Patents Examined by Larry W Thrower
  • Hockey stick
    Patent number: 10723047
    Abstract: A blade for a hockey stick which can readily absorb impact from the puck, and can allow the user to feel the puck on the blade in contrast to conventional carbon fiber blades. The blade can include a blade member integrally formed of composite material having discontinuous fibers bonded within thermosetting resin. The blade member can have a blade periphery surrounding a central blade region. The central blade region can have a plurality of openings arranged in a pattern to form series of elongate criss crossing ribs that extend between and connect different sides of the blade periphery to each other. The fibers in the blade periphery can be in a generally jumbled orientation, and the fibers in the central blade region can be positioned within the ribs in a manner wherein each rib contains a plurality of fibers that substantially extend in said each rib's elongate direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: TOVI LLC
    Inventors: Tzvi Avnery, Scott L. Heitmann
  • Carbon nanotube membrane systems and methods of synthesis
    Patent number: 10717051
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a method of preparing a membrane by dispersing carbon nanotubes in a solvent, and preparing a slurry from the dispersion by removing at least a portion of the solvent. The method includes applying the slurry to a first surface, and forming a carbon nanotube membrane by compressing the slurry between the first surface and at least a second surface. Some embodiments forming a composite assembly by sandwiching the carbon nanotube membrane between two or more bleeder cloth layers to form an uncured assembly, and applying a curable resin to a first side of the uncured assembly, and applying a curable resin to a second side of the uncured assembly, and curing the uncured assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Siddhant Datta, Aditi Chattopadhyay
  • Piezoelectric composition, methods and applications thereof
    Patent number: 10720565
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to piezoelectric compositions of Formula I comprising Lead Zirconate—Lead Titanate solid solution. The disclosure further relates to a method of obtaining said composition, method of preparing/fabricating piezoelectric component(s) and piezoelectric component(s)/article(s) obtained thereof. The piezoelectric composition and articles of the present disclosure show excellent electromechanical characteristics along with very large insulation resistance (IR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology
    Inventors: Adukkadan Anil, Vattappilly Priyadarsini, Mani Iyer Sathyanarayanan, Viswanathan Kumar
  • Three-dimensional-modeling soluble material
    Patent number: 10717227
    Abstract: A soluble material for three-dimensional modeling, which is used as a raw material of a support material for supporting a three-dimensional object when the three-dimensional object is produced, using a 3D printer of a FDM system, includes a polyester resin including one or more aromatic dicarboxylic acid monomer units A with a sulfonate group, one or more dicarboxylic acid monomer units B without a sulfonate group, and one or more diol monomer units. The proportion of the aromatic dicarboxylic acid monomer unit(s) A in the total of all dicarboxylic acid monomer units is from 10 to 70 mol %. The soluble material has hygroscopicity resistance while the material is large in dissolution rate into any neutral water and removable speedily from a precursor of the three-dimensional object without using any aqueous strong alkaline solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Sawada, Tadanori Yoshimura, Jouji Hirai, Takuma Kimura
  • Three-dimensional printing utilizing a captive element
    Patent number: 10702019
    Abstract: A method of forming a printed structure is disclosed. The method may include printing layers of a printed structure and incorporating an element within the printed structure. The element may be removed in order to form tunnels within the printed structure. In some embodiments the element may be removed and reused in the formation of additional printed structures. The element may also be retained to form a composite printed structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd W. Miller, Yoav Sterman
  • Method and device for producing and filling containers
    Patent number: 10696433
    Abstract: An apparatus for transforming a pre-form into a container filled with liquid filling-material includes a feed line, a high-pressure source, a removal line, and a molding station having a mold, a mold space, and a mold head that permits liquid filling-material to be introduced into the pre-form under a filling pressure sufficient to transform the pre-form into a container and to seal against an opening of the pre-form as liquid filling-material flows through the feed line. The high-pressure source is in fluid communication with the liquid filling-material in the container such that exposure of the liquid filling-material to gas pressure in excess of the filling pressure pushes a pre-determined volume of the liquid filling-material out of the container, thereby forming a headspace in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: KHS GmbH
    Inventor: Ludwig Clüsserath
  • Three-dimensional object shaping method and three-dimensional object shaping device
    Patent number: 10695974
    Abstract: A three-dimensional object shaping method for shaping a three-dimensional object by layering a unit layer formed using a colored ink of one or more colors, the method including a slice information calculating process of calculating a plurality of pieces of cross-sectional slice information from three-dimensional data including color data, a halftone processing process of carrying out a halftone process using a dither matrix on at least one part of the color data with respect to each layer of the plurality of pieces of cross-sectional slice information and carrying out the halftone process so that a pattern of the dither matrix used with respect to at least two of the plurality of pieces of cross-sectional slice information differs, and a unit layer forming process of forming the unit layer based on the cross-sectional slice information subjected to the halftone process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaya Nagahari
  • Additive manufacturing system and process with precision substractive technique
    Patent number: 10682807
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system and process for producing three-dimensional parts, which includes forming layers of the three-dimensional part from a part material at a first resolution, and ablating selected voxels of the formed layers with a laser beam at a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: STRATASYS, INC.
    Inventor: J. Samuel Batchelder
  • Electrophotography-based additive manufacturing with support structure and boundary
    Patent number: 10675858
    Abstract: A method of printing a part in an additive manufacturing system includes printing a support structure for the part, printing a boundary surrounding the support structure, and printing the part on the support structure. An additive manufacturing system for printing a three-dimensional part includes a transfer medium configured to receive and transfer imaged layers of a thermoplastic-based powder for a boundary, a thermoplastic-based powder for a support, and a thermoplastic-based powder for the part from at least two imaging engines, a heater configured to heat the imaged layers on the transfer medium to at least a fusion temperature of the thermoplastic-based powder, and a layer transfusion assembly including a build platform, the layer transfusion assembly being configured to transfuse the heated layers in a layer-by-layer manner onto the build platform to print the three-dimensional part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Evolve Additive Solutons, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Samuel Batchelder, S. Scott Crump
  • Method of manufacturing hydrogel ophthalmic devices with electronic elements
    Patent number: 10675793
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for forming an ophthalmic lens that can include a media insert and/or electronic components. In particular, the present disclosure provides for adhesion promoting functionalization steps for a biocompatible coating to bind a hydrogel material to a plastic surface or electronic component prior to the polymerization of the hydrogel. In some aspects, the media insert can be used to contain energy sources and/or functional electronic components which may be, for example, in a stacked integrated component configuration to permit a generally arcuate shape that can conform to the anterior surface of an eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall Braxton Pugh, Karson Putt, Michael Ferran, Katherine Rowan Hardy, Daniel B. Otts
  • Method for fabricating an object
    Patent number: 10668707
    Abstract: A method for fabricating an object using an additive manufacturing process. The method involves a computer-controlled apparatus including a fabrication head for selectively fabricating material and a build area for receiving the fabricated material, and comprises the steps of the apparatus receiving computer instructions relating to the object geometry, and moving the fabrication head and the build area relative to each other, and selectively operating the fabrication head, to fabricate at least one bead of material in the build area corresponding with the object geometry, whereby the at least one bead has non-uniform thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: LAING O'ROURKE AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
    Inventor: James Bruce Gardiner
  • Microfluidic control surfaces using ordered nanotube fabrics
    Patent number: 10661304
    Abstract: A method for arranging nanotube elements within nanotube fabric layers and films is disclosed. A directional force is applied over a nanotube fabric layer to render the fabric layer into an ordered network of nanotube elements. That is, a network of nanotube elements drawn together along their sidewalls and substantially oriented in a uniform direction. In some embodiments this directional force is applied by rolling a cylindrical element over the fabric layer. In other embodiments this directional force is applied by passing a rubbing material over the surface of a nanotube fabric layer. In other embodiments this directional force is applied by running a polishing material over the nanotube fabric layer for a predetermined time. Exemplary rolling, rubbing, and polishing apparatuses are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Nantero, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Roberts, Hao-Yu Lin, Thomas Bengtson, Thomas Rueckes, Karl Robinson, H. Montgomery Manning, Rahul Sen, Michel P. Monteiro
  • Molding material for forming structure and molding method
    Patent number: 10661550
    Abstract: Provided is a material for molding, without a mold, a highly uniform structure comprising a resin and a non-resin such as metals and ceramic. The molding material provided by this invention is formed of a powder comprising a resin and at least one species of non-resin selected among metals and ceramic. The resin material has a uniformity index N below 0.2. N is determined by depositting the powder in a softened or melted state to form a structure in a temperature range between the resin material's minimum molding temperature and maximum molding tempeature+100° C.; measuring the structure's porosity Rn at 12 locations by image analysis; and dividing the variance of porosity Rn by the average porosity Rn. The minimum and maximum molding temperatures are the lowest and highest heater temperatures at which the resin material can be molded at a pressure of 3500 psi by injection molding, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kazuto Sato, Hiroaki Mizuno, Hiroyuki Ibe, Fumi Shinoda, Kyohei Ota
  • Plastic composition, production method, and use of same
    Patent number: 10662297
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plastic composition, comprising (a) at least one polar thermoplastic polymer; (b) at least one metallic salt of an unsaturated aliphatic fatty acid; (c) at least one polyhydric alcohol, the melting point of which is no more than 80° C. below and no more than 50° C. above the melting point of the polymer (a); and (d) at least one further alcohol that is different from the alcohol (c), and the boiling point of which is no more than 100° C. below and no more than 80° C. above the melting point of the polymer (a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: ATP AICHER + TRÖBS PRODUKTENTWICKLUNG GMBH
    Inventors: René Timmroth, Helmut Aicher, Stefan Tröbs
  • Gas flow in three-dimensional printing
    Patent number: 10661341
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing processes, apparatuses, software, and systems for controlling and/or treating gas borne debris in an atmosphere of a 3D printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: VELO3D, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Joseph Romano, Joe Tralongo, Benyamin Buller, Alexander Brudny
  • Cartridge feeder for additive manufacturing
    Patent number: 10654218
    Abstract: A dispenser for additive material manufacturing having a sealed cartridge with sterile material to be dispensed. The cartridge is removable from a support housing that is movable during deposition of additive material. A nozzle extending from a heated plenum below the cartridge is inserted into a sealed variable volume enclosure supporting the article being manufactured on a movable table within the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Inventor: Nathan Christopher Maier
  • Systems, methods and computer program products for constructing complex geometries using layered and linked hexahedral element meshes
    Patent number: 10657301
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for creating 3D representations of bodies are disclosed. The systems, methods and computer program products include the construction of FE meshes representing complex geometries. The complex geometries may be artificially or naturally formed or designed geometries. The techniques reduce the number of elements as much as possible to save on computer run time while maintaining computational accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Byoung Park, Barry L. Roberts, Steven R. Sobolik, Moo Y. Lee
  • Imprint lithography
    Patent number: 10654217
    Abstract: An imprint lithography apparatus is disclosed that includes a support structure configured to hold an imprint template. The apparatus further includes an actuator located between the support structure and a side of the imprint template, when the imprint template is held by the support structure, configured to apply a force to the imprint template and a force sensor between the support structure and a side of the imprint template, when the imprint template is held by the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Yvonne Wendela Kruijt-Stegeman, Raymond Jacobus Wilhelmus Knaapen, Johan Frederik Dijksman, Sander Frederik Wuister, Ivar Schram, Raymond Wilhelmus Louis Lafarre
  • Automated crayon melting and molding device, method, and system
    Patent number: 10647030
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to an automated crayon-molding device comprising a crayon-receiving member, an automated heating element, a crayon-melting chamber that is heated to a melting temperature by the automated heating element, and at least one mold. The crayon-receiving member receives the crayon at one end and has a closure mechanism at another held, preventing the crayon from entering in the crayon-melting chamber until it reaches a melting temperature. Once the inside of the crayon-melting chamber, the crayon melts and drips into a mold configured to receive melted wax. Embodiments of the invention also include a method for assembling an automated crayon-molding device and a system for molding crayons that includes a crayon-receiving member, an automated heating element, a crayon-melting chamber, a drawer positioned underneath the crayon-melting chamber, and at least one mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Crayola LLC
    Inventors: Robert Henry, Ying K. Ho, Ramy Hanna, Gregory R. Nungester
  • Press for production of a molded part and method for changing a die on a press
    Patent number: 10647027
    Abstract: A press for producing a molded part from pourable material has an apparatus for driving a die that includes a cylinder unit having a cylinder housing and having a cylinder piston. The cylinder housing is the actuator of the cylinder unit and the cylinder piston is the stator of the cylinder unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SMS group GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Nies, Nikolaus Hoppenkamps, Walter Solty