Patents Examined by Jeffrey M Wollschlager
  • Patent number: 11613054
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing includes providing a continuous flat cover to an assembly line, where the assembly line includes a conveying means. The method also includes applying a flowable reaction material continuously to the flat cover, where the reaction mixture is configured to expand within the flat cover. The method also includes welding the continuous flat cover around the reaction mixture to form an initial profile element. The method also includes cutting the initial profile element, continuously along the assembly line, to form one or more profile elements. Each of the one or more profile elements is a portion of the initial profile element, and each of the one or more profile elements includes a geometry for conforming with a construction component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Klein, Christian Förg
  • Patent number: 11597805
    Abstract: A method for producing polysulfone micro-particles for 3D printing disclosed. For example, the method includes creating a mixture of polysulfone by dissolving polysulfone in an organic solvent, creating an aqueous solution of a polymeric stabilizer or a surfactant, adding the mixture of polysulfone to the aqueous solution to create a polysulfone solution, and processing the polysulfone solution to obtain polysulfone micro-particles having a desired particle size, a desired particle size distribution, and a desired shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Valerie M. Farrugia, Edward G. Zwartz, Sandra J. Gardner
  • Patent number: 11597126
    Abstract: A method for producing carbon fiber reinforced resin molded article of the present invention includes press-molding a mixture-made body including carbon fiber and thermoplastic resin to produce the article that is composed of CFRP. The method further includes perforating pores into the mixture-made body, before press-molding mentioned above. As, in perforating, at least the pores are formed so as to penetrate through a hardened part of a surface of the mixture-made body, the article made of the CFRP that does not have poor appearance, such as whitening or marble pattern, can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Oda, Katsumi Morohoshi, Kenichi Horai, Takashi Komiyama
  • Patent number: 11590677
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a physically crosslinked, closed cell continuous multilayer foam structure comprising at least one foam polypropylene/polyethylene layer with a KEE cap layer. The multilayer foam structure can be obtained by coextruding a multilayer structure comprising at least one foam layer composition layer with at least one cap layer composition layer, irradiating the coextruded structure with ionizing radiation, and continuously foaming the irradiated structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Toray Plastics (America), Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Ben-Daat, Jesse Jude Baldwin, Kaitlyn Michelle Bock, Pawel Sieradzki
  • Patent number: 11590687
    Abstract: Systems and methods of shaping a patterned or planarized film layer. Which may include contacting formable material on a substrate with a template during a contacting period, Which may also include reducing, during the contacting period, a pressure in an environment beyond an edge of the substrate from a first pressure to a second pressure, while the template is contacting the formable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Niyaz Khusnatdinov, Mario Johannes Meissl, Seth J. Bamesberger
  • Patent number: 11590804
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes circumferential main grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction and a land portion defined by the circumferential main grooves. The land portion includes a through lug groove that passes through the land portion in the tire lateral direction and includes first and second chamfered portions formed on left and right edge portions of the through lug groove. The first chamfered portion opens at one end to one of the edge portions of the land portion and terminates at the other end at a central portion in the groove length direction of the through lug groove. The second chamfered portion opens at one end portion to one of the edge portions of the land portion and terminates at the other end portion at a central portion in the groove length direction of the through lug groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Kubota, Noboru Kuwahara
  • Patent number: 11590685
    Abstract: A fiber aggregation contains fiber containing a thermoplastic resin, each of the fiber being mutually joined and aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Sohichiroh Iida, Hitoshi Iwatsuki, Mitsuru Naruse, Satoshi Ogawa, Yunsheng Sun
  • Patent number: 11584058
    Abstract: A method for the production control of an extruded plastic product with the following steps: recording at a first measuring point a first actual temperature of a measuring area provided on the plastic product, recording a second actual temperature of the measuring area at a second measuring point which is arranged at a distance from the first measuring point in a direction of extrusion of the plastic product, determining a setpoint temperature of the measuring area at the second measuring point, and outputting information on whether the second actual temperature is inside or outside a prescribed tolerance range of the setpoint temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: DELFINGEN FR-ANTEUIL S.A.
    Inventors: Hubert Rausch, Tobias Thomamüller
  • Patent number: 11584078
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods of providing heat to enable an FDM additive manufacturing nozzle having refined print control and enhanced printing speed. The heating element may include at least one sheath sized to fittedly engage around an outer circumference of the FDM printer nozzle; at least one wire coil at least partially contacting an inner diameter of the sheath; and at least one energy receiver associated with the at least one wire coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: JABIL INC.
    Inventors: William MacNeish, Erik Gjovik
  • Patent number: 11577439
    Abstract: Provided are extrusion dies having entrance, orientation, merging (205), and exit (211) sections, which dies may be used to produce fibers having, e.g., oriented reinforcement materials (e.g., PTFE) dispersed within. The dies provide fibers having enhanced mechanical and processing properties. The orientation section comprises orientation channels (203) wherein a ratio of a cross-sectional area having of the channel inlet to a cross-sectional area of the channel outlet is between 2 and 45.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SHPP Global Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Vaidyanath Ramakrishnan, Bruke Danniel Jofore, Johannes Gerardus Petrus Goossens, Pieter Jan Antoon Janssen, Hans Looij
  • Patent number: 11577968
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for fast molten salt reactor fuel-salt preparation. In one implementation, the method may comprise providing fuel assemblies having fuel pellets, removing the fuel pellets and spent fuel constituents from the fuel assemblies, granulating the removed fuel pellets or process feed to a chlorination process, processing the granular spent fuel salt into chloride salt by ultimate reduction and chlorination of the uranium and associated fuel constituents chloride salt solution, enriching the granular spent fuel salt, chlorinating the enriched granular spent fuel salt to yield molten chloride salt fuel, analyzing, adjusting, and certifying the molten chloride salt fuel for end use in a molten salt reactor, pumping the molten chloride salt fuel and cooling the molten chloride salt fuel, and milling the solidified molten chloride salt fuel to predetermined specifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: METATOMIC, INC.
    Inventor: Donald Ken Baer
  • Patent number: 11577445
    Abstract: The invention relates to a blow mould for transforming plastic parisons to form plastic containers, having a base part, a first side part and a second side part, wherein, in the assembled state of the blow mould, this base part together with the side parts form a hollow space, within which the plastic parisons can be expanded to form the plastic containers. According to the invention, at least one element of the blow mould has a first fastening section to which a first adapter element can be attached, which adapter element facilitates changing of the blow mould by means of a robot device, wherein this fastening section is formed in such a way that this adapter element can be attached releasably to this fastening section, and wherein this fastening section is formed in such a way that the blow mould can be arranged both with this adapter element and also without this adapter element on a transforming device for transforming plastic parisons to form plastic containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventor: Florian Geltinger
  • Patent number: 11554527
    Abstract: A method for forming plastic parisons to plastic bottles includes the following steps: introducing in a blow mold a plastic parison to be expanded, the blow mold having at least two lateral parts and a base part that is mobile in relation to said lateral parts in a longitudinal direction of the plastic parison; inserting a rod-shaped element in the interior of the plastic parison through a mouth of the plastic parison; applying a first pressure the plastic parison, applying a second pressure to the plastic parison, the second pressure deviating from the first pressure and being higher than the first pressure, applying a third pressure to the plastic parison, the third pressure deviating from the second pressure and being higher than the second pressure. The base part is advanced in the longitudinal direction of the plastic parison while at least temporarily applying the second pressure to the plastic parison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventors: Gerald Huettner, Ludovic Laine
  • Patent number: 11554558
    Abstract: There is disclosed a tool for manufacturing a composite component, the tool comprising: a skin composed of fibre reinforced plastic and defining a layup surface for the composite component, the skin having a plurality of passageways extending from the layup surface to an opposing surface of the skin; a backing secured to the skin, the backing and the skin defining a cavity therebetween; a support core disposed within the cavity and comprising a gas-permeable material in fluid communication with the passageways; and a conduit extending through the backing such that the conduit is in fluid communication with the gas-permeable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce plc
    Inventor: James Tingle
  • Patent number: 11549200
    Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided A process for making a cellulose fibre or film comprising the steps of dissolving pulp in an ionic liquid containing a cationic 1,5,7-triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-enium [TBDH]+ moiety and an anion selected from the group according to Formula a), Formula b) and Formula c), wherein each of R, R2, R3, R4, R5, R7, R8, R9 and R10 is H or an organyl radical and X? is selected from the group consisting of halides, pseudohalides, carboxylates, alkyl sulphite, alkyl sulphate, dialkylphosphite, dialkyl phosphate, dialkyl phosphonites and dialkyl phosphonates, to provide a spinning dope, extruding the spinning dope through a spinneret to form one or more filaments, and a step selected from the group consisting of spinning cellulose fibres from the solution, and extruding a cellulose film from the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: Aalto University Foundation sr, Helsingin Yliopisto
    Inventors: Herbert Sixta, Michael Hummel, Kadvaël Le Boulch, Ilkka Kilpeläinen, Alistair W.T. King, Jussi Helminen, Sanna Hellsten
  • Patent number: 11548045
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sheathing of a cable and a sheathing for a cable is provided where the method includes forming the cable sheathing by extrusion and the sheathing is made of a Pb—Ca—Sn alloy having a composition having from 0.03 to 0.05 weight % Ca and from 0.4 to 0.8 weight % Sn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: NEXANS
    Inventors: Audun Johanson, Arild Larsen
  • Patent number: 11548209
    Abstract: A method for forming an uncured rubber component, the method includes conveying an uncured extruded rubber strip extruded continuously from an extruder using a conveyor, the conveyor including a first conveyor and a second conveyor located at a downstream side of the first conveyor in a convey direction, the step of conveying including shrinking the uncured extruded rubber strip, wherein the step of shrinking is such that the uncured extruded rubber strip, in a relaxed state of a U-shaped manner, passes through fluid held in a tank between the first conveyor and the second conveyor without being restrained so that the uncured extruded rubber strip shrinks freely while receiving buoyancy from the fluid, and cutting the uncured extruded rubber strip in a predetermined length to form an uncured rubber component, after the step of shrinking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirokazu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11541573
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin pellet is columnar. A cross-sectional shape taken along a plane orthogonal to a height direction of the thermoplastic resin pellet has a longer diameter represented by “a” and a shorter diameter represented by “b”. A ratio a/b is greater than or equal to 1.0, and the ratio a/b is less than or equal to 2.6. A ratio ? of a unit height volume of a cylindrical portion of a hopper of a molding machine, into which the thermoplastic resin pellet is loaded, to a volume of the thermoplastic resin pellet is greater than 16. A method for manufacturing an electric cable includes supplying the thermoplastic resin pellet to the hopper, melting the thermoplastic resin pellet in the cylinder to supply molten resin to the die, and extruding the molten resin from the die to form a sheath on a core wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jihong Liu, Tadahiro Yabu
  • Patent number: 11542711
    Abstract: A synthetic nonwoven fabric having bonded fibers forming channels surrounding unbonded fibers forming raised slip resistant spots. The fabric is made by extruding hot polymer through a spinneret die onto a moving belt to form a sheet of random fibers, which sheet undergoes a calendering process between a pair of heated rollers, one of which rollers having a plurality of cavities defined in its surface. The resulting fabric can be laminated and otherwise combined with other layers as desired to provide an end product having good slip resistant properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: FT Synthetics Inc.
    Inventor: Gurpreet Singh Sandhar
  • Patent number: 11530147
    Abstract: A process for forming a biofilm carrier suitable for use in a moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) is presented. A blowing agent is mixed with a plastic material to form a blended material. The blended material is then heated to a temperature where the blowing agent liberates gas by decomposition. The heated blended material is extruded through a die to provide the extrudate with a profile of the biofilm carrier. Advantageously, biofilm carriers produced in this manner have increased effectiveness when compared to conventional biofilm carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas E. Frankel, Seoungil Kang, Todd D. Ritter