Patents Examined by John Blades
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Patent number: 11597620Abstract: A roller features a circumferential trench into which a wire is deposited from a wire dispensing head having a wire dispensing tip. A moving web of material engages the roller as the roller rotates. The wire dispensing tip engages sidewalls of the trench so that the wire dispensing tip remains in the trench as the roller rotates. Wire from the trench is deposited onto the web of moving material and is secured thereto by fasteners or tape or adhesive or the like.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLCInventors: Ian J. Forster, Michael A. Lake
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Patent number: 11571848Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of attaching a shrinkable label (22) on a product (23) wherein the shrinkable label comprises a multi-layered film (1, 10) comprising a heat shrinkable material and a photothermic material (3, 4, 14), the method comprising: —transporting the at least one product on a conveyor (65); —arranging the at least one product in an irradiation volume, the irradiation volume being defined by a plurality of LED UV light emitters (63) arranged to emit UV-light in the direction of at least a shrinkable label arranged around the at least one product; —controlling the UV-light emitters to irradiate the at least one shrinkable label arranged around the one or more products in the irradiation volume in order for the photothermic material to heat up causing the heat shrinkable material to shrink around the at least one product.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2017Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Fuji Seal International, Inc.Inventors: Yoshida Nao, Lucas Van Rijsewijk, Frederik Gerardus Heeman, Joop Peeters
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Patent number: 11565495Abstract: Organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices are disclosed that include a first layer; a backfill layer having a structured first side and a second side; a planarization layer having a structured first side and a second side; and a second layer; wherein the second side of the backfill layer is coincident with and adjacent to the first layer, the second side of the planarization layer is coincident with and adjacent to the second layer, the structured first side of the backfill layer and structured first side of the planarization layer form a structured interface, the refractive index of the backfill layer is index matched to the first layer, and the refractive index of the planarization layer is index matched to the second layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2022Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Martin B. Wolk, Michael Benton Free, Margaret M. Vogel-Martin, Evan L. Schwartz, Mieczyslaw H. Mazurek, Terry O. Collier
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Patent number: 11559917Abstract: The disclosure relates to systems and methods for pressing a door assembly involving a scanning system operable to survey an outer surface of a door skin and identify a location of one or more recessed panel portions on the door skin, and a press operable to selectably actuate a group of actuators based on the identified location of the recessed panel portions, where the actuators drive press members onto the one or more recessed panel portions of the door skin during a pressing operation to facilitate crushing of portions of a core of the door assembly that underlie the recessed panel portion of the door skin.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: JELD-WEN, INC.Inventors: Daniel Maher, Wilson Brown
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Patent number: 11511904Abstract: To provide a sticking apparatus capable of suppressing turning-up of an end of a sticking body. A sticking apparatus extrudes a sticking body from a tip in a protruding direction of a head member while moving the tip in a protruding direction of the head member along a target range, and sticks the sticking body to the target range. Extrusion speed of the sticking body becomes smaller than movement speed of the head member from a start of sticking of the sticking body with respect to the target range to a first time point, extrusion speed of the sticking body becomes larger than movement speed of the head member from the first time point to a second time point, and extrusion speed of the sticking body becomes smaller than movement speed of the head member from the second time point to sticking completion of the sticking body with respect to the target range.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Saito, Naohiro Tachi, Satoshi Deguchi, Sakae Ushiwata, Masaru Yagi
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Patent number: 11485065Abstract: A wrappable protective sleeve for providing protection to at least one elongate member contained therein and methods of construction and use thereof are provided. The sleeve includes a flexible textile wall having opposite inner and outer faces bounded by opposite edges and opposite ends. The opposite edges extend generally parallel to one another between the opposite ends. A pair of adhesive layers is bonded to the inner face, with each of the adhesive layers being spaced from one another. The adhesive layers extend between the opposite ends adjacent the opposite edges. Further, a release paper is releasably adhered to the pair of adhesive layers for subsequent removal and use of the sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLCInventors: Cassie M. Malloy, Jean Ferrand, Danny E. Winters, Tianqi Gao
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Patent number: 11479382Abstract: A battery label attachment apparatus for attaching a label to a battery including a label support on which the label is placed, an alignment check part configured to check whether an alignment state of the label is normal or defective, and a label aligning part configured to align the label when the alignment state determined by the alignment check part is defective is provided. A method for attaching a label to a battery is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2018Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Seok Won Jeung, Ju Hwan Baek, Geon Tae Park
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Patent number: 11446912Abstract: The present invention provides a screen protector pasting box for pasting a screen protector to an electronic device. A film includes an auxiliary positioning element and a screen protector positioned on the auxiliary positioning element. The screen protector pasting box includes a box body. The box body includes a lower housing and a connecting member connected to and accommodated in the lower housing for placing the electronic device. The connecting member includes a positioning portion for positioning the auxiliary positioning element to paste the screen protector to a screen of the electronic device. The screen protector pasting box has advantages of no bubbles during pasting the film and high integrity of the film pasting.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: SHENZHEN KAC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Pinyuan Liu
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Patent number: 11426923Abstract: A method of activating the shrink characteristic of multi-layered film (1), the method comprising the steps of providing a multi-layered film comprising at least a base layer film (2) that comprises a shrinkable film, a photothermic layer (3), associated with the base layer film, and comprising a photothermic material, exposing the multi-layered film (1) to electromagnetic radiation in order for the photothermic material to generate heat and shrink the multi-layered film (1), wherein the electromagnetic radiation comprises UV-light having a peak wavelength between 200 nm and 399 nm, and at least 90% of the UV-light is within a bandwidth of ±30 nm of the peak wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Fuji Seal International, Inc.Inventors: Nao Yoshida, Ernst Christian Koolhaas
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Patent number: 11420838Abstract: A controller includes: an adhesion member position determination unit that determines a position of an adhesion member in a rotation direction of a roll on the basis of the result of detection from an adhesion member detector in a state in which the roll has been rotated by a shaft control unit; and an outer diameter determination unit that determines an outer diameter of the roll in a portion where the adhesion member is positioned, the determination being performed on the basis of the result of detection from an outer diameter detector in a state in which driving of shaft drive sources are controlled by the shaft control unit such that the adhesion member is positioned within a detection range of the outer diameter detector on the basis of the position of the adhesion member determined by the adhesion member position determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Tsujimoto, Masato Hiroyasu
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Patent number: 11407548Abstract: An automatic, high speed labeling machine is provided for applying individual labels to large and variable size produce items. The label strips used are much larger and heavier than known label strips used for small produce such as apples and pears. The increased weight causes label strip overrun when the labeler is paused and also causes slippage of the label strip. A label strip deflector is provided which causes the larger and heavier label strip to fold back on itself rather than to overrun and foul the application of labels. The drive rollers are modified to eliminate slippage of the heavier label strip.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Sinclair Systems International, LLCInventors: Justin Graham, Samuel Aaron Greer, Russell Alan Jensen, Kevin Guadagnini, Jeremy Benjamin Isch
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Patent number: 11401071Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of attaching a shrinkable label on at least one product wherein the shrinkable label comprises a film comprising heat shrinkable material and photothermic material, the method comprising: transporting a plurality of products on a product conveyor through an irradiation volume defined by a plurality of UV light emitters arranged sideways of the product conveyor; arranging at least one reflector between consecutive products on the product conveyor while the at least one product is being transported; controlling the UV light emitters to emit UV-light towards the shrinkable label arranged around the at least one product in the irradiation volume and towards the at least one reflector arranged between consecutive products in order for the photothermic material of the shrinkable label to heat up causing the heat shrinkable material to shrink around the at least one product.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Fuji Seal International, Inc.Inventor: Marinus Antonius Leonarda Van Heck
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Patent number: 11396156Abstract: Organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices are disclosed that include a first layer; a backfill layer having a structured first side and a second side; a planarization layer having a structured first side and a second side; and a second layer; wherein the second side of the backfill layer is coincident with and adjacent to the first layer, the second side of the planarization layer is coincident with and adjacent to the second layer, the structured first side of the backfill layer and structured first side of the planarization layer form a structured interface, the refractive index of the backfill later is index matched to the first layer, and the refractive index of the planarization layer is index matched to the second layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Martin B. Wolk, Michael Benton Free, Margaret M. Vogel-Martin, Evan L. Schwartz, Mieczyslaw H. Mazurek, Terry O. Collier
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Patent number: 11383474Abstract: A container with a non-heat-seal window and a process for fabricating a low surface energy container with a non-heat-seal window. The process comprises forming a container template and cutting an opening in the container template. A window comprising a window stock material, a releasable liner, and a wiped on adhesive positioned between the window stock material and the releasable liner is sized to overlap the opening. A portion of the adhesive is exposed and the window is positioned over the opening. The window is then secured to the container template over the opening without the need to apply heat, and the container template is folded into the low surface energy container with the window.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Carton Service CSI, LLCInventors: Reid Lederer, Dave Higgins, Terrance Wenninger, Scott Garverick, Mike Robinette, Warren Turner
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Patent number: 11351740Abstract: A device for joining a lens with a housing of a lighting device of a motor vehicle, having a receiver for receiving and securing the housing and a pre-centering device for positioning the lens on the housing, wherein the pre-centering device includes a frame element and a plurality of positioning elements that are attached to the frame element for receiving the lens, wherein during a pre-centering process, the frame element of the pre-centering device is movable together with the joined lens relative to the receiver in such a way that the lens is aligned on the housing, which is received in the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventor: Andreas Schuette
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Patent number: 11338525Abstract: Systems and methods for applying a protective layer to an outer surface of a mobile device. A system may include a protective layer for an outer surface of a mobile device and an alignment layer coupled to the protective layer. A frame may define a cavity configured to receive the mobile device. The frame may include a surface positioned outside of the cavity and configured to support the alignment layer and configured to be depressed relative to the mobile device to reduce a distance between the protective layer and the outer surface of the mobile device when the mobile device is positioned in the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Superior Communications, Inc.Inventors: Vivian Wei-Fen Chou, Eugene Chun
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Patent number: 11318726Abstract: A building panel with a surface layer including a wood veneer, a wood fibre based core and a sub-layer between the surface layer and the core. The sub-layer includes wood fibres and a binder. The surface layer has surface portions including material from the sub-layer. The surface portions including material from the sub-layer extend into the wood veneer.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: VALINGE INNOVATION ABInventors: Darko Pervan, Goran Ziegler
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Patent number: 11286078Abstract: A printer capable of separating a print medium from a mount and ejecting the print medium includes: a platen roller configured to feed, along a feeding path, a mount to which a print medium temporarily adheres; a print head configured to print on the print medium, the print head being opposed to the platen roller; a driven roller that is movable between a first position and a second position different from the first position; a separation member configured to separate a feeding path of the mount and a feeding path of the print medium; and a looseness prevention mechanism configured to prevent the mount from being loose while the driven roller moves from the second feed position to the first feed position. The first position is a position where the driven roller is opposed to the platen roller. The driven roller is configured to be driven by the platen roller while coming in contact with the mount.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tamotsu Katayama
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Patent number: 11280439Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pig which is insertable at least partly within a fabric liner sleeve located in a duct and which is capable of heating the liner sleeve in situ in the duct to melt thermoplastic material of the liner sleeve to form, on subsequent cooling of the melted thermoplastic material, a rigid liner in the duct. The pig comprises: a gas inlet (1008) for receiving pressurised gas; a heating chamber (17) in which the pressurised gas is heated; and a gas outlet (1009) via which pressurised gas heated in the heating chamber (17) is deliverable to the fabric liner sleeve. The pig comprises a tree diffuser (15) located in the heating chamber (17) via which pressurised gas can be delivered into the heating chamber (17). The tree diffuser (15) has a plurality of branch pipes (A,B,C) each comprising at least one gas delivery aperture, each branch pipe (A,B,C) extending outwardly from a trunk portion of the tree diffuser (15).Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: AQUALINER LIMITEDInventor: Robin Elsom
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Patent number: 11261050Abstract: A coating film transfer tool in which a rotational torque with the least variability may be generated without being affected by a surface state of a resilient body may include: a paying-out core having a coating film transfer tape wound thereon; and a rewinding core that rewinds the coating film transfer tape after use. The paying-out core and the rewinding core are interlocked via a power transmission mechanism in a case. The transmission mechanism generates a rotational torque by a frictional force on a sliding surface between components, by using a restoring force of a resilient body. The resilient body is configured to rotate integrally with a component A that comes into contact with one end of the resilient body and a component B that comes into contact with the other end.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Tombow Pencil Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yutaka Tamura