Patents Examined by Michael N Orlando
  • Patent number: 12286537
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for chemically adhering a diene rubber to a piezoelectric polymer, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a piezoelectric polymer having at least one surface, b) providing a rubber component having at least one surface and comprising a sulfur cross-linkable rubber composition, c) introducing oxygen-containing functional groups on the at least one surface of the piezoelectric polymer, d) reacting the oxygen-containing functional groups with a compound comprising thiocyanate groups, and e) contacting the surface of the piezoelectric polymer obtained of step d) with the surface of the rubber component, and cross-linking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Apollo Tyres Global R&D B.V.
    Inventors: Carmela Mangone, Michel Klein Gunnewiek, Louis Reuvekamp, Wisut Kaewsakul, Anke Blume
  • Patent number: 12285901
    Abstract: A composite material structure body production method includes a layering step of layering a plurality of fiber sheets to form a layered body having a deforming portion extending in one direction, and a forming step of performing bend-forming along a deforming line contained in the deforming portion and extending in the one direction, thereby causing the deforming portion to deform. The layering step produces the layered body in such a manner that the shape of the deforming portion is a shape wherein: the cross-section shape in the one direction and the cross-section shape in an intersecting direction that intersects with the one direction are bent or curved; and the length in the intersecting direction changes along the one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko Shimizu, Toshiki Kitazawa, Shoya Mano
  • Patent number: 12287199
    Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to marine geophysical surveying. More particularly, embodiments relate to a wax application system for application of a wax coating to a surface of a streamer. An embodiment may comprise a marine geophysical survey system. The marine geophysical survey system may comprise a streamer and a wax application system operable to receive the streamer on deployment and apply a wax coating to the streamer as the streamer is being deployed from a survey vessel into a body of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: PGS Geophysical AS
    Inventors: Christian Vasbø, Rune Tønnessen, Thomas Hauge, Par Johansson, Mikael Tuved, Kaj Andersson, Andreas Carlen
  • Patent number: 12280579
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus including a sheet feeder, a sheet processing device, a sheet ejection device, a purge unit, a multifeed sensor, a sheet sensor, and circuitry. The circuitry stops an operation of the sheet processing apparatus when the multifeed sensor has not detected multifeed of the sheet and the sheet sensor does not detect a trailing end of the sheet after a first set time from detection of a leading end of the sheet, stop the operation when the multifeed sensor has detected the multifeed and the sheet sensor does not detect the trailing end of the sheet after a second set time from the detection, and conveys the sheet toward the purge unit without stopping the operation when the multifeed sensor has detected the multifeed and the sheet sensor detects the trailing end of the sheet before the second set time elapses from the detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Kunieda, Satoshi Kuno, Hirofumi Horita, Koju Kawakami, Yasunobu Kidoura, Ryohsuke Akaishi, Yohsuke Haraguchi
  • Patent number: 12275220
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are relates to a method for compressing a laminate and a method for manufacturing a ceramic electronic component including a laminate. The method for compressing a laminate includes: preparing a laminate; pressurizing the laminate from a first pressure to a second pressure; heating the laminate from a first temperature to a second temperature; maintaining compression of the laminate at the second pressure and the second temperature for a predetermined time; cooling the laminate from the second temperature to a third temperature; and depressurizing the laminate from the second pressure to a third pressure, wherein the second temperature is 70° C. to 150° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Min Hong, Jong Ho Lee, Yeong Ju Choe, Chun Soo Kim, Ji Hun Jeong, Je Sik Yeon
  • Patent number: 12269699
    Abstract: A splicing apparatus for splicing together an engaged paper sheet with a replenishing paper sheet in a paperboard corner manufacturing system, the apparatus comprising: an engaged sheet holder for holding the engaged paper sheet; an engaged sheet cutter for cutting the engaged paper sheet to form a free engaged paper end; a replenishing sheet holder for holding the replenishing paper sheet; a replenishing sheet cutter for cutting the replenishing paper sheet to form a free replenishing paper end; a sheet end alignment device for positioning both free engaged and replenishing paper ends relative to each other and substantially aligned with each other; an adhesive tape applicator for applying an adhesive tape simultaneously to the aligned free engaged and replenishing paper ends such that the adhesive tape extends partially over the engaged and replenishing paper sheets to join the free replenishing paper end to the free engaged paper end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: ABZAC CANADA INC.
    Inventors: Jean Tardy, Samuel Lagotte, Laurent Dudoit
  • Patent number: 12269203
    Abstract: An arrangement for mending a pipe, particularly a waste water pipe, which arrangement comprises the following elements: a first textile hose (ALg) woven in a single piece preferably laminated on the outer wall thereof, a felt hose (FS) arranged in the interior of the first textile hose (ALg) and wetted with a curable synthetic resin mixture, and a second textile hose (ALs), woven in a single piece and coated on its outer wall with a release agent, preferably silicon, not adhering to the synthetic resin mixture, for introduction into the felt hose (FS). A method for mending a pipe, particularly a waste water pipe, preferably uses the arrangement described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: GLOBAL SAFETY TEXTILES GMBH
    Inventor: Ergül Ballikaya
  • Patent number: 12263696
    Abstract: A layer transfer device includes a supply reel, a take-up reel, a driving source, a releasable restraining device, a heating roller, a pressure roller, and a controller. The driving source drives the take-up reel. The releasable restraining device is capable of switching to a restraining state in which a multilayer film is put under restraint in being drawn out from the supply reel and to a release state in which the restraint is lifted. The controller is configured such that when the driving source is generating the mechanical power, the releasable restraining device is in the restraining state if an image area in which an image is formed on the sheet is not present in a layer transfer position between the heating roller and the pressure roller, and the releasable restraining device is in the release state if the image area is present in the layer transfer position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoya Yamamoto, Takashi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12266454
    Abstract: A hot pressing machine for continuously hot pressing a flexible flat cable includes a plurality of hot pressing units arranged at intervals along a feeding direction of the flexible flat cable. A central controller of the machine is operably connected to the plurality of hot pressing units and is configured to control the plurality of hot pressing units to synchronously hot press the flexible flat cable located in the plurality of hot pressing units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Zhonghua Xu, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Jian Cao, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu
  • Patent number: 12267920
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a thin film heater includes providing a heating element supported on a surface of a flexible dielectric backing film; and attaching a layer of heat shrink film onto the surface of the dielectric backing film so as to at least partially enclose the heating element between the heat shrink film and the dielectric backing film. The method provides a much more precise and consistent method of assembling the heater assembly and improves the thermal properties and heat transfer to a heating chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: JT International S.A.
    Inventors: Tony Reevell, Yingxu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12258497
    Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide an adhesive composition that comprises a moisture-curable resin and a modified polyolefin and that achieves an excellent liquid state and excellent adhesion to polyolefin resin substrates. Provided is a moisture-curable adhesive resin composition comprising a moisture-curable resin (A) and a modified polyolefin resin (B), wherein the content of the modified polyolefin resin (B) is 2 parts by mass or more per 100 parts by mass of the moisture-curable resin (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOBO MC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Sakata, Kenji Kashihara
  • Patent number: 12257757
    Abstract: A device may generate a multi-layer stack of sheets that may be adhered into a slab-shaped preform for thermal drawing. The sheets may include sublayers. Stacking the sub-layered sheets results in accumulation of layers in the final fabricated preform. The stacking process may use mechanical translation and conveyance to support placement of the sheets and fabrication of the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: EVERIX INC.
    Inventors: Esmaeil Banaei, Justin Boga
  • Patent number: 12257758
    Abstract: A die has an inner die that has a straight portion of circular columnar outer shape and a convergent tapered portion provided closer to an extrusion port side than the straight portion and an outer die that houses the inner die. A first supply passage connecting a first valve and a flow passage, a second supply passage connecting a second valve and the flow passage, and a third supply passage connecting a third valve and the flow passage are provided inside the die. Downstream side end portions of the first supply passage and the second supply passage are connected to a portion of the flow passage formed between the straight portion and the outer die and a downstream side end portion of the third supply passage is connected to a portion of the flow passage formed between the tapered portion and the outer die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: PLA GIKEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiharu Kikuzawa
  • Patent number: 12257762
    Abstract: A method for producing a channel-shaped hollow profile component from a nonwoven material includes providing first and second nonwoven material layers arranging the first and second nonwoven material layers in a mold tool having first and second mold tool halves and a core body wherein a formation of the first and second nonwoven material layers and the core body is arranged between the first and second mold tool halves, and wherein the core body is arranged between the first and second nonwoven material layers in the formation, and simultaneously forming the first and second nonwoven material layers in the mold tool to form a first nonwoven partial shell and a second nonwoven partial shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Odenwald-Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Patrick Hofströßler, Kevin Friebel, Boris Benzus, Dominik Hotz
  • Patent number: 12256193
    Abstract: A jig for assembly of a segmented ring comprises an inner hub, an outer housing, a base, and a top cap defining a ring-shaped channel therebetween. Springs disposed about a perimeter of the inner hub face the outer housing within the ring-shaped channel. Through holes in the outer housing receive dowels projecting radially into the ring-shaped channel to pair respectively with the springs. Nocks in all dowels receive an adjustment string that applies uniform radial force to objects pinched between the dowels and springs within the channel. A tensioner peg mounted to the base secures the adjustment string while under tension. The inner hub, outer housing, base, and/or top cap may be constructed of aluminum coated with a nonsticking polymer to prevent sticking to adhesive that cures in the ring-shaped channel to create a finished segmented ring assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Inventors: William A Visser, Ian M Doyle, David C Ponte
  • Patent number: 12255013
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a film pasting assembly which comprises a base film provided with an annular first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer, a first release film comprising a first annular portion and a first handle portion for arranging on the first adhesive layer, and a second release film comprising a second annular portion and a second handle portion for arranging on the second adhesive layer. The inner circumference of the first annular portion is equal to the outer circumference of the second annular portion. The first release film and the second release film may be torn apart respectively for product pasting. The success rate, efficiency of product assembly and yield of products may be improved. The first release film and the second release film may be processed by a same raw material for cost saving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: LANTO ELECTRONIC LIMITED
    Inventors: Yongpeng Chang, Tao Zhou, Xiaoceng Zhou, Hang Cheng
  • Patent number: 12251956
    Abstract: A method for producing a printed material includes forming a color image having an image area ratio of 20% or less on a peripheral edge portion of a recording medium by using a coloring material; providing pressure-induced phase transition particles to a region of the recording medium, the region including the peripheral edge portion; bonding the color image and the pressure-induced phase transition particles onto the recording medium; and folding the recording medium having the color image and the pressure-induced phase transition particles bonded thereon and pressure-bonding the folded recording medium, or pressure-bonding the recording medium having the color image and the pressure-induced phase transition particles bonded thereon and another recording medium placed on top of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Sumiaki Yamasaki, Sakae Takeuchi, Hiroshi Saegusa, Yoichiro Emura, Yoshifumi Iida, Satoshi Kamiwaki, Susumu Yoshino
  • Patent number: 12256625
    Abstract: A apparatus for manufacturing a display device includes: a stage for supporting a display module including a display panel, a cover window, and a flexible printed circuit board; and an adsorption unit disposed at one side of the stage, the adsorption unit configured to be moved in a horizontal direction such that a distance between the stage and the adsorption unit is adjusted, wherein the adsorption unit is configured to adsorb and support the flexible printed circuit board connected to the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Hyun Hwang, Do Hyung Ryu, Wu Hyeon Jung, Yong Seong Jang
  • Patent number: 12247142
    Abstract: A hot melt adhesive composition comprises a polypropylene homopolymer having a DSC melting point of less than 100° C.; a butene-based copolymer; and a plasticizer. The butene-based copolymer may comprise a butene-rich amorphous poly-alpha olefin, such as a butene-propylene copolymer, or a semi-crystalline copolymer, such as a butene-ethylene copolymer. The hot melt adhesive is especially useful for bonding substrates which swell or elongate significantly in use. Such uses include adhering superabsorbent polymers to a substrate or adhering together two substrates at least one of which having superabsorbent polymers, such as the top and bottom layer of an absorbent core of a disposable hygiene article, such as a diaper, feminine sanitary napkin, and adult incontinence pad. The hot melt adhesive composition, which does not contain a tackifier, demonstrates suitable elongation at break and stress at yield, with a sufficiently low viscosity, to stabilize an absorbent core having superabsorbent polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignees: Bostik Inc., Bostik SA
    Inventors: Kimberly E. Secrist, Steven D. Gray, Naji Hussein
  • Patent number: 12237545
    Abstract: An electrode roll connection automation apparatus is configured for uniformly maintaining the width of electrode tabs in a process of connecting electrode sheets to each other and for automatically connecting the electrode sheets to each other. The electrode roll connection automation apparatus includes first and second supply units, a connection unit, and an electrode tab sensing unit. The first and the second supply units are configured to supply first and second electrode sheets, respectively, on which electrode tabs are formed. The connection unit is configured to connect the first electrode sheet and the second electrode sheet to each other. The electrode tab sensing unit is disposed between the first supply unit and the connection unit. The electrode tab sensing unit is configured to measure the distance between the electrode tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Soo Lee, Jin Soo Lee, Hong Ju Hwang, Seung Hoo Lee