Patents Examined by Galen H Hauth
  • Patent number: 11326034
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a polytetrafluoroethylene formed product according to an aspect of the invention is a manufacturing method for a polytetrafluoroethylene formed product, the method including a step of irradiating a forming material containing a polytetrafluoroethylene as a principal component with ionizing radiation, wherein the polytetrafluoroethylene has a melt viscosity at 380° C. of not greater than 7×105 Pa·s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC FINE POLYMER, DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Ikeda, Hong-Phuc Nguyen, Hirotoshi Yoshida, Taku Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11318653
    Abstract: In a temperature control device, a resin flow channel is formed from a nozzle section and a cylinder section that is connected to the nozzle section and the device controls the temperature of the resin that flows in the resin flow channel. The temperature control device is provided with: a first temperature sensor for detecting the nozzle temperature of the resin flowing through the nozzle section; a first temperature control unit for performing PID control so that the nozzle temperature achieves a first target temperature; multiple second temperature sensors for detecting the cylinder temperature of the resin flowing through the cylinder section; and second temperature control units for performing PID control so that the cylinder temperature achieves a second target temperature. The second temperature control units perform PID control of the cylinder temperature using temperature control information from the first temperature control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki Yamada, Takashi Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 11319469
    Abstract: The present invention refers to co-extrusion of one or more polyolefins with one or more adhesive layers to improve the adhesiveness of the polyolefins in metal, epoxy resin, glass, ceramics, paper, wood, thermoplastic resin, fabric, non-woven fabric, varnishes and formica. More specifically, the present invention refers to a method of co-extruding at least one polyolefin with an adhesive layer, thereby enhancing the adhesion properties of the polyolefin, particularly in polyurethane foams such that a polar surface is imparted to the obtained adhesived polyolefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Braskem S.A.
    Inventors: Carolina Barreto Roma Martinelli, Marcelo Farah
  • Patent number: 11312045
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a coil component comprising the steps of: preparing a coil assembly body in which a coil is attached on a magnetic core and a mold body which is formed with a cavity portion in the inside thereof and which includes at least one opening portion, putting a viscous admixture including magnetic powders and thermosetting resin and the coil assembly body in the cavity portion, pushing the put-in viscous admixture in the mold body, and thermally-curing the pushed-in viscous admixture and forming a magnetic exterior body which covers the coil assembly body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SUMIDA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motomi Takahashi, Tomohiro Kajiyama, Teruaki Tanaka, Shinichi Sakamoto, Juichi Oki, Mitsugu Kawarai, Tsutomu Otsuka
  • Patent number: 11312056
    Abstract: A twin screw extruder (10) for producing a fiber-reinforced resin composition, which is obtained by charging the extruder with a thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fibers in roving form and the reinforcing fibers being fibrillated/cut and being dispersed/kneaded into the thermoplastic resin, comprises: a plate-shaped blade (15), which protrudes from the inner surface of a cylinder (11) and faces a screw (20) and the longitudinal direction of which faces the axial direction of the cylinder; and a height adjustment means (16) for adjusting the gap between the blade (15) and the screw (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Kimura, Makoto Tojo, Daigo Saga
  • Patent number: 11305473
    Abstract: An extrusion crosshead assembly for manufacturing braid reinforced tubing includes a body having a bore housing an outer deflector, an outer spline concentrically mounted within a bore of the outer deflector, an inner spline concentrically mounted within the outer spline and forming a plenum therebetween, an inner deflector concentrically mounted within a bore of the inner spline, and a hollow tip body mounted concentrically within a bore of the inner deflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: PRUVEN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: James Prue
  • Patent number: 11305462
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to a mould system (70) for manufacturing a shear web for a wind turbine blade as well as to a backing plate (66) for such method and mould system. The method involves arranging one or more fibre layers on top of a web mould part (61), arranging backing plates (66) at each end to create a mould cavity between the first and second backing plate (66, 68) and the web mould part (61). Each backing plate (66, 68) comprises an inner moulding surface (80), outer surfaces (98, 100) and a channel (82) or groove (83) extending between at least one of the outer surfaces (98, 100) and the inner moulding surface (80). Resin is supplied to the mould cavity via each channel or groove of the first and second backing plate (66, 68), and subsequently the resin is cured or hardened to form the shear web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: LM WIND POWER US TECHNOLOGY APS
    Inventors: Karsten Schibsbye, Michael Larsen, Kristian Lehmann Madsen
  • Patent number: 11298895
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing fiber-reinforced composite parts by means of vacuum infusion of a reactive resin mixture, characterized in that the steps of production of the reactive resin mixture and injection into the cavity are carried out in an infusion device in immediate temporal succession.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Covestro Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Andreas Frahm
  • Patent number: 11298896
    Abstract: A pressing member is configured to press a portion-to-be-pressed of a continuous-fiber sheet against a recessed surface of a first mold in a state where the continuous-fiber sheet is placed between the first mold and a second mold. A pulling member is configured to bring the continuous-fiber sheet into close contact with the main surface and the recessed surface by pulling a portion of the continuous-fiber sheet located on an outer peripheral side of the portion-to-be-pressed after the pressing member presses the portion-to-be-pressed against the recessed surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ueno, Shotaro Ishikawa, Masataka Asai
  • Patent number: 11292175
    Abstract: Disclosed is an asymmetric co-rotating multi-screw extrusion device, an extruder, and a processing method thereof. The barrel is provided with a feed port located at one end of the screw mechanism and a discharge port located at the other end of the screw mechanism, and the barrel comprises a conveying section, a melting section, an exhaust section, and a mixing extrusion section sequentially arranged from a side thereof where the feed port is located, wherein the exhaust section is provided with an exhaust hole. The screw mechanism comprises at least a first screw and a second screw arranged parallel to the first screw, wherein at least one of the first screw and the second screw has a cross-sectional profile comprising an arc forming a radial step between a root and a crest thereof, and the first screw and the second screw are asymmetrically inter-meshed and co-rotated at the same speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: WUYI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Baiping Xu, Huiwen Yu, Biao Liu, Shuping Xiao, Yaoxue Du
  • Patent number: 11289242
    Abstract: A method for producing an elongated article with a sheath. The sheath is extruded with a predetermined wall thickness in an extrusion unit. Following the extrusion unit in a feeding direction, a part of the still moldable material is built up with the aid of a molding unit during a molding process such that a molded part forms integrally on the sheath. The molding unit is moved according to the following working cycle: the molding unit is accelerated from a starting position in the feeding direction, then it is advanced in the direction of the elongated article and the molded part is formed, the molding unit is withdrawn from the elongated article, and the molding unit is decelerated and moved from an end position, counter to the feeding direction, back in the direction of the starting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: LEONI Kabel GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Ernst, Sebastian Goss, Andreas Schreiber, Joerg Wenzel
  • Patent number: 11285652
    Abstract: A no solid bed extruder screw for processing a material to a molten state has a body with a helical thread formed thereon, the thread having pushing and trailing surfaces. The body has an outer surface and extends longitudinally between feed and discharge ends. A channel for receiving the material to be processed is defined between the outer surface of the body and an outer diameter of the thread bounded by the pushing surface and the trailing surface of the thread. A volume of the channel decreases in a plurality of revolutions of the thread in a direction from the feed end to the discharge end. A channel depth between the pushing surface and the trailing surface decreases for a first portion of the channel toward the feed end and increases for a second portion of the channel toward the discharge end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventor: Robert A. Barr
  • Patent number: 11285648
    Abstract: The invention relates to a moulding system (100) comprising a structure (102), a fixed mould (104) fixed to the structure (102), a first mobile mould (106) mounted with translational mobility on the structure (102) between an open position in which the first mobile mould (106) is away from the fixed mould (104) and a closed position in which the first mobile (106) is against the fixed mould (104), and a monitoring system (150) which comprises: a first reference surface (152) solidly fixed to the fixed mould (104) and parallel to the direction of translational movement (50) of the first mobile mould (106), a first sensor (154) solidly fixed to the first mobile mould (106) which comes to bear against the first reference surface (152) and is configured to measure a first distance perpendicular to the first reference surface (152), and a control unit (156) which is connected to the first sensor (154) and which is configured to detect a deviation in the first distance measured by the first sensor (154) with res
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: ERMO SAS
    Inventors: Pascal Girault, Laurent Maunoury, Maurizio Del Nevo
  • Patent number: 11267215
    Abstract: A tablet discharge gate for a tablet press comprises a tablet channel having an inlet and an outlet and comprising one of a tube shape and a trough shape, a first outlet channel, and a second outlet channel. A gate chamber is positioned between the outlet of the tablet channel and the first and second outlet channels. A drive apparatus is configured to move the tablet discharge gate between a first position in which tablets are supplied from the tablet channel to the gate chamber and into the first outlet channel of the gate, and a second position in which tablets are supplied to the tablet discharge gate chamber and into the second outlet channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Fette Compacting GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Kolbe, Stefan Mallon, Friedrich Meissner, Jan Naeve, Stefan Luedemann
  • Patent number: 11254616
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing an integral 3D humic acid-carbon hybrid foam, comprising: (A) forming a solid shape of humic acid-polymer particle mixture; and (B) pyrolyzing the solid shape of humic acid-polymer particle mixture to thermally reduce humic acid into reduced humic acid sheets and thermally convert polymer into pores and carbon or graphite that bonds the reduced humic acid sheets to form the integral 3D humic acid-carbon hybrid foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Global Graphene Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Aruna Zhamu, Bor Z. Jang
  • Patent number: 11247406
    Abstract: A three-dimensional object includes an outer-layer member and an inner structural member. The outer-layer member is a layer to constitute the surface of the three-dimensional object, and includes an inner space. The outer-layer member is made up of a plurality of divided outer-layer pieces formed of build material, which is functional ink ejected from a droplet ejection head and cured. The inner structural member is disposed in the inner space of the outer-layer member and configured to support the outer-layer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tanaka, Kosuke Kobayashi, Yoshikazu Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11249394
    Abstract: An imprint method for forming a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate-side pattern region of a substrate by using a mold. The method includes deforming a partial region of the substrate, the partial region corresponding to the substrate-side pattern region, by irradiating the substrate with light that has passed through the mold and has a first wavelength different from light having a second wavelength that is used for curing the imprint material, and curing the imprint material by irradiating the light having the second wavelength in a state in which the substrate-side pattern region is deformed and the mold is contacted with the imprint material. The step of deforming includes forming an uneven temperature distribution on the substrate-side pattern region by irradiation of the light having the first wavelength with an uneven illumination distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatusya Hayashi, Yosuke Murakami, Noriyasu Hasegawa, Hirotoshi Torii, Yusuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11235502
    Abstract: Provided is a mold carrier. The mold carrier comprises a mold bearing chassis, a pressure bearing plate, and a tie bar. The mold bearing chassis includes a plurality of molds disposed therein. Each mold has one or more mold cavities. The pressure bearing plate is configured to physically couple to the mold bearing chassis during an injection molding process. The tie bar runs through the center of the mold bearing chassis and the pressure bearing plate. The mold bearing chassis is configured to allow components to be removed from their molds without separating the mold bearing chassis from the pressure bearing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Pengcheng Xie, Rui Ma, Qiuyi Yu, XiYuan Yin, Qiuying Wang
  • Patent number: 11235528
    Abstract: A carriageless print head assembly, for use in extrusion-based additive construction is disclosed. The carriageless print head features a cold end equipped with one or more timing belt attachment slots and bores for receiving bearings to achieve linear motion. The carriageless print head may be optionally equipped with some combination of an air conduit for cooling the top layer of the constructed product, a fluid channel for aiding in the regulation of the temperature of the print head cold end, and a thermal monitor for monitoring the temperature of the cold end of the print head. A computer-mediated method of monitoring the cold end of the print head to limit jams due to overheating is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: R3 Printing, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Sieradzki
  • Patent number: 11226559
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of forming a three-dimensional object in which the polymerizable liquid includes a mixture of (i) a light polymerizable first component, and (ii) a heat polymerizable second component; the heat polymerizable second component comprising (i) a first blocked reactive constituent that is blocked with a volatile blocking group, and optionally (ii) a curative. Upon heating a formed three-dimensional intermediate sufficiently, the volatile blocking group is cleaved and vaporizes out of the three-dimensional intermediate, to form the three-dimensional object. Also provided is a three-dimensional object produced by the method. Further provided is a polymerizable liquid composition useful for carrying out the method, and prepolymers and monomers useful for the polymerizable liquid composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Kai Chen, Andrew Gordon Wright, Mu San Zhang