Patents Examined by Frederick Parker
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Patent number: 8920874Abstract: A method of manufacturing a surface layer is provided. The method includes applying a sublayer having a mix of wood fibers and a resin on a carrier, applying a powder layer having a mix of refined fibers and a binder on the sublayer, with the sublayer being arranged between the carrier and the powder layer, and curing the powder layer by applying heat and pressure.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2013Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Valinge Innovation ABInventors: Goran Ziegler, Kent Lindgren
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Patent number: 8911823Abstract: Nanoparticle inks and powders are sintered using an applied mechanical energy, such as uniaxial pressure, hydrostatic pressure, and ultrasonic energy, which may also include applying a sheer force to the inks or powders in order to make the resultant film or line conductive.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2011Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: PEN Inc.Inventors: Yunjun Li, Samuel Kim, Igor Pavlovsky, Zvi Yaniv, Mohshi Yang
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Patent number: 8906450Abstract: A powder spray nozzle includes an inlet portion having an inlet diameter and an inlet length and an outlet portion having outlet diameter and an outlet length. The nozzle also includes an interface region between the inlet portion and the outlet portion having an interface diameter. A ratio of the inlet diameter to the inlet length is in a range of about 0.15 to 0.5.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2011Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Hanergy Holding Group Ltd.Inventors: Edward J. McInerney, Johannes Vlcek
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Patent number: 8900672Abstract: A method of applying indicia to an item having a textured surface is disclosed herein, the method including the steps of: applying a textured paint to an exterior surface of the item; and applying the indicia to the exterior surface by an offset printing process. Also disclosed herein is a fluid filter having: a housing having an exterior surface; a textured paint applied to the exterior surface; and indicia applied to the textured paint, wherein the indicia is applied by an offset printing process.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2011Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Fram Group IP LLCInventor: Gary Joseph Osterfeld
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Patent number: 8895112Abstract: A method for edge sealing a fiber-reinforced component formed from a carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic or duroplastic plastic material includes electrostatic coating of at least one section of an edge of the component with a thermoplastic powder so as to form a powder coating; and fusing and cross-linking the powder coating in a furnace so as to create a smooth edge seal.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2010Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Guenter Doehle, Klaus Edelmann, Hans-Juergen Weber
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Patent number: 8889231Abstract: A coating film is formed on a surface of a coating object by adhering a coating powder to the coating object by spraying the coating powder from an electrostatic gun together with a compressed gas. A voltage not smaller than 80 kV but not larger than 100 kV is applied between the electrostatic gun and the coating object. Moreover, a current flowed between the electrostatic gun and the coating object is set to be not smaller than 10 ?A but not larger than 20 ?A. Further, a pressure of the compressed gas for spraying the coating powder is set to be not smaller than 3 kgf/cm2 but not larger than 6 kgf/cm2.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2012Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Naofumi Kosugi, Yasushi Yui
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Patent number: 8883250Abstract: In various embodiments, a sputtering target initially formed by ingot metallurgy or powder metallurgy and comprising a sputtering-target material is provided, the sputtering-target material (i) comprising a metal, (ii) defining a recessed furrow therein, and (iii) having a first grain size and a first crystalline microstructure. A powder is spray-deposited within the furrow to form a layer therein, the layer (i) comprising the metal, (ii) having a second grain size finer than the first grain size, and (iii) having a second crystalline microstructure more random than the first crystalline microstructure. Spray-depositing the powder within the furrow forms a distinct boundary line between the layer and the sputtering-target material.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2013Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignees: H.C. Starck Inc., H.C. Starck GmbHInventors: Steven A. Miller, Prabhat Kumar, Rong-chein Richard Wu, Shuwei Sun, Stefan Zimmermann, Olaf Schmidt-Park
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Patent number: 8877297Abstract: A deposition method is provided to enable fine particles having a relatively large particle diameter, for example, a diameter larger than 0.5 ?m, to be stably deposited on a substrate. The fine particles with insulating surface are placed in an airtight container, and a carrier gas is introduced into the container, triboelectrically charging the fine particles and generating an aerosol of the fine particles. The fine particles are charged by friction with the inner surface of a transfer tubing connected to the container, and the aerosol is conveyed via such tubing to a deposition chamber that is maintained at a pressure lower than that in the airtight container. The charged fine particles are deposited on a substrate placed in the deposition chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2010Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Fuchita Nanotechnology Ltd.Inventors: Eiji Fuchita, Eiji Tokizaki, Eiichi Ozawa
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Patent number: 8865265Abstract: A process and an apparatus for coating glass by means of a method using at least one or more liquid raw materials which react essentially on at least a portion of the glass substrate forming a coating on it. At least part of the liquid raw materials is atomized to droplets with one or more two-fluid atomizer and at least a fraction of the gas used in the one or more two-fluid atomizers is electrically charged such that at least a fraction of the droplets become electrically charged during or after the atomization. According to the invention the droplets are formed into a separately created electric field.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2009Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Beneq OyInventors: Markku Rajala, Jorma Keskinen
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Patent number: 8865256Abstract: A tire printing device includes a printer head (2), positioned near a rotating tire (1), that ejects and applies coating material, an unevenness detection sensor (3) that detects a predetermined raised/recessed character on the surface of the rotating tire (1) and a PC (10) that sets the origin of rotation of the tire (1) based on a signal detected by the unevenness detection sensor (3) and synchronizes the operation start time of the printer head (2) with the origin of rotation in order to maintain a constant relationship between the position of the raised/recessed character and the position of application of the coating material. Desired printing is performed by the printer head (2) ejecting and applying the coating material onto a surface of the rotating tire (1) after the rotating tire is mounted on a rim and inflated to a regular shape by being applied with an internal pressure.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventor: Yuichiro Ogawa
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Patent number: 8859053Abstract: A waterborne base coat having a light metallic color and containing 0.5 to 2 wt.-% of poly(meth)acrylic acid thickener and 2 to 7 wt.-% of non-ionically emulsified EVA copolymer wax with a drop point of the wax portion of 80 to 110° C., the wt.-% in each case calculated as solids and relative to the solids content of the waterborne base coat.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2011Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Axalta Coating Systems IP Co., LLCInventors: Frank Tessari, Ralf Wilhelms
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Patent number: 8852692Abstract: Apparatus and method for electrostatic charging of a container for an electrostatic coating operation includes a support member for supporting a container during an electrostatic coating operation with the support member comprising a non-metallic conductive material or electrically semiconductive portion that directly contacts a surface of the container. The electrically semiconductive portion comprises non-metallic, resistive or low conductivity material and is coupled to a source of electrical energy such that the container is electrostatically charged to an opposite polarity to offset or reduce electrostatic charge build up produced by the electrostatic coating operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2013Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Nordson CorporationInventors: Terrence M. Fulkerson, Timothy E. Wilson, Michael A. Bordner, Jon Davisson, Brad W. Syrowski
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Patent number: 8852680Abstract: An asphalt-based sheet roofing material includes capsules on its upper surface. When struck, as by hailstones, the capsules break to release a film forming fluid that spreads over the surface to heal the damage created by the hailstones.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2012Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: CertainTeed CorporationInventors: Ming Liang Shiao, Keith C. Hong, Gregory F. Jacobs
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Patent number: 8852681Abstract: A mask and method for kinetic cold gas compacting is disclosed. The mask includes a body for covering a not-to-be-coated region of a substrate to be coated having a work side exposed to a coating substance. The work side has a hardness such that the work side is not plastic deformable by a striking coating particle.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2009Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbHInventors: Andreas Jakimov, Manuel Hertter, Stefan Schneiderbanger
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Patent number: 8846158Abstract: A method of depositing particles onto a substrate utilizes a liquid dispersant into which the particles are introduced prior to spraying upon the surface. The ratio of the particles to the dispersant, as well as the volume of the dispersant, may be used to control the density of the particles that result on the substrate after spraying.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2013Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: NanoMech, Inc.Inventor: Webping Jiang
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Method and apparatus for adjusting the relative movement between flocking fibers and flocked objects
Patent number: 8840969Abstract: A method and apparatus for adjusting the relative movement between flocked fibers and an object to be flocked is disclosed. Fibers move along a curved or arcuate path which includes both vertical and horizontal movement of the fibers from a flocking machine to the object to be flocked. The method improves the flocking process quality and increases production speed and output.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: TamiCare Ltd.Inventor: Ehud Giloh -
Patent number: 8834964Abstract: The process of the present invention significantly increases the durability of superhydrophobic surfaces, while retaining similar optical properties to those of the original surface. The process uses velocity and heat to take freshly formed nano- and ultrafine particles and can partially embed and chemically bond them to the substrate, creating a strongly bonded nano-to-submicron textured surface. This nanotextured surface can then be modified to have desirable surface properties; for example, it can be hydrophobic, oliophobic, or hydrophilic. The high points of the coating made with this process protect the remainder of the surface from abrasion, thus greatly increasing product life in many uses. In preferred embodiments, the process is used to coat transportation vehicle windshields.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2010Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignees: nGIMAT, Co., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayoshi Kitada, Todd Fitz, Andrew Tye Hunt, Yongdong Jiang, Jeanne Yadlyne Smalley, Marvis White
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Patent number: 8828486Abstract: A method for manufacturing diamond or diamond-like carbon (DLC) by converting at least one other form of carbon such as graphite, amorphous carbon, fullerenes, glass carbon, graphene, carbon foam or a mixture of these forms. This method comprises an acceleration of particles and causing them to collide with a substrate. The particles and/or the substrate contain(s) or consist(s) of one other form of carbon. The conversion is induced by impact of the particles with the substrate, wherein cold gas spraying is used to advantage.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2013Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Linde AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hamid Assadi, Frank Gärtner, Thomas Klassen, Peter Heinrich, Heinrich Kreye, Werner Krömmer
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Patent number: 8828497Abstract: A method for providing a metallic coat covering a surface is disclosed, which comprises: (i) applying an electrically conductive two component binder on said surface; (ii) electrostatic spraying a metal powder on the binder applied in step (i); wherein the metal powder comprises metal particles with an average diameter less than 80 micron.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: De Heller Design B.V.Inventors: Robert Alexander Jonker, Arnoldus G. W. Van Andel
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Patent number: 8808809Abstract: A method for applying hot melt adhesive powder onto a sole or shoe part includes the steps of applying a cleaning agent, irradiating, applying a conductive liquid which has a conductivity at least 100 times higher than purified water which has a conductivity of 5.5·10?6 S/m, spraying hot melt adhesive powder; and heating. The method can save energy, reduce the working space, reduce the labor intensity and improve the working environment by continuously carrying out the spraying and the melting operation of the hot melt adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2013Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Orisol Asia Ltd.Inventors: Jakov Makover, Bar Cochva Mardix, Yaacov Sadeh