Patents Examined by Kelsey C Grace
  • Patent number: 10875811
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a concrete construction method for controlling setting time and special equipment thereof. The technical solution comprises processes of mixing, pumping, extruding, forming, setting and hardening. An electric treatment of applying an external electric field to a concrete mixture is provided between the pumping and the extruding process. The mixture treated by the external electric field is immediately extruded through an extrusion outlet. The special equipment comprises a transporting pump, a transporting pipeline and an extrusion device. The extrusion device comprises an equipment for electrical process and the extrusion outlet. By adopting the construction solution and equipment in the present technical solution, an effect on rapid controlling or adjusting the concrete setting time is achieved and an early strength of concrete is rapidly and rationally enhanced. A requirement of adjusting concrete setting time at will before the forming process is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: Pengcheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 10873249
    Abstract: A resin filling method for a magnet embedded core includes: a fixing step of sandwiching the laminated iron core at axial ends thereof between a first mold and a second mold provided to face each other; and a resin injecting step of injecting a resin into the magnet insertion hole from a resin injecting portion provided in the first mold or the second mold, wherein in the resin injecting step, an end portion of the resin injecting portion is inserted into the magnet insertion hole beyond an axial end surface of the permanent magnet inserted in the magnet insertion hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: KURODA PRECISION INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Hironobu Okudaira, Tomoaki Murayama, Osamu Fukuyama
  • Patent number: 10864654
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of forming a waffle slab with concrete surfaces that do not require polishing, the method comprising: providing steel molds connected to each other, and forming a space in the steel molds, wherein at least one of the steel molds has a hole; disposing a plurality of inner molds in the space formed by the steel molds; disposing predetermined steel bar cages between the plurality of inner molds, and between the plurality of inner molds and the steel molds; disposing a steel plate on top surfaces of the steel molds, wherein the steel plate comprises separate air holes; and pouring a Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) into the space from the hole of the at least one of the steel molds such that the SCC fills the space to form the waffle slab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: RUENTEX ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Samuel Yin, Jui-Chen Wang, Kun-Jung Shu
  • Patent number: 10858463
    Abstract: The instant invention provides an improved process for producing pelletized polymer compositions, and pelletized polymer compositions. The process for producing a pelletized polymer composition according to the present invention comprises: (1) polymerizing one or more alpha-olefins in one or more solution reactors thereby producing a molten polymer composition comprising one or more solvents; (2) removing at least a portion of said one or more solvents thereby forming a polymer composition having a low solvent content (typically less than 1,000 parts of solvent per million of polymer on a weight basis); (3) removing heat from said polymer composition having low solvent content to a temperature in the range of equal to or greater than the crystallization point of the polymer composition having low solvent content to less than or equal to a temperature in the range of from (the crystallization point of the polymer composition having low solvent content+20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Brian W. Kolthammer, Michael J. Zogg, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10843389
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a moulded article, reinforced with at least one reinforcing element, by means of injection moulding. The reinforcing element is hereby connected integrally to the injection mould wall so that, with subsequent injection moulding of the polymer matrix, the reinforcing element is fixed in the mould. The invention relates likewise to a reinforced moulded article which is producible according to this method. The moulded articles according to the invention are used in the production of automobile parts, industrial and consumer goods and also sports appliances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: EMS-PATENT AG
    Inventors: Simon Bernhard Weis, Christian Kruse, Peter Loch
  • Patent number: 10842599
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a dental restoration from a blank, which has regions or layers of ceramic materials with differing compositions, under use of the method steps, filling of the ceramic materials into a mold, pressing of the ceramic materials to form a blank, removal of the blank from the mold, temperature treatment of the blank, wherein the ceramic materials are filling into the mold in such a way that layers and/or regions after temperature treatment have a profile that is available as a digital set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Lothar Volkl, Stefan Fecher
  • Patent number: 10843402
    Abstract: A method of forming a three-dimensional object, comprising: providing a carrier (18, 418) and an optically transparent member having a build surface, said carrier (18, 418) and said build surface defining a build region therebetween; filling said build region with a polymerizable liquid, continuously or intermittently irradiating said build region with light through said optically transparent member to form a solid polymer from said polymerizable liquid, continuously or intermittently advancing (e.g., sequentially or concurrently with said irradiating step) said carrier (18, 418) away from said build surface to form said three-dimensional object from said solid polymer, said optically transparent member comprising a flexible layer (414, 514, 614) having upper and lower opposing sides, wherein the flexible layer (414, 514, 614) upper side defines the build region, the method further comprising forming a region of reduced pressure adjacent the flexible layer (414, 514, 614) lower side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: John Tumbleston, Edward T. Samulski, Robert K. Pinschmidt, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10828819
    Abstract: In the adjusting method of the extrusion rate, a perforated plate is superimposed on and attached to a forming die, the perforated plate includes a plurality of through hole portions, the adjusting method includes a perforated plate group consisting of a plurality of perforated plates which are different in degree of diameter decrease of the hole diameter, and the adjusting method includes a trial extrusion step of extruding the forming material to form a trial honeycomb formed body, a shape measuring step of measuring a shape of a formed body end face of the trial honeycomb formed body, and a perforated plate selecting step of selecting the perforated plate to be suitably attached to the forming die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Ito, Kazuhiko Hamatsuka
  • Patent number: 10821473
    Abstract: A lineal product includes a substrate having an outer surface, a thermoplastic base layer applied to the outer surface, and a second thermoplastic layer applied over at least a portion of the base layer, the second layer having a hardness of at least 1 H pencil hardness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Tecton Products, LLC
    Inventors: John Jambois, Jay Mosbrucker, Aaron H. Johnson, Heather Goulet, Brian Johnson
  • Patent number: 10814666
    Abstract: A method includes storing a design in a database. The design includes (i) a print component and an inner crop mark that are configured to be printed, and (ii) a foil component configured to be foil-stamped. The method further includes storing a foil-press die that is embossed with both the foil component and a foil alignment mark. The foil alignment mark is configured to be aligned with the inner crop mark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: MINTED, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Belling, Tonia Misvaer, Nathan Glynn
  • Patent number: 10807320
    Abstract: One embodiment of a method according to the present disclosure may use a fixture with one or more boot recesses formed therein. An embedded member may be engaged with a boot and placed in a boot recess. Substrate lay-up may be placed around all or a portion of the embedded member and an outer member may be positioned over the substrate lay-up. A cover may be positioned over the outer member and engaged with the fixture. The pressure within an interior portion of the fixture may be reduced to less than ambient pressure and resin may be introduced to interact with the substrate lay-up and allowed to cure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Inventor: Terry Kieffer
  • Patent number: 10799687
    Abstract: A urinary catheter insertion alignment device for use by a female patient is disclosed. The urinary catheter insertion alignment device is molded to the patient's vaginal anatomy using impression material while an intermittent urinary catheter is inserted into the urethral orifice. Once the urinary catheter insertion alignment device has hardened, the intermittent urinary catheter is removed therefrom. Thereafter, the urinary catheter insertion alignment device may be fitted to the vaginal anatomy by the patient, which positions the passageway therethrough (formerly occupied by the urinary catheter in place during the molding operation) directly over the urethral orifice. The patient may then easily insert an intermittent urinary catheter (of a size smaller than that used during the molding operation) through the passageway, into the urethral orifice, and into the bladder for drainage of the bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventor: David O. Scott
  • Patent number: 10793974
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for preparing graphene-polyamide nanocomposite fiber. The method includes the following steps of: mixing polyamide chips with graphene or modified graphene, and then extruding and palletizing to obtain graphene-polyamide masterbatch; melt-spinning the graphene-polyamide masterbatch after drying the same, to prepare the graphene-polyamide nanocomposite fiber. Compared with the existing industrial polyamide composite fiber, the method of the present invention has the advantages of simple process and low cost, and can effectively improve the production efficiency and capacity; the modified graphene has such an excellent compatibility with the matrix that it can be uniformly dispersed in the matrix, so that the graphene reinforced phase is perfectly compounded with the polyamide matrix material, thereby greatly improving the performance of graphene-polyamide nanocomposite fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: NANTONG QIANGSHENG GRAPHENE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongxiao Bai, Xiaolin Sha, Yan Sha
  • Patent number: 10792856
    Abstract: A build plate unit (400) for a three-dimensional printer includes a build plate (410) having an optically transparent member comprising a flexible, gas permeable, optically transparent sheet (414) having upper and lower opposing sides, wherein the flexible sheet upper side defines the build surface; and a flexible, gas permeable or impermeable, optically transparent base layer (412) on the lower side of the flexible sheet opposite the build region, wherein the build plate is configured to permit gas flow to the build surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: John Tumbleston, Edward T. Samulski, Robert K. Pinschmidt, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10780641
    Abstract: Techniques and systems for enhancing vertical edges during photopolymer-based three-dimensional (3D) printing are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: HOLO, INC.
    Inventors: Richard M. Greene, Brian James Adzima, Stephen James Kranz
  • Patent number: 10773234
    Abstract: A range of carbon materials can be produced using lignin in combination with synthetic phenolic resins or naturally occurring lingo-cellulosic materials. The lignin, which is essentially a naturally occurring phenolic resin, has a carbon yield on pyrolysis similar to that of the synthetic resins, which aids processing. The lignin can be used as a binder phase for synthetic resin or lignocellulosic materials allowing the production of monolithic carbons from a wide range of precursors, as the primary structural material where the thermal processing is modified by the addition of small quantities of synthetic resin materials or as structure modified in the production of meso/macro porous carbons in either bead, granular or monolithic form. A carbonised monolith is provided comprising mesoporous and/or macroporous carbon particles dispersed in a matrix of microporous carbon particles with voids between the particles defining paths for fluid to flow into and through the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Neoteryx, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Robert Tennison, Michal Kowalski, Thomas Avery, Susan Rachel Sandeman, Carol Angela Howell, Yishan Zheng, Ganesh Ingavle, Sergey Victorovich Mikhalovsky, Mambet Nuraliyev
  • Patent number: 10759084
    Abstract: A shock consolidation material manufacturing method involves combining a nanoscale additive and ceramic nanoparticles to create a nano-powder, compacting the nano-powder mechanically, and performing shock-wave consolidation on the compacted nano-powder. The ceramic nanoparticles may be Yttria-stabilized tetragonal Zirconia (YSZ) or Samarium doped Ceria (SDC). The nanopowder may be CNT-YSZ or SDC-Na2CO3. The shock-wave consolidation may be performed with a laser, and may involve positioning the nano-powder on a support material, placing an ablative layer over the support material and nano-powder, placing a transparent re-usable capping layer over the ablative layer, and directing laser energy at the capping layer, turning an area of the ablative layer below the capping layer into plasma and generating shock waves through the nano-powder and support material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Oceanit Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Sullivan, Ashavani Kumar, Venkat Kamavaram
  • Patent number: 10759098
    Abstract: The present invention effects a reduction in production cost and increases yield of a transparent resin molded article and prevents the generation of defects such as bubbles, weld lines, and sink marks. This injection molding device (2A) for a transparent resin molded article is equipped with: a die (3) for injection molding the transparent resin molded article; and a gate (5) that is provided to the peripheral edge of the die (3) and that is the inlet through which a resin material (R) is injected into the die (3). The thickness dimensions (Ta) of the die (3) are in the range of 15-25 mm, and the ratio of the diameter dimensions (D) of the gate (5) to the thickness dimensions (Ta) of the die (3) is set in the range of 1:6 to 1:3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Bessho, Naomoto Ishikawa, Tsunetoshi Tanemura
  • Patent number: 10737363
    Abstract: A tool includes a flexible section; a head that extends form the flexible section; and an exciter within the head. A method of additively manufacturing a component including burrowing a tool into a conglomerated powder within an internal passage of an additively manufactured component, the tool vibrating in a manner to facilitate removal of the conglomerated powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Joe Ott, Wendell V. Twelves, Jr., Evan Butcher, Lexia Kironn
  • Patent number: 10737429
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of delivering a predetermined volume of a liquid product, defined as the liquid end product, formed by addition of a first and second liquid product, into a thermoplastic container formed from a heated preform positioned in a mold and having an opening opposite an injection head. Prior to injecting the second liquid product into the preform causing expansion of the container, the preform is at least partially, filled with the first liquid product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Discma AG
    Inventors: Guillaume Chauvin, Christophe Collin, Damien Kannengiesser, Jean-Tristan Outreman, Jean-Louis Pellegatta