Patents Examined by Matthew Hoover
  • Patent number: 11214049
    Abstract: A preparation system and preparation method for a gel composite material. Periodic impregnation can be performed and the gel composite material product performed gelation can be rewound and recycled; specifically, during the process that the movable impregnation mechanism moves from the front end to the rear end of the impregnation platform, a first unwinding device can be controlled to lay a reinforcing body to be impregnated on a worktable, the impregnation device can be controlled to guide the prefabricated sol onto the reinforcing body to be impregnated, and a second unwinding device can be controlled to cover a covering carrier on an upper surface of the impregnated reinforcing body; when the movable impregnation mechanism moves to the rear end of the impregnation platform, the first unwinding device, the impregnation device, and the second unwinding device can be controlled to stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG ALISON HI-TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ronghui Wei, Qiuhua Zhang, Ping Liu, Liangbo Rao
  • Patent number: 11206738
    Abstract: In a method and an apparatus for forming on a substrate (214) a pattern of a material, a material layer is provided on an intermediate carrier (204) and an adhesive layer is provided on the material layer, wherein at least one of the material layer or the adhesive layer comprises a pattern corresponding to the pattern to be formed on the substrate (214). The material is transferred to the substrate (214) with the adhesive fixing the material to a surface (216) of the substrate (214).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: HP Indigo B.V.
    Inventors: Dror Kella, Eyal Negreanu, Gideon Amir, Mark Sandler, Yaron Grinwald
  • Patent number: 11203175
    Abstract: A bonding device includes an upper chamber a pad with which a display substrate is pressable to a substrate; a stage between a lower chamber and the pad and including an opening through which air is introduced; a molding member between an upper chamber and the pad and surrounding the pad and the opening; and a support member connected to the stage The display substrate disposed on the molding member disposes first and second portions of the display substrate overlapping the planar and bending portions of the substrate, respectively, the molding member presses the first portion to the planar portion, and air introduced through the opening, expands the molding member to press the second portion to the bending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sukju Kang, Byung-moo Kim, Geunyoung Yu
  • Patent number: 11199208
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dowel for arranging in lightweight building boards, wherein a lightweight building board has a first cover layer and a second cover layer made of compact, pressure-resistant material and, arranged between the cover layers, a core layer made of material having a lower density than the cover layers, comprising a first dowel part and a second dowel part, wherein the first and the second dowel part are designed to be displaceable relative to one another, in which dowel the first dowel part and the second dowel part each have at least two fingers which extend parallel to a longitudinal direction of the dowel, wherein, in the plugged-together state of the first and second dowel part, the fingers of the first dowel part and the fingers of the second dowel part inter-engage at least in certain portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Beck, Thorsten Schulze Niehues
  • Patent number: 11192351
    Abstract: A method for surface preparation of a composite substrate prior to adhesive bonding. The surface preparation method includes applying a resin-containing peel ply onto a composite substrate, followed by co-curing. The resin-containing peel ply contains a non-removable textile carrier and a removable woven fabric embedded therein. After co-curing, the peel ply is removed from the composite substrate such that the removable woven fabric is removed but the non-removable textile carrier and a film of residual resin remain on the composite substrate, thereby creating a modified, bondable surface on the composite substrate. The composite substrate with the modified surface can be bonded to another composite substrate, whereby the textile carrier remains an integrated part of the final bonded structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Leonard Macadams, Dalip K. Kohli
  • Patent number: 11192311
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a spoke (12) for a non-pneumatic tire is provided that involves providing a first form (14) and a second form (16), where first and second components (18, 20) of the spoke are placed on the first form (14). A third component (22) of the spoke is placed on the second form (16). The first and second components are transferred to the second form (16). The first component, the second component, and the third component are transferred from the second form to a mold (48). Further, the first component, the second component, and the third component have heat and pressure applied thereto for curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Brian D Wilson, Eric Rivers, Robert Gaut, David C Lung
  • Patent number: 11191164
    Abstract: A mold includes a mold base material and a rugged structure located at a main surface of the mold base material. The rugged structure includes a plurality of linearly shaped projected portions for forming wiring, and a circularly shaped projected portion for forming a pad portion, in which a light-shielding layer is provided at a top portion flat surface of the circularly shaped projected portion for forming the pad portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryohei Kasai, Tadashi Furukawa, Ryo Furugen, Teppei Sotoda, Tetsushi Hosoda, Ayako Furuse
  • Patent number: 11186045
    Abstract: A system for manufacturing a rotor blade comprises a first tooling, positioned at a factory location and configured to assemble a first blade module, comprising a first-module skin and a first-module spar, each comprising a first thermoplastic polymer and a first reinforcement material. The system also comprises a second tooling, configured to assemble a second blade module, comprising a second-module skin and a second-module spar, each comprising a second thermoplastic polymer and a second reinforcement material. The system further comprises a first support, positioned at a field location and configured to receive the first blade module, and a second support, positioned at the field location and configured to receive the second blade module. The system also comprises a spar welding assembly, positioned at the field location and configured to join the first-module spar with the second-module spar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Marc R. Matsen, Thomas K. Tsotsis
  • Patent number: 11180685
    Abstract: Provided are a solvent-free two-component type adhesive capable of guaranteeing a practical packaging property, with an excellent curing property and significantly shortening aging time, a laminated film using the same, and a polyol composition for an adhesive. An adhesive, characterized in comprising a polyisocyanate composition (X) containing a polyisocyanate (A), and a polyol composition (Y) containing a polyol (C) and a tertiary amine compound (B) having multiple hydroxyl groups, as necessary components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Nakamura, Daiki Tomita, Shigekazu Takahashi, Bingbing Liu, Feng Zhao, Zhiqiang Liu
  • Patent number: 11179902
    Abstract: A bladder mandrel package, used to manufacture a composite structure, includes a mandrel and a wrap ply, surrounding the mandrel to form a wrapped mandrel. The bladder mandrel package also includes a first radius filler, coupled to the wrap ply at a first radius of the wrapped mandrel, and a second radius filler coupled to the wrap ply at a second radius of the wrapped mandrel. The mandrel, the wrap ply, the first radius filler, and the second radius filler are consolidated to from the bladder mandrel package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Richard A. Prause, Andrew E. Modin, Allen J. Halbritter, Richard E. Heath
  • Patent number: 11180274
    Abstract: An elongated object label applicator has a driver operably connected to a wrapping mechanism. The wrapping mechanism has a plurality of guide rollers spaced about a central portion. A belt is tensioned around the guide rollers and across an opening in the central portion through which an object to labeled is received. The belt is deflectable against an elastic force such that the belt can be recessed with the central portion by a force provided by the object to be labeled. The wrapping mechanism is driven by the driver to rotate the guide rollers about an axis of rotation of the wrapping mechanism passing through the central portion. The wrapping mechanism orbits the object to be labeled located within the central portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin L. Nelson, Marc R. Obenshain
  • Patent number: 11168725
    Abstract: A thermoplastic plastic nut includes a nut main section having a second thread to screw a first thread of a bolt; and a thin wall section weldable to the first thread and disposed to protrude upwardly from the nut main section. A material of the nut main section contains a thermoplastic resin and a material of the thin wall section contains the thermoplastic resin. Thus, a thermoplastic plastic nut, a nut welding device and a nut welding method are provided to make it possible to easily prevent the loosening of the nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Ikada, Taichi Uehara
  • Patent number: 11154429
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for fabricating absorbent article having multiple layers, and deformed zones of targeted performance, and colored regions, the method comprising the steps of forming discrete features on at least one layer, printing colored regions on at least one layer, integrating multiple layers to form an absorbent assembly, and cutting the absorbent assembly into individual absorbent articles, wherein the steps are carried out continuously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard George Coe, Kevin Gerard Muhs, Robert Karl Isburgh, Pietro Cecchetto, John Lee Hammons
  • Patent number: 11147718
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to stranded elastomeric laminates (including bi-laminates and tri-laminates) comprising beamed elastics and may have inventive Dtex-to-Nonwoven-Basis-Weight-Ratios, Dtex-to-Spacing-Ratios, and/or Void-Area-to-Strand-Area-Ratios. The stranded laminates of the present disclosure may be used for disposable absorbent article components (including pant belts) and may comprise inventive bonding arrangements that yield inventive textures and texture arrangements. When the inventive stranded elastomeric laminates are used for pant belts, the pants may have inventive Application-Forces, Sustained-Fit-Load-Forces, and Sustained-Fit-Unload-Forces. Further, when absorbent articles are packaged under compression at inventive In-Bag-Stack-Heights, the stranded elastomeric laminates of the present disclosure maintain their inventive properties and characteristics, including their inventive textures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary D. LaVon, Bret D. Seitz, Uwe Schneider, Joseph A. Eckstein, Vanessa M. Melendez, Monica R. Tournoux, Corinne A. Rowley, Elizabeth J. Bruns
  • Patent number: 11148408
    Abstract: A method for plasma treating a surface of a first substrate is disclosed. The method may comprise generating a plasma flume using a plasma treatment device having a nozzle. The plasma flume may emanate through a flume aperture of the nozzle at an emanation angle of about 5 degrees or less. The emanation angle may be defined as an angle between a central axis of the nozzle and a central axis of the flume aperture. The method may further comprise plasma treating the surface of the first substrate with the plasma flume by scanning the plasma flume over the surface of the first substrate. The first substrate may be one of a consolidated thermoplastic material and a cured thermoset material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Marcus Anthony Belcher
  • Patent number: 11141934
    Abstract: A duct stringer is disclosed including a structural member with a hat-shaped cross-section. The structural member has a crown, a pair of webs and a pair of feet. A channel member with a U-shaped cross-section has a base and a pair of flanges. The flanges of the channel member are co-cured to opposed inner faces of the webs of the structural member. The structural member and the channel member together provide a duct with a closed cross-section which is adapted to transport fluid, for instance in an aircraft wing to provide a vent function in an aircraft fuel system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Douglas, Anthony Bryant, Daniel Peachey
  • Patent number: 11136438
    Abstract: A process for producing polyolefin particles from a polyolefin composition, comprising the steps of: a) providing a melted composition of a polyolefin and b) providing particles from the melted composition by: b1) mixing a first flow of a supercritical fluid in the melted composition in a pressure vessel to obtain a solution saturated with the supercritical fluid and b2) passing the solution from the pressure vessel through a throttling device to a spraying tower to expand the solution to obtain the polyolefin particles in the spraying tower, wherein a second flow of a supercritical fluid is injected in the throttling device, wherein the supercritical fluid is a supercritical fluid of a substance selected from the group consisting of CO2, NH3, H2O, N2O, CH4, ethane, propane, propylene, n-butane, i-butane, n-pentane, benzene, methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, isobutanol, chlorotrifluoromethane, monofluoromethane, 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane, toluene, pyridine, cyclohexane, cyclohexanol, o-xylene, dimethyl ether an
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Diego Mauricio Castaneda Zuniga, Jan Nicolaas Eddy Duchateau, Peter Neuteboom, Zeljko Knez
  • Patent number: 11129753
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for making elastomeric laminates that may be used as components of absorbent articles. Aspects of the methods for assembling elastomeric laminates may utilize elastic strands supplied from beams that may be joined with first and second substrates, and may be configured to carry out various types of operations, such as bonding and splicing operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Uwe Schneider, Joseph Allen Eckstein
  • Patent number: 11124925
    Abstract: A crane mat is disclosed having a plurality of panels of lumber positioned in alternating transverse directions with respect to one another, where the top and bottom panels are oriented parallel to the direction of vehicular traffic. The top and bottom panels may include a plurality of spaced apart grooves extending longitudinally from a first longitudinal end of the crane mat to a second longitudinal end of the crane mat for enhancing traction of a vehicle when traversing across the crane mat by transporting rain or moisture off the mat, or for receiving mud or other debris. The crane mat may include a plurality of edge protectors positioned on respective sides of the crane mat to protect the crane mat from handling damage. In various embodiments, the crane mat may be manufactured using either softwood, hardwood, or any combination of softwood and hardwood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Sterling Site Access Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Carter Sterling, Cooper Sterling, Michael O'Connell, Christian Sterling, Carson Sterling, John Sterling, John Rake
  • Patent number: 11117309
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for hardening resin-impregnated lining tubes with high-energy radiation, comprising at least one radiation source for producing high-energy radiation and at least one power control device for regulating the electrical power output at the at least one radiation source, at least one nominal parameter representing the desired electrical power output of the power control device being adjustable or adjusted, and the actual power received from the at least one radiation source being measured by means of a measuring device and permanently compared with the nominal parameter, wherein in the event of falling short of the nominal parameter, the power control device increases the power output, and in the event of the nominal parameter being exceeded, the power output is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SML VERWALTUNGS GMBH
    Inventor: Herbert Wind