Patents Examined by John Blades
  • Patent number: 12122551
    Abstract: A wire guide assembly is provided for the accurate labeling of different diameter elongated objects, wires, or cables within a wrapping mechanism of an elongated object label applicator. The label applicator guide permits elongated objects of different diameters to be placed within substantially the center of the wrapping mechanism to continuously facilitate proper application of a label to different sized elongated objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Roger D. Segroves, Kevin L Nelson
  • Patent number: 12103289
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a manufacturing method of an electrode outer casing capable of improving a yield in a manufacturing method of an electrode outer casing which uses a laminated film and implementing an increase in productivity. The manufacturing method of an electrode outer casing disclosed herein includes a preparation step of preparing a multilayer laminated film which has at least a plurality of resin film layers, a transport step of transporting the laminated film to an unevenness forming section in order to form an uneven shape, a forming step of forming the laminated film in the unevenness forming section, and a cutting step of cutting the laminated film having been subjected to the forming step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Satoshi Nakashima
  • Patent number: 12084910
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing vacuum glass. An apparatus for manufacturing vacuum glass, according to an embodiment of the present invention, includes an exhaust finishing frit inserted into an exhaust hole of a plate glass assembly so as to seal the exhaust hole in an exhaust process. In addition, the exhaust finishing frit comprises: a frit body having a body top part on which a cap frit is placed; a depressed portion which is upwardly depressed from the bottom of the frit body; and an exhaust guide part which is formed to penetrate the outer circumferential surface of the frit body. Thus, it is possible to prevent bubbles from being generated in the exhaust finishing frit during a finishing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sora Kim, Soyoon Kim, Youngseok Kim, Eunsoo Yang
  • Patent number: 12084220
    Abstract: A label vacuum-grip cylinder calibration system comprising an indicator support holder supporting a first indicator and a second indicator. The indicators each have a display face with a display. Projection areas of the display faces project perpendicularly from the display faces. The indicator support holder supports the first indicator and the second indicator such that a first projection area and a second projection area do not overlap and neither the first indicator nor the second indicator obscures either display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: AMTIG ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Steven Groholski
  • Patent number: 12064946
    Abstract: Provided are a method for affixing a protective film, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor component, and a protective film for use in the affixing method, which are capable of suppressing occurrence of a failure caused by a step on a main surface of a semiconductor wafer. The affixing method includes: an arrangement step of arranging a protective film so as to cover a main surface A of a semiconductor wafer; and an affixing step of pressing the protective film against the main surface to affix the protective film to the main surface. The affixing step includes a compression step of compressing the protective film in a thickness direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
    Inventors: Masao Nogami, Akimitsu Morimoto
  • Patent number: 12059836
    Abstract: A heating system for heating a heat shrink layer of a heat shrink component during a heat shrink process includes a heating unit arranged in thermal contact with at least a part of the heat shrink layer and heating the heat shrink layer to a heat shrink temperature. The heating unit has a first heating zone and a second heating zone. The first heating zone has a different heating energy than the second heating zone for a period of time of the heat shrink process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS RAYCHEM GMBH
    Inventors: Thilo Simonsohn, Christian Heindl
  • Patent number: 12037204
    Abstract: A carousel machine for processing containers, which comprises a supporting structure for supporting a rotating carousel for the conveyance of containers to be processed which is provided, at the peripheral region of the carousel, with at least one station for processing the containers in transit on the carousel, which is supported by a respective footing which is connected to the supporting structure; the footing is mounted in a cantilever fashion jutting out from the peripheral region of the supporting structure and comprises a pair of monolithic supporting elements; each one of the monolithic elements comprises a respective tubular body, which has, on its outer lateral surface, at least one longitudinal seat which defines at least one abutment region for the coupling of removable connection structure and for the connection of handling structure for moving the processing station with respect to the carousel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: P.E. Labellers S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luca Bonardi
  • Patent number: 12023881
    Abstract: Methods for repairing composite component voids are provided. For example, one method comprises locating a void in a composite component and subjecting the composite component to a process for repair. The process for repair includes creating a flow path through the void, applying a filler material to the composite component at the flow path, and processing the composite component having the filler material. In some embodiments, the flow path has a first opening on a first side of the composite component and a second opening on a second, opposite side of the composite component. In other embodiments, at least one portion of the flow path extends at a first angle with respect to a lateral direction defined by the CMC component, and at least another portion extends at a second angle with respect to the lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Herbert Chidsey Roberts, Timothy P. Coons, John Taylor Rockwell
  • Patent number: 11969962
    Abstract: A method for repairing composite components includes positioning repair material within a repair region of a composite component formed of a composite material. Furthermore, the method includes heating the repair region to a first temperature. Additionally, the method includes heating a remaining portion of the composite component to a second temperature. Moreover, the method includes melt infiltrating the repair region with an infiltrant to densify the repair material. The first temperature is at or above a melting point of the infiltrant and the second temperature is less than the melting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Herbert Chidsey Roberts, Timothy P. Coons, Gregory Willis
  • Patent number: 11927052
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and device for sealing insulated glass blanks, wherein the insulated glass blank is moved substantially continuously through a sealing station. When sections of the edge joint of the insulated glass blank that are oriented transverse or oblique to the conveying direction are filled with sealing mass exiting from a filling nozzle, the filling nozzle is likewise moved in the conveying direction. When sealing mass is introduced from the filling nozzle into sections of the insulated glass blank that are parallel to the conveying direction, the filling nozzle is not moved in the conveying direction or is moved in the conveying direction at a velocity V2 deviating from the velocity V1 at which the insulated glass blank is moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: LISEC AUSTRIA GMBH
    Inventors: Anton Walser, Leopold Mader, Markus Lininger, Erich Lang, Franz Haselmayr, Mario Eder
  • Patent number: 11920404
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing vacuum insulation glass is provided. The apparatus for manufacturing the vacuum insulation glass includes a cap frit disposed on an exhaust hole, and an exhaust finishing frit provided on a bottom surface of the cap frit and including a frit formed of a glass material. The exhaust finishing frit is dispensed, in the paste form, to the cap frit such that the exhaust finishing frit is easily aligned with the cap frit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sora Kim, Soyoon Kim, Yunsung Kim, Eunsoo Yang
  • Patent number: 11897243
    Abstract: A window manufacturing apparatus includes a transporting table on which a target substrate is to be mounted, the transporting table including a first portion and a second portion having a greater thickness than the first portion, a plurality of suctioning ports on a suctioning table, the plurality of suctioning ports being configured to suction the target substrate, and an attachment device configured to attach a protective film to the target substrate suctioned to the suctioning table. In a state in which the target substrate mounted on the transporting table is suctioned to the suctioning table, the plurality of suctioning ports overlap the second portion of the transporting table and do not overlap the first portion of the transporting table in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kitaek Kim, Jungsuk Koo, Yongwoon Byun, Leegu Han
  • Patent number: 11884049
    Abstract: A foil transfer apparatus that transfers foil of a foil film to a sheet, including: a heating member and a pressurizing member that nip the foil film and the sheet; a movable frame supporting one of the heating member and the pressurizing member and movable between a first position at which the one of the heating member and the pressurizing member is located at a contact position so as to contact the foil film in a mounted state in which the foil film is mounted on a housing body and a second position at which the one of the heating member and the pressurizing member is located at a spaced position so as to be spaced from the foil film in the mounted state; a cam that moves the movable frame between the first position and the second position; and a sensor that detects a position of the movable frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoya Yamamoto, Kentaro Mori
  • Patent number: 11878477
    Abstract: A temperature control apparatus includes: a first pressure bonding unit which includes a first flow passage and a first pressure bonding surface which is to be brought into contact with an object; a temperature control fluid supply device which supplies a temperature control fluid in form of gas to the first flow passage in such a manner that the temperature control fluid is condensed on an inner wall surface of the first pressure bonding unit that partitions the first flow passage to adjust the first pressure bonding surface to a first heating temperature; and a pressure adjustment device which lowers an internal pressure of the first flow passage to promote vaporization of the temperature control fluid in form of liquid in the first flow passage in such a manner that the first pressure bonding surface is adjusted to a temperature lower than the first heating temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: SANYO-ONODA CITY PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, PACRAFT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Unno, Kazuhisa Yuki
  • Patent number: 11878474
    Abstract: This invention relates to an assembly of regions (10a, 10b) of composite parts (2a, 2b) with thermoplastic matrix, including a plurality of riveting points along regions (10a, 10) of the parts that overlap through the superposition of two faces (12a, 12b) of these regions (10a, 10b) which are positioned facing one another, each region (10a, 10b) having another, opposite, face (11a, 11b) which remains visible with the part (2a, 2b). The riveting is performed using assembly ties (6) made of thermoplastic resin-based composite material compatible with the material of the parts (2a, 2b). These ties (6), which are made up at least in part of a stitch of backstitch produced using a filament of a material selected from a fiber coated with aramid resin, a carbon fiber and a glass fiber, are embedded in said regions (10a, 10b) and passing right through the same with an orientation comprised between 30° and 90° with respect to their faces (11a, 11b; 12a, 12b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: LATECOERE
    Inventors: Christophe Perrier, Jean Michel Borlot
  • Patent number: 11791197
    Abstract: A die bonding system comprising a wafer lift and level assembly configured to allow rapid planarization of a wafer comprising a wafer frame configured to retain a wafer and be slidably retained within guide clevises and a leveling pedestal configured to support a wafer from below in a localized area where a die bonding operation is to take place, allowing the quick and repeatable planarization of die(s) to the wafer without the need for distinct planarization procedures that would slow cycle times and decrease production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MRSI Systems LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Samuel Celia, Jr., Cyriac Devasia
  • Patent number: 11767706
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a glass panel unit includes an adhesive disposing step, a glass composite generation step, an internal space forming step, an evacuation step, and an evacuated space forming step. The adhesive disposing step includes disposing a thermal adhesive on a second panel. The glass composite generation step includes generating a glass composite including a first panel, the second panel, and the thermal adhesive. The internal space forming step includes heating the glass composite to melt the thermal adhesive to form internal spaces (a first space and a second space). The evacuation step includes exhausting gas from the internal space to evacuate the internal space. The evacuated space forming step includes heating and applying force to part of a first portion or a second portion to deform the part to close an evacuation path to form an evacuated space hermetically closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tasuku Ishibashi, Eiichi Uriu, Kazuya Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Abe, Masataka Nonaka, Takeshi Shimizu, Haruhiko Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11752753
    Abstract: A bonding apparatus includes a support including a cavity, and a window fixing chuck facing the support. The support includes a first part including a first through hole extending from the cavity, and a second part extending in a downward direction from the first part and including a second through hole extending from the cavity. A first distance between a first inner surface of the first part and a first outer surface of the first part is less than a second distance between a second inner surface of the second part and a second outer surface of the second part. The first inner surface of the first part and the second inner surface of the second part form the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jungkyu Lee, Youngsu Kim, Kyungrok Ko
  • Patent number: 11738901
    Abstract: An auxiliary label device for attaching to an object, such as a container having a side wall, includes a label enclosure that includes a longitudinal slot therethrough, a bottom side, and a top side. A rotatable spool fixed within the label enclosure is fixed with a first end of a label that traverses the slot of the label enclosure. A spring connected between the label enclosure and the spool urges the spool to wind the label around the spool in a coiled configuration. A second opposing end of the label is attached to the container, and with the spool and label under tension of the spring to urge the label around the spool, the label enclosure is urged to contact the container. The label thereafter is unwound from the spool in an extended configuration for viewing when the label enclosure is manually grasped and pulled away from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventors: Mehdi Pishahang, Media Sehatzadeh
  • Patent number: 11724846
    Abstract: An overhead label print and apply system includes a conveyance path, a common label applier located above the conveyance path, a first label print and dispense unit and a second label print and dispense unit. The first label print and dispense unit is positionable to feed printed labels to the common label applier. The second label print and dispense unit is positionable to feed printed labels to the common label applier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: ID TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Mark N. Bowden, Mark T. Snedecor