Patents Examined by Jamel M Nelson
  • Device for extruding, stretching, and winding a group of film strips
    Patent number: 10730716
    Abstract: Techniques involve extruding, orienting and winding up a skein of film tapes or monofilaments. In particular, an apparatus has an extrusion installation, a plurality of drawing-off rollers and orienting rollers and a multiplicity of winding positions which are held alongside one another and one above another on an operating side of a frame wall. The winding positions are configured such that the wound packages are kept ready for removal at the frame wall on a doffing side on the opposite side from the operating side. Such an apparatus is able to achieve a material flow that is as continuous as possible during the production of the film strips and monofilaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Frank Heymann
  • Method of aligning pixelated light engines
    Patent number: 10723078
    Abstract: A three dimensional printing system includes a plurality of light engines, an alignment article, a camera, and a controller. The plurality of light engines define a corresponding plurality of build fields which overlap and define a build plane. The alignment article carries an alignment calibration image and is configured to be mounted in the three dimensional printing system with the alignment calibration image proximate to the build plane and in facing relation with the plurality of light engines. The alignment calibration image defines a dark field with an array of reflective alignment targets. The camera is mounted to be in facing relation to the alignment calibration image. The controller is configured to operate at least the light engines and the camera to individually align the light engines to the alignment calibration image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: 3D Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Guthrie Cooper
  • Mold with weakened areas
    Patent number: 10702357
    Abstract: A mold includes a first section, a second section, and a weakened region that joins the first section to the second section. The weakened region is breakable, deflectable, or deformable in response to a first threshold force to enable the first section to be removed from a shell independently of the second section after the shell is formed over the mold. The first threshold force is less than a second threshold force that would damage or permanently deform the shell. The first section is a first mold of at least a portion of one or more first teeth of a dental arch and the second section is a second mold of at least a portion of one or more second teeth of the dental arch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Webber, Rohit Tanugula, Shiva P. Sambu, Crystal Tjhia
  • Mold with separable features
    Patent number: 10695956
    Abstract: A mold includes a main body and a separable feature. One or more first weakened regions join the separable feature to the main body. The one or more first weakened regions are breakable to enable the main body to be removed from a shell independently of the separable feature after the shell is formed over the mold. The main body includes a first section and a second section that are at least partially separable at one or more second weakened regions to enable the first section to be removed from the shell independently of the second section after the shell is formed over the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Rohit Tanugula, Dennis Te, Peter Webber, Shiva P. Sambu, Crystal Tjhia
  • Apparatus and method for three-dimensional (3D) printing/bio-printing
    Patent number: 10689606
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for three dimensional printing/bio-printing is disclosed. The apparatus includes a chamber further comprising a housing, an air supply unit, a heating and cooling unit, a humidifier, printing heads, gas removal unit and inlets. The housing further includes a printing platform coated with an antibacterial material and a UV lamp and an ozone generator, configured to turn on before printing the three dimensional prints on the printing platform, in order to sterilize the housing. A positive pressure in the chamber is increased by the air supply unit and the gas removal unit. External gases are passed and adjusted into the chamber by inlets. The humidity and temperature in the chamber are adjusted by the humidifier and the heating and cooling unit. The printing heads dispense biomaterial on the printing platform to create a three dimensional print.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Inventor: Chun To Chow
  • Additive manufacturing of extended structures
    Patent number: 10675811
    Abstract: An extended structure additive manufacturing device and method are provided. The device includes a movable material bonding component and a movement mechanism which enable the device to create parts outside the conventional additive manufacturing device print volumes defined by the device and its print-head. Methods of making parts involve creating a portion of a part and moving the extended structure additive manufacturing device relative to the part and printing a second portion of the part. Parts incapable of being formed using a conventional additive manufacturing device may be made using the extended structure additive manufacturing device and/or methods disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: MADE IN SPACE, INC.
    Inventors: Aaron Kemmer, Michael Snyder, Michael Chen, Jason Dunn
  • Method, system and device for inductively charging batteries in electronic cigarettes
    Patent number: 10651684
    Abstract: A system, a method, and a device for inductive charging of batteries in electronic articles, and more particularly for the inductive charging of batteries in electronic cigarettes. In one embodiment, a charging system for an electronic cigarette can comprise a pack comprising a pack battery electrically coupled to a charging coil. The pack can be configured to hold an electronic cigarette battery and the charging coil can be configured to charge the electronic cigarette battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Fontem Holdings 4 B.V.
    Inventor: Ramon Alarcon
  • System and methods for additive manufacturing of electromechanical assemblies
    Patent number: 10645812
    Abstract: A hybrid additive manufacturing approach that incorporates three-dimensional (3D) printing and placement of modules selected from a library of modules to fabricate an electromechanical assembly. By virtue of fabrication of the electromechanical assembly, mechanical properties and electrical properties of the assembly are created. The invention overcomes the material and process limitations of current printable electronics approaches, enabling complete, complex electromechanical assemblies to be fabricated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Cornell University
    Inventors: Robert MacCurdy, Hod Lipson
  • Injection molding machine including a temperature control jacket
    Patent number: 10639836
    Abstract: A joining member configured to join a temperature-controlled member and a temperature control jacket includes a temperature control jacket attachment part attached to the temperature control jacket, and a temperature-controlled member attachment part attached to the temperature-controlled member. The temperature control jacket attachment part includes a temperature control jacket-side opening into which a first bolt is insertable, and the temperature-controlled member attachment part includes a temperature-controlled member-side opening into which a second bolt is insertable. The temperature control jacket-side opening and/or the temperature-controlled member-side opening are configured to allow change in positions where the first and second bolts are inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fuyuki Sugiura, Akira Oomori
  • Deposition of clay structures
    Patent number: 10632646
    Abstract: A method of printing includes mixing a clay mixture with an alkaline agent to form a printable mixture; forming pellets from the printable mixture; ejecting the pellets from a print head onto a printing surface; and curing the pellets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: IHC Holland IE B.V.
    Inventors: Arjen van der Horst, Adrianus Josephus Petrus Marie Koevoets
  • 3D printer
    Patent number: 10583604
    Abstract: Provided is a 3D printer which can use pellets of various materials and produce a large molded object without requiring an inactive gas. The printer is equipped with: an extrusion apparatus, having a nozzle provided on a lower end side of a cylinder, a screw arranged in the cylinder and controllably rotated by a screw motor, a gear pump provided on a tip side of the screw and controllably rotated by a gear pump motor, a heater for heating an inside of the cylinder, and a hopper for supplying a resin material into the cylinder; a table apparatus positioned facing the nozzle of the extrusion apparatus; and a control apparatus for controlling discharge of a resin from the nozzle of the extrusion apparatus, and for controlling a movement of the extrusion apparatus and/or the table apparatus in X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis directions with respect to a reference plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Inventor: Seiichi Yuyama
  • Formation of particle structures
    Patent number: 10576040
    Abstract: Irregular, angular particles are produced by a manufacturing method that comprises forming a film on a substrate and then stretching the substrate along one or more axes to fracture the film into particle structures. The substrate may be moved continuously along a production line as the film is formed and may be stretched by accelerating that movement. The substrate may comprise a surface with elevated patterns to control the fracturing of the film. The particles are particularly suitable for the transdermal delivery of a biologically active substance into the body of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: NDM Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Dewan Fazlul Hoque Chowdhury
  • Mould system for a thermoforming device, thermoforming device, and method for thermoforming a product
    Patent number: 10576681
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mould system for a thermoforming device and to a thermoforming device with such a mould system (1, 2). The invention further relates to a method for thermoforming a product. According to the invention, the mould system is provided with a punching nipple (6) and a cutting plate (5) whereby a product can be at least partially formed and punched in one operating run.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: BOSCH SPRANG B.V.
    Inventor: Gijsbertus Adrianus Johannes Smeulders
  • Systems and methods for additive manufacturing recoating
    Patent number: 10569364
    Abstract: A recoating device for an additive manufacturing system includes a plurality of recoater blades which include a first stage and a second stage. The first stage includes a plurality of rows of the plurality of recoater blades and extends in the transverse dimension. The second stage includes a plurality of recoater blades and is configured substantially similar to the first stage of the plurality of recoater blades. The second stage of recoater blades is displaced from the first stage of recoater blades in the vertical dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jinjie Shi, David Charles Bogdan, Jr., William Thomas Carter, Christopher James Hayden
  • High-pressure polymerization process of ethylenically unsaturated monomers
    Patent number: 10562986
    Abstract: A process for polymerizing or copolymerizing ethylenically unsaturated monomers at pressures in the range of from 110 MPa to 500 MPa in a production line comprising a continuously operated polymerization reactor, wherein the process comprises monitoring the surrounding of the production line with respect to an occurrence of a leakage of monomers or of reaction mixture by an IR point detector arrangement of at least three groups of IR point detectors which are capable of detecting hydrocarbons and the groups of IR point detectors are operating according to a voting logic and starting automatically an emergency pressure release program when a group of IR point detectors of the IR point detector arrangement detects the presence of hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Andrei Gonioukh, Thomas Herrmann, Dieter Littmann, Andre-Armand Finette, Sven Wolfram
  • Aerosol delivery device including a bubble jet head and related method
    Patent number: 10548351
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices. The aerosol delivery devices include mechanisms configured to deliver an aerosol precursor composition from a reservoir to an atomizer including a vaporization heating element to produce a vapor. For example, a bubble jet head may be configured to dispense the aerosol precursor composition to the atomizer. The bubble jet head may be fixedly coupled to the atomizer. The bubble jet head may include a precursor inlet, an ejection heating element, and a precursor nozzle. The atomizer may include a vaporization heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: David Allan Brammer, David Jackson, Nigel John Flynn, Eric T. Hunt, Stephen Benson Sears, Dennis Lee Potter
  • Additive manufacturing system having in-head fiber teasing
    Patent number: 10543640
    Abstract: A head is disclosed for an additive manufacturing system. The head may include a body, and a nozzle connected to a discharge end of the body. The nozzle may be configured to discharge a composite material including a matrix and a continuous reinforcement that is at least partially coated in the matrix. The head may also include a fiber-teasing mechanism located inside the body and upstream of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Continuous Composites Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Lyle Tyler, Ryan C. Stockett, Kaleb Forrest Beebout
  • Controller of rotary compression-molding machine
    Patent number: 10525618
    Abstract: A controller of a rotary compression-molding machine is configured to detect, with a sensor, an amount of stuck molded products or a flow rate of molded products at an inlet configured to receive a molded product or an outlet configured to discharge the molded product subjected to predetermined post-treatment, of a peripheral device disposed downstream of the molding machine and is further configured to apply the post-treatment to the molded product discharged from the molding machine, and to regulate a rotational speed of a turret and punches of the molding machine in accordance with the detected amount of the stuck molded products or the detected flow rate of the molded products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: KIKUSUI SEISAKUSHO LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Shimada, Katsuhito Fujisaki, Toshihiro Nakaoka
  • Lyocell material for tobacco filter and method for preparing same
    Patent number: 10517325
    Abstract: This invention relates to a lyocell material for a cigarette filter and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein the lyocell material which is biodegradable and eco-friendly can be manufactured by crimping lyocell multifilaments to thus obtain a crimped tow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignees: KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC., KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jong Cheol Jeong, Woo Chul Kim, Sang Woo Jin, Burm Ho Yang, Man Seok Seo, Kyung Joon Lee, Hyun Suk Cho, Jong Yeol Kim
  • Master model having a complex shape, and kit for producing same
    Patent number: 10513055
    Abstract: Disclosed is a master model (1) defining a useful surface having a complex shape, including a set of juxtaposed frames (2a, 2b, 2c), each frame including a panel having a useful edge (8), the frames being disposed parallel and held rigidly connected with predefined spacings such that the useful edges of same form the useful surface. The panel of each frame includes a blind slot (10) forming an opening passing through the thickness, and the frames are rigidly connected by a spar (3, 3a, 3b, etc.) suitable for being inserted (6) in the lengthwise direction (L) of same into the slots and including transverse notches (11) for receiving and holding the frames, each notch being arranged to receive, by a relative transverse translational movement (7) of the spar relative to the frames, the part in question of the panel of each frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: IXBLUE
    Inventor: Sebastien Grall