Patents Examined by Linda L. Gray
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Patent number: 12193509Abstract: A cartridge includes a cartridge shell, and a movable structure and an atomizing structure received in the cartridge shell. The cartridge shell is provided with a vent hole. The movable structure includes an isolation guiding tube received in the cartridge shell and a movable tube at least partially disposed in the isolation guiding tube. The movable tube includes an operating portion and a shielding portion connected to a lower end of the operating portion. The operating portion is located in the isolation guiding tube and one end of the operating portion extends out from the vent hole. The atomizing structure is provided with a liquid inlet hole. The shielding portion is movably sleeved on the atomizing structure to shield or expose the liquid inlet hole, to cause the liquid inlet hole to be isolated from or in communication with the liquid storage chamber.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: CHANGZHOU PATENT ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Weihua Qiu, Zhencai Zhou
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Patent number: 12187643Abstract: A method for manufacturing a glass panel unit, which reduces the amount of a getter material to enable a gettering ability to be realized at a relatively low temperature less likely to cause damage. The method includes a step of producing a getter material by heating an unprocessed getter material at a temperature higher than a prescribed temperature Te; a step of producing a preassembled component including a first and second glass pane, a heat-fusible sealing material, an internal space, and a gas adsorbent containing the getter material, and an evacuation port; a step of forming a frame body hermetically bonding the first glass pane and the second glass pane together by melting the heat-fusible sealing material with heat; and a step of heating the gas adsorbent at the prescribed temperature Te while the internal space is evacuated by exhausting air in the internal space through the evacuation port.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Abe, Eiichi Uriu, Kazuya Hasegawa, Tasuku Ishibashi, Masataka Nonaka, Takeshi Shimizu, Haruhiko Ishikawa
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Patent number: 12180628Abstract: This document presents a novel method of manufacturing multilayered nonwoven fabrics consisting of submicron fibers, hydroentangled, meltfibrillated, and/or spunlaid web layers. The composite multilayered webs contain one or more submicron fiber webs placed between inner and outer layers of hydroentangled, meltfibrillated, and/or spunlaid web, forming a fabric that may be utilized in the manufacture of articles which serve as barriers, wipes or sorbent materials, or may have other potential applications. The created novel composite multilayered fabric may have increased loft, softness and bending length, may not be solely dependent upon an electrostatic charge to repel small particles and microbes, and may be formed from a broad selection of natural, synthetic, and recycled polymers, including petroleum- and plant-based, allowing polymer selection based on article lifecycle.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Inventor: Morgan Darwin
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Patent number: 12151906Abstract: A method of making a laminated shingle is provided. The method includes coating a shingle mat with roofing asphalt to make an asphalt-coated sheet, adhering a reinforcement member to a portion of the asphalt-coated sheet, covering the asphalt-coated sheet, and optionally covering the reinforcement member, with granules to make a granule-covered sheet, dividing the granule-covered sheet into an overlay sheet and an underlay sheet, wherein the overlay sheet has a tab portion normally exposed on a roof and a headlap portion normally covered-up on a roof, the headlap portion having a lower zone adjacent the tab portion and an upper zone adjacent the lower zone, and wherein the reinforcement member is adhered to the lower zone of the headlap portion and laminating the overlay sheet and the underlay sheet to make the laminated shingle.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2022Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLCInventors: James S. Belt, Bert W. Elliott
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Patent number: 12145348Abstract: A method includes obtaining a first roll of a first sheet comprising thermoplastic polyolefin and having a width of at least 60 inches; obtaining a second roll of a second sheet comprising thermoplastic polyolefin and having a width of at least 60 inches; heating at least a portion of a width of the first sheet with hot air from a hot air knife to form a heated first sheet; and compressing the heated first sheet and the second sheet between two rollers, to form a laminated roofing membrane, where the heated first sheet and the second sheet directly contact one another without a scrim layer disposed between the heated first sheet and the second sheet.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2023Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: GAF Energy LLCInventor: Caleb David Cheung
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Patent number: 12128578Abstract: A winder unit for winding cutting line, for vehicle glazing panel removal, has a rotatable spindle shaft for winding the cutting line and a ratchet device mounted to the spindle shaft by means of a one-way rotational bearing or clutch. Typically the ratchet device has a component mounted to rotate in unison with the one-way rotational bearing or clutch. The improvement provides a rotational directional control providing 2 one-way rotational control devices in concert.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Belron International LimitedInventor: William Finck
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Patent number: 12115766Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure pertains to methods for controlling adhesive bondline while cold-bending a glass substrate. The method includes forming a frame to define a viewing area at least partially surrounded by the frame; shaping the frame to include at least one curvature; positioning a spacer proximate the frame, the spacer comprising: a border area; and a protrusion extending from the border area; engaging the border area of the spacer with the frame to insert the protrusion through the viewing area, wherein the protrusion extends beyond the frame a first distance; positioning an adhesive between the frame and the glass substrate alongside the protrusion to control the bondline; engaging a glass substrate with the adhesive and the protrusion to cold form the glass substrate to the shape of the frame; and securing the glass substrate to the spacer to hold the frame against the adhesive to maintain the bondline.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Peter Knowles, Arpita Mitra, Linda Frances Reynolds-Heffer, Arlin Lee Weikel
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Patent number: 12108788Abstract: A device for use while burning smoking material and inhaling the resulting smoke is disclosed. The device can include a filter having a recess formed in a surface of a body along a curved face extending from the first end to the second end, the recess extending radially into the body. The smoking accessory can include a capsule containing a flavoring agent disposed within the recess. The device may be received by a first end a tubular member formed to receive a smoking material, that when burned passes smoke into the device.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Good Tree International, Inc.Inventors: Kunal Shoor, Brandon Puett
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Patent number: 12108801Abstract: An external unit for an inhalation component generation device includes a connection part that is electrically connectable to a power supply of the inhalation component generation device, a sensor that is capable of outputting an output value related to an electrical resistance value of a resistor provided in the power supply, and a first control part that is configured to determine, based on the output value, whether to change a predetermined control with respect to the power supply connected to the connection part or whether to perform the predetermined control.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.Inventors: Manabu Yamada, Manabu Takeuchi, Takeshi Akao, Hajime Fujita
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Patent number: 12103487Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminate including a fabric and a thermoplastic film, wherein the thermoplastic film is a multilayer film including an adhesive layer including a thermoplastic polyester elastomer and a barrier layer that is bonded to the adhesive layer, and that has a melting point that is higher than a melting point of the adhesive layer, and that includes a polymer, and wherein the fabric includes a polyester, the method including a step of adhering a side of the multilayer film with the adhesive layer to the fabric, while heating the multilayer film at a temperature below the melting point of the barrier layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: ZF Automotive Germany GmbHInventors: Yosuke Yamada, Toru Tagami, Michael Ludwig
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Patent number: 12098488Abstract: This document presents a novel method of manufacturing multilayered nonwoven fabrics consisting of submicron fibers, hydroentangled, meltfibrillated, and/or spunlaid web layers. The composite multilayered webs contain one or more submicron fiber webs placed between inner and outer layers of hydroentangled, meltfibrillated, and/or spunlaid web, forming a fabric that may be utilized in the manufacture of articles which serve as barriers, wipes or sorbent materials, or may have other potential applications. The created novel composite multilayered fabric may have increased loft, softness and bending length, may not be solely dependent upon an electrostatic charge to repel small particles and microbes, and may be formed from a broad selection of natural, synthetic, and recycled polymers, including petroleum- and plant-based, allowing polymer selection based on article lifecycle.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Inventors: Morgan Darwin, Ryan Sharp
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Patent number: 12083775Abstract: A preparation method of a display apparatus and the display apparatus are provided, the method and the apparatus are relating to a field of display technologies, an edge of at least a side of a flexible display module of the display apparatus is bent to a back side of the flexible display module to form a first bending portion; the preparation method includes providing a flexible display assembly, which includes a flexible display module and a first supporting plate fitted to a display surface of the flexible display module; the first supporting plate is made of a rigid material; an edge of at least a side of the first supporting plate is bent toward a side where the flexible display module is located to form a second bending portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lu Liu, Xiaofei Luo
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Patent number: 12077906Abstract: A carpet tile having a greige good, an adhesive layer, and a secondary backing material. The greige good has a primary backing component and a plurality of fibers attached to the primary backing component. The adhesive layer has an adhesive composition and a reinforcement material that is at least partially embedded within the adhesive composition. The adhesive layer is applied to a back surface of the primary backing component. The secondary backing material is adhered to the primary backing component by contact with a portion of the adhesive composition that flows through the reinforcement material. The reinforcement material and the secondary backing material are co-laminated onto the adhesive composition.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Columbia Insurance CompanyInventors: Jeffery Wayne Segars, Jill Glascock Suhm, Joseph K. Davis, William Main, Jr.
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Patent number: 12049579Abstract: A method of producing a roll-shaped body comprises: obtaining an adhesive agent sheet having an embossed shape at both surfaces thereof by imparting an embossed shape on both surfaces of an adhesive agent sheet containing a thermoplastic resin as a main component; overlapping a protective sheet having releasability from the adhesive agent sheet to at least one surface of the adhesive agent sheet having the embossed shape at both surfaces thereof; and obtaining the roll-shaped body by wounding the adhesive agent sheet having the embossed shape at both surfaces thereof and the protective sheet that are overlapped facing one another.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: ZEON CORPORATIONInventors: Ryuta Kurihara, Teiji Kohara
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Patent number: 12043011Abstract: An manufacturing method of an electronic device includes: providing a first substrate and a second substrate; attaching an adhesive member onto the first substrate; and performing a curve attaching step, so that the first substrate and the second substrate are attached to each other through the adhesive member to form a curved composite component, wherein the curve attaching step is performed at a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius to 160 degrees Celsius.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: Cheng-Wei Liu, Fang-Cheng Jhou, Cheng-Chun Zhou
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Patent number: 12040526Abstract: A method for manufacturing an embedded package structure having an air resonant cavity according to an embodiment includes manufacturing a first substrate including a first insulating layer, a chip embedded in the insulating layer, and a wiring layer on a terminal face of the chip of the first substrate, wherein the wiring layer is provided thereon with an opening revealing the terminal face of the chip; manufacturing a second substrate which comprises a second insulating layer; locally applying a first adhesive layer on the wiring layer such that the opening revealing the terminal face of the chip is not covered; and applying a second adhesive layer on the second substrate; and attaching and curing the first adhesive layer of the first substrate and the second adhesive layer of the second substrate to obtain an embedded package structure having an air resonant cavity on the terminal face of the chip.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Zhuhai ACCESS Semiconductor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xianming Chen, Lei Feng, Benxia Huang, Jindong Feng, Yejie Hong
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Patent number: 12022857Abstract: A device for burning smoking material and inhaling the resulting smoke is disclosed. The device can include an truncated conical member formed from a material having an internal elongated cavity extending from an open end to a closed end. The elongated cavity can be configured to receive a smoking material. The smoking accessory can include a filter disposed within the truncated conical member and defining the closed end. The filter can have a recess formed in a surface of the body along a curved face extending from the first end to the second end, the recess extending radially into the body. The smoking accessory can include a capsule containing a flavoring agent disposed within the recess.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2023Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Good Tree International, Inc.Inventors: Kunal Shoor, Brandon Puett
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Patent number: 12023231Abstract: A method and an apparatus for producing a filler-containing substrate, as well as a substrate produced using the method, are disclosed. The substrate comprises a filler layer (201, 52, 801) and a seal layer (203, 51, 802). The method comprises: (a) forming holes in the filler layer (201, 52, 801); (b) spreading fillers on a porous surface of the filler layer (201, 52, 801) that has undergone hole formation; (c) horizontally shaking the filler layer (201, 52, 801) having the fillers spread thereon so as to allow the fillers to enter the holes; and (d) sealing the filler layer (201, 52, 801) having the holes containing the fillers so as to obtain the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: JOFO New Material Co., Ltd.Inventor: Wanxiang Liu
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Patent number: 12017438Abstract: A laminated body pressing apparatus, which can restrain damage of a first outer ridge portion or a second outer ridge portion of a positive electrode plate during roller-pressing and can restrain damage of a strip-shaped first separator of a strip-shaped negative electrode body on a positive electrode plate side, includes a first press roller, a second press roller disposed parallel to the first press roller and spaced apart from the first press roller by a roller gap, and a metal plate feeding unit to feed a strip-shaped metal plate extending in a conveyance direction to the roller gap. The apparatus roller-presses the positive electrode plate and the strip-shaped negative electrode body by the first press roller and the second press roller in a state where the strip-shaped metal plate fed by the metal plate feeding unit is placed on the positive electrode plate placed on the strip-shaped negative electrode body.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kodai Shintani
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Patent number: 12020959Abstract: A detape apparatus has a support unit with a deck surface for supporting a tape carrier. The deck surface defines a support plane on which the tape carrier is supportable, and a conveyor is configured to move the tape carrier in a conveyance direction along the deck surface. During a detape process, a receiving segment of a first urging element is movable to a first detape position next to a first side of the tape carrier, while a second urging element is movable to a second detape position abutting the tape carrier on an opposite side of the tape carrier to thereby push the tape carrier out of the support plane to separate at least one electronic component from the tape carrier. The receiving segment may then receive the at least one electric component which is thus separated from the tape carrier.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: ASMPT SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Po Lam Au, Chi Piu Wong, Kin Chiu Yip, Siu Yin So, Fan Leuk Lai