Patents Examined by Karl Kurple
  • Patent number: 10946409
    Abstract: A device (1) applies adhesive to cores which are used to produce a log includes a moving means (3) configured to cause at least one core (5) to advance along a feed direction (A) and a dispensing means (7) configured for dispensing an amount of adhesive (9) on the core (5). The dispensing means (7) are moveable along an application direction (B) substantially orthogonal to the feed direction (A) and are configured to selectively dispense an amount of adhesive (9) along portions (11) of the core (5) during movement along the application direction (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: GAMBINI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giovanni Buffa, Fabio Picchi
  • Patent number: 10941474
    Abstract: An apparatus for the continuous hot dip coating of a metal strip is provided The apparatus includes a vessel intended to contain a liquid metal bath, a bottom roller and a scroll casing of the metal strip. The casing includes, at its lower end, a pouring box delimiting a front pouring compartment for liquid metal and a rear pouring compartment for liquid metal. Each pouring compartment is inwardly delimited by an inner wall and outwardly delimited by an outer wall. The outer wall of the rear pouring compartment forms, with the passage plane of the metal strip, an angle greater than or equal to 15° in the usage configuration. A method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: ARCELORMITTAL
    Inventors: Hubert Saint-Raymond, José Veg, Didier Dauchelle
  • Patent number: 10919070
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a coating device capable of stably coating a coating agent onto a member to be coated, while preventing the supply of excess coating agent. A coating device is provided with: a roller which rotates in one direction; a tank in which an opening is formed facing the roller and which supplies a coating agent via the opening; a doctor blade provided at the side of the opening on the rotation exit side of the roller; and a doctor blade provided at the side of the opening on the rotation entry side of the roller; wherein a gap formed between the doctor blade and the roller is larger than a gap formed between the doctor blade and the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Saito, Takashi Shibutani, Kazuto Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10914005
    Abstract: A technique that improves a quality of substrate processing. A substrate processing apparatus includes: a plurality of processing chambers and transfer chambers; a vacuum transfer chamber; a plurality of gate valves; a plurality of first gas supply units to supply an inert gas to a substrate; a transfer robot; and a control unit to control the plurality of first gas supply units and the transfer robot to: supply the inert gas to the substrate at a first flow rate when a distance between a gas supply port and the substrate passing through the plurality of gate valves is a first distance; and supply the inert gas to the substrate at a second flow rate greater than the first flow rate when the distance between the gas supply port and the substrate is a second distance greater than the first distance when the substrate passes through the plurality of gate valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Yahata
  • Patent number: 10892176
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a substrate holder, a top plate portion, a gas supply unit, and an arm. The substrate holder holds a substrate. The top plate is installed to face the substrate held on the substrate holder, and has a through hole formed therethrough at a position facing the center of the substrate. The gas supply supplies an atmosphere adjustment gas to a space between the substrate holder and the top plate. The processing liquid nozzle ejects a liquid to the substrate. The arm holds the processing liquid nozzle and moves the processing liquid nozzle between a processing position where the processing liquid is ejected from the processing liquid nozzle through the through hole and a standby position outside the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ikeda, Shota Umezaki, Kenji Nishi
  • Patent number: 10870125
    Abstract: A painting booth may include: a painting chamber and/or an overspray removal unit. Paint may be sprayed in the painting chamber. The painting chamber may be crossed by an air flow for evacuation of overspray from the painting chamber. When exiting the chamber, the air flow may pass through the overspray removal unit in order to remove the overspray from the air flow. The overspray removal unit may include an incoherent mass of cleaning elements kept in a stirred condition, through which the air flow containing the overspray passes so as to release the overspray onto the cleaning elements. A method for removing overspray from air flow exiting a painting booth may include: passing the air flow through an incoherent mass of cleaning elements which are kept in a stirred condition, so as to release the overspray onto the cleaning elements of the incoherent mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: GEICO S.P.A.
    Inventors: Valerio Iglio, Alessandro Di Lucrezia
  • Patent number: 10850507
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coating device which draws a pattern of a functional liquid on a substrate. The coating device includes: a substrate holding unit which holds the substrate; a droplet discharging unit which discharges a droplet of the functional liquid on the substrate held by the substrate holding unit; a moving unit which relatively moves the substrate holding unit and the droplet discharging unit in a main scanning direction and a sub scanning direction on a base; a mass measuring unit including a cup which receives the droplet discharged by the droplet discharging unit and a mass measuring device which measures a mass of the functional liquid accumulated in the cup; and a liquid drain unit which drains the functional liquid accumulated in the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yousuke Mine, Kazuhito Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10850298
    Abstract: An apparatus for coating an object or component includes at least one dispenser for dispensing a falling flow of material and an actuator for projecting the component through the falling flow of material. A landing may also be provided for receiving the coated projectile, the landing adapted for providing a second coating to the coated projectile. Related methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Inventor: Madeline A. Kuchinski
  • Patent number: 10835917
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a coating apparatus includes a backup roll, a die disposed below the backup roll, a bending device disposed below the die, and a die pressing module provided on an upper surface of the bending device. The die includes a base module, a first body erected from a rear part of an upper surface of the base module, a second body combined with a front surface of the first body, a mount space formed between a front part of the upper surface of the base module and a lower surface of the second body, a liquid storage module for a coating liquid, a liquid passage for the coating liquid, a slit-like discharge port for the coating liquid, and a shim sandwiched between the first body and the second body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: HIRANO TECSEED Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Yamane, Mitutaka Murata
  • Patent number: 10821462
    Abstract: A stackable shield removably insertable in an opening to an interior of a recessed light fixture receptacle is disclosed. The unit is characterized by a v-shaped divider structure defined by first and second divider walls extending between opposite parts of the outer wall. Configuration of the outer wall is alterable by urging the divider walls toward one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Inventor: Charles A. Lujan
  • Patent number: 10793941
    Abstract: A plasma spraying system is provided for coating a substrate. The plasma spraying system includes a plasma gun, a nozzle and a mounting system. The plasma gun is adapted to direct plasma towards the substrate. The nozzle is adapted to direct coating medium into the plasma. The mounting system is adapted to rotate the nozzle to change an angle of incidence between the coating medium and the plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Jessica L. Serra
  • Patent number: 10787730
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a mask assembly, an installation method thereof and an evaporation apparatus. The mask assembly includes: a support frame; a mask fixed on the support frame, the mask including an active mask region and an inactive mask region surrounding the active mask region; and a first support bar fixed on the support frame. The first support bar is disposed on a side of the mask facing away from the support frame, a projection of the first support bar onto a plane where the support frame is located is overlapped with a projection of the mask onto the plane where the support frame is located by a first overlapping portion, and the first overlapping portion is located within a projection area of the inactive mask region onto the plane where the support frame is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiming Lin, Zhen Wang, Jian Zhang, Fuqiang Tang, Chunchieh Huang
  • Patent number: 10758930
    Abstract: A fluid application device for mechanical fasteners such as rivets, screws, bolts, and similar fasteners, and a robot end effector including such a device as well as a robot being equipped therewith. The fluid application device includes a fluid application element having a curved application surface, wherein the curved application surface includes a channel configured to receive a fluid. A brush is arranged at the curved application surface such that the fluid is able to wet the brush elements. The device further includes a gripping device configured to push a mechanical fastener against the wetted brush elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: KUKA Systems Aerospace
    Inventor: Eric Dupouy
  • Patent number: 10741427
    Abstract: A coating apparatus, a method of recycling a coating liquid by utilization of the same and a method for cleaning the same are provided. The coating apparatus includes a supply device, a coater device and a recycling device. The supply device includes a liquid inlet, a liquid outlet and a coating liquid supply unit connected with the liquid inlet. The coater device includes a coating liquid nozzle including a receiving opening connected with the liquid outlet of the supply device, a coating opening and an exhaust opening. The recycling device includes a recycled liquid outlet and at least one recycling inlet including a supply process recycling inlet which is connected with the exhaust opening of the coating liquid nozzle, and the recycled liquid outlet is connected with the liquid inlet of the supply device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianfeng Wang, Kaimin Wu, Chongxi Wei, Peng Chen, Lei Zhu
  • Patent number: 10741763
    Abstract: A division mask includes a main body including at least one opening pattern, and a clamping portion at an edge of the main body, the clamping portion having an increasing width with respect to an increasing distance from the main body, and the clamping portion including a fan-out portion extending from the main body and including at least one dummy pattern, and at least one branch portion having a decreasing width with respect to an increasing distance from the fan-out portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daewon Baek, Jongbum Kim
  • Patent number: 10722770
    Abstract: A precision real-time laser measurement and marking apparatus is provided. the disclosure also relates to the multiple components of the precision real-time laser measurement and marking apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The multiple components of precision real-time laser measurement and marking apparatus are as follows: the main housing; the foam spray can; the universal clip; and the fully assembled precision real-time laser measurement and marking apparatus. A method of using a precision real-time laser measurement and marking apparatus is provided. The method comprising pressing a distance measurement button while aiming an apparatus at a target; displaying an exact distance measurement on a LED screen wherein the exact distance measurement is the distance between the target and the apparatus; determining the exact distance measurement matches a desired distance; and marking a distance boundary using a spray nozzle of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Inventor: Tom Beaumont
  • Patent number: 10702885
    Abstract: The present invention proposes an implant coating and drying device, including a chip sorter, a slide maker, a coating pool, a tablet pipe, a tablet conveying device, and a drying device. The chip sorter is connected to the slide maker, the shape of the coating pool is a circular arc. The coating pool is filled with coating solution. The inlet of the tablet pipe is connected with the slide maker, and the outlet of the tablet pipe is connected with the drying device, the tablet conveying device is used to deliver the implant tablet within the tablet pipe. The present invention proposes an implant coating and drying device, which has the advantages of simple structure and convenient operation, and avoids the defect of the prior art that the implant tablets adhere to each other, the coating is damaged, and the release degree of the implant tablet cannot be stabilized. The present invention proposes the implant coating and drying device is suitable for mass production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Shenzhen ScienCare Medical Industries Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Shugui Yin, Shiqiang Wang, Shaowei Jia, Tao Zhang, Qingzhe Liu
  • Patent number: 10689753
    Abstract: A process chamber for making composite structures using CVI/CVD is provided. The process chamber has a plurality of compartments. Each compartment has its own equipment such as, for example, a substrate support structure, a gas inlet, a gas outlet, a cooling element and a heating element, and control system for independently controlling the process conditions for treating a substrate contained within.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: John E Finley, Robert A. Fiala, Mark R. Wolke, Mark K. Lentz
  • Patent number: 10670926
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a spacer particle distribution device used for distributing spacer particles toward a surface of a glass substrate and comprising: a sealed chamber, and a base, a lift pin and multiple adsorption assemblies disposed in the sealed chamber. The adsorption assemblies are disposed correspondingly on four edge regions of the base. Each adsorption assembly is electrified independently to respectively control electrostatic adsorption force of each adsorption assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Yu
  • Patent number: 10655219
    Abstract: A containment structure is disclosed for holding a substrate (e.g., preform) during CVI/CVD treatment. The containment structure includes a support structure, a cover portion, a gas inlet and a gas outlet. During the CVI/CVD process, the substrate is contained within the containment structure, forming a first space between the support structure and the substrate, and a second space between the substrate and the cover portion. Reactant gas is introduced into the first space and forced through the substrate via delta pressure, forming a binding matrix within the substrate. Excess reactant gas exits the substrate into the second space and is removed from the containment structure through the gas outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: John E. Finley, Mark R. Wolke, Mark K. Lentz