Patents Examined by Michael N Orlando
  • Patent number: 12043017
    Abstract: A method of making the asphalt shingles includes applying a substrate to a layer of shingle-forming material, the substrate having indicators at predetermined spaced-apart distances, with the indicators being sensed as the shingle-forming layer is moved along a predetermined path, with adhesive zones being applied to the shingle such that the application of the adhesive zones is synchronized in response to sensing the locations of the indicators, and with the shingle-forming layer then being cut into individual shingles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: CERTAINTEED LLC
    Inventor: Robert L. Jenkins
  • Patent number: 12043186
    Abstract: Disclosed are an undercover for vehicles with high elasticity and rigidity and a method of manufacturing the same. The undercover for vehicles with high elasticity and rigidity may include a needle-punched nonwoven fabric having a multi-layer structure of felt layers including a first PET fiber and a low-melting-point PET fiber, and each of the felt layers may have improved tensile strength and have optimized fiber alignment, to thereby improve the binding between fibers, mechanical rigidity and elasticity, as well as to reduce the weight of components, improve durability and secure harmlessness and inline workability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hado FNC Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Je Kim, Keun Young Kim, Tae Yoon Kim, Jung Wook Lee, Young Su Kim, Jong Eun Ha
  • Patent number: 12036014
    Abstract: A nasal/oral cannula for collecting a flow of exhaled gases and its method of manufacture are disclosed. The cannula comprises an elongated tubular body having a first and a second end portion, a surface and an internal volume; a wall internally disposed within said tubular body, said wall defining a first subvolume of said internal volume in the lengthwise direction of the tubular body; and an inlet through said surface, for introducing exhaled gases into said first subvolume. The first end portion defines an exit port for exhaled gases from said subvolume, and said wall is arranged directly adjacent to said inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Masimo Corporation
    Inventors: Anders Eckerbom, Robert Zyzanski
  • Patent number: 12037157
    Abstract: A system of manufacturing a corrugated cardboard box to which an electronic tag is attached. The system includes: a corrugated cardboard sheet forming part that forms a corrugated cardboard sheet 14p; a blank forming part that forms a box blank 24p from the corrugated cardboard sheet; a folder gluer that assembles the box blank 24p into a flat plate-shaped corrugated cardboard box; a product stacker that stacks the flat plate-shaped corrugated cardboard box assembled in the folder gluer; and a tag sticking device that sticks the electronic tag having an adhesive portion to a surface that becomes an outer surface of a box as a workpiece by using the adhesive portion between the corrugated cardboard sheet forming part and the product stacker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isamu Nakamura, Ryoto Takahashi, Taro Ikawa
  • Patent number: 12012766
    Abstract: The invention relates to a strip applicator (1) for ensuring the joint between two plaster boards. The applicator comprises a coating container (4) wherein a strip unwinds in use, the container having a rear wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a top wall and two side walls, one of which forms a removable side cover for accessing the inside of the container. According to the invention, the lower wall comprises an opening (14) provided with a removable plug (15) for accessing the inside of the container, the opening being directed towards the upper wall of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: ÉTABLISSEMENTS PIERRE GRÉHAL ET CIE SA
    Inventor: Lionel Delestre
  • Patent number: 12012697
    Abstract: A through-air apparatus for drying or bonding paper, tissue, or nonwoven webs is provided. The apparatus includes a web-carrying structure configured to move and a first component having at least one sealing element adjacent the web-carrying structure, where the sealing element is configured to reduce the infiltration of ambient air into the through-air apparatus. The apparatus also includes at least one channel configured to direct air to the sealing element to reduce the infiltration of ambient air into the through-air apparatus. A method of operating a through-air apparatus for drying or bonding paper, tissue, or nonwoven webs is also provided. The method includes directing air to a sealing element to reduce the infiltration of ambient air into the through-air apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Valmet AB
    Inventors: Mikhail Y. Shekhter, Robert H. Miller, III
  • Patent number: 12006451
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a two-component solvent-less adhesive composition. The two-component solvent-less adhesive composition contains the reaction product of (A) an isocyanate component containing the reaction product of (i) an isocyanate monomer and (ii) a first dimer acid polyester polyol; and (B) a polyol component containing (i) a second dimer acid polyester polyol and (ii) optionally, a polyol selected from a polyether polyol, a polyester polyol, and combinations thereof. The two-component solvent-less adhesive composition contains from 15 wt % to 45 wt % units derived from dimer acid, based on the total weight of the two-component solvent-less adhesive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Rui Shi, Zhaohui Qu, Yinzhong Guo
  • Patent number: 12010903
    Abstract: A lamination apparatus includes a first jig which includes an accommodating recess defined by a bottom surface through which a plurality of vacuum holes is defined and side surfaces bent and extending from the bottom surface, a cover member that does not overlap at least one vacuum hole among the plurality of vacuum holes, a second jig disposed to face the first jig, a pad disposed on the second jig, and a controller which sets zero data based on a vacuum value measured from the at least one vacuum hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kisang Yoo
  • Patent number: 12006450
    Abstract: A moisture-curing composition that is liquid at ambient temperature and optionally highly viscous, containing: at least one polyether urethane polymer (P1) containing isocyanate groups and having a content of at least 80% by wt. 1,2-propyleneoxy units in the polyether segment, and at least one hydrophobic polymer (P2) containing isocyanate groups and being liquid at ambient temperature, obtained by reacting at least one monomeric diisocyanate and a hydrophobic diol having an OH-number ranging between 28 and 120 mg KOH/g, the polymers P1 and P2 being produced separately and said polymers P1 and P2 having a weight ratio ranging between 70/30 and 98/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Sven Reimann, Nicole Kube, Michael Schlumpf
  • Patent number: 11999147
    Abstract: An apparatus for attaching a display panel includes a panel mount which receives a panel bottom cover facing corner portions of the display panel which are extended bent from a front surface of the display panel, and a pressing module which provides a pressing force to the panel bottom cover which is received in the panel mount and faces the corner portions of the display panel. The pressing module includes a pressing pad which applies the pressing force to the panel bottom cover at the corner portions of the display panel to attach the panel bottom cover to the display panel at the corner portions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Hyun Hwang, Do Hyung Ryu, Hyun Sang Park, Wu Hyeon Jung
  • Patent number: 11999149
    Abstract: A method of removing a backing layer from a panel, made of an uncured pre-impregnated fiber-reinforced polymer, comprises a step of orienting the panel into a backing-separation orientation relative to an edge-engagement tool. The method also comprises a step of positioning the panel into a backing-separation position relative to the edge-engagement tool. The method further comprises a step of moving the edge-engagement tool, when the panel is in the backing-separation orientation and the backing-separation position, so that backing-engagement features of the edge-engagement tool engage the backing layer, at only an edge portion of the backing layer, and just the edge portion of the backing layer separates from the panel. The method additionally comprises a step of gripping the edge portion of the backing layer, and, when gripped, moving the backing layer relative to the panel so that an entirety of the backing layer separates from the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Greaney, Todd Beach, Stephen Kraus, Connie Hsiao, Tyson Hsiao, Pei-yao Lin
  • Patent number: 11999095
    Abstract: The present application discloses a bottle manufacturing method and a bottle, which comprises steps of: manufacturing a protection layer; printing an artwork on a surface of the protection layer; manufacturing a transparent layer; laminating the protection layer and the transparent layer having the artwork printed; arranging the protection layer and the transparent layer on a bottle body to make the artwork locate between the protection layer and the transparent layer. By printing the artwork between the protection layer and the transparent layer, the present application provides the artwork a good protection to prevent the artwork from worn, and makes the product a relatively high decoration quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: INNOVATE INTERNATIONAL SHENZHEN LTD.
    Inventors: Leonard Scott Huff, Han Lin
  • Patent number: 11993733
    Abstract: The present application relates to polyurethane polymers produced by polymerizing a reactant mixture comprising triglycerides of Physaria fendleri, one or more polyisocyanates, and one or more polyols, wherein the triglycerides of Physaria fendleri have a hydroxyl value ranging from 90 milligrams of potassium hydroxide per gram of the triglycerides of Physaria fendleri to 250 milligrams of potassium hydroxide per gram of the triglycerides of Physaria fendleri. The present application also relates to polyester polymers produced by polymerizing a reactant mixture comprising triglycerides of Euphorbia Lagascae, and one or more dicarboxylic acids. Also disclosed are the methods of formation of the polyurethane and polyester polymers, and their use as adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Greg Curtzwiler, Keith Vorst, Alexandra Ivey, Sharan Raman
  • Patent number: 11992967
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for depositing veneers on a carrier board. In order to create a device and a method by which veneers can be applied to a carrier board particularly easily, quickly and precisely, provided in the region of an upper end of a transporting device is a veneer magazine, with at least two compartments which are designed to store and supply veneer strips, and with means for transferring the veneer strips from the compartments to the transporting device, wherein the transporting device extends from an upper end obliquely downwards in the direction of a lower end in the region of a transporting plane for the carrier board and is designed to transport at least two individual adjacent veneer strips from the upper end to the lower end and to deposit them on the carrier board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Flooring Technologies Ltd.
    Inventor: Norbert Kalwa
  • Patent number: 11990930
    Abstract: Disclosed is a film pasting device for electronic terminals. The device includes: a fixing seat provided with a containing groove for containing an electronic terminal, the containing groove being provided with a first mounting seat and a second mounting seat respectively, and the first mounting seat and the second mounting seat being provided with magnetic positioning members; and an adhesive film provided with positioning parts. Mounting holes are provided at the fixing seat, and a protective film can be directly aligned with the electronic terminal during pasting; and the first mounting seat and the second mounting seat are arranged in a structure higher than the containing groove, so that the adhesive film can be prevented from being pasted to the electronic terminal when being placed, a defective rate of film pasting is reduced, film pasting is simple, production cost is low, and the device is convenient to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: XuYi Photoelectric Technology Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Mingfeng Li
  • Patent number: 11981525
    Abstract: A sheet processing device sandwiches a sheet-shaped medium in a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlaid and partially bonded. The sheet processing device includes a separator, a conveyor, and a switching member. The separator separates the two sheets of the two-ply sheet. The conveyor is disposed downstream from the separator in a sheet conveyance direction and conveys the two-ply sheet. The switching member is disposed downstream from the conveyor in the sheet conveyance direction. The switching member switches a conveyance path of the two-ply sheet to convey the two-ply sheet to a fixing path on which fixing processing is performed on the two-ply sheet or a non-fixing path on which no fixing processing is performed on the two-ply sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshito Suzuki, Tomohiro Furuhashi, Wataru Takahashi, Sho Asano, Shinya Monma, Joji Akiyama, Wataru Nozaki, Yohsuke Haraguchi, Yuji Suzuki, Yuusuke Shibasaki, Takuya Morinaga
  • Patent number: 11981837
    Abstract: A roofing system includes a roofing membrane. The roofing membrane has a surface energy of 40 mN/m or less. The roofing system includes a roofing substrate. The roofing system includes an adhesive disposed between the roofing membrane and the roofing substrate. The adhesive includes a styrenic block copolymer. The styrenic block copolymer is present in an amount of 0.5 wt. % to 30 wt. % based on a total weight of the adhesive. The adhesive includes asphalt. The asphalt is present in an amount of 70 wt. % to 99.5 wt. % based on the total weight of the adhesive. A ratio of the styrenic block copolymer to the asphalt in the adhesive is 1:11 to 1:3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: BMIC LLC
    Inventors: Isaac Bernard Rufus, Adem Chich, Michael Dougherty, Richard Chin, Overton Williams
  • Patent number: 11981836
    Abstract: Silicone pressure-sensitive adhesives is the reaction product of a composition including a silanol end group-containing linear organopolysiloxane; a non-functional linear organopolysiloxane; and a silicate resin; wherein the dynamic viscosity of the non-functional linear organopolysiloxane at 25° C. is 100,000 mm2/sec or greater. The silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive has enhanced adhesion while minimizing skin damage and pain during removal of the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Aizoh Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11975884
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying a label to a spool or reel containing wire and a wire tail extending from the spool or reel, the apparatus comprising a wire tail sensor, wherein the wire tail sensor identifies the location of the wire tail protruding from the spool or reel and a label application mechanism, wherein the labeling mechanism applies a label to the spool or reel and wherein the label does not contact the wire tail protruding from the spool or reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Encore Wire Corporation
    Inventors: William T. Bigbee, Jr., Clifton S. Thompson
  • Patent number: 11975520
    Abstract: A sheet processing device is configured to separate a non-bonding portion of a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlapped and bonded together at one end as a bonding portion of the two-ply sheet. The sheet processing device includes a first sheet feeder configured to feed the two-ply sheet, a second sheet feeder configured to feed an inner sheet to be inserted between the two sheets of the two-ply sheet in a state in which the non-bonding portion of the two-ply sheet is separated, and circuitry configured to cause the first sheet feeder to feed the two-ply sheet, perform a sheet separating operation on the two-ply sheet to separate the non-bonding portion of the two-ply sheet, and cause the second sheet feeder to start feeding the inner sheet before completion of the sheet separating operation on the two-ply sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Joji Akiyama, Tomohiro Furuhashi, Wataru Takahashi, Sho Asano, Yoshito Suzuki, Shinya Monma, Yohsuke Haraguchi, Wataru Nozaki