Patents Examined by Jethro M Pence
  • Patent number: 11583887
    Abstract: A nozzle assembly includes a first body having an upper and an inner surface; a first channel in the first body to receive a material; a second body having an upper and an inner surface; a second channel in the second body, in liquid communication with the first channel, and configured to receive the material from the first channel; a material outlet defined by the first and second bodies configured to discharge the material; a material inlet on the upper surface of the first body, in liquid communication with the first channel, and configured to receive the material into the nozzle assembly; and an upper lip extending from the first body toward the second body and partly defined by the upper surface of the first body. The upper lip includes a lip surface opposite the upper surface of the first body. The upper surface of the second body is configured to contact the lip surface of the upper lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Burmester, Hubert Kufner
  • Patent number: 11583888
    Abstract: A coating frame, a coating system, and methods of coating a component using one or more coating frames are disclosed. The coating frame includes a frame member and at least one bracket coupled to the frame member. The bracket includes at least one hanger attachment point extending into a hollow interior of the at least one bracket. The at least one bracket isolates the at least one hanger attachment point from a coating material when the coating frame is used in a coating process. The method includes suspending a component from the coating frame, conveying the coating frame and the component to a coating applicator, and applying a coating material to the coating frame and the component while isolating the at least one hanger attachment point from the coating material via an air pocket formed within the at least one bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Kubota Manufacturing of Americal Corporation
    Inventors: Trevor Green, Daniel Jaramillo, Jerry Beverly, Ryan Owen, Yuji Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11577270
    Abstract: Systems and methods for venting a solvent are disclosed. The system includes a chamber, such as an oven having an interior volume defining a heating zone, where the interior volume receives at least one substrate coated with a coating material comprising a solvent. The system further includes a vent coupled to the oven and defining a passage between the interior volume and the environment external to the oven. The system also includes a solvent sensor measuring an amount of evaporated solvent present in the interior volume, and a fan removing at least a portion of the solvent from the interior volume. The system may also include a coating assembly including an applicator and a flow meter, wherein the applicator applies a portion of the coating material to the substrate, and the flow meter determines the amount of coating material applied to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Per Orla-Jensen, Stephane Etienne
  • Patent number: 11572616
    Abstract: Disclosed are a mask strip, a mask plate frame, a mask plate, and a welding method thereof. The mask strip includes a first welding region, a second welding region, and a pattern region between the first welding region and the second welding region. In addition, a bendable region is disposed both between the first welding region and the pattern region and between the second welding region and the pattern region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Luo, Fengli Ji, Jianpeng Wu, Xiaoyu Yang
  • Patent number: 11571924
    Abstract: A positioning jig includes a holding portion, a contact portion, and an operating portion. The holding portion holds the cartridge. A portion of the contact portion contacts a writing portion of the pen when the cartridge is held in the holding portion and the pen is held in the accommodating portion. The contact portion is able to rotate with a direction in which an axis of the pen extends as a first rotational axis. The operating portion performs an operation to rotate the contact portion. The contact portion restricts rotation of the pen about the first rotational axis with respect to the contact portion by contacting the writing portion of the pen and positions the pen in a rotational direction about the first rotational axis with respect to the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroki Mori
  • Patent number: 11571707
    Abstract: A masking device for placement over an end of a work piece includes a head portion, a collar portion, and at least one pull tab. The head portion includes a closed end and an interior cavity defined in the head portion. The collar portion is coupled to the head portion opposite the closed end of the head portion. The collar portion includes a radially inner surface defining an opening. The opening is in fluid communication with the interior cavity of the head portion. The opening is narrower than the interior cavity of the head portion. The collar portion further includes a radially outer surface. The at least one pull tab is coupled to the radially outer surface of the collar portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: ENGINEERED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, INC.
    Inventor: Andrew W. Oniszczuk
  • Patent number: 11566323
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fine metal mask and a method for manufacturing the same, a mask assembly and a display substrate. The fine metal mask includes: a mask pattern region and a non-mask region disposed at a periphery of the mask pattern region. The mask pattern region includes at least one first grid pattern region, a barrier ring pattern disposed around the first grid pattern region, and a second grid pattern region disposed at an outer periphery of the barrier ring pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shihsyong Huang
  • Patent number: 11566322
    Abstract: A mask assembly (100) includes a mask frame (102) and a mask screen (104), both of the mask frame (102) and the mask screen (104) made of a metallic material, and a metal coating (125) disposed on exposed surfaces of one or both of the mask frame (102) and the mask screen (104).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Xi Huang, Fei Peng, Kiran Krishnapur, Ruiping Wang, Jrjyan Jerry Chen, Steven Verhaverbeke, Robert Jan Visser
  • Patent number: 11560616
    Abstract: A mask device, a mask plate and frame are provided. The mask device includes a frame and a first mask plate. The frame includes an inner edge, an outer edge, and a plurality of mounting grooves. A first mask plate includes a substrate, at least one first mask opening on the substrate, and a plurality of clamping portions protruding and extending outward from at least part of a periphery of the substrate. The plurality of clamping portions are mounted in the plurality of mounting grooves, respectively, so that the substrate is mounted on the inner edge of the frame. A direction along which the clamping portion extends from the substrate to a direction away from the substrate is a first direction, a direction perpendicular to the first direction is a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shanshan Bai, Qiaonan Han, Yansong Li
  • Patent number: 11551982
    Abstract: An ink jet process is used to deposit a material layer to a desired thickness. Layout data is converted to per-cell grayscale values, each representing ink volume to be locally delivered. The grayscale values are used to generate a halftone pattern to deliver variable ink volume (and thickness) to the substrate. The halftoning provides for a relatively continuous layer (e.g., without unintended gaps or holes) while providing for variable volume and, thus, contributes to variable ink/material buildup to achieve desired thickness. The ink is jetted as liquid or aerosol that suspends material used to form the material layer, for example, an organic material used to form an encapsulation layer for a flat panel device. The deposited layer is then cured or otherwise finished to complete the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Kateeva, Inc.
    Inventors: Eliyahu Vronsky, Nahid Harjee
  • Patent number: 11541415
    Abstract: A glue applying mechanism of an edge banding machine for applying glue to an oblique surface and a vertical surface of a workpiece includes a base including a glue tub, and a glue applying unit rotatably disposed on the glue tub and including a glue shaft and an obliquely glue applying member connected to the top end of the glue shaft and having a glue applying surface which is a tapered surface with a wide top and a narrow bottom. At least the partial top of the glue shaft and the glue applying surface are exposed outside the glue tub. The glue applying unit is rotatable to extract the glue in the glue tub to the outer surface of the glue shaft and the glue applying surface, enabling the glue to be applied to the oblique and vertical surfaces of the workpiece simultaneously by only one glue applying mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: OAV EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS, INC.
    Inventor: Long-Chang Jan
  • Patent number: 11541493
    Abstract: A multi-axis mechanism device includes: a base module, a first moving module, a second moving module, a third moving module, a reaction module, a tilting module and a rotating module. The first moving module performs a first axial movement relative to the movable bearing platform to drive the reaction module to be displaced relative to the movable bearing platform. The second moving module performs a second axial movement relative to the first moving module to drive the reaction module to be displaced relative to the first moving module. The third moving module drives the movable bearing platform to perform a third axial movement relative to the module body to drive the reaction module to be displaced relative to the module body. The reaction module is driven by the tilting module to perform titling action and by the rotating module to perform rotating operation relative to the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: ADNANOTEK CORP.
    Inventor: Kai Yang
  • Patent number: 11541414
    Abstract: A coating device configured to apply a coating liquid to both surfaces of a substrate that has a sheet shape and is transported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoi Hatanaka, Kazuto Fukuda
  • Patent number: 11534792
    Abstract: Controlling application of adhesive on a substrate includes using a gas sensor, obtaining a first sensor signal. The first sensor signal indicates a partial pressure of a gas that arises from a constituent of the adhesive. Based at least in part on this partial pressure, the controller either controls an applicator's delivery of the adhesive to a substrate or causes an error signal indicative of the adhesive's unsuitability for adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: KHS GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Schlichtenbrede, Joachim Brzoska
  • Patent number: 11535921
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device for controlling flow of liquid zinc (2) in a zinc pot (1) for hot-dip galvanization. Under the blowing effects of an air knife above the zinc pot (1) for hot-dip galvanization onto strip steel (3), the liquid zinc (2) diffuses and flows outwards to zones (zones I, II, III and IV) comprising the left side, the right side, the front end of the zinc pot, respectively, and a zone between the strip steel (3) and a furnace snout (4), and surface dross rapidly generated on the surface of the liquid zinc (2) is driven to flow outwards to the zones (zones I, II, III and IV). On edge sides of the zones (zones I, II, III and IV), travelling magnetic field generators (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 712, 756) are arranged in multiple sections above the surface of the liquid zinc (2) in the zinc pot (1), so as to excite a travelling magnetic field to generate an electromagnetic driving force on the liquid zinc (2) to drive the flow of the liquid zinc (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoguang Hou, Hongwei Qian, Lei Yu, Shanqing Li, Yong Lu, Xinyan Jin, Yueming Zhou, Jun Shen, Cunbing Wang, Bing Yang, Hui Wang, Hao Xu, Tingquan Gu
  • Patent number: 11529639
    Abstract: Alignment device (1) for adjusting a position of a curved shower bar nozzle flange (2) relative a permeable outer cylindrical surface (3) of a drum roll (4) of for instance a drum washer. The alignment device comprises a body element (8), an attachment device (9) and a contact element (11). The body element has a length adapted to a desired predetermined distance between the end (7) of the nozzle flange and the outer cylindrical surface (3). The attachment device (9) is arranged at a first end (10) of the body element (8) for releasably connecting the body element to the nozzle flange end (7) to extend tangentially therefrom. The contact element (11) is arranged at a second opposite end (12) of the body element, said contact element being adapted to abut against said permeable outer cylindrical surface (3). A method for aligning a nozzle flange using such an alignment device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: VALMET AB
    Inventors: James Michael Klingler, Frank John Merchel, III
  • Patent number: 11525177
    Abstract: A coating weight control apparatus includes: a strip passing position movement amount estimate part configured to estimate an movement amount of a strip passing position, in response to any of activation factors for movement of a strip passing position, that is, a welding point passing, a change in tension, and an operation of a correcting roll; and a nozzle position control part configured to shift each of positions of a front side nozzle and a back side nozzle by an amount corresponding to the movement amount of the strip passing position estimated by the strip passing position movement amount estimate part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Nippon Steel Nisshin Co.. Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kayama, Shigetoshi Kurihara, Takanori Iwahiro, Hisao Morishita, Kazuhiko Soga, Yuta Hirano
  • Patent number: 11524313
    Abstract: A wearable system for dispensing a substance is disclosed. The wearable system includes a base element, at least one reservoir surface defining a reservoir disposed in the base element, at least one first opening disposed along on an outward facing portion of the base element and providing fluid communication with the reservoir, and a rolling element disposed in the at least one first opening such that a first portion of the rolling element is outside the base element and a second portion of the rolling element is inside the base element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventors: David Botton, April Krawiecki
  • Patent number: 11524315
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating a substrate includes a housing having a treatment space inside, a gas supply unit that supplies a hydrophobic gas into the treatment space to hydrophobicize the substrate, and a support unit that supports the substrate in the treatment space. The support unit includes a support plate, a heating member that heats the substrate placed on the support plate, and a height adjustment member that changes a position of the substrate between a first position spaced apart upward from an upper surface of the support plate by a first distance and a second position spaced apart upward from the upper surface of the support plate by a second distance, and the second position is a higher position than the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Semes Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaeoh Bang, Kyungjin Seo, Youngseo An
  • Patent number: 11517933
    Abstract: A coating assembly for coating a plurality of substrates. The coating assembly includes a chamber. At least one target is disposed in the chamber and includes a coating material. At least one power supply is connected to the target. At least one support fixture is disposed in the chamber. The at least one support fixture includes a base having a plurality of recesses formed in an upper surface of the base. A first mounting component has a plurality of slots. The first mounting component is positioned on the upper surface of the base wherein at least some of the plurality of recesses are in registry with corresponding ones of the plurality of slots to define a plurality of cavities, each of the plurality of cavities configured to hold at least one of the plurality of substrates to be coated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFÄFFIKON
    Inventor: Phillip J. LaForce