Patents Examined by John L Goff, II
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Patent number: 11590747Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Rockwool International A/SInventors: Thomas Hjelmgaard, Oskar Meres, Bent Jacobsen
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Patent number: 11584090Abstract: There is provided a an apparatus for manufacturing a display device. An apparatus for manufacturing a display device comprises a body generating ultrasonic vibration; and a horn including a horn body portion connected to the body and amplifying the ultrasonic vibration and a horn tip portion connected to the horn body portion and applying the ultrasonic vibration onto a bonding object, wherein the horn body portion includes at least one body groove surrounded by the horn body portion and completely penetrating the horn body portion in a thickness direction from the surface of the horn body portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Joo Nyung Jang
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Patent number: 11584084Abstract: A method and system for printing 3D structures using 2D monochromatic images (for example, greyscale images) is provided. The method can include instructing a printing device to print a 2D monochromatic image using print material in a reservoir known to contain a structural print material. Greater amounts of print material are printed in locations corresponding to relatively darker regions of the 2D monochromatic image.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventor: Todd W. Miller
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Patent number: 11559950Abstract: A set of sealing jaws incorporating an adjustable seal area to seal the vertical portion of a bottom gusseted style of package. An adjustable seal surface allows a packaging machine to run different film web widths without the need to change jaws. The sealing jaws to be converted to run bottom gusset packages to pillow packages without the requirement to change jaws.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Inventor: John Deterling
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Patent number: 11548210Abstract: Systems and apparatus for protecting a mobile device. The system includes a screen protector configured to be applied to a screen of the mobile device. The system also includes a cap configured to receive an end of the mobile device and prevent movement of the mobile device relative to the screen protector. The system also includes a pivot strip connecting the cap and the screen protector and being configured to facilitate a pivoting of the screen protector relative to the cap and establish alignment of the screen protector with the screen of the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: SUPERIOR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Inventors: Vivian Wei-Fen Chou, Arthur Chen
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Patent number: 11536083Abstract: The invention provides automated spacer processing systems and methods. The systems and methods involve at least one robot arm that is configured to process spacers for multiple-pane insulating glazing units. In some embodiments, the systems also include an insulating glazing unit assembly line and a spacer conveyor system. Additionally or alternatively, the systems may include a sealant applicator.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: CARDINAL IG COMPANYInventors: Robert C. Buchanan, Michael J. Milewski, Daniel Todd Butson
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Patent number: 11529852Abstract: A vehicle tailgate is made of a plastic material and includes: an inner panel, an outer panel and a first glue bead applied between the inner panel and the outer panel, such that the inner panel and the outer panel are assembled via the glue bead and an inner space is disposed between the inner panel and the outer panel. The outer panel includes: a skin with an appearance surface; a housing configured to receive an optical unit, delimited by a peripheral wall joined to the skin; and a cavity delimited by the skin, at least a portion of the peripheral wall of the housing, and walls projecting from the housing towards an inner face of the skin. At least one of the walls projecting from the housing towards the inner face of the skin does not touch the inner face of the skin, such that there is a gap between the at least one wall and the inner face of the skin. The gap is sealed by a second glue bead.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Inventors: Philippe Pagny, Laurent Seymat, Pascal Depardon, Pierre-Anthony Galle
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Patent number: 11518159Abstract: A method of making laminate foam material is provided. The laminate foam material includes a layer of non-foam material sandwiched between two layers of foam material. The non-foam material is bonded to the foam material, such as with a bonding agent and/or by heating respective surfaces of the foam material until the surface softens or melts. When a heating process is utilized, the non-foam material is pressed against the softened or melted foam material. As the foam material begins to cool, the non-foam material becomes bonded to the foam material. The non-foam material is narrower than the foam material and is positioned relative to the foam material such that the edges of the non-foam material are concealed by the foam material. Foam products, such as foam mats, can be formed from the laminate foam material by cutting across the width of the foam material.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: NOVATION IQ LLCInventor: Michael Peterson
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Patent number: 11513262Abstract: A method is for manufacturing a structure obtained by stacking a substrate that is a first member as a base material, and lens arrays that are second members that are opposed to the substrate, are formed of a resin material different from the substrate, and have a shape on a surface. The method includes a surface activation step of performing an activation treatment to cause an activation state of at least one of a surface of the substrate or a surface of the lens arrays, and a bonding step of pressurizing the lens arrays at least at a temperature that is equal to or higher than a reference temperature obtained by subtracting 30° C. from a load deflection temperature of a resin material of the lens arrays, and is equal to or lower than a glass transition temperature, to closely bond to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Yoshinobu Ehara
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Patent number: 11504919Abstract: A method for monitoring a tubular bag machine having a drive control system and independently controlled electronic drive units controlled by a drive control system for driving functional elements of the packing machine in a cycle time-synchronous manner in predefined motion sequences, one drive unit being a transverse sealing unit with a drive motor and two transverse sealing jaws for transversely sealing a film tube, and the drive motor torque measured using a drive controller, and the drive motor position measured using a position sensor, the method including moving the film tube into the sealing zone between the transverse sealing jaws, closing the jaws according to a predefined target torque stored in the drive control system, measuring the actual position of the drive motor upon reaching the target torque, and comparing the measured position to a target position stored in the drive control system associated with the predefined target torque.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: ROVEMA GMBHInventor: Gerhard Kuss
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Patent number: 11498702Abstract: A bonding tool is described that is used to secure sacrificial pads to bonding locations on a perimeter of a rib during a bonding process. In one embodiment, the bonding tool includes a base member having a rib receptacle dimensioned to receive a rib of a wing, a plurality of compression forms disposed around at least a portion of the rib receptacle and proximate to a perimeter of the rib, where the compression forms include a plurality of sacrificial pads that face towards bonding locations on the perimeter of the rib, and at least one bladder proximate to the compression forms that expands between a wall of the base member and the compression forms to press the sacrificial pads against the bonding locations while the sacrificial pads bond to the bonding locations.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Clifford D. Borowicz
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Patent number: 11485064Abstract: Disclosed are a film pasting method and apparatus. The method includes: providing a protective film sheet, an electronic device and a push mechanism; aligning the protective film sheet with a screen; moving the push mechanism from a first side to a second side so as to sequentially paste the protective film sheet on the screen correspondingly. During a process of film pasting, an area where the protective film sheet is pasted with the screen defines a contact boundary proximate to the second side, the protective film sheet enters an exhaust state when the contact boundary moves, a contact angle is formed between a connection face which is formed by the contact boundary and the second side, and the screen, the contact angle gradually decreases along a moving direction of the contact boundary.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: JIANGMEN IGUARDER ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Haiying Chen
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Patent number: 11479004Abstract: A method for creating a honeycomb core having venting pathways includes controlling where a resin is applied to sheets to form the venting pathways. A honeycomb substrate is then formed from the sheets.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: John C. Wilde, Xiaoxi Wang, Jason W. Drexler
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Patent number: 11472134Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: GKN Aerospace Services LimitedInventor: Stephen Goodfellow-Jones
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Patent number: 11472136Abstract: A carrier film set configured to apply a number of stiffener assemblies to a layup mandrel, the carrier film set comprising: a number of alignment features configured to align the carrier film set relative to the layup mandrel; and a number of indexing features configured to index the number of stiffener assemblies onto the carrier film set.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Samuel James Knutson, Brian Timothy Peters, Raviendra Suriyaarachchi, James R. Kendall, Paul D. Shaw
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Patent number: 11458718Abstract: The present invention provides methods for uniform growth of nanostructures such as nanotubes (e.g., carbon nanotubes) on the surface of a substrate, wherein the long axes of the nanostructures may be substantially aligned. The nanostructures may be further processed for use in various applications, such as composite materials. For example, a set of aligned nanostructures may be formed and transferred, either in bulk or to another surface, to another material to enhance the properties of the material. In some cases, the nanostructures may enhance the mechanical properties of a material, for example, providing mechanical reinforcement at an interface between two materials or plies. In some cases, the nanostructures may enhance thermal and/or electronic properties of a material. The present invention also provides systems and methods for growth of nanostructures, including batch processes and continuous processes.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Brian L. Wardle, Anastasios John Hart, Enrique J. Garcia, Alexander H. Slocum
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Patent number: 11457658Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a bobbin comprising a plurality of wounds of a laminated sheet, the method comprising the steps of: •providing a continuous sheet of alkaloids containing material having a free surface; •providing a continuous sheet of a first protective material having a free surface; •adhering the free surface of the continuous sheet of the first protective material to the free surface of the continuous sheet of alkaloids containing material to form a continuous laminated sheet comprising at least one layer of alkaloids containing material and at least one layer of a first protective material, wherein said at least one layer of alkaloids containing material and said at least one layer of a first protective material define an adhesion surface between them; •feeding said laminated sheet to a rotatable center core; •rotating the center core so as to wind said continuous laminated sheet around it in such a way to form said bobbin comprising a plurality of wounds of a continuous laType: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Ivan Prestia, Michele Del Borrello, Yorick Klipfel
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Patent number: 11453178Abstract: A display apparatus includes a window member, a display module, and a photocured adhesive layer. The window member includes a base member and a bezel layer overlapping a partial region of a rear surface of the base member, the bezel layer including a photosensitive material having a reduced transmittance with an increased amount of irradiated light. The display module is disposed on the lower side of the window module. The photocured adhesive layer is configured to bind the window member to the display module, and overlaps with the bezel layer on a plane.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Ju-hyun Shin
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Patent number: 11440309Abstract: A method for trim preparation of car interior parts includes the steps of cutting out templates of natural jute or linen fabric primer and a second natural cotton fabric or fiber paper, and impregnation of the fabrics with a water-based adhesive resin in each of the fabrics and drying thereof. The method also includes the steps of fabric pressing, forming a structure by adding an adhesive layer and a decorative sheet, applying primer on the decorative layer and drying it, and applying at least one layer of varnish onto the primer layer and drying it.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Inventor: Aurelio Dieguez Garcia
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Patent number: 11433656Abstract: A production method for laminated glass: loading laminated glass into a vacuum inlet chamber, evacuating to a first vacuum pressure, and transferring the glass at a high speed; transferring the glass to a vacuum inlet buffer chamber, and evacuating to a second vacuum pressure; transferring the glass to a vacuum inlet transfer chamber, reducing the transfer speed, and evacuating to a third vacuum pressure; transferring the glass to a vacuum heating chamber, maintaining a third vacuum pressure, and heating; transferring the glass to a vacuum cooling chamber, maintaining a third vacuum pressure, and cooling; transferring the glass to a vacuum outlet transfer chamber, maintaining a third vacuum pressure, and increasing the transfer speed; transferring the glass to a vacuum outlet buffer chamber, and dropping a vacuum pressure to a second vacuum pressure; transferring the glass to a vacuum outlet chamber, dropping a vacuum pressure to a first vacuum pressure.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Qingdao Glorious Future Energy-saving Glass Co., LtdInventors: Yiping Fan, Qingbo Lv