Patents Examined by Matthew Daniels
  • Patent number: 9266290
    Abstract: A method is described in which a composite tape or sheet is processed such that it has an improved drapability when applied to a former having a complex geometrical form. The tape or sheet is selectively perforated across its width as it is dispensed, with a suction force being subsequently applied over the tape's surface to thereby cause stretching of the tape. The degree of stretching varies across the width of the tape in proportion to the degree and local density of the selective perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Bijoysri Khan
  • Patent number: 9266308
    Abstract: The invention is directed to lignocellulosic materials having a core and two outer layers, containing in the core A) lignocellulose particles; B) expanded plastics particles having a bulk density in the range from 10 to 150 kg/m3, C) one or more binders selected from the group consisting of aminoplast resin, phenoplast resin, and organic isocyanate having at least two isocyanate groups, and D) optionally additives and in the outer layers E) lignocellulose particles, F) one or more binders selected from the group consisting of aminoplast resin, phenol-formaldehyde resin, and organic isocyanate having at least two isocyanate groups, and where the lignocellulose particles of the outer layers E comprise at least 25% by weight of lignocellulosic chips and the expanded plastics particles B are present in nonuniform distribution in the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stephan Weinkötz, Michael Schmidt, Michael Finkenauer, Ralph Lunkwitz
  • Patent number: 9259876
    Abstract: A method for producing a substantially shell-shaped, fiber-reinforced plastic part includes preheating a material blank that is formed of a fibrous material impregnated with a matrix material using a heating device to ensure the formability and placing the preheated material blank into a shaping tool having an upper die and a lower die. The shaping tool is then closed to form the material blank. Using a cooling device, at least one shaping surface of the shaping tool, with the material blank inserted, is at least partially cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: MBB Fertigungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Dueker, Robert Buehlmeyer, Manfred Ringelmann
  • Patent number: 9259883
    Abstract: A lacrosse head pocket and a related method of manufacture are provided to facilitate consistent, repeatable and/or custom manufacture of lacrosse equipment. The pocket can be constructed from multiple different sections joined with one another, or can be knitted, weaved or otherwise assembled on an automated assembly machine from strands, and/or can be formed as a unitary textile material having regions/sections with different physical and/or mechanical properties. The pocket can be integrally molded within portions of a lacrosse head to eliminate manually constructed connections between the pocket and lacrosse head. The lacrosse head can be integrally molded with a lacrosse handle to provide a one-piece unitary lacrosse stick. Related methods of manufacturing also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Warrior Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: David K. Morrow, Bruce Huffa, Thomas H. Burns, Richard J. Janisse, Sean J. Slater, Dale W. Kohler, Craig M. Herman
  • Patent number: 9254002
    Abstract: A tobacco solution containing water; a polysorbate compound; and an effective serving of tobacco constituents for vaporizing the tobacco solution for inhalation. The tobacco constituents may include nicotine, monoamine oxidase inhibitor, tobacco flavor, and tobacco aroma derived from tobacco.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: CHONG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexander ChinHak Chong, William Bartkoswki, Marshall Thompson
  • Patent number: 9249042
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus for refining molten glass by introducing, a stream of unrefined molten glass into a controlled environment distributing the stream of molten glass over a flow surface, and collecting the stream of molten glass from a downstream end of the flow surface to form a body of molten glass having a free surface exposed to the controlled environment. The controlled environment, may have a pressure less than ambient atmospheric pressure, such that introducing the stream of molten glass into the controlled environment causes gaseous inclusions in the stream of molten glass to rise to a surface thereof and escape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Zhongming Wang, Terence K. G. Howse
  • Patent number: 9242428
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a multilayer component comprising the following steps: providing a mat-like multilayer structure which comprises at least two outer layers and a core layer, the core layer being arranged between the two outer layers, the core layer comprising a fiber tangle, which contains a binder material and a reinforcing fiber material, a melting point of the binder material being lower than a melting point of the reinforcing fiber material, placing the multilayer structure in a press, heating the multilayer structure in the press with exposure to pressure, such that the binder material melts, while the reinforcing fiber material retains its fiber structure, resulting in formation of a semi-finished product, lofting the semi-finished product, processing the semi-finished product to yield the multilayer component and cooling the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: ROECHLING AUTOMOTIVE SE & CO. KG
    Inventor: Klaus Pfaffelhuber
  • Patent number: 9233490
    Abstract: A panel assembly includes a multilayer panel including first and second layers made of loftable material characterized by a molded orientation resultant from lofting and subsequently compressing the loftable material during molding of the multilayer panel. The panel assembly may be light-weight with a low profile to minimize protrusion into an opening or compartment enclosed by the panel. The multilayer panel may be configured to as a floor panel enclosing an opening defined by a floor structure, which may be a vehicle floor. The multilayer panel may include at least one recess portion configured to strengthen the multilayer panel. A method of making the multilayer panel includes tethering the loftable material in a tethering frame prior to lofting and transferring the tethering frame including the lofted material into a mold to form into the multilayer panel. The tethering frame retains offal for removal from the mold after forming the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Century Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph W. Marchesano, Calvin A. Saur
  • Patent number: 9233869
    Abstract: The present invention discloses improved methods and apparatus for forming sheet glass. In one embodiment, the invention introduces a counteracting force to the stresses on the forming structure in a manner such that the thermal creep which inevitably occurs has a minimum impact on the glass flow characteristics of the forming structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Richard B. Pitbladdo
  • Patent number: 9236600
    Abstract: A method for making a lithium ion battery anode is provided. A carbon nanotube source including a plurality of carbon nanotubes is made. An anode material including a number of anode material particles and a solvent is provided. The carbon nanotube source and the anode material are added into the solvent, and the solvent with the carbon nanotube source and the anode material is shaken using ultrasonic waves. The carbon nanotube source and the anode material are then separated from the solvent to obtain the lithium ion battery anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jia-Ping Wang, Shu Luo, Kai-Li Jiang, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 9236607
    Abstract: A method for making a lithium ion battery cathode is provided. A carbon nanotube source including a plurality of carbon nanotubes is made. A cathode active material including a plurality of cathode active material particles and a solvent is provided. The carbon nanotube source and the cathode active material are added into the solvent, and the solvent with the carbon nanotube source and the cathode active material is shaken using ultrasonic waves. The carbon nanotube source and the cathode active material are then separated from the solvent to obtain a lithium ion battery cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jia-Ping Wang, Shu Luo, Kai-Li Jiang, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 9227865
    Abstract: Methods and systems produce a molten mass of foamed glass in a submerged combustion melter (SCM). Routing foamed glass to a fining chamber defined by a flow channel fluidly connected to and downstream of the SCM. The flow channel floor and sidewalls have sufficient glass-contact refractory to accommodate expansion of the foamed glass as fining occurs during transit through the fining chamber. The foamed glass is separated into an upper glass foam phase and a lower molten glass phase as the foamed glass flows toward an end of the flow channel distal from the SCM. The molten glass is then routed through a transition section fluidly connected to the distal end of the flow channel. The transition section inlet end construction has at least one molten glass inlet aperture, such that the inlet aperture(s) are positioned lower than the phase boundary between the upper and lower phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey M Shock, Aaron Morgan Huber
  • Patent number: 9221712
    Abstract: A method for using a temperature control loop in order to further develop process control during elongation of a cylindrical preform such that a component strand with high dimensional accuracy can be drawn even in the presence of temperature-effective defects during the elongation process: (a) the continuous measurement of a first temperature value, Ttop, at an upper measuring point on the surface of the cylindrical preform; (b) the continuous measurement of a second temperature value, Tbottom, at a lower measuring point; (c) calculation of a temperature distribution in the region between the measuring points Ttop and Tbottom, and determination of a modelled deformation temperature, Tmodel, using an algorithmic model taking with first and the second temperature values as model input parameters, and the modelled deformation temperature, Tmodel, as a regulating variable and the heating-zone temperature Toven as a manipulated variable for the temperature-control loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignees: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Bernard, Harald Hain, Thomas Bogdahn, Oliver Ganz
  • Patent number: 9212078
    Abstract: A vertical individual section (I.S.) machine for manufacturing glass containers is disclosed in which parisons made in parison molds are lowered into blow molds located under the parison molds without being inverted, where they are blown into glass containers. Optionally, reheat shrouds may be located vertically intermediate the blank molds and the blow molds to reheat the parisons prior to them being blown. The vertical I.S. machine may have multiple sections that are located close adjacent each other, with each section potentially having multiple blank and blow molds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Emhart Glass S.A.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Bratton, F. Alan Fenton, Matthew R. Hyre, Paul Stargardter, Jonathon S. Simon, Stephen A. Austin, Steven J. Pinkerton
  • Patent number: 9205577
    Abstract: The present specification discloses porogen compositions comprising a core material and shell material, methods of making such porogen compositions, methods of forming such porous materials using such porogen compositions, biocompatible implantable devices comprising such porous materials, and methods of making such biocompatible implantable devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Futian Liu, Nicholas J. Manesis, Athene Wan Chie Chan, Xiaojie Yu
  • Patent number: 9205602
    Abstract: A method of producing fiber-reinforced plastic uses a molding die which includes a resin filling port at one end; a resin suction port at the other end; a laminate body of a plurality of laminated fiber-reinforced base materials and housed in the inner space of the molding die; a resin diffusion medium extending from the resin filling port and provided on opposite surfaces of the laminate body to supply resin onto opposite surfaces of the laminate body from the resin filling port; and a resin suction medium extending from the resin suction port and provided along a side surface of the laminate body on the suction port side to contact the side surface or to have a gap from the side surface, in a state that gas or resin can be suctioned from the laminate body so that the gas or resin can be moved from the laminate body toward the resin suction port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Shinoda, Nobuyuki Komatsu, Hiroshi Odani
  • Patent number: 9206065
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus for baking a glass substrate, which includes: a baking oven, a support component, a temperature sensing device, a heating device, a cooling device, and a temperature controlling device. The present invention further discloses a method for baking a glass substrate. The present invention is capable of dynamically controlling the temperature of the support component, which contacts the glass substrate. The temperature of the glass substrate keeps identical and the temperature of the support component keep identical, so as to prevent a Mura defect appearing on the glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao Ma, Tao Ding, Ming Liu, Tao Song, Guodong Zhao, Yijun Liu
  • Patent number: 9199395
    Abstract: A mold including: a central core having a side wall with a plane external surface; an internal mold element having an internal surface facing the external surface of the central core, with surfaces inclined to the vertical in order to form an angle of clearance, and a substantially vertical external surface; an external mold element fitted against the internal mold element and having a substantially vertical internal surface facing the external surface of the internal mold element; at least one of the facing surfaces being designed to receive a substantially vertical lateral preform so that the internal mold element and the external mold element are suitable for clamping said lateral preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Philippe Blot, Sebastien Gohier, Gilles Bezard, Matthieu Kneveler
  • Patent number: 9201170
    Abstract: A method for producing a polarizing element includes: forming particulate materials containing a metal halide on a glass substrate; forming a protective film that covers the particulate materials in a plasma environment while reducing the metal halide constituting the particulate materials; and stretching the particulate materials by stretching the glass substrate and the protective film at a temperature at which the glass substrate is softened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshitomo Kumai
  • Patent number: 9199870
    Abstract: A high-surface quality glass sheet is formed using a roll-to-roll glass soot deposition and sintering process. The glass sheet formation involves providing glass soot particles, depositing a first fraction of the glass soot particles on a deposition surface to form a supported soot layer, electrostatically attracting and collecting a second fraction of the glass soot particles onto a surface of a charged plate, removing the soot layer from the deposition surface to form a soot sheet, and heating at least a portion of the soot sheet to sinter the glass soot particles to form a glass sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Daniel Warren Hawtof, Brenton Allen Noll, Srinivas Vemury