Patents Examined by James D Sells
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Patent number: 11976225Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for bonding substrates, wherein the bond is a bond that can be released by heat treatment at a temperature of 50° C. to less than 200° C.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbHInventors: Nicolai Kolb, Gabriele Brenner, Bernhard Schleimer
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Patent number: 11973246Abstract: A method of shaping a gasket on a separator without causing destruction and damage. A fuel battery separator gasket is shaped via a shaping of a sticking agent and a transfer of the sticking agent. During the shaping, the sticking agent to be the gasket is shaped on a flexible substrate having flexibility. During the transfer, the sticking agent shaped on the flexible substrate is transferred to one of a pair of separators facing each other with an electrolyte membrane provided in a fuel battery cell being interposed therebetween and each having a bead forming a flow path of fluid between the bead and the electrolyte membrane in close contact with the electrolyte membrane to shape the gasket.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Taisuke Matsuda, Shigeru Watanabe
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Patent number: 11963853Abstract: A rotary welding device which includes a rotary part rotating about its axis of rotation, one or more supporting elements for supporting a continuous strip, specifically a strip of nappies, supported by the rotary part, and a plurality of welding units, mounted on the rotary part, for welding the continuous strip; each welding unit is configured to pass from a non-operating position to an operating position and vice versa; each welding unit includes a respective welding tip and a respective anvil element which is movable relative to the welding tip; each welding unit includes respective first movement means configured to drive the anvil element in rotation relative to the welding tip from an initial position, where the anvil element is angularly spaced from the welding tip, to a final position, where the surface of the welding tip and the surface of the anvil element are parallel and aligned with each other along the same axis, and vice versa.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: GDM S.P.A.Inventors: Andrea Duchini, Giacomo Noferini, Matteo Piantoni, Gabriele Resmini, Marco Rosani, Alessandro Saccomani, Maurizio Spatti
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Patent number: 11952515Abstract: The disclosed adhesive compositions comprise (A) an isocyanate component comprising (i) an isocyanate and (ii) an isocyanate-terminated silane compound. In some embodiments, the isocyanate-terminated silane compound (ii) is the reaction product of a polyisocyanate and an isocyanate-reactive compound comprising a silane group and at least one isocyanate-reactive group selected from the group consisting of —OH, —SH, and —NHR, where R stands for an alkyl remainder having from 1 to 12 C atoms or a cycloaliphatic or aromatic remainder having between 6 and 12 C atoms. In other embodiments, the isocyanate-terminated silane compound (ii) is the reaction product of a polyisocyanate selected from the group consisting of isophorone diisocyanate, m-xylylene diisocyanate, mixtures thereof, dimers thereof, trimers thereof, prepolymers thereof, and combinations thereof and an isocyanate-reactive compound comprising a silane group and at least one isocyanate-reactive group of —NH2.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Rui Xie, Jie Wu, Kalyan Sehanobish
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Patent number: 11945982Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an electrical sheet pack using an anaerobically curing adhesive, to an electrical sheet pack produced or producible by such a method, and to a device for creating an electrical sheet pack of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Ralph Wilken, Matthias Popp, Jost Degenhardt
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Patent number: 11940250Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a target support system. The target support system includes a support that is operationally configured to hold one or more projectile targets.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Inventors: Robert Woodcock, Lindsay Quebe
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Patent number: 11938683Abstract: A shaped article, a method for making it, and its use. The shaped article is formed from flat fiber material and has a bottom (2), a body (4), and an opening, which is surrounded by a circumferential flange (6). The shaped article (1) comprises a flange stabilizer (10) attached to the second flat side (18) of the flange (6) facing the bottom (2). The flange stabilizer (10) is disc-shaped and has an inner contour (12) corresponding to the desired cross-sectional shape of the shaped article (1) in the region of the opening and can be slipped over the body (4) in the region of the bottom (2) and up to the flange (6). The flat sides (16, 18) of the flange stabilizer (10) extend essentially parallel to the flange (6), defining and stabilizing the cross-sectional shape of the body (4) in the region of the opening and the flange.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Technische Universität DresdenInventor: Tobias Müller
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Patent number: 11910534Abstract: A mounting device includes: an application part applying paste on a substrate to form an application body; a bonding part forming a mounted body by mounting a chip component on the substrate via the application body; a first imaging part imaging the application body after application processing and before mounting processing to acquire first image information; a second imaging part imaging the mounted body after the mounting processing to acquire second image information; and a control part controlling the application part, the bonding part, and the first and second imaging parts, and obtains a 3D application body shape (first shape) from the first image information as a first shape and calculates a 3D mounted body shape (second shape) from the second image information. The control part evaluates the application processing or the mounting processing based on the first and the second shapes.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.Inventors: Tomonori Nakamura, Koji Matsushita, Hiroshi Omata, Masahito Tsuji, Keiichi Hiruma, Mitsuteru Sakamoto, Ryo Urahashi, Takaya Kinjo, Shota Nakano, Akira Sekikawa
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Patent number: 11908969Abstract: Provided is a method to recycle valuable materials included in a photovoltaic module having a resin back sheet or the like, for efficiently and easily recovering the valuable materials by removing the resin components from the photovoltaic module. The method of recovering valuable materials from a photovoltaic module, includes: a loading step of loading a photovoltaic module (X) having a resin back sheet and a sealing resin layer on a heat-resistant porous molded body (A) with the back sheet surface facing down; and a heating step of heating a load including the photovoltaic module (X) and the porous molded body (A) in a heating furnace in an oxidizing atmosphere to melt and then combust the resin components.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Tokuyama CorporationInventors: Masaru Sasai, Yuichiro Minabe
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Patent number: 11897207Abstract: The present invention relates to a sealing device for a secondary battery. The sealing device is configured to seal a battery case accommodating an electrode assembly therein to manufacture the secondary battery, the sealing device including a sealing block configured to press a sealing portion of the battery case, a flatness adjusting part configured to adjust a flatness of a pressing surface of the sealing block, and a heater part configured to transfer heat to the sealing block to thermally fuse the sealing portion of the battery case when the sealing portion is pressed by the sealing block.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Ik Soo Chae, Chang Bum Ahn
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Patent number: 11877914Abstract: The present disclosure relates to assembling elastic laminates that may be used to make absorbent article components. Methods herein may include an anvil adapted to rotate about an axis of rotation, wherein first and second spreader mechanisms adjacent the anvil roll are axially and angularly displaced from each other with respect to the axis of rotation. During the assembly process, a substrate may be advanced in a machine direction onto the rotating anvil. The first spreader mechanism stretches a first elastic material in the cross direction, and the second spreader mechanism stretches a second elastic material in the cross direction. The stretched first and second elastic materials advance from the spreader mechanisms and onto the substrate on the anvil roll. The combined and elastic materials may then be ultrasonically bonded together on the anvil to form at least one elastic laminate.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2023Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Todd Douglas Lenser, Urmish Popatlal Dalal
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Patent number: 11873128Abstract: A system includes a first horn, a first ultrasonic transducer, a second horn, a second ultrasonic transducer, a memory, and a controller. The first horn includes a first part-interfacing surface. The second horn includes a second part-interfacing surface and is positioned relative to the first horn such that a part to be welded can be positioned between the first and second part-interface surfaces. The controller is configured to cause a first ultrasonic energy to be applied through the first horn via the first transducer to cause the first part-interfacing surface to vibrate, cause the first horn to move in a first direction at a first time, cause a second ultrasonic energy to be applied through the second horn via the second transducer to cause the second part-interfacing surface to vibrate, and cause the second horn to move in a second direction at the first time.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Dukane IAS, LLCInventors: Leo Klinstein, Petr Vasko, Robert Edward Aldaz, Joseph Re, Andrew Germaine
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Patent number: 11872113Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for assembling elastic laminates that may be used to make absorbent article components. Particular aspects of the present disclosure include providing a first substrate and a second substrate, the first substrate and the second substrate, each having a width in a cross direction; providing an elastic material; elongating the activated elastic material using a spreader mechanism; and ultrasonically bonding the first substrate together with the second substrate with the elongated activated elastic material positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate using an anvil and an ultrasonic device.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2023Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Todd Douglas Lenser, Urmish Popatlal Dalal
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Patent number: 11866617Abstract: Adhesive compositions are described that are suitable for securing building materials, such as TPO membrane roofing to a structural element, such as a roof deck. The adhesive compositions are very high-solids, wet-set adhesives that provide a peel strength that meets or exceeds industry standards, while requiring application to only one of two surfaces to be joined. The adhesive compositions comprise a liquid modifier with hydroxyl functionality, a chlorinated polyolefin and a silylated polymer. Methods of use are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Franklin International, Inc.Inventors: John William Duffy, Mark A. Vrana, Tanzin Fatima
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Patent number: 11858218Abstract: A tube seal apparatus including a sealing iron having a tube sealing end, an insulating shroud having a tube clamping end, wherein the sealing iron is at least partially disposed within the insulating shroud. The apparatus further includes an anvil having a cutting detail and a non-stick membrane disposed between the anvil and the tube clamping end of the insulating shroud. The sealing iron and insulating shroud are configured to advance towards a tube to be sealed positioned between the non-stick membrane and the anvil. The tube clamping end is configured to clamp the tube through the non-stick membrane. The sealing iron is configured to advance towards the tube to melt and seal the tube against the cutting detail through the non-stick membrane.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Invetech, Inc.Inventors: Cameron Keller, Robert Alister Neil
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Patent number: 11862487Abstract: A device, a system and a method for bonding two substrates. A first substrate holder has a recess and an elevation.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: EV Group E. Thallner GmbHInventors: Markus Wimplinger, Florian Kurz, Viorel Dragoi
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Patent number: 11850806Abstract: A method for manufacturing an air bag includes forming a bag portion surrounded by a welded portion extending in an annular shape by pressing at least one welding mold against two sheet materials arranged to be stacked from a stacking direction of the sheet materials. The welding mold is pressed against the sheet materials to form the welded portion including a welding bead portion protruding to an inside of the bag portion between the sheet materials. A pressing surface of the welding mold against the sheet materials is provided with a slope portion facing in the stacking direction of the sheet materials and in a direction of the inside of the bag portion at a position further on an outside of the bag portion than a position at which the welding bead portion is formed.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhito Kurematsu, Makoto Sakai, Ryosuke Mizuno, Satoshi Masuda, Tomokazu Seki, Masaaki Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Tomoko Kanbara
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Patent number: 11833764Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for ultrasonic treatment of a plastic material, comprising the steps of: positioning the plastic material between a sonotrode and a counter-tool, bringing the sonotrode excited by means of an ultrasonic oscillation into contact with the plastic material during a welding phase, moving the sonotrode and the counter-tool towards each other during a holding phase, in which neither the sonotrode nor the counter-tool are excited with an ultrasonic oscillation so that a force F is applied onto the plastic material. In order to reduce treatment times, wherein at the same time the quality of the welding process is not impaired but is even to be improved, it is proposed according to the invention that the force F is varied during the holding phase.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: HERRMANN ULTRASCHALLTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Thomas Wipfler
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Patent number: 11827409Abstract: An apparatus for attaching a label to a moving cable, the apparatus comprising: a roller for pressing a label against the moving cable, wherein the label has a first attaching edge and a second attaching edge and wherein the roller comprises: a first roller for pressing the label against the moving cable, wherein the label is pressed against the moving cable with the first attaching edge and the second attaching edge of the label on opposites sides of the moving cable; a first roll down roller for folding the second edge of the label against the moving cable; and a second roll down roller for folding the first edge of the label against the moving cable.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Encore Wire CorporationInventor: Robert Eugene Brooks
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Patent number: 11813801Abstract: A method may produce an axially movable connection between two components with a plastic as a sliding material arranged therebetween. The method may involve providing the two components and either at least one of the two components has a plastic coating or a plastic sleeve is provided between the components, joining the two components to form a unit via a pressing force in an axial direction, clamping the unit in a device in which the two components are clampable and subjectable to a displacement force in the axial direction, pressing a sonotrode against an outer of the two components and bracing the outer component against a counter-holder, injecting an ultrasound signal into the sonotrode and moving the two components back and forth in the axial direction until a displacement force or a displacement velocity reaches a target, and ending the ultrasound signal and removing the unit from the device.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignees: thyssenkrupp Presta AG, thyssenkrupp AGInventor: Peter Hirschauer