Patents Examined by Manley Cummins, IV
  • Patent number: 9796127
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming a window of a display panel includes a mold configured to hold a plate in a concave portion, wherein the concave portion has a predetermined shape, and a transfer part configured to sequentially transfer the mold to a heating part, a forming part, and a cooling part. The heating part includes first and second heating modules respectively positioned on top and bottom portions of the mold and configured to apply heat to the top and bottom portions of the mold. The forming part is positioned above the mold and configured to jet a high-temperature gas onto the heated plate. The cooling part includes first and second cooling modules respectively positioned on the top and bottom portions of the mold and configured to cool the top and bottom portions of the heated plate. The mold is tilted at a predetermined angle relative to a horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Min Lee, Young Chun Park, Jong Soo Kim, June Beom Park, Min Soo Kim, Chan Hae Hwang
  • Patent number: 9788576
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette, and a battery rod and an atomizer thereof are provided in the present application. The battery rod includes a battery rod body, and an air passage of the battery rod body is provided with a waterproof breathable component which cooperates with the air passage and is configured to prevent water from entering into the battery rod body via the air passage, and the atomizer includes an atomizer body, a smoke passage of the atomizer body is provided with a waterproof breathable component which cooperates with the smoke passage and is configured to prevent water from entering into the atomizer body via the smoke passage. Besides of ensuring the breathability of both the air passage and the smoke passage, the waterproof breathable component may also prevent external liquid from entering into the battery rod and the atomizer, thus the waterproof performance of the electronic cigarette is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Patent number: 9788574
    Abstract: A device for use with a container containing liquid and having an opening for the consecutive consumption of the liquid and of smoke that has been drawn into the container. The device comprises a body, a combustion receptacle, and a tubular structure. An inlet end of the body engages the container, and an outlet end can be placed at the mouth of a user. The tubular structure connects the combustion receptacle with the interior of the liquid container. When smoking material is combusted and the container is inverted, outflow of liquid from the container through the body, in most instances into a user's mouth, creates negative pressure within the container, drawing in smoke from the combustion receptacle. Once most or all of the liquid has flowed out of the container, the user may then inhale the smoke in the container through the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Inventors: Alex Mullen, Pierre Wilder, Jeffery Bebee
  • Patent number: 9782938
    Abstract: A system for manufacturing a composite part. The system comprises fiber placement devices, an overhead track system, and a scheduling controller. The fiber placement devices are configured to operate in a coordinated manner to place fibers at locations on a tool used for manufacturing the composite part. The overhead track system comprises a linear track running co-axial to the tool. The overhead track system is associated with the fiber placement devices and configured to move the fiber placement devices to the locations along a length of the tool. The scheduling controller is configured to coordinate operation of the fiber placement devices such that the fiber placement devices perform tasks simultaneously to place the fibers in a desired configuration on the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Samuel Francis Pedigo, Brice Aaron Johnson
  • Patent number: 9764514
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, system for 3-D printing that includes a nozzle and a movable platform, wherein the platform provides for a constant distance configuration of the platform relative to the extrusion emitter or nozzle thereby precluding the need to level the printer. The apparatus includes motion vectors associated with each direction of motion of the movable platform. A central point of origin is further provided for establishing the directions of movement of the movable cantilevered platform. The direction of motion of the motion vectors each pass through the central point of origin thereby providing a movable platform that stays a constant distance relative to the nozzle when moved in any planar direction within each layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: FunFare, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Albert, David G. Capper, Andrew S. Filo, Jason G. Heller
  • Patent number: 9731461
    Abstract: A tire curing mold comprises a plurality of vent holes provided on a side forming surface coming into contact with a side wall portion of a tire. The side forming portion is provided with a recess portion which is recessed toward an outer side in a tire width direction from a profile of the side forming surface. A diameter of a vent hole which is open within the recess portion is set to be larger than a diameter of a vent hole which is open on the profile of the side forming surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koya Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9701065
    Abstract: The technical solution for reaching the object of this invention is as follows: a blue-ray photocuring 3D printing pen, comprising a casing, an ink cartridge located within the casing, a penpoint located on the head end of the ink cartridge and extending out the casing, a photosensitive resin placed within the ink cartridge. The blue-ray photocuring 3D printing pen further comprises a plurality of blue-ray LED arranged around the circumference of the penpoint. The photosensitive resin is capable of flowing out of the penpoint, and the blue-ray is configured to irradiate and solidify the photosensitive resin, wherein the wavelength of the blue-ray LED ranges from 465 nm to 485 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Nanjing Baichuan Xingyuan Laser Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haibo Hang, Yaowen Liu, Shouwen Dou
  • Patent number: 9701055
    Abstract: A feed system for an injection molding method and machine includes a first part including a first channel, and a second part including a second channel, the first channel and the second channel forming a molten plastic feed conduit when the first part is located adjacent to the second part. A joint is formed between the first part and the second part along the first channel and the second channel and the joint is one of a sintered joint, a welded joint, and a brazed joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Chow-chi Huang, Gene Michael Altonen, Ralph Edwin Neufarth, Matthew Lloyd Newman, Michael Thomas Dodd, John Philip Beaumont