Patents Examined by John L Goff, II
  • Patent number: 11938672
    Abstract: Methods are described for creating a correspondence between percentages of a spot color and print material thicknesses. For example, a method can include printing a set of printed regions on a substrate, wherein each printed region is printed according to a different percentage of a selected spot color. The method can further comprise measuring the thickness of each printed region. The method can further comprise comparing the thickness of each printed region with a target thickness for the printed region. The target thickness for the printed region can be determined according to the percentage of the selected spot color used for printing the printed region. The method can further comprise, for each target thickness, determining an adjusted spot color percentage required to print a layer of structural print material having the target thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Todd W. Miller
  • Patent number: 11931949
    Abstract: A filament winding device includes a fiber bundle retainer that temporarily retains fiber bundles. The fiber bundle retainer includes: a reel member including an outer peripheral portion having pins movable in the axial direction relative to the fiber bundles supplied through fiber bundle guides and rotatable about the axis of the liner, the reel member capable of winding the fiber bundles onto the outer peripheral portion; a first cutting unit configured to cut a part of each of the fiber bundles in the circumferential direction, the part being between a part of the fiber bundle wound on the outer peripheral portion and a part of the fiber bundle wound on the liner; and a second cutting unit different from the first cutting unit and configured to cut a part of each of the fiber bundles in the axial direction, the part being wound on the outer peripheral portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu Ikezaki, Motohiro Tanigawa, Tadashi Uozumi, Hirotaka Wada, Takahiro Miura, Makoto Tanaka, Masatsugu Goyude, Shota Miyaji, Daigoro Nakamura, Tetsuya Matsuura
  • Patent number: 11937375
    Abstract: A material sheet is provided having antenna patterns that include first and second coupling portions that are transported toward a mounting position, and an adhesive member that is disposed on the material sheet before reaching the mounting position. At a pickup position, a mounting device picks up an RFIC module including an RFIC chip and first and second terminal electrodes connected to the RFIC chip. At the mounting position, the mounting device mounts the picked-up RFIC module onto the adhesive member on the material sheet so that the first coupling portion and the first terminal electrode face each other and so that the second coupling portion and the second terminal electrode face each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Yamawaki, Ryosuke Washida, Noboru Kato
  • Patent number: 11926089
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for assisting in affixing a screen protector to a display of an electronic device. The apparatus includes a base including a platform configured to support the electronic device. The apparatus includes a lid configured to cover at least a portion of the base and the supported electronic device. The lid includes an aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Otter Products, LLC
    Inventors: Richard W. Vinson, Zachariah J. Pickett, John P. Fitzgerald, Douglas A. Kempel, Jamie L. Johnson, Ross V. Bulkley, Adam J. Havens, Grady E. Barfoot
  • Patent number: 11920064
    Abstract: Stopper intended for bottling still wines, characterized in that it includes cork strips laterally joined by a polyurethane binder so as to form a plurality of cork strips, the cork strips being disposed such that the thickness thereof is perpendicular to the axis of the stopper, at least one lateral cork strip joined by a polyurethane binder to each face of the plurality of cork strips revealing all cork strips, the lenticels possibly present in the cork strips extending parallel to the thickness of the strips while those in the lateral cork strips extend perpendicular to the thickness of the strips, such that all lenticels of the stopper are disposed perpendicular to the axis of the stopper in order to limit the variation in oxygen permeability from one stopper to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: DIAM BOUCHAGE
    Inventors: Dominique Tourneix, Moaad Bakali
  • Patent number: 11913277
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a glass panel unit includes an assembling step, a bonding step, a gas exhausting step, a sealing step, and an activating step. The bonding step includes melting a peripheral wall in a baking furnace at a first predetermined temperature to hermetically bond a first glass pane and a second glass pane together with the peripheral wall thus melted. The gas exhausting step includes exhausting a gas from an internal space through an exhaust port in the baking furnace to turn the internal space into a vacuum space. The sealing step includes locally heating to a temperature higher than a second predetermined temperature, and thereby melting, either a port sealing material or an exhaust pipe to seal the exhaust port and thereby obtain a work in progress. The activating step includes activating a gas adsorbent after the sealing step to obtain a glass panel unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Abe, Eiichi Uriu, Kazuya Hasegawa, Tasuku Ishibashi, Masataka Nonaka, Takeshi Shimizu, Haruhiko Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11904553
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a joined body of different materials, which may easily achieve joining between a plurality of resin layers and joining between a resin and a metal, and a joined body of different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Mi Jung, In Ki Min, Yu Jin Jeong
  • Patent number: 11894484
    Abstract: A solar cell chip arrangement machine includes a feeding mechanism and a slicing mechanism. The feeding mechanism includes a whole battery piece. A push block is connected to the back of the whole battery piece, and a pressing plate is arranged above the front of the whole battery piece. The slicing mechanism is arranged on the pressing plate above the front of the whole battery piece. The slicing mechanism includes a vacuum sucker, a guide plate, a guide plate slide rail, a positioning block, a positioning block slide rail, a cylinder, a fixed plate, and a vacuum generator. The positioning block is arranged on the positioning block slide rail, a pulley is arranged on the positioning block, and the guide plate is provided with a limit slot corresponding to the pulley. The vacuum sucker is arranged on the positioning block, and the vacuum sucker is connected to the vacuum generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: GOLDEN SOLAR (QUANZHOU) NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hsin-wang Chiu
  • Patent number: 11865826
    Abstract: A method and a mineral wool product include a multiple of lamellae, such as a sandwich panel core. The product includes a plurality of lamellae cut from a mineral wool web, and bonded together by applying an adhesive on the surfaces of two adjacent lamellae to form a web-like product, wherein the adhesive comprises at least one hydrocolloid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ROCKWOOL A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Hjelmgaard, Oskar Meres, Bent Jacobsen
  • Patent number: 11859685
    Abstract: A formation method for liquid rubber composite nodes with middle damping holes is provided. The formation method includes adding a middle spacer sleeve between an outer sleeve and a mandrel, bonding the middle spacer sleeve and the mandrel together through rubber vulcanization, and assembling the integrated middle spacer sleeve and the mandrel into the outer sleeve; forming damping through holes which penetrate through the mandrel on the mandrel; hollowing the middle spacer sleeve to form a plurality of spaces; after vulcanization, forming a plurality of interdependent liquid cavities by using rubber and the plurality of spaces; and arranging liquid in the plurality of liquid cavities and communicating the plurality of liquid cavities through the damping through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ZHUZHOU TIMES RUIWEI ANTI-VIBERATION EQUIPMENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun Luo, Haitao Cheng, Wensong Liu, Sheng Lin, Wansheng Feng, Junhui Chen, Zhongsan Jiang, Yuxiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11858222
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for applying a material (30) to a fiber composite component within an application region (13) of the fiber composite component, the fiber composite component being produced from a fiber composite material having a fiber material (11) and a matrix material (12), the method comprising the following steps: —providing at least one monofilament woven fabric (20), in which a plurality of or all threads each consist of a single filament, —arranging the at least one monofilament woven fabric (20) on a fiber preform (10) in the application region (13), which fiber preform is formed from the fiber material (11) of the fiber composite material, —curing, in a common process step, the matrix material (12) of the fiber composite material, which matrix material embeds the fibers material (11) of the fiber preform (10), and a matrix material (12) embedding the monofilament woven fabric (20), thereafter the matrix material (12) of the fiber preform (10) and the matrix material (12) of the mon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT—UND RAUMFAHRT E.V.
    Inventor: Lennert Heilmann
  • Patent number: 11850804
    Abstract: Retention features are provided for joining at least two structural components in a fixtureless assembly system. A first structure including a groove may be configured to contain at least one adhesive, and a second structure may include a tongue configured to contact the at least one adhesive to join the first and second structures. The first structure may also include at least one window that receives electromagnetic (EM) radiation from an EM radiation source into the groove. The at least one adhesive is configured to cure at a first rate upon exposure to one of time or heating, and the at least one adhesive is configured to cure at a second rate faster than the first rate upon exposure to the EM radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Lukas Philip Czinger, Vincent Arunas Burokas, Jason Vincent Gallagher, Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli, Samuel Noah Miller
  • Patent number: 11850808
    Abstract: A method of evaluating a composite sample comprises providing a flatbed scanner comprising a scanning head movable along a scanning direction; providing a composite sample comprising a plurality of plies arranged on planes parallel to a longitudinal direction and comprising a scanning plane containing ply edges, wherein the ply edges are oriented parallel to the longitudinal direction; arranging the composite sample on the flatbed scanner such that the scanning plane is parallel to the scanning direction and the ply edges of the scanning plane are perpendicular to the scanning direction; moving the scanning head along the scanning direction and perpendicularly to the ply edges to scan the scanning plane of the composite sample and obtain an image of the scanning plane; and evaluating the image to identify possible defects in the composite sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Petar Zivkovic
  • Patent number: 11845250
    Abstract: An autoclave includes a case, a chamber disposed inside the case, a cassette disposed inside the chamber, and a plurality of light sources mounted inside the cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Kyu Lee, Ho Yun Byun, Won-Seok Kim, Jong Deok Park, Jung Hoon Shin, Sun Ok Oh, Ae Ly Oh
  • Patent number: 11845560
    Abstract: In manufacturing an electrothermal heater mat, there is provided a preform which comprises a laminated stack of dielectric layers which are made of thermoplastic material and include a central layer or group of layers which include(s) reinforcement and first and second outer groups of layers which do not include reinforcement. The preform includes a heater element and the preform has a first configuration. The preform is then heated to a temperature (e.g. 180° C.) between the glass-transition temperature of the thermoplastic material and the melting point of the thermoplastic material, and the heated preform is formed into a second configuration which is different to the first configuration so as to produce the heater mat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: GKN Aerospace Services Limited
    Inventor: Stephen Goodfellow-Jones
  • Patent number: 11845251
    Abstract: A preparation device and a process for an anisotropic conductive film (ACF) bonding structure are provided. The preparation device includes a negative-pressure adsorption device, a positioning assembly, and a hot-pressing module, where the negative-pressure adsorption device is configured to adsorb a first metal plate; the positioning assembly includes a first positioning module, at least two second positioning modules, and at least one third positioning module; and the hot-pressing module is configured to release a hot-pressing pressure, such that the second metal plate is connected to the first metal plate through an ACF to form a bonding structure. The present disclosure ensures reference positioning of the negative-pressure adsorption device on a mounting plate through the second positioning modules. The present disclosure further ensures that a side of the first metal plate is fully adhered to a side surface of an adsorption plate through the first positioning module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: JIANGSU TELILAN COATING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhengliang Xu, Liang Zheng, Zheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11840052
    Abstract: A method for producing a composite component including a bottom layer, cover layer and honeycomb structure, including applying the honeycomb structure to the bottom layer wherein honeycomb chambers are formed. Honeycomb chambers are filled in a reinforcement region with a granular material and granular material is removed from other honeycomb chambers wherein each honeycomb chamber is filled up to a granular-material filling height and honeycomb chambers outside the reinforcement region are free of granular material. The cover layer is applied to the honeycomb structure wherein the honeycomb chambers are closed. The composite component is heated so the granular material in the honeycomb chambers expands to fill it with granular material and the cover layer, the bottom layer, the honeycomb structure and the expanded granular material harden, the density of the expanded granular material in the honeycomb chambers filled with granular material being dependent on the granular-material filling height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Langediers, Berend Schoke, Marcel Meyer
  • Patent number: 11840025
    Abstract: A thermoplastic welding assembly and method for joining a plurality of thermoplastic support components to a thermoplastic component is provided. The thermoplastic welding assembly includes a frame, a plurality of heat sinks, and a plurality of individually actuatable pressurizers. The frame includes a plurality of welding slots. Each heat sink of the plurality of heat sinks is positioned within one of the welding slots. Each pressurizer of the plurality of individually actuatable pressurizers includes an alignment actuator configured to move one thermoplastic support component into alignment with one welding slot, and a clamping actuator configured to move the one thermoplastic support component into contact with the thermoplastic component. In some implementations, the thermoplastic welding assembly further includes a plurality of actuators configured to move the alignment actuator and the clamping actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Francis J. Samalot, Michael P. Matlack
  • Patent number: 11838706
    Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of composite film, and more particularly, to a diaphragm composite material and a preparation method thereof. The diaphragm composite material includes a polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) film layer, an aluminum-plated film layer, an aerogel layer, and an elastic adhesive layer disposed between the PEN film layer and the aluminum-plated film layer for bonding the PEN film layer and the aluminum-plated film layer, the aerogel layer is coated on one side of the aluminum-plated film layer away from the elastic adhesive layer. The diaphragm composite layer of the present application has high strength and strong rigidity, has better vibration dampening and noise-reducing effects, and wear-resistant and corrosion-resistant effects, and is worthy of popularization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Zhejiang Pengyuan New Material Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiqiang Lin, Yong Gao, Hangli Zhu, Fujun Zheng
  • Patent number: 11835178
    Abstract: The invention refers to a method of manufacturing a pressure tank, comprising an inner container and an outer layer made of a fiber material which is wound around the inner container. In performing the method, a retention device with several retention elements protruding therefrom is attached to an inner container so as to wind a local pole cap reinforcement in a dome-shaped pole cap portion of the inner container. Then the retention device is removed and an outer layer is produced by winding of fiber material, the outer layer surrounding the central portion and the pole cap portions of the inner container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NPROXX B.V.
    Inventor: Tristan Baumer