Patents Examined by Katarzyna Wyrozebski-Lee
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Patent number: 8486218Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bonded body of a semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor device to be mounted on the semiconductor substrate are provided. The method includes: preparing a first base member and a second base member; imparting liquid repellency for a liquid material to at least a part of a bonding film non-formation region of the first base member to form a liquid repellent region thereon; supplying the liquid material onto the first base member to selectively form a liquid coating on a bonding film formation region of the first base member; drying the liquid coating to obtain a bonding film on the bonding film formation region; and bonding the first base member and the second base member together through the bonding film due to a bonding property developed in a vicinity of a surface of the bonding film to thereby obtain the bonded body.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2012Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Shintaro Asuke
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Patent number: 8486211Abstract: Described are methods of making a paint roller using a composite cover material made from a compound of polypropylene and calcium carbonate having between 5% and 50% calcium carbonate by weight. One or various compounds may be used to form portions of one or multiple components that make up the paint roller, including, for example, the thermoplastic strips, adhesives and/or the backing of a composite cover material. The materials can be assembled in a continuous manufacturing process. Also described are methods of making a paint roller using an adhesive made from a compound of polypropylene and calcium carbonate having between 5% and 66% calcium carbonate by weight, and methods of making a paint roller using preformed strips or core material made from a compound of polypropylene and calcium carbonate having between 5% and 66% calcium carbonate by weight.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2011Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Inventor: Chandra Sekar
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Patent number: 8485241Abstract: A system for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, includes peeling means that peels off a sheet piece of the polarizing film from a carrier film; take-up means that takes up the carrier film; bonding means that bonds the sheet piece to a panel; and velocity control means for controlling a feed velocity of the take-up means and a feed velocity of the bonding means in such a manner that: Vh(t)>Vs(t) during a period from the start of the process of bonding the sheet piece to the end of the bonding and that slack formed in the sheet piece being subjected to the bonding is eliminated between a front end of the peeling means and a position in which the bonding is performed by the bonding means; and that during a period from the start of the bonding process to the end of the bonding, L>Ls.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2011Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Satoshi Hirata, Seiji Kondo, Kazuya Hada
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Patent number: 8480831Abstract: The present disclosure is directed generally towards systems and methods for manufacturing composite wood products. In some embodiments, the method includes performing an initial manufacturing step and performing a subsequent manufacturing step before residual heat from the initial manufacturing step completely dissipates. The initial manufacturing step includes combining veneers with an adhesive and heating and consolidating the veneers to form a core laminate. The one or more subsequent manufacturing steps each include applying one or more layers to the core laminate. The one or more layers each include a veneer component and an adhesive component. The core laminate and the one or more layers are sequentially heated and pressed to form a composite wood product. The disclosure also relates to systems for manufacturing composite wood products.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Weyerhaeuser NR CompanyInventors: Joseph A. Fyie, Kristin L. Brandt, Brian C. Scott
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Patent number: 8480835Abstract: An apparatus and method to manufacture shaped counter top edges for custom counter tops. Sheet laminate is heated, clamped to a post form mold with clamping screws, and then formed around the post form mold into formed laminate. The formed laminate is then bonded to a substrate using adhesive and a bonding fixture having a plurality of bonding presses. Each bonding press has a pair of mutually opposed bonding press molds, each bonding press mold having a bonding press mold groove sized to admit a formed laminate around an edge of the substrate. Clamps hold the bonding press molds together, thereby urging the formed laminate into intimate contact with the substrate until the adhesive cures. A counter top edge is cut from the resulting substrate/laminate assembly at an edge first cut angle and an edge second cut angle to provide a neat and aesthetically pleasing installation on a counter.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2011Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: The Diller CorporationInventor: John W Pehr
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Patent number: 8479795Abstract: A three-dimensional object fabrication apparatus is disclosed. A housing encloses a work area having at least two distinct zones including a fabrication zone and an assembly zone. Digital data defining geometry for a three-dimensional object to be fabricated is passed via an interface to a processor within the housing. A fabrication mechanism in the fabrication zone to fabricates sub-elements where each sub-element corresponds to a portion of the object substantially consistent with the digital data. An assembly mechanism in the assembly zone joins the sub-elements in relative alignment to form the object defined by the geometry.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2010Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Synerdyne CorporationInventor: Mark S. Knighton
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Patent number: 8480841Abstract: A method is disclosed of manufacturing a transparent wear resistant surface layer (1). The method may include the steps of, applying a decorative material on a carrier, applying a dry powder layer comprising a mix of processed wood fibers, binder and wear resistant particles above the decorative layer, curing the mix to a decorative surface, including the transparent wear resistant layer, by applying heat and pressure on the mix. In a preferred embodiment the method includes the step of pressing the mix against an embossed matrix to create an embossed decorative surface with high wear resistance.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2011Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Ceralog Innovation Belgium BVBAInventors: Darko Pervan, Göran Ziegler
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Patent number: 8480832Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminate of three or more layers of optical films, including: forming a first and a second optical film pieces by cutting the first and second optical films having an elongated shape respectively; disposing the first and second optical film pieces adjacent to each other in a substantially band or strip shape with their optical orientation axis crossing the longitudinal direction of the band or strip-shape; laminating the first and second optical film pieces on a third optical film; and a cutting step of, while holding the third optical film, the first film layer and the second film layer in a laminated state, cutting them into plural pieces, and thereby forming optical film laminates.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2009Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Daisuke Kumagai, Toshirou Nishikubo
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Patent number: 8475611Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for the application of a strip material to a substrate. Particularly, the present invention relates to a automatic application of an elongate strip of elastic material to a substrate. The present invention further relates to a device and a method for applying a seal strip such as a weatherstrip seal to a substrate. The elongate strip is advanced by drive means and positioned on a substrate by means of an application unit. The stress of the elongate strip is controlled by a stress control unit which is positioned in the area between the drive means and the application unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2007Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignees: 3M Innovative Properties Company, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.Inventors: Klaus Malecki, Detlef Richert, Andreas Hoefer, Johannes Wossner, Thomas Ledermann, Martin Naumann
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Patent number: 8470124Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe ambient temperature pressing (“cold pressing”) of a wood-based product using protein/PAE adhesives within industrially suitable set times and press pressures. A method includes preparing an adhesive comprising a protein source and polyamideamine-epichlorohydrin (PAE) resin, applying the adhesive to one or more wood-based components, and cold pressing the one or more wood-based components to form a wood-based structure, the cold pressing being the only pressing operation in the formation of the wood-based structure after applying the adhesive to the one or more wood-based components. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2011Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Columbia Forest Products, Inc.Inventors: Timothy F. Spayde, Chris J. Watt, Steven Pung
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Patent number: 8469073Abstract: An automatic spacers mounting system includes a horizontal arraying pallet to hold spacers therein in a horizontal direction; a posture changing pallet and a shutter. The posture changing pallet and the shutter are coupled to the horizontal arraying pallet, such that the posture changing pallet faces the horizontal arraying pallet, and are rotated by 180 degrees with the horizontal arraying pallet. An inserting guide having a plurality of guiding holes is positioned above a panel having sprayed glue thereon is placed. The posture changing pallet and the shutter are disposed above the inserting guide, the plurality of spacers are inserted into the plurality of guiding holes, and a plurality of pressing pins of a pressing chuck are inserted in the guiding holes and press the spacers against the panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2011Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin-uk Hong, Kyung-do Park, Kyu-ho Kim
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Patent number: 8470229Abstract: A mat for creating patterns in concrete includes a center portion, a feathered border surrounding the center portion, a top surface, and a bottom surface. A design stamp is positioned in the center portion of the bottom surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2007Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Inventors: Jonathan Nasvik, Paul C. Nasvik
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Patent number: 8465618Abstract: A process for recovering rubber from a tire, the tire including a rubber tread block, steel belting, and an inner liner that serves to hold the air pressure in the tire. The bead and sidewall may be removed from the tire leaving a loop of tread material. Next, the loop is placed on a rubber-separating machine to hold the loop in place. One or more cutting blades are lowered into position at the tread portion of the tire. Once the blades are in place, the tread loop is placed in motion around the rollers. As the blades contact the steel belts, the cutting blades separate the tread rubber from the reinforced rubber at the interface between the tread rubber and the steel belts.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2008Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Rubber Recovery Solutions LLCInventors: Edward McMahon, Uwe Zitzow
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Patent number: 8460497Abstract: A coating composition is based on a polyester mixed with an alkyl-etherified melamine formaldehyde. The coating composition is partially cured in a first stage to provide a thermoformable partially cured, tack-free, non-blocking, coating layer, followed by application to generally a contoured substrate and thermoforming to conform thereto. The contoured partially cured coating layer is then heat cured to form a cured coating. A hydroxyl-terminated polyoxetane containing repeat units derived from oxetane monomers having one or two pendent —CH2—O—(CH2)n—Rf groups, wherein Rf is partially or fully fluorinated, can be esterified with polyester-forming reactants to form a fluorinated polyoxetane-modified polyester.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2010Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: OMNOVA Solutions Inc.Inventors: Raymond J. Weinert, Guillermina C. Garcia, James E. Robbins, Martin J. Fay
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Patent number: 8460491Abstract: The present invention provides die bonder and bonding method by which a bonding load from a high load to a low load is obtained or high-speed mounting is attained. In a die bonder or a bonding method in which a bonding head is ascended/descended by a first ascending/descending drive shaft unit, a die is picked up, the picked-up die is installed onto a workpiece, and after installed, a load is exerted on the die by the bonding head to bond the die to the workpiece, whether the load is higher/lower than a predetermined load is determined, and in bonding, when the load is higher than the predetermined load, the high load is exerted by the first ascending/descending drive shaft unit, and when the load is lower than the predetermined load, the low load is exerted by a second ascending/descending drive shaft unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2012Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Instruments Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shingo Fukasawa, Tatsuyuki Okubo, Yoshihiro Kurihara
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Patent number: 8459324Abstract: An intermittent cutting transferring device configured to cut a first web into individual sheets and to intermittently transfer the individual sheets onto a second web being continuously fed includes an upper blade roll with a blade and a lower blade roll with an anvil element. Each of the individual sheets cut from the first web is arranged to be guided and transferred onto the second web while the first web is being sucked onto an outer peripheral surface of the lower blade roll by the suction through suction holes formed in a first region on an outer peripheral surface of the lower blade roll. The first region defined as a suction region includes a plurality of the suction holes and a non-suction region does not include the suction holes. The suction region and the non-suction region are provided alternately in a roll rotating direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2012Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventor: Hiroki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8460490Abstract: A roll of a continuous web of an optical film laminate with predefined slit lines for use in a continuous manufacturing system by laminating optically functional film sheets to liquid-crystal panels. The optical film laminate with predefined slit lines comprises an optically functional film having an adhesive layer which is subjected to a preliminary inspection, and a carrier film releasably laminated to the adhesive layer. Defect-free normal sheets and defective or defect-containing sheets having predefined length corresponding to the dimension of the liquid-crystal panel are formed on the carrier film by sequentially forming slit lines along the transverse direction with respect to the lengthwise direction of the optical film laminate.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2011Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Takuya Nakazono, Seiji Umemoto
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Patent number: 8453696Abstract: A self-contained, portable and automated apparatus and method for wrapping edges of a panel with a protective and/or decorative laminate material comprises conveying means for moving the panel from an entry end of the apparatus to an exit end of the apparatus, lifting means for transversely deflecting the flap upward to a position substantially perpendicular to the front surface of the panel as the panel is conveyed, adhesive application means for applying an adhesive to a back surface of the panel proximate the edge substantially throughout the length of the panel as the panel is moved past the adhesive application means, a folding bar positioned downstream from the adhesive application means at an angle of about 135 to 170 degrees relative to a trailing part of the edge to transversely deflect the flap downward toward the adhesive on the back surface of the panel, and a roller positioned downstream from the folding bar and arranged to spin inwardly over the flap at an angle of about 130 to 150 degrees relatType: GrantFiled: July 25, 2011Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Michael J. Boggs
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Patent number: 8454786Abstract: In a method for producing drip irrigation pipes, a tube body is extruded from a thermoplastic synthetic material and provided with a wall. The tube body is led directly and in non-contact fashion to a pre-cooling chamber in which the tube body is pre-cooled and in which metering elements are pressed on to the wall and connected to the wall. The tube body is sized to a final diameter and further cooled in a cooling chamber.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2009Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: The Machines Yvonand SAInventors: Jean-Pierre Guichard, Jean-Luc Vagnières, Eberhard Kertscher
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Patent number: 8454774Abstract: In a method of producing a stabilizer for a motor vehicle, a stabilizer bearing portion of a stabilizer is chemically pre-treated by applying an adhesive. The stabilizer and two vulcanized elastomer-metal bearing half-shells are then placed in a joining apparatus for subsequent bonding of the bearing half-shells with the stabilizer bearing portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2011Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventor: Georg Grundmeier