Patents Examined by Michael Tolin
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Patent number: 12202176Abstract: A method for forming a composite component, the method comprising: providing a first mould tool and a second mould tool, the first and second mould tools being configured so as to be capable of defining at least part of a mould cavity between them, and the second mould tool having a moulding surface defined by at least two demountable mould bodies; attaching the first mould tool to a press at a first workstation; subsequently, at a second workstation spaced from the first workstation, loading at least part of the second mould tool with reinforcement material whilst the first mould tool remains attached to the press at the first workstation; moving the second mould tool to the press at the first workstation in such a position as to confront the first mould tool; causing the press to effect relative movement of the first and second tools to bring the first and second tools into mating arrangement so as to define a mould cavity therebetween; and setting in shape the reinforcement material located in the mould caType: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: McLaren Automotive LimitedInventor: Claudio Santoni
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Patent number: 12202243Abstract: A multilayer strip intended to be wound on a form to manufacture a part in composite material, includes superposed fibrous layers, at least one of these layers being pre-impregnated, the superposed fibrous layers including a first layer including a first material on a first side of the width of the strip and a second material, differing from the first material, on a second side of the width of the strip opposite the first side, and a second layer superposed on the first layer and including the first material on the first side and the second material on the second side, with overlapping of a material of the second layer over a different material of the first layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: ARIANEGROUP SASInventor: Guillaume Pages-Xatart
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Patent number: 12193473Abstract: An apparatus for enrobing a product portion can include at least one polymer spray head adapted to create at least one flow of polymeric fibers to produce at least one polymer enrobing zone and a conveyor system adapted to move at least one product portion from at least one position below at least one polymer enrobing zone and to at least one position above at least one polymer enrobing zone to drop each product portion through one or more polymer enrobing zones a plurality times at different orientations to enrobe each product portion with polymeric fibers.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2024Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Andrew Nathan Carroll, Shannon Maxwell Black, Yan Helen Sun, William J. Burke, Robert Smith
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Patent number: 12186974Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for manufacturing and using heat-shrink elastomeric. An example method of manufacturing a heat-shrink elastomeric element comprises providing a thermoplastic elastomeric element having a first shape; modifying the thermoplastic elastomeric element to produce a thermoset elastomeric element having the first shape; heating the thermoset elastomeric element to a temperature of at least the glass transition temperature of the thermoset elastomeric element; adjusting the first shape of the thermoset elastomeric element to produce a second shape with at least one dimension greater than that of the first shape; and cooling the thermoset elastomeric element to a temperature below that of the glass transition temperature of the thermoset elastomeric element to produce the heat-shrink elastomeric element.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignees: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Board of Regents, The University of Texas SystemInventors: Michael L. Fripp, Kejia Yang, Radu Reit, Benjamin Lund, Walter Voit
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Patent number: 12186954Abstract: An injection molding system includes an injection station, a molding device, and a plunger. The injection station includes a platform including an opening and an injector over the platform. The molding device is disposed between the platform and the injector and over the opening, wherein the molding device includes a mold cavity and a clamping unit for clamping the molding device. The plunger under the platform, wherein the plunger includes a base and a rod extendable through the opening toward the molding device and retractable toward the base. An injection molding method includes conveying a molding device to an injection station and disposing the molding device between an injector and a platform; disposing a plunger under the platform; moving the injector towards the molding device; applying a plunging force on the molding device by extending the rod through the opening; and injecting a molding material into a mold cavity.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: KING STEEL MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Liang-Hui Yeh, Ching-Hao Chen
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Patent number: 12191149Abstract: A substrate processing method of processing a combined substrate in which a first substrate and a second substrate are bonded to each other includes forming a peripheral modification layer along a boundary between a peripheral portion of the first substrate as a removing target and a central portion of the first substrate; forming a non-bonding region in which bonding strength between the first substrate and the second substrate in the peripheral portion is reduced; and removing the peripheral portion starting from the peripheral modification layer. A first crack is developed from the peripheral modification layer toward the second substrate. The peripheral modification layer is formed such that a lower end of the first crack is located above the non-bonding region and an inner end of the non-bonding region is located at a diametrically outer side than the first crack.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Hayato Tanoue, Yohei Yamashita
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Patent number: 12186852Abstract: A stacker for a 3D printer apparatus contains a positioning conveyor and a support plate hinged to drop on a signal, whereupon a push plate will push a printed and powdered sheet downward and onto registration pins, to form a stacked register of such sheets.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Impossible Objects, Inc.Inventors: Robert Swartz, Michael Sutin
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Patent number: 12191438Abstract: A method for producing a power storage device includes: compressively deforming in which case long-side walls of the power storage device after initial charging and aging but before permanent sealing are pressed toward an electrode body to compress the electrode body and further plastically deform at least one of the case long-side walls so that the case long-side walls continue to press the electrode body even after the pressing is released; after this compressively deforming, hermetically permanently sealing the case of the power storage device in which the inside of the case is in communication with the outside; and releasing the pressing applied in the compressively deforming.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventor: Tomonori Maeda
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Patent number: 12179413Abstract: A preparation method of a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-based membrane for preventing and removing ices covering wind turbine blades is provided and the method comprises: preparing a membrane into a PTFE rod material with polymerized monomers by using monomer polymerization methods such as blending, pre-compressing and pushing; making the membrane into a PTFE-based homogeneous membrane with micropores and nano and micron scale concave-convex geometrical ultra-structure morphologies under the condition that the membrane is cracked to generate a laminar exfoliated fabric-like structure in the hot calendaring process of the PTFE rod material by using a hot calendaring and fusion polymerization method; and applying the PTFE-based homogeneous membrane to blades of a large wind turbine in operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignees: CHINA THREE GORGES CORPORATION, CHINA THREE GORGES RENEWABLES (GROUP) CO., LTD., NANJING HAOHUI HI TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Xin Xiang, Jianping Liu, Jianhua Wu, Zhiyu Sun, Yawei Zhu, Wenwei Li, Fangliang Zhao, Hong Wu, Jingxin Zhao, Bo Pang, Jianping Wu
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Patent number: 12179436Abstract: A method of manufacturing an additively manufactured component may comprise operating an additive manufacturing machine to form a first structure including an elongate portion having a blind design surface, operating the additive manufacturing machine to form a removal tool proximate the blind design surface, wherein the blind design surface and the removal tool are at least partially enclosed by and in contact with a support material, and translating the removal tool along the blind design surface to separate a portion of the support material from the blind design surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: RTX CORPORATIONInventors: Lawrence A Binek, David W Morganson
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Patent number: 12179445Abstract: An end effector for handling a sheet of flexible material. The end effector includes a support frame and manipulator assemblies, each attached to the support frame by a support mount. The manipulator assemblies include a holding tool having a lifting surface. The manipulator assemblies include a linear actuator, and the holding tool is connected to the linear actuator by a multiaxial joint. A drive provides—the displacement of the holding tool by the linear actuator. The end effector includes resilient members each rigidly affixed to two adjacent holding tools and positioned in a space providing a mutual distance between opposing faces of the adjacent holding tools, where each holding tool is connected to—adjacent holding tools—by the resilient members. The resilient members are configured to non-permanently deform in the space when adjacent holding tools are displaced relative to each other along displacement axes.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Inventors: Henrik Gordon Petersen, Lars-Peter Ellekilde, Ole Wennerberg Nielsen, Gudmundur Geir Gunnarsson, Casper Hansen, Jakob Rømsgaard, André Alexander Westergaard, Asger Bloksma Krogstrup, Asim Ikram, Jesper Freltoft, Phillippe Lovejoy-Courrier, Johannes Cornelis De Kruijk
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Patent number: 12179446Abstract: A device for shaping at least one fibrous preform for producing a bladed part of a turbomachine, this device including a mould formed by several parts that are interlocked with each other, this mould defining at least one internal cavity configured to receive the preform and to enclose the preform integrally, this cavity being intended to have two platform areas and a blade area extending between the two platform areas, wherein the mould includes at least a lower shell, an upper shell, a side shell, and end shells, and in that each of the side and end shells includes three elements, respectively lower, intermediate and upper.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Maxime Marie Desire Blaise, Hubert Jean Marie Fabre, Jeff Pote
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Patent number: 12180925Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an adaptable pre-cast resin-infused carbon-fiber beam, which method includes the steps of arranging a plurality of elongate carbon-fiber blocks side by side; arranging sheets to enclose the blocks and to extend over opposing faces of adjacent blocks; arranging the sheets to converge as an outwardly projecting elongate bead at a junction between adjacent blocks; and pulling on the elongate bead to inhibit resin flow between blocks during a resin infusion step. Also provided is a pre-cast adaptable carbon-fiber beam manufactured using that method; a method of manufacturing a wind turbine rotor blade; and a wind turbine rotor blade.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/SInventors: Allan Hurup, Mogens Nielsen, Wei Sun
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Patent number: 12172420Abstract: A lamination device that laminates a plurality of types of workpieces includes supply mechanisms that supply the workpiece to each of supply positions, a movement mechanism including a stator of a linear motor having a predetermined traveling track and a mover of a linear motor that is movable between a plurality of the supply positions along a traveling track, and a controller that controls at least the mover. The mover includes a holding unit that holds the workpiece supplied to the supply positions, and a lamination stage for lamination the workpiece. The controller corrects a relative position of the workpiece with respect to the lamination stage and controls the mover to laminate the workpiece whose relative position is corrected on the lamination stage while the holding unit holds the workpiece supplied to the supply positions and moves to and stops at a next one of the supply positions.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Arata Suzuki, Kouhei Fukuda, Kodai Murata
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Patent number: 12172389Abstract: A molding apparatus reduces waviness or deformation of fibers. The molding apparatus includes a fiber feeder (7) that feeds fibers (5) to a lamination area (32) long in a first direction, a resin composition feeder (11) that feeds a resin composition (9) to the lamination area (32), an impregnator (17) that impregnates the fibers (5) fed to the lamination area (32) with the resin composition (9), a curing accelerator (13) that accelerates curing of the resin composition (9) fed to the lamination area (32) while the fibers (5) fed in the lamination area (32) are being tensioned, and a transporter (15) that relatively moves the devices (7, 11, 17, and 13) in the first direction with respect to the lamination area (32). The resin composition (9) contains an epoxy resin (A), a cyanate resin (B), and an aromatic amine curing agent (C) that is liquid at 25° C.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: ADEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Naohiro Fujita, Kazuhide Morino, Masato Inadome, Masayoshi Goke, Takeshi Sukemune, Yosuke Aragane, Tomo Kimura, Akinori Okubo
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Patent number: 12157280Abstract: A method for forming a composite component, the method comprising: providing a mould (15) comprising a first part (8) of the mould and a second part (13) of the mould, the first part (8) and second part (13) when assembled define an exterior surface of the composite component; loading the first part (8) of the mould with reinforcing material (20); injecting matrix precursor into the first part (8) of the mould to impregnate reinforcing material (20) located in the first part (8) of the mould with matrix precursor; closing the second part (13) of the mould and the first part (8) of the mould around the reinforcing material (20) and matrix precursor to assemble the first part (8) and second part (13) to define an exterior surface of the composite component; and injecting matrix precursor into the closed mould to impregnate reinforcing material (20) located between the first and second parts (8, 13) of the mould with matrix precursor.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: MCLAREN AUTOMOTIVE LIMITEDInventor: Claudio Santoni
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Patent number: 12155042Abstract: A producing method of a power storage device includes roll pressing a mixture laminated portion of a wide strip-shaped electrode plate, non-laminated-portion stretching of stretching a pair of mixture non-laminated portions of the wide strip-shaped electrode plate in a longitudinal direction, laminated-portion stretching of stretching a pair of mixture non-laminated-portion-side sections of the mixture laminated portion located on the mixture non-laminated portion side, cutting the wide strip-shaped electrode plate at a center of a width direction in the longitudinal direction to divide into two strip-shaped electrode plates, winding up the two strip-shaped electrode plates around winding cores with applying tensile force in the longitudinal direction in a roll-like shape to form electrode rolls, and storing each of the electrode rolls.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2022Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Atsushi Maeda, Naoki Masuzawa, Kengo Yasueda
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Patent number: 12145327Abstract: A fiber placement device includes an accumulation portion that stores and discharges a reinforcing fiber bundle including: a movable roller guided by a guide mechanism able to be moved in a constant movable range; a cylinder; a piston arranged within the cylinder; a coupling member coupling the movable roller and the piston; and an adjustment portion adjusting a force applied to the piston within the cylinder by discharging fluid from a space with the cylinder sealed on a side opposite the coupling member with respect to the piston within the cylinder or supplying the fluid into the space, the fluid is discharged from the space within the cylinder to apply a force to the piston to move the piston, a force is also applied to the movable roller through the coupling member to move the movable roller and thus a tension is applied to the reinforcing fiber bundle.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Yasuhiro Sato, Tamotsu Suzuki, Kentaro Nagasaki
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Patent number: 12134218Abstract: Provided is a method of molding, by using a mold, a component including a metal plate and a thermoplastic resin containing a thermoplastic resin arranged on a surface on one side of the metal plate, the mold including at least a movable mold and a fixed mold including a support portion. Specifically, the molding method includes: an arranging step of arranging a premolded metal plate within the mold; a fixing step of fixing the metal plate by pressing the metal plate against the movable mold with use of the support portion; and a molding step including forming a cavity between the fixed mold and the metal plate by closing the mold, bringing the thermoplastic resin into close contact with the metal plate, and forming an exposed portion by exposing the metal plate out of the softened thermoplastic resin with use of the support portion. With this, without leakage of the thermoplastic resin, a joint region to a metal surface of another component can be reliably secured.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhe Jiang, Takashi Oda, Katsumi Morohoshi
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Patent number: 12129583Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a ribbon comprising bamboo fibers. The method comprises positioning the fibers on a conveyor and conveying the fibers in a transport direction, interconnecting the fibers by covering the fibers with thread and/or particles of a sticky material with at least one web forming device which is positioned above and/or below the conveyor and which ejects thread and/or particles. The formed thread and/or particles attaches to the fibers and forms a web which interconnects the fibers in order to form the ribbon and/or stitching the fibres together with at least one stitching device which is configured to stitch the individual fibers together in order to form the ribbon.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2023Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: BBF IP B.V.Inventors: Marcus Anton Hubertus Bokeloh, Robertus Martinus Van Opdorp