Patents Examined by Jethro M Pence
  • Patent number: 11967696
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for forming a particle film on a substrate. Preferably, a series of corona guns, staggered to optimize film thickness uniformity, are oriented on both sides of a slowly translating grounded substrate (copper or aluminum for the anode or cathode, respectively). The substrate is preferably slightly heated to induce binder flow, and passed through a set of hot rollers that further induce melting and improve film uniformity. The sheeting is collected on a roll or can be combined in-situ and rolled into a single-cell battery. The invention is also directed to products formed by the processes of the invention and, in particular, batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Dragonfly Energy Corp.
    Inventors: Denis Phares, Justin S. Ferranto
  • Patent number: 11964295
    Abstract: A girth weld coating machine has an application head rotatable about a pipeline. A reservoir of coating material is carried on the application head and progressively dispenses coating material on to the girth weld. The coating material is applied to the pipe surface by a roller to spread and distribute the coating over the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Automatic Coating Limited
    Inventor: Brad Bamford
  • Patent number: 11959202
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus for manufacturing a textile grid with increased adhesion and a method thereof capable of integrating the textile grid with a concrete structure by increasing the adhesion of the textile grid when the concrete structure is built, repaired, or reinforced, increasing structural safety and durability of the concrete structure, increasing a working speed by coating a surface of the textile grid with an abrasive material powder that is a surface coating material in an automatic series of processes immediately after the textile grid is manufactured, and increasing coating performance by automatically inspecting and adjusting the amount of the coating material applied to the surface of the textile grid using a camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND BUILDING TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyeong Yeol Kim, Kyung Taek Koh, Gum Sung Ryu, Gi Hong An, Dong Woo Seo, Seung Seop Jin
  • Patent number: 11951510
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for forming a magnetic pigment pattern on an article. The apparatus includes: a magnetic pattern mold having nonmagnetic pattern grooves engraved in a predetermined pattern and providing predetermined magnetic field lines on a pattern-forming object surface of an article by generating magnetism in areas outside the nonmagnetic pattern grooves; and a spray unit spraying an adhesive resin composite containing a ferromagnetic pigment onto the pattern-forming object surface of the article. A predetermined magnetic pigment pattern is formed while the magnetic pigment of the adhesive resin composite that is applied to the pattern-forming object surface of the article is rearranged along magnetic field lines generated by the magnetic pattern mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ASSEMS INC.
    Inventors: Ji-Sang Jang, Jae-Jeong Lee, Kyoung-Kyu Kim, Kyung-Seok Choi, Chi-Kyun Park
  • Patent number: 11944995
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a coating system. A substrate includes a first coating region and a second coating region adjacent to the first coating region. The coating system includes a first gravure mechanism and a second gravure mechanism, where the first gravure mechanism is configured to apply a first functional layer onto the first coating region, and the second gravure mechanism can receive the substrate having the first functional layer and apply a second functional layer made of a material different from that of the first functional layer onto the second coating region. In the coating system, with provision of first gravure mechanism and the second gravure mechanism, when the substrate is continuously transported in a same direction, the two functional layers made of different materials can be sequentially applied onto corresponding regions of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Angong Peng, Zhenguang Tang, Hongwu Shang, Pengjun Yang, Yinxiang Lin
  • Patent number: 11938509
    Abstract: A glue dispensing device comprises a base, a pressure control unit, a quantitative glue supply unit and a glue dispensing needle. The base comprises a pressure control chamber and a glue tube body, the pressure control chamber is located inside the base, the glue tube body extends from one end of the base to the other end, and the glue tube body penetrates the pressure control chamber. The pressure control unit is coupled to the pressure control chamber. The quantitative glue supply unit is disposed at one end of the base body and is coupled to the glue tube body. The glue dispensing needle is disposed at the other end of the base and is coupled to the glue tube body. The glue dispensing device uses the pressure change of the pressure control chamber to deform the glue tube body, thereby achieving quantitative glue dispensing effect with accuracy and stability. In addition, a glue dispensing method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Kulicke and Soffa Hi-Tech Co Ltd.
    Inventors: Lu-Min Chen, Tsung-Lin Tsai
  • Patent number: 11939658
    Abstract: A deposition mask according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first surface, a second surface that is located opposite the first surface, and two or more through-holes. Each of the through-holes includes a first recess that is located at the first surface and a second recess that is located at the second surface. The deposition mask has a first mask region having a first surface remaining ratio that represents a remaining area ratio of the second surface and a second mask region having a second surface remaining ratio that represents a remaining area ratio of the second surface and that is higher than the first surface remaining ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Miyatani, Chikao Ikenaga, Yoko Nakamura, Isao Inoue
  • Patent number: 11939179
    Abstract: The measured winding diameter values Ds1(d) corresponding to the conveying distance d are measured by measuring the diameter of the printing medium M wound on the unwinding roll 71 by the diameter sensor 77. The measured winding diameter values Ds1(d) are smoothed by the low-pass filter to extract the smoothed winding diameter values Ds_avg1(d). By calculating the value of the diameter based on the initial diameter value Do1, the thickness value Tm and the conveying distance of the printing medium M, the calculated winding diameter values Dc1(d) are calculated. An operation of calculating the difference Ddiff1(d) between the calculated winding diameter value Dc1(d) and the smoothed winding diameter value Ds_avg1(d) while compensating for the delay by the low-pass filter is performed whereby the differences Ddiff1(d) are calculated. The calculated winding diameter value Dc1(d) are corrected by the differences Ddiff1(d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Kamigiku
  • Patent number: 11938510
    Abstract: A nozzle includes a pattern shim having a plurality of first slits and a plurality of second slits, an adhesive shim having a plurality of first holes, a gas shim, a head body having an adhesive outlet and an adhesive distribution groove communicating with the adhesive outlet, and a face plate. Adhesive ejection ports are formed at openings of the plurality of first slits, and gas discharge ports are formed at openings of a plurality of second slits in such a manner that the gas discharge ports are located on both sides of each of the adhesive ejection ports. The plurality of first holes communicate with the adhesive distribution groove. The plurality of first holes are formed in such a manner that distances of the first holes from the corresponding discharge ejection ports become shorter as distances of the corresponding first holes from the adhesive outlet become longer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Kiwamu Suzuki, Masahito Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 11937492
    Abstract: A mask assembly includes a mask frame including a cell opening, and an outer frame defined along a periphery of the cell opening, and a cell mask disposed on the mask frame and including a polymer material. The cell mask includes a masking part which includes a deposition part disposed corresponding to the cell opening of the mask frame and including a masking pattern, and a non-deposition part extending from the deposition part, and a bonding part overlapping the outer frame of the mask frame and extending from the masking part. The non-deposition part includes a non-pattern portion, and a pattern portion having a thickness smaller than a thickness of the non-pattern portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Duckjung Lee
  • Patent number: 11931771
    Abstract: A system for applying a product (3) by roller is disclosed. The system has an applicator roller (1) for applying a product (3) on a substrate (4) and a first dosing roller (2?) for dosing said product (3) on the surface of the applicator roller (1), wherein the system comprises at least one second dosing roller (2?) configured to fine-tune the dosing performed by the first dosing roller (2?), thereby adjusting the amount of product (3) dosed on the surface of the applicator roller (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventor: Jesus Francisco Barberan Latorre
  • Patent number: 11925955
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spreading machine for roller leather finishing. The machine includes a drawing cylinder and an engraved spreading cylinder. The drawing cylinder acts as a driving roller for a rubber conveyor belt wound between the driving roller and an idle roller. The drawing cylinder has a conveying surface and a rubber layer. In each operating configuration, the conveying surface of the rubber conveyor belt is tangent to the engraved spreading cylinder in a point of tangency (P), and the idle roller has a leather-detachment roller having a diameter within the range of 10 and 80 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ROTACOAT S.R.L.
    Inventors: Diego Marcolin, Lorenzo Simoni
  • Patent number: 11930690
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provides a mask plate, including a rectangular area and two gripper areas which are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the rectangular area, wherein each of the two gripper areas has a first side and a third side which are arranged opposite to each other, and a second side and a fourth side which are arranged opposite to each other, and the first side is disposed on a side of the rectangular area, and a minimum horizontal spacing between the second side and the fourth side is less than a side length of the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Zhao, Peng Xu
  • Patent number: 11919034
    Abstract: An intermittent coating device includes a die used to apply a coating material onto a material to be coated, and a first intermittent valve and a second intermittent valve capable of switching between a first state in which the coating material is supplied to the die and a second state in which the supply of the coating material is stopped. The first intermittent valve and the second intermittent valve have different timings of switching between the first state and the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tokieda, Yuta Fukutomi, Naoyuki Koide, Yoshinori Sakai
  • Patent number: 11923220
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a processing chamber; a substrate holder that is disposed in the processing chamber and holds a substrate; a processing liquid supply that supplies a processing liquid to the substrate held in the substrate holder; an infrared camera that acquires an infrared image of the processing chamber; and a controller that detects at least a state of the processing liquid based on the infrared image and monitors presence/absence of an abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoyuki Okamura, Hirotaka Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11919032
    Abstract: A film forming apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a chamber; an exhaust unit configured to reduce the pressure in the chamber to a predetermined vacuum level; a holder disposed in the chamber and configured to hold a film forming target member on which a film is to be formed; a supply unit configured to supply a film forming material containing silicon to a surface of the film forming target member; and a heat source configured to perform heating at the predetermined vacuum level to melt the supplied film forming material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Takayuki Ishii, Kazuya Nagaseki, Michishige Saito
  • Patent number: 11911780
    Abstract: A washcoat showerhead for depositing a washcoat onto a face of a substrate comprises a housing having an inlet for receiving the washcoat, a showerhead plate and a baffle. The housing and showerhead plate define a showerhead cavity with the baffle located within the showerhead cavity. The showerhead plate has a plurality of nozzle apertures for discharging the washcoat towards the face of the substrate. The baffle comprises an impermeable central body and a plurality of arms extending from the impermeable central body, the plurality of arms defining a plurality of flow apertures circumferentially arranged around the impermeable central body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventors: Neil Burgess, Jamie Savage, Craig Thomson
  • Patent number: 11904337
    Abstract: A dispensing system includes a frame, a support coupled to the frame, a dispensing unit configured to dispense viscous material, and a gantry assembly coupled to the frame. The gantry assembly includes a gantry configured to support the dispensing unit and to move the dispensing unit in x-axis, y-axis and z-axis directions and a tilt and rotate subassembly configured to tilt and rotate the dispensing unit. The dispensing system further includes a controller configured to control dispensing unit and the gantry assembly to perform a dispense operation on the electronic substrate. The controller is configured to control the dispensing unit to dispense material from the nozzle of the dispensing unit at a flow rate configured to deposit a desired amount or density of material on the electronic substrate along a three-dimensional path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Forget, Thomas J. Karlinski, Scott A. Reid
  • Patent number: 11903404
    Abstract: A flavouring dispenser for dispensing compacted doses of flavouring comprises a flavouring dosage unit configured to dispense a dose of flavouring and a plurality of compacting hoppers, each configured to receive and hold a dose of flavouring dispensed from the flavouring dosage unit and to subsequently dispense the dose of flavouring to a dispense position. The flavouring dosage unit and the plurality of compacting hoppers are configured such that the flavouring dosage unit sequentially supplies a dose of flavouring to each of the plurality of compacting hoppers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ISHIDA EUROPE LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Geoffrey Potter, Lee Michael Vine
  • Patent number: 11890641
    Abstract: A masking member used to coat a pipe inner circumferential surface of a vent stringer, wherein the masking member comprises: a sponge for blocking a pipe internal space of the vent stringer, the sponge having an outer circumferential surface capable of contacting the pipe inner circumferential surface; and a support member for supporting the sponge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Katayama