Patents Examined by Joshel Rivera
  • Patent number: 11866219
    Abstract: A labeling device (1) for applying a label to a product (2) located on a conveyor (3), includes an application cell (4), at least two label dispensers (5a,b) arranged outside the application cell (4) and an applicator (6), mounted inside the application cell (4), the applicator (6) being adapted to label the product (2) at variable positions on the conveyor (3) individually detected by a measuring system (9) at variable conveyor speeds, such that the labels are applied by a method for applying a label by the labeling device (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Weber Marking Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Timo Boje, Jörg Emrich, Andres Frings
  • Patent number: 11858287
    Abstract: An image forming system includes a sheet processing apparatus, a heat presser, an image forming apparatus, and control circuitry. The sheet processing apparatus separates a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlaid and bonded together at a portion of the two-ply sheet, and sandwiches a sheet medium between the sheets of the two-ply sheet. The heat presser heats and presses the two-ply sheet. The control circuitry performs a first mode to cause the sheet processing apparatus to sandwich the sheet medium, on which an image has been formed by the image forming apparatus, between the two sheets of the two-ply sheet and cause the heat presser to laminate the two-ply sheet, and a second mode to cause the heat presser to laminate a sheet set that includes the sheet medium sandwiched between the two sheets of the two-ply sheet by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yohsuke Haraguchi, Tomohiro Furuhashi, Wataru Takahashi, Sho Asano, Yoshito Suzuki, Shinya Monma, Joji Akiyama, Wataru Nozaki
  • Patent number: 11859064
    Abstract: A method of modifying a deformable substrate that includes depositing a sessile liquid droplet on a first surface of a deformable substrate, the sessile liquid droplet forming a deformed region in the first surface of the deformable substrate, the deformed region having a recess and a perimeter rim, the recess extending toward a second surface of the deformable substrate, and the perimeter rim extending away from the second surface of the deformable substrate and curing the deformable substrate, thereby increasing an elastic modulus of the deformable substrate such that upon removal of the sessile liquid droplet, the deformed region remains in the first surface of the deformable substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Prantik Mazumder, Wageesha Senaratne
  • Patent number: 11850807
    Abstract: A method to design the kits and layup the reinforcement layers and core using projection system, comprising a mold having a contoured surface; a layup projection generator which: defines a plurality of mold sections; identifies the dimensions and location for a plurality of layup segments. A model-based calibration method for alignment of laser projection system is provided in which mold features are drawn digitally, incorporated into the plug(s) which form the wind turbine blade mold, and transferred into the mold. The mold also includes reflective targets which are keyed to the molded geometry wherein their position is calculated from the 3D model. This method ensures the precision level required from projection system to effectively assist with fabrication of wind turbine blades. In this method, digital location of reflectors is utilized to compensate for the mold deformations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TPI Composites, Inc.
    Inventors: Amirhossein Salimi, Scott Larson
  • Patent number: 11850834
    Abstract: A hot-pressing device and process for an ACF bonding structure are provided. The hot-pressing device includes a transfer module and a first mounting plate connected to the transfer module. A negative-pressure adsorption module, at least one positioning module, and a lifting module are arranged on the first mounting plate. Pressing modules with hot-pressing assemblies are arranged at four corners close to the first mounting plate. Cleaning modules corresponding to the pressing modules are arranged in the transfer module below the first mounting plate. The present disclosure can quickly remove glue overflowing on a heat conduction element in the hot-pressing module by the cleaning module to ensure the surface flatness of a second part of the heat conduction element for hot-pressing and satisfactory resistance of an ACF connected to a substrate after hot-pressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: JIANGSU TELILAN COATING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhengliang Xu, Liang Zheng, Zheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11827000
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention is an auxiliary marking tape laying vehicle for laser scanning of the morphology of a long-span bridge, the laying vehicle comprising a laying portion, a guiding portion and a power transmission portion, wherein the laying portion is fixed on the top of the laying vehicle, a roller is provided on the top of the laying portion, the guiding portion is provided at the bottom of the laying vehicle, the power transmission portion is fixed outside the laying vehicle, a scroll is provided above the guiding portion, the surface of the marking tape in contact with the bridge is a rubber magnetic layer, and the other surface of the marking tape is provided with bulged reflection angles, which are used as teeth to make one end of the marking tape be connected with the roller through the teeth, and to make the other end of the marking tape be connected with the scroll through the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wen Xiong, Haowen Xu, Chang Xu, Yanjie Zhu
  • Patent number: 11821484
    Abstract: Method and plant for manufacturing braking elements such as vehicle brake pads. The plant can comprise a first station that applies an adhesive to a first face of a metallic element; a second station that applies to the first face of the metallic element a block of friction material; a checking station that verifies the presence of the adhesive by detecting the gray level of a plurality of points of at least one zone of the first face; and a processing unit that compares the gray level detected for each point with a first threshold value, counts the number of points that have a gray level that satisfies a relationship (which is a function of the threshold value,) and compares such a value with a second threshold value to discard those metallic elements for which the percentage calculated does not correspond to the second threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ITT ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: Paolo Galimberti, Marco Belli, Sergio Ferrero
  • Patent number: 11820118
    Abstract: A lamination device that laminates a plurality of types of workpieces includes a plurality of supply mechanisms that supply a workpiece to each of a plurality of supply positions, a movement mechanism including a stator of a linear motor having a predetermined traveling track and a mover of a linear motor that is movable between a plurality of the supply positions along a traveling track, and a control unit that controls at least the mover. The mover includes a lamination stage for laminating the workpiece. The control unit corrects a relative position of the workpiece supplied to the supply positions with respect to the lamination stage, laminates the workpiece whose relative position is corrected on the lamination stage, and controls the mover so as to move to a next one of the supply positions after lamination of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Arata Suzuki, Kouhei Fukuda, Kodai Murata
  • Patent number: 11807410
    Abstract: Device for labelling syringes for pharmaceutical products, comprising: means for feeding syringes to the device, a syringe manipulator configured to carry a syringe from the syringe-feeding means to the labelling station, a labelling station for labelling the syringes brought from the syringe-feeding means by means of the syringe manipulator, a control device for coordinating the aforementioned components, wherein the syringe-feeding means comprise a support for receiving a tray for holding one or more syringes, said support having a first position in which the syringe(s) on the tray is/are in a substantially vertical position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: KIRO GRIFOLS, S.L.
    Inventors: Borja Lizari Illarramendi, Amaia Ilzarbe Andres, Brian Fernandez Alvarez, Patxi Urtzelai Aranbarri
  • Patent number: 11806969
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device includes: providing a glass including an edge region and an inner region; arranging a light source under the glass; setting a center position of the light source to correspond to an inside of the edge region or an inside of the inner region of the glass; directing light into the glass by using the light source; and detecting a defect in the edge region of the glass by receiving light passing through the glass by using a detection camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee Young Lee, Jeong Kug Lee, Jung-Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 11801672
    Abstract: Inspection devices and methods for inspecting an adhesive pattern on a substrate are disclosed. The inspection device includes at least one sensor having a heat sensor head for detecting a pattern of the adhesive bead, and a controller. Reference data representing a desired adhesive pattern is initially provided to a controller. A predetermined tolerance range for the desired adhesive pattern is also provided to the controller. An adhesive bead is discharged onto a substrate from a nozzle. A pattern of the discharged adhesive bead is then detected by the sensor when the substrate moves. Signals representing the detected pattern are received from the sensor at the controller. Finally, the signals representing the detected adhesive pattern are compared to the tolerance range of the desired adhesive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Lingier, Alexander Wilhelm
  • Patent number: 11798912
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a display device may include disposing a display panel on a stage to be parallel to an XZ-plane defined by a horizontal X-axis and a vertical Z-axis, measuring a height of a first side surface of the display panel in a direction of the Z-axis, rotating the stage such that the first side surface is parallel to a reference horizontal line in case that a result of the measured height indicates that the first side surface includes an inclined surface, moving the display panel in a direction of the Z-axis such that a first pad disposed on the first side surface overlaps the reference horizontal line, and bonding a second pad of a printed circuit board with the first pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taeyoung Park, Jungseon Park, Jun-Hee Lee, Hyunwoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11794937
    Abstract: A labeling device includes: a robot having articulated arms with arm sections that are articulated: together, to a robot base, and to a platform of a label pickup device. The pickup device has a base plate and a plunger. The plunger has a fixed portion mounted to the base plate and is not displaceable relative to the base plate in a longitudinal direction, has a portion that is movable in the fixed portion in the longitudinal direction toward the base plate to a retracted position, and has an end configured to pick up a label. A pressure regulator of the plunger breaks a negative pressure in the plunger. The plunger's fixed portion covers an opening of its movable portion in a gas-tight manner by of the when the movable portion in an extended position and which is not covered when in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: BIZERBA SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus Pries, Konstantin Rempel, Winai Namsuk, Christian Schelle, Jonas Lauer
  • Patent number: 11794461
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lamination system. A lamination system, which bonds a panel and a bonding target panel to from a panel assembly, according to one embodiment of the present invention may include a transfer which moves along a transfer shuttle and supports any one among the panel, the bonding target panel, and the panel assembly, a bonding chamber which is provided parallel to the transfer shuttle and bonds the panel and the bonding target panel, and a first robot which transfers any one among the panel, the bonding target panel, and the panel assembly between the transfer and the bonding chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: STI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Su Jeon, Kyu Yong Han, Sang Pil Park, Jae Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11790552
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for applying a multi-component curable composition is disclosed. The method for applying a multi-component curable composition includes a) applying a plurality of fluids constituting the multi-component curable composition to a surface of a bonding target object layer by layer, b) acquiring a two-dimensional image of all the fluids applied layer by layer using an image sensor, c) measuring a height of all the fluids applied layer by layer using a distance sensor, and d) calculating a total volume of the multi-component curable composition by using the two-dimensional image and height of the fluids obtained in b) and c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: FINE SEMITECH CORP.
    Inventors: Sung Chul Jeon, Dong Young Shin, Sun Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 11787588
    Abstract: A printer includes: a body defining a media enclosure configured to receive a media supply; an indicator assembly supported by an outer wall of the body, the indicator assembly including a plurality of substantially contiguous illumination surfaces illuminated by respective ones of a set of lights supported within the body; a controller supported by the body, the controller configured to: (i) obtain an operational status of the printer, (ii) retrieve, from a mapping repository, a set of notification control parameters corresponding to the operational status, and (iii) control the set of lights according to the notification control parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Morgan Hassan Malone, Edward Anthony Hackett, Raymond E. Maynard, Michael F. St.Germain, Michael C. Wondolowski, Daniel V. Carroll, Ozgur Ozserin, James Roger Morley-Smith, Hannah Marie Legg, Roger Edward Guinee, Ellen Thomas
  • Patent number: 11780182
    Abstract: A self-threading lamination head has a material supply drum, a backing layer collection drum, and a material threading system. The material supply drum supports a material roll of layup material backed by a backing layer. The material threading system includes at least one threading belt located on one side of the lamination head. The threading belt is supported by belt rollers driven by a belt drive motor. A belt-mounted layer engagement device is coupled to the threading belt for engaging a backing layer leading edge portion. The backing layer collection drum collects the backing layer as the lamination head applies the layup material onto a substrate. The belt drive motor drives the threading belt over the belt rollers and causes the belt-mounted layer engagement device to thread the backing layer through the lamination head, and position the backing layer leading edge portion proximate the backing layer collection drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Raviendra S. Suriyaarachchi, Darrell D. Jones, James R. Kendall, Paul D. Shaw, Sergio Urzainqui
  • Patent number: 11760526
    Abstract: A labeling device includes: a robot having articulated arms with arm sections that are articulated: together, to a robot base, and to a platform of a label pickup device. The pickup device has a base plate and a plunger. The plunger has a fixed portion mounted to the base plate and is not displaceable relative to the base plate in a longitudinal direction, has a portion that is movable in the fixed portion in the longitudinal direction toward the base plate to a retracted position, and has an end configured to pick up a label. A pressure regulator of the plunger breaks a negative pressure in the plunger. The plunger's fixed portion covers an opening of its movable portion in a gas-tight manner by of the when the movable portion in an extended position and which is not covered when in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: BIZERBA SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus Pries, Konstantin Rempel, Winai Namsuk, Christian Schelle, Jonas Lauer
  • Patent number: 11760527
    Abstract: A labeling device includes: a robot having articulated arms with arm sections that are articulated: together, to a robot base, and to a platform of a label pickup device. The pickup device has a base plate and a plunger. The plunger has a fixed portion mounted to the base plate and is not displaceable relative to the base plate in a longitudinal direction, has a portion that is movable in the fixed portion in the longitudinal direction toward the base plate to a retracted position, and has an end configured to pick up a label. A pressure regulator of the plunger breaks a negative pressure in the plunger. The plunger's fixed portion covers an opening of its movable portion in a gas-tight manner by of the when the movable portion in an extended position and which is not covered when in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: BIZERBA SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus Pries, Konstantin Rempel, Winai Namsuk, Christian Schelle, Jonas Lauer
  • Patent number: 11745445
    Abstract: A method of designing an anisotropic composite laminate structure to constitute a predetermined member of an airframe structure of an aircraft and includes a plurality of types of composite layers containing reinforcing fibers with different fiber orientations is provided. The method includes dividing the anisotropic composite laminate structure in the predetermined member into a plurality of regions in a thickness direction. The method includes determining, for each of the regions, at least a stacking sequence of the plurality of types of composite layers in accordance with a direction of stress acting on the predetermined member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kensuke Yoshimura