Patents Examined by Khanh T. Nguyen
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Patent number: 11964808Abstract: A layer pad (10) comprises a substantially flat sheet (12) having first and second opposite substantially planar faces (14, 16). The layer pad (10) further includes at least one raised formation (18) on at least one of the faces (14, 16).Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: LOADHOG LIMITEDInventors: Leigh Jowett, Martin Leslie Baker, Luke Davis, Robert Deakin
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Patent number: 11967505Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sputtering target with which an oxide semiconductor film with a small amount of defects can be formed is provided. Alternatively, an oxide semiconductor film with a small amount of defects is formed. A method for manufacturing a sputtering target is provided, which includes the steps of: forming a polycrystalline In-M-Zn oxide (M represents a metal chosen among aluminum, titanium, gallium, yttrium, zirconium, lanthanum, cesium, neodymium, and hafnium) powder by mixing, sintering, and grinding indium oxide, an oxide of the metal, and zinc oxide; forming a mixture by mixing the polycrystalline In-M-Zn oxide powder and a zinc oxide powder; forming a compact by compacting the mixture; and sintering the compact.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Masashi Tsubuku, Masashi Oota, Yoichi Kurosawa, Noritaka Ishihara
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Patent number: 11964880Abstract: Methods of manufacturing conductive molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) are described herein. The methods include mixing a molybdenum disulfide powder in a liquid to form a molybdenum disulfide suspension, sonicating the molybdenum disulfide suspension for a first period of time at a first temperature, and retrieving the conductive molybdenum disulfide from the sonicated molybdenum disulfide suspension. Methods of manufacturing conductive forms of other transition metal dichalcogenides are also described. Materials produced by the methods described herein are also described.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: McMaster UniversityInventors: Peter Kruse, Dipankar Saha, Ponnambalam Ravi Selvaganapathy
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Patent number: 11958249Abstract: A reclamation system for an additive manufacturing apparatus can include a collection structure configured to remove at least a portion of the resin from a foil. A containment vessel can be configured to retain the resin removed from the foil. A drain can direct the resin from the containment vessel to a reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Trent William Muhlenkamp, Christopher David Barnhill, Meredith Elissa Dubelman, Carlos H. Bonilla, Brian Thomas Thompson, John Thomas Sterle
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Patent number: 11960241Abstract: A liquid electrophotographic ink composition is disclosed herein. One example of the liquid electrophotographic ink composition includes a resin, a liquid carrier, a pigment chosen from titanium oxide, and a spacer chosen from barium sulfate, calcium carbonate, clay, magnesium silicate and mixtures thereof, in an amount from 5 to 15 wt. % of the total solids of the composition. A method for making a liquid electrophotographic ink composition is also disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Hanit Marom Tchaicheeyan, Albert Teishev, Adi Mann, Orel Yosef Mizrahi, Doron Gurovich, Vladislav Kaploun, Emad Masoud
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Patent number: 11952281Abstract: Disclosed is a hydrophilic carbon nanohorn aggregate comprising a carbon nanohorn aggregate having an oxygen-containing functional group introduced at a tip of a carbon nanohorn, and a cyclodextrin which is capping the tip of the carbon nanohorn and being stabilized.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Ryota Yuge
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Patent number: 11950986Abstract: A press for shaping an absorbent tampon blank into a shaped tampon pledget includes a central cavity arranged and configured to accommodate an absorbent tampon blank having a front portion and a back portion. The main longitudinal axis of the press passes in the middle of the central cavity and a plurality of penetrating dies are arranged radially around the said main longitudinal axis. Each penetrating die has a pressing face on at least a fragment of its side facing the central cavity. The said press comprises at least one cam to actuate the plurality of penetrating dies. Furthermore, the plurality of penetrating dies comprises at least one penetrating die having a pressing face with a first shaped longitudinal profile, and least one penetrating die having a pressing face with a second shaped longitudinal profile.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Johnson & Johnson GmbHInventors: Nick Brooks, David L. Kimball, Peter Morgan, James Stembridge
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Patent number: 11951679Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus can include a stage configured to hold a component formed by one or more layers of resin. A support plate can be positioned above the stage. A radiant energy device can be positioned above the stage. The radiant energy device can be operable to generate and project energy in a predetermined pattern. A feed module can be configured to operably couple with a first end portion of a resin support and can be positioned upstream of the stage. A take-up module can be configured to operably couple with a second end portion of the resin support and can be positioned downstream of the stage.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mary Kathryn Thompson, Xi Yang, Meredith Elissa Dubelman, William Joseph Steele, Trent William Muhlenkamp, John Thomas Sterle, Christopher David Barnhill
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Patent number: 11951680Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of 3D printers, and a sunken 3D printer and a 3D printing method are disclosed. The sunken 3D printer comprises a main platform, a first linear driving mechanism, a second linear driving mechanism, a printing platform and an optical machine scraper assembly. The main platform comprises a horizontal platform and a vertical platform which are perpendicular to each other, and a resin tank is provided in the horizontal platform; and the first linear driving mechanism and the second linear driving mechanism are installed at the two ends of the vertical platform, the first linear driving mechanism is used for driving the printing platform to move up and down, and the second linear driving mechanism is used for driving the optical machine scraper assembly to move up and down.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Aidite (Qinhuangdao) Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jiaxin Zhang, Youdao Xing, Zhen Wang, Baisong Li
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Patent number: 11951660Abstract: A shaping system comprises a dispensing station configured to dispense formable material on a substrate, a shaping station configured to contact the dispensed formable material on the substrate with a plate, a positioning system configured to move the substrate having the dispensed formable material from the dispensing system to the shaping station, and a cover having one or more walls. While the substrate having the dispensed formable material is moved by the positioning system from the dispensing station to the shaping station, the cover is positioned to enclose the substrate and the dispensed formable material such that a ratio of a diameter of the substrate to a distance between the cover and the substrate to 80:1 to 30:1.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Steven C. Shackleton, Alireza Aghili, Zhengmao Ye
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Patent number: 11955623Abstract: Silicon particles for active materials and electro-chemical cells are provided. The active materials comprising silicon particles described herein can be utilized as an electrode material for a battery. In certain embodiments, the composite material includes greater than 0% and less than about 90% by weight of silicon particles. The silicon particles have an average particle size between about 0.1 ?m and about 30 ?m and a surface including nanometer-sized features. The composite material also includes greater than 0% and less than about 90% by weight of one or more types of carbon phases. At least one of the one or more types of carbon phases is a substantially continuous phase.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: ENEVATE CORPORATIONInventors: Benjamin Yong Park, Alexander Gorkovenko, Rabih Bachir Zaouk, William Hubert Schank, Genis Turon Teixidor, Lothar Steffens
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Patent number: 11955613Abstract: Cathode material from exhausted lithium ion batteries are dissolved in a solution for extracting the useful elements Co (cobalt), Ni (nickel), Al (Aluminum) and Mn (manganese) to produce active cathode materials for new batteries. The solution includes compounds of desirable materials such as cobalt, nickel, aluminum and manganese dissolved as compounds from the exhausted cathode material of spent cells. Depending on a desired proportion, or ratio, of the desired materials, raw materials are added to the solution to achieve the desired ratio of the commingled compounds for the recycled cathode material for new cells. The desired materials precipitate out of solution without extensive heating or separation of the desired materials into individual compounds or elements. The resulting active cathode material has the predetermined ratio for use in new cells, and avoids high heat typically required to separate the useful elements because the desired materials remain commingled in solution.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Worcester Polytechnic InstituteInventors: Yan Wang, Eric Gratz, Qina Sa, Zhangfeng Zheng, Joseph Heelan, Kee-Chan Kim
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Patent number: 11938678Abstract: Disclosed herein are an adhesion blocking element, a three-dimensional printing device and a three-dimensional printing method. The adhesion blocking element comprises: one light-transmittable main body comprising a first surface and a second surface which are disposed opposite to each other, and side faces connecting the first surface and the second surface; and a plurality of microstructures arranged on the main body, wherein each microstructure has one cavity formed in the main body and one first open face which is arranged on the first surface of the main body and communicated to the cavity. The present invention decreases the adhesion between the adhesion blocking element and the cured layer by improving the structure of the adhesion blocking element itself, and eliminates the negative pressure adsorption between the cured layer and the adhesion blocking element, so that it is easier to peel the adhesion blocking element off from the cured layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: LUXCREO (BEIJING) INC.Inventors: Guang Zhu, Zhifeng Yao, Fang Li, Yi-Ho Lin, Yanhui Guo, Hu Wang
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Patent number: 11931938Abstract: An apparatus (10) for improving the flow properties of injection moulding material has a flow chamber (18) that is formed in an injection moulding assembly. The flow chamber includes an ultrasonic vibration device (22), and an outlet (20) through which injection moulding material can pass from the flow chamber towards a mould tool (14, 16). The ultrasonic vibration device is arranged in the flow chamber such that injection moulding material flows along an outer wall (41) of the ultrasonic vibration device, in use.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Matrix Moulding Systems LimitedInventor: Andrew Miles
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Patent number: 11935673Abstract: Provided are a varistor forming paste, a cured product thereof, and a varistor, that can increase the degree of freedom in designing an electronic device, and can exhibit appropriate varistor characteristics. The varistor forming paste contains an epoxy resin (A), a curing agent (B), and a carbon aerogel (C).Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: NAMICS CORPORATIONInventors: Pawel Czubarow, Daisuke Hashimoto, Yoshitaka Kamata, Toshiyuki Sato
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Patent number: 11931939Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mechanism for opening, closing, and clamping a mold or die of an injection molding machine comprising: at least two sets of first toggle linkages opposed to each other; at least two sets of second toggle linkages hingedly connected to said first toggle linkages; at least 2 linear activating means for driving the mechanism towards a closed or open position hingedly connected to said second toggle linkages; a movable platen hingedly connected to first toggle linkages for holding an injection molding die, mold, or die casting die; and at least 2 sets of guide rods for the movable platen to slidingly move along its travel path.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Inventor: Haw Chan Tan
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Patent number: 11937495Abstract: An organic light-emitting device containing both a compound represented by the following general formula (1) and a compound represented by the following general formula (2) has a high light emission efficiency. The rings a to c each are a benzene ring that can be optionally condensed, R1 and R2 each represent a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, etc., four of R31 to R35 each are a substituted or unsubstituted carbazol-9-yl group, but all of these four are not the same, and the remaining one is a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, etc.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignees: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, KWANSEI GAKUIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, KYULUX, INC.Inventors: Hajime Nakanotani, Takuji Hatakeyama, Yasuhiro Kondo, Yasuyuki Sasada, Motoki Yanai, Chin-Yiu Chan, Masaki Tanaka, Hiroki Noda, Chihaya Adachi, Yoshitake Suzuki, Naoto Notsuka
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Patent number: 11926104Abstract: A build plate may include one or more thermocouples placed on an underside of the build plate. The one or more thermocouples output temperature fluctuation to assist in monitoring for build plate separation of a product located on top of the build plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: THE AEROSPACE CORPORATIONInventors: Shant Kenderian, Joseph T. Case
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Patent number: 11918443Abstract: A doming tool for manufacturing absorbent tampon includes a plurality of stations made of devices for shaping a tampon pledget tip, and a hollow mandrel engaging with the stations. The stations are supported by at least one mounting plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Johnson & Johnson GmbHInventors: Nick Brooks, Peter Morgan, James Stembridge, Trevor Whales
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Patent number: 11917911Abstract: Disclosed are a small-molecule electron donor material with an electron-deficient heterocyclic core, preparation and application thereof, belonging to technical field of solar cells. According to the present application, a brand-new electron-deficient heterocyclic unit which has never been applied to an organic solar cell is used as a core unit to prepare a small-molecule electron donor material with an A-D-A?-D-A skeleton structure, and the molecular structure of the small-molecule electron donor material is shown in formula (I).Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignees: TAIZHOU UNIVERSITY, TAIZHOU HUIMO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Shirong Lu, Liu Zhu