a width direction; a sheet guide to guide the separated two sheets to different passages; and control circuitry. The first conveyor conveys the two-ply sheet to the rotator with a bonded portion at an upstream end. The control circuitry inserts the separation claw into a space between the two sheets, adjusts a projection amount of the two-ply sheet from a nip of the first conveyor in the second direction, and inserts the sheet medium in two-ply sheet adjusted in the projection amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Takahashi, Tomohiro Furuhashi, Michitaka Suzuki, Tomomichi Hoshino, Fumiharu Yoneyama, Kazuyoshi Matsuo, Makoto Hidaka, Koki Sakano, Akira Kunieda, Takahiro Watanabe, Takuya Morinaga, Yohsuke Haraguchi
  • Patent number: 11723258
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion material dispersion liquid of an embodiment includes: perovskite crystal particles having a composition represented as ABX3, where A is a monovalent cation of an amine compound, B is a divalent cation of a metal element, and X is a monovalent anion of a halogen element, and having an average particle diameter of not less than 10 nm nor more than 10000 nm; and a dispersion medium which is composed of a poor solvent to the perovskite crystal particles, and in which the perovskite crystal particles are dispersed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Haruhi Oooka, Hideyuki Nakao, Mitsunaga Saito
  • Patent number: 11713366
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition for a model material, for obtaining an optically shaped article that has flexibility and does not crack even when it is bent, and a method for manufacturing optically shaped articles that are shaped using the resin composition for a model material. The present invention relates to a resin composition for a model material, comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of a whole resin composition, 20 to 90 parts by weight of a (meth)acrylate monomer represented by the following formula (1) and/or a (meth)acrylate monomer represented by the following formula (2) as a monofunctional monomer (A), and 5 parts by weight or more of a polyfunctional oligomer as an oligomer (B), and further comprises no or 15 parts by weight or less, based on 100 parts by weight of the whole resin composition, of polyfunctional monomer (C), wherein R1, R2 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Kito, Taeko Izumo, Masakatsu Okawa, Kenta Hongo
  • Patent number: 11707092
    Abstract: An aerosol generating apparatus, especially a personal vaporizer device such as an electronic smoking article, generates an aerosol from a source of aerosol-forming substance. The aerosol generating apparatus includes a receiving portion configured to receive a consumable unit, such as a charge or cartridge including a source of aerosol-forming substance, and at least one locating member for locating the consumable unit within the receiving portion. The at least one locating member is configured to locate or position the consumable unit within the receiving portion such that an airflow path extends along outer sides of the consumable unit and through the consumable unit entering at one end region thereof and exiting from an opposite end region thereof, with the outer sides of the consumable unit being arranged between the one end region and the opposite end region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Plattner, Thomas Johaentges, Takashi Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11701713
    Abstract: To provide a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped object in which a three-dimensional shaped object is manufactured by discharging a shaping material from a discharge unit toward a stage to stack a layer, the method for manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped object includes: a first step of generating path data having a plurality of partial paths through which the discharge unit moves while discharging the shaping material; a second step of determining a line width of the shaping material in each of the partial paths and generating line width information for implementing the line width; a third step of generating shaping data including the path data and the line width information; and a fourth step of shaping the three-dimensional shaped object according to the shaping data. In the second step, the line width in a target path that is one of the partial paths is determined in accordance with a distance between a first wall and a second wall separated by the target path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Satoshi Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11701686
    Abstract: Provided is a method for forming a multilayer coating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiro Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11701876
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lamination method for a special-shaped glass cover plate, including following steps. Step S1: forming a magnetic layer on a display panel. Step S2: arranging a first solenoid and a second solenoid at a regular-shaped portion and a special-shaped portion of the special-shaped glass cover plate, respectively. Step S3: supplying opposite electric currents to the first solenoid and the second solenoid. Step S4: changing magnitude of an electric current from the regular-shaped portion to the special-shaped portion. Step S5: when to attach the display panel to the special-shaped portion of the special-shaped glass cover plate, changing magnitude of the electric current of the second solenoid and a direction of the second solenoid to attach the display panel along the special-shaped portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ping Rao
  • Patent number: 11701209
    Abstract: An interdental cleaning tool producing method that enables cost reduction is provided. An interdental cleaning tool producing method according to the present invention includes; a first step of preparing a mold provided with at least one first cavity for molding a cleaning tool main body including two supporting pieces that are arranged with a predetermined interval and a handle portion that couples the two supporting pieces and can be held in a hand, the mold being configured such that at least one thread member to span between the two supporting pieces can be arranged in the mold; a second step of arranging the thread member in the mold; a third step of filling the first cavity with a resin material via a gate provided in the mold using a hot runner method; and a fourth step of removing the thread member and the cleaning tool main body fixed to the thread member from the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: KOBAYASHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kaoru Kasakawa
  • Patent number: 11697166
    Abstract: Systems and methods in which dot-like portions of a material (e.g., a viscous material such as a solder paste) are printed or otherwise transferred onto an intermediate substrate at a first printing unit, the intermediate substrate having the dot-like portions of material printed thereon is transferred to a second printing unit, and the dot-like portions of material are transferred from the intermediate substrate to a final substrate at the second printing unit. Optionally, the first printing unit includes a coating system that creates a uniform layer of the material on a donor substrate, and the material is transferred in the individual dot-like portions from the donor substrate onto the intermediate substrate at the first printing unit. Each of the first and second printing units may employ a variety of printing or other transfer technologies. The system may also include material curing and imaging units to aid in the overall process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: IO TECH GROUP LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Zenou, Ziv Gilan, Guy Nesher
  • Patent number: 11697242
    Abstract: A method of additive manufacturing is comprised of providing a material comprised of a ethyl cellulose polymer having an ethoxy content of 43% to 52% by mass and a plasticizer. The material is heated and dispensed through a nozzle to form an extrudate deposited on a base. The base, nozzle or combination thereof is moved while dispensing the material so that there is horizontal displacement between the base and nozzle in a predetermined pattern to form an initial layer of the material on the base and successive layers of the material are adhered on the initial layer to form an additive manufactured part by repeating the aforementioned steps. The article formed of the ethyl cellulose polymer may be used in many applications such as those related to the pharmaceutical and food industries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Nutrition & Biosciences USA 1, LLC
    Inventors: Roland Bayer, Aleksander J. Pyzik, Sharon Allen, Scott T. Matteucci
  • Patent number: 11697747
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersion (PD) having polyurethane-polyurea particles, present in the dispersion, having an average particle size of 40 to 2000 nm, and having a gel fraction of at least 50%, obtainable by (I) preparing a composition (Z) comprising based each case on the total amount of the composition (Z), (Z.1) 15 to 65 wt % of at least one intermediate containing isocyanate groups and having blocked primary amino groups, its preparation comprising the reaction (Z.1.1) of at least one polyurethane prepolymer containing isocyanate groups and comprising anionic groups and/or groups which can be converted into anionic groups, with (Z.1.2) at least one polyamine comprising at least two blocked primary amino groups and at least one free secondary amino group, by addition reaction of isocyanate groups from (Z.1.1) with tree secondary amino groups from (Z.1.2), (Z.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: BASF COATINGS GMBH
    Inventors: Hardy Reuter, Matthias Blohm, Bernhard Steinmetz, Peggy Jankowski, Dirk Eierhoff, Thomas Zihang
  • Patent number: 11692076
    Abstract: A composition includes a polycarbonate resin formed via an interfacial polymerization process and from 0.05 ppm to 50 ppm of a sulfonic acid. A molded article formed from the composition may exhibit a yellowness index that is less than that of a reference molded article formed from substantially similar polycarbonate composition comprising the polycarbonate resin but in the absence of the sulfonic acid. Methods for forming the molded article in accordance with the above are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Tamara Marijke Eggenhuisen, Roland Sebastian Assink, Kazuhiko Mitsui, Robert Dirk van de Grampel, Mark van der Mee