Patents Examined by Jacob T Minskey
  • Patent number: 11511468
    Abstract: [Problems] The objective of present invention is to provide the mold, injection molding system and method capable of limiting the outflow of pressurized fluid injected into a mold cavity. [Solution] A mold device and a molding device comprising: a shaft body 27 provided at least on one mold among a first mold 205 and a second mold 206 that form a molding space 200, the shaft body being used for pushing out a molded article formed from a resin injected into the molding space 200; a ring-shaped elastic member for supporting the shaft body 27 in which an opening formed along the circumferential direction is oriented toward the said molding space; and an injection portion provided on at least one mold among the first mold 205 and the second mold 206, the injection portion being used for injecting a pressurized fluid into the molding space 200.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11506973
    Abstract: An imprint apparatus that forms a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate using a mold having a pattern formation area. The imprint apparatus includes a mold measurement unit configured to measure a position of the pattern formation area of the mold, a light modulation element configured to control an intensity distribution of irradiation light applied to the substrate, an irradiation light measurement unit configured to measure a position of the irradiation light, and a control unit configured to control the position of the irradiation light with respect to the position of the pattern formation area based on a measurement result of the position of the pattern formation area by the mold measurement unit and a measurement result of the position of the irradiation light by the irradiation light measurement unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenji Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11504890
    Abstract: An insert molding apparatus includes: a lower mold including a seating part on which an insert member including a through-hole is seated; an upper mold mounted on the lower mold to receive the insert member seated on the seating part; and a first fixing part including a first head provided in the lower mold and inserted into the through-hole of the insert member when the insert member is seated, and a first drive unit that moves the first head. The first drive unit is moved to adjust a length by which the first head is inserted into the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyun Kyung Kim, Dong Eun Cha, Jin Young Yoon, Byung Kyu Yoon, Hwi Sung Jung, Sang Hyeon Park, Ju Hyun Kwon, Seung Ryeol Lee, Yong Woo Jung, Min Jun Kim, Eon Yeon Jo
  • Patent number: 11504941
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for fabricating a textile article from a laminate formed by curing a reinforced fiber matrix and a resin substrate. The resin substrate may include iron oxide particles, such as iron oxide, Fe3O4, that are capable of absorbing and attenuating RF signals within a desired RF signal range, namely 0 GHz-3 GHz, 3 GHz, ?8 GHz, and greater than or equal to 10 GHz. The iron oxide particles may include Fe3O4Fe, Fe3O4Ni, or Fe3O4, and/or so forth. Each iron oxide particle is selected based on the RF signal range that the textile article is intended to absorb. In other words, a change in iron oxide particle composition and proportion by volume may impact the RF signals absorbed and attenuated by the textile article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventor: Conrad Sun
  • Patent number: 11504901
    Abstract: A method for forming a composite fluid conduit includes providing an inner pipe having a variation in cross-section between at least two different longitudinal sections thereof and applying a fiber reinforced composite material to the inner pipe. In some disclosed examples the variation in cross section may be provided intermediate opposing ends of the inner pipe. In other disclosed examples the variation in cross section may be provided at an end region of the inner pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: M-Flow Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Giles Edward, Richard Damon Goodman Roberts, Martin Peter William Jones, Luke Rumsey, John Brickwood, Milan Bujdoso
  • Patent number: 11498296
    Abstract: A method including receiving a model of a composite structure having an inconsistency. The model includes a pre-calculated heating model that specifies areas of the inconsistency for which corresponding different amounts of heating are applied to an uncured composite material that is applied to the inconsistency. A design for heating elements of varying density across the areas is generated from the model. The design is configured to cause the heating elements in a first sub-area of a heat blanket system to generate a first amount of heat in a third area in the areas, and to cause the heating elements in a second sub-area of the heat blanket system to generate a second, different amount of heat in a fourth area of the areas. The heating elements are printed according to the design on a blanket to manufacture the heat blanket system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John F. Spalding, Jeffrey Lynn Duce
  • Patent number: 11499269
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing loaded paper pulp for use in the manufacture of paper or paper board. At least one process stream containing a plurality of unrefined pulp fibers and at least one process stream of at least one filler are combined in a refiner to form a loaded paper pulp composition having a plurality of surface enhanced pulp fibers that are loaded with particles of the at least one filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Domtar Paper Company LLC
    Inventors: Harshad Pande, Bruno Marcoccia
  • Patent number: 11498980
    Abstract: Provided is a novel defibration method different from defibration by physical/mechanical pulverization and different from defibration by chemical modification. Provided is a defibration method and a production apparatus each capable of obtaining an intended, fine CNF without chemically modifying the CNF itself and by a treatment for a short time. A method for producing a cellulose nanofiber, the method being a method for continuously obtaining a cellulose nanofiber from raw material cellulose without performing chemical defibration and without performing physical/mechanical defibration in a post-treatment, and comprising mixing subcritical water in a high-temperature/high-pressure state, the subcritical water having a temperature of 180° C. or higher and lower than 370° C. and having a pressure of 5 MPa to 35 MPa, and the raw material cellulose, thereby defibrating the raw material cellulose to obtain a cellulose nanofiber dispersed in water, and a production apparatus for obtaining the cellulose nanofiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAIDEN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Kanedai, Yu Tokuda
  • Patent number: 11491715
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a component (1) comprises the steps of providing precursor material in a working medium, creating acoustic forces and positioning the precursor material in the working medium under the effect of the acoustic forces, so that a material distribution is formed, which has a shape of the component to be fabricated, and subjecting at least one of the material distribution and the working medium to a fixation, so that the precursor material of the material distribution or the working medium surrounding the material distribution is bound, wherein the step of creating the acoustic forces includes generating an acoustic interference pattern (5), and the material distribution (4) is formed by moving the precursor material (2) towards energy extrema of the acoustic interference pattern (5). Furthermore, an apparatus (100) for fabricating a component (1) is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
    Inventors: Kai Melde, Peer Fischer
  • Patent number: 11491704
    Abstract: A forming device that forms a 3D object includes a head section including a plurality of nozzle rows, and a scanning driving section that causes the head section to carry out a scanning operation; where the head section includes a first nozzle row group, a second nozzle row group, and a support nozzle row group; in an operation of at least one of the forming modes, the forming device forms at least one part of the 3D object using the first nozzle row group and the second nozzle row group and forms a support layer in a periphery of the 3D object; and when a maximum value of a material dischargeable in unit time in one scanning operation is defined as a material discharging ability, the material discharging ability of the support nozzle row group is greater than the material discharging ability of the first nozzle row group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunio Hakkaku, Kazuhiro Ochi, Masakatsu Okawa
  • Patent number: 11491771
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a composite material, the method comprises the steps of a) providing a first layer of a fibre reinforced polymer, preferably a thermoset FRP, b) providing an array of thermoplastic islands across at least a proportion of a major surface of the first layer, c) providing a second layer of a fibre reinforced polymer, preferably a thermoset FRP, d) laying the second layer over at least some of the islands, and e) securing the first and second layers together. There is also disclosed a composite which comprises a first layer of a fibre reinforced polymer and a second layer of a fibre reinforced polymer, between which is an intervening layer comprising an array of thermoplastic islands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventors: Alma Hodzic, Patrick James Smith
  • Patent number: 11485059
    Abstract: Provided is a double injection molding system capable of continuously and automatically manufacturing four molded products for a vehicle at a time, the double injection molding system including: a first molding device which molds the openable plates of the molded products for a vehicle through injection of plastic; a second molding device which receives the openable plates and molds the sealing portions through injection of rubber around the openable plates to finish the molded products; and a transport device which takes out the openable plates formed by the molding device and transports the openable plates, to the second molding device, so that the double injection molding process of the openable plates and the sealing portions is automated to secure product reliability and to improve productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventor: Jeong-heon Kwak
  • Patent number: 11485846
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparation of a propylene-based polymer composition involving the steps of: (a) mixing a propylene-based polymer and a peroxydicarbonate in a mixing device, wherein the mixing takes place at a temperature of ?30° C., wherein the peroxydicarbonate is introduced into the mixing process in a dry form; (b) keeping the mixed composition at a temperature of ?30° C.; (c) feeding the mixed composition into a melt extruder; (d) homogenizing the mixed composition at a temperature where the propylene-based polymer is in solid state during an average residence time of ?6.0 and ?30.0 seconds; (e) further homogenizing the mixed composition at a temperature at which the propylene-based polymer is in the molten state; and (f) extruding the homogenized material from a die outlet of the melt extruder followed by cooling and solidification; wherein the steps (a) through (f) are conducted in that order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Peter Degenhart, Ana Luisa Vaz, Martin Antonius van Es, Mark Berix
  • Patent number: 11478978
    Abstract: Methods of making a composite article are provided herein. The method can include an unwinding step including unwinding a fiber substrate material from a creel at an unwinding velocity and an impregnation step including applying an uncured resin composition to the fiber substrate material to form a resin-fiber material. The method further includes a winding step comprising applying the resin-fiber material onto a shaped surface at a winding velocity and a solidifying step comprising applying heat to the resin-fiber material to initiate an exothermic reaction comprising polymerization, cross-linking, or both of the uncured resin composition. Temperature of the resin-fiber material can be monitored during operation of the method and a polymerization front velocity set point (vpfs) and an operating polymerization front velocity (vpfo) can be determined. Parameters can be adjusted to maintain a vpfo that is substantially the same as the vpfs. Systems for performing said methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Bradley A. Newcomb
  • Patent number: 11478989
    Abstract: Method for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects, whereby flow of an inert process gas, preferably an inert gas or containing inert gas, is created, the inert process gas flowing through a chamber (3, 10) of at least one build apparatus (2) which is configured to additively manufacture three-dimensional objects by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a powdered build material (3) which can be consolidated by means of an energy beam, and/or through a chamber of at least one apparatus (2) which is configured to perform at least one pre-processing step of an additive manufacturing process, and/or through a chamber of at least one at least one apparatus (2) which is configured to perform at least one post-processing step of an additive manufacturing process, wherein the flow of process gas displaces a certain volume of fluid from the chamber (3, 10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: CONCEPT LASER GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Diller, Rainer Lang
  • Patent number: 11478968
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a tube by injection molding a thermoplastic molding compound by using an injection-molding device with an article cavity, which defines the outer contour of the tube, and with an injection device, which is designed to drive a profile through the article cavity filled with the thermoplastic molding compound and thereby displace a liquid core of the molding compound, wherein the method envisages closing an opening of the article cavity with a mould core, which with the article cavity forms a hollow mould space and which has a secondary cavity that can be filled with the molding compound. After the filling of the article cavity and the hollow mould space with the thermoplastic molding compound, a projectile is driven through the article cavity, wherein the projectile displaces the molding compound into the secondary cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Hartmut Wolf
  • Patent number: 11479916
    Abstract: The composite structure includes a fiber-containing layer, such as a fiberboard layer or other layer having fibers from natural and/or synthetic sources, and a mineral-containing layer covering the fiber-containing layer. The fiber-containing layer and mineral-containing layer can be shaped, sized and manufactured such that the composite structure formed therefrom is capable of being machined to form a storage article. The composite structure has advantages in that it can improve whiteness, opacity, ink adhesion, materials reduction, barrier properties, recyclability, and printability. The composite can reduce polymer mass requirements for heat seal, barrier, and fiber adhesion. Further improvements include economics, pliability, and flexibility that is increased over the pliability of the fiber-containing layer alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Smart Planet Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher R. Tilton
  • Patent number: 11478997
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an automated fiber placement system that comprises a robot, an end effector, and a creel assembly that is coupled to the robot and movable with the robot. The creel assembly comprises a spool of a tow and a tow tensioner. The tow tensioner comprises an arm assembly that is pivotable toward and away from a tow direction between a forward position and a rearward position, inclusive, and configured to secure the tow from the spool as the tow unwinds from the spool and moves in the tow direction. The tow tensioner also comprises a biasing member that is coupled to the arm assembly and configured to bias the arm assembly into a neutral position between the forward position and the rearward position. The tow tensioner additionally comprises a potentiometer that is coupled to the arm assembly and configured to detect a position of the arm assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Richard A. Miller
  • Patent number: 11472073
    Abstract: Disclosed is a microwave-transmitting mould structure, comprising a first template, a second template and a mould combining unit. The mould combining unit has a first snap fit, a second snap fit and an engagement member. The first snap fit is arranged on the first template; the second snap fit is arranged on the second template; and the engagement member is snap-fit engaged between the first snap fit and the second snap fit, so that when the first template and the second template are subjected to an outward pressure, corresponding faces thereof which the engagement member can pass through respectively abut against abutting faces of the first snap fit and of the second snap fit, and thus, the first template and the second template cannot be separated from each other due to an increased pressure inside the mould.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SUNKO INK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui-Chen Chiu, Ting-Ti Huang, Ya-Chi Wang
  • Patent number: 11472105
    Abstract: Embodiments for 3D printing an object by a processor are described. An object is selected to be printed by a 3D printer. The 3D printer includes a structure. The structure is modified based on the selected object. The selected object is 3D printed by the 3D printer. At least a portion of the selected object is supported by the modified structure while the selected object is being 3D printed by the 3D printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hardee, Sarbajit K. Rakshit