Patents Examined by Jethro M Pence
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11890637
    Abstract: An expandable attachment for securing a beverage container to a turner can include a linkage with arms, each of the arms having opposite ends, a grip pad pivotably attached to an end of each of the arms, the grip pad being configured to grip an interior surface of the beverage container, a threaded member, a base, the threaded member being rigidly secured to the base, and an end of an arm being pivotably attached to the base, another base, the threaded member being axially displaceable through the second base, and an end of the other arm being pivotably attached to the second base, and an adjustment wheel having threads therein engaged with threads of the threaded member. A method can include inserting an expandable attachment into a beverage container, and rotating a portion of the expandable attachment, thereby radially outwardly displacing grip pads of the expandable attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: The Tumbler Grip LLC
    Inventor: Brian D. Williams
  • Patent number: 11890639
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating a substrate includes a process chamber having a treatment space defined therein, a support unit for supporting the substrate in the treatment space, a fluid supply unit for supplying supercritical fluid to the treatment space, and a controller configured to control the fluid supply unit, wherein the fluid supply unit is configured to selectively supply the supercritical fluid at a first density or a second density higher than the first density into the treatment space. Thus, drying efficiency of the substrate when drying the substrate using the supercritical fluid may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chan Young Heo, Kihoon Choi, Ki-Moon Kang, Do Heon Kim, Jaeseong Lee
  • Patent number: 11889740
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) deposition system includes two deposition chambers, a transfer chamber between the two deposition chambers, a metrology system having one or more sensors to perform measurements of the workpiece within the transfer chamber, and a control system to cause the system to form an organic light-emitting diode layer stack on the workpiece. Vacuum is maintained around the workpiece while the workpiece is transferred between the two deposition chambers and while retaining the workpiece within the transfer chamber. The control system is configured to cause the two deposition chambers to deposit two layers of organic material onto the workpiece, and to receive a first plurality of measurements of the workpiece in the transfer chamber from the metrology system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Yeishin Tung, Byung Sung Kwak, Robert Jan Visser, Gangadhar Banappanavar, Dinesh Kabra
  • Patent number: 11885006
    Abstract: A mask assembly includes a mask frame in which a first opening is defined, the mask frame including a front surface through which the first opening extends, and a deposition mask which is attached to the front surface of the mask frame and through which a plurality of second openings is defined. The mask frame includes an in which the front surface extends along a direction of gravity, the deposition mask includes an initial mask which is attached to the front surface of the mask frame in the thereof and through which the plurality of second openings is defined, and the of the mask frame having the front surface which extends along the direction of gravity disposes the first opening of the mask frame corresponding to all of the plurality of second openings of the initial mask along the direction of gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngmin Moon, Minho Moon, Seungyong Song, Sungsoon Im
  • Patent number: 11883840
    Abstract: Adhesive sheet material application squeegees are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Geek Wraps, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Calman, Kathryn S. Calman
  • Patent number: 11878316
    Abstract: A paint booth assembly includes a dry filtration system for filtering paint particles from a downdraft of air. The dry filtration system includes at least one filter module disposed in a paint filtration portion of a paint booth for receiving the downdraft of air. The filter module includes a plurality of filter drawers sequentially arranged relative to one another along a flow path of the downdraft of air, with each of the filter drawers slideable relative to a side wall between filtering and cleaning positions. In the filtering position, a disposable filter within the respective filter drawer is disposed within the paint filtration portion for filtering paint particles from the downdraft of process air. In the cleaning position, the respective filter drawer is slid out into an external environment of the paint booth for allowing the disposable filter to be removed and replaced by an operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Gallagher-Kaiser Corporation
    Inventors: Adrien de Borchgrave, Bruce Roesler
  • Patent number: 11878322
    Abstract: A system and process are disclosed for applying an adhesive composition to a moving web of material. During the process, a web of material is conveyed very rapidly adjacent to a nozzle of an adhesive applicator. A defecting device periodically deflects the web into contact with a surface of the nozzle. An adhesive flow control device is used to control the flow of adhesive through the nozzle. Adhesive flows through the nozzle and is timed with the deflection device. In one embodiment, the flow of adhesive is started prior to contact with the web. In this manner, treated discrete areas of the adhesive composition can be formed on the web. The treated discrete areas can have lengths that are minimized through the process of the present disclosure allowing for adhesive to be applied at extremely fast speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: James Niedt, Walter Hagy, Kyle M. Barriger, Joseph J. Sina, Daniel J. Grassl
  • Patent number: 11872686
    Abstract: A robot system is provided, which includes a paint booth, and a pretreatment robot configured to perform painting pretreatment on a workpiece that is an object to be painted, the pretreatment robot being an explosion-proof robot disposed in the paint booth and including an end effector used for the painting pretreatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Konno, Katsuhiko Yoshino, Manabu Iida
  • Patent number: 11877499
    Abstract: A vapor deposition mask includes a front surface, a back surface opposite to the front surface, and inner surfaces defining the respective mask holes. Each mask hole extends between the front surface and the back surface. In a plan view of the front surface, each mask hole includes a large opening, which is located at the front surface, and a small opening, which is located inside the large opening. At least a section of each mask hole has a shape of an inverted frustum extending between the large opening and the small opening. Each inner surface includes a stepped surface spreading from the small opening toward the large opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takehiro Nishi
  • Patent number: 11872579
    Abstract: A paint sprayer array may include an array frame. The array frame may include a first support member. The paint sprayer array may include an array mount. The array mount may include an array support member. The array mount may be detachably mountable to the array frame. The paint sprayer array may include a plurality of sprayers. Each sprayer of the plurality of sprayers may be detachably mountable to the array support member of the array mount and operable to selectively atomize paint. The paint sprayer array may include a sprayer activation assembly. The sprayer activation assembly may be operable to selectively activate at least a portion of the plurality of sprayers. The paint sprayer array may be selectably mountable to an aerial work platform. The aerial work platform may move the paint sprayer array to paint a large work surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Foreman Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Nicholas William Hegeman
  • Patent number: 11866819
    Abstract: The inventive concept provides a method for treating a surface of an object to be treated, in which a part provided and contaminated in an apparatus for treatment of a substrate such as a wafer serves as the object to be treated. In an embodiment, the surface treatment method includes forming a vacuum in an atmosphere in which the object is provided and cleaning the surface of the object by collision of first particles with contaminants on the surface of the object at supersonic speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Nam Yoo, Sun Il Kim
  • Patent number: 11871644
    Abstract: A mask including: a deposition pattern portion including a plurality of deposition holes that are configured to have deposition material pass therethrough; and a dummy pattern portion outside the deposition pattern portion, wherein the dummy pattern portion includes an auxetic structure having a negative Poisson's ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daewon Baek, Minji Jang, Jongbum Kim
  • Patent number: 11859276
    Abstract: A mask frame includes a first horizontal portion, a second horizontal portion disposed under the first horizontal portion, at least one vertical portion connecting the first horizontal portion and the second horizontal portion and a tensile bar coupled to the first horizontal portion, and the tensile bar is configured to apply a contraction force to the first horizontal portion in a longitudinal direction of the tensile bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jongyoon Lee, Seungjin Lee
  • Patent number: 11864453
    Abstract: Provided is a mask including a mask frame including a base part in which cell openings are defined, and a coating part surrounding edges of the cell openings, covering at least a portion of an upper surface of the base part, and including a materials that is different from that of the base part, and unit masks on the mask frame, respectively corresponding to the cell openings, including a material that is different from that of the coating part, and in which openings are defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngmin Moon, Minho Moon, Ji-Hee Son, Seungyong Song, Sungsoon Im, Junho Jo
  • Patent number: 11850621
    Abstract: An optical device coating assembly is provided. The optical device coating assembly includes a substrate support operable to retain an optical device substrate. The coating assembly further includes a first actuator connected to the substrate support. The first actuator is configured to rotate the substrate support. The coating assembly includes a holder configured to hold a coating applicator against an edge of the optical device substrate when the optical device substrate is rotated on the substrate support and a second actuator operable to apply a force on the holder in a direction towards the substrate support. The second actuator is a constant force actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Kangkang Wang, Yaseer Arafath Ahamed, Yige Gao, Benjamin B. Riordon, Rami Hourani, James D. Strassner, Ludovic Godet, Thinh Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11850622
    Abstract: Provided are a coating apparatus and a coating system, where the coating apparatus includes: a coating module, the coating module including a coating roller and a coating die, where the coating roller is configured to drive, when rotating, a substrate to move toward the coating die, and the coating die is configured to apply a coating onto the substrate; an error acquisition module having a predetermined distance to the coating roller and configured to acquire a circular run-out error of rotation of the coating roller and transmit the circular run-out error to a linkage module; and the linkage module configured to adjust position of the coating die in real time according to the circular run-out error transmitted to the linkage module, so as to keep a distance between the coating roller and the coating die unchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: JIANGSU CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiaoliang Gao, Xiaokang Yan, Xing Wang, Tuo Zheng, Shisong Li
  • Patent number: 11850620
    Abstract: A coater is provided for depositing a coating onto a sequence of samples to be analyzed in a microscope. The coater includes a process chamber to maintain a low-pressure vacuum or controlled gaseous environment at a deposition region inside the process chamber, a sample conveyor to support and convey samples through the deposition region, an evaporant supply to vaporize material from an evaporant source onto the samples at the deposition region, and a controller to control one or more operations of the coater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Mochii, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Su-Yan Own