Patents Examined by Nathan T Leong
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Patent number: 11692323Abstract: According to the present disclosure, methods and techniques for generating preferred concrete block products are provided. The methods and techniques involve providing addition of color to selected section within the blocks (1), as described herein, to generate enhancement effects. Typical applications involve spray applications for color pigment to visually distinct sections of the block (1) on one or more decorative surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2018Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Anchor Wall Systems, Inc.Inventors: Christopher W. Becker, Glenn C. Bolles, Jay J. Johnson, Jonathan M. Schlueter, Robert B. Burnquist, Steven P. Bennett
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Patent number: 11685123Abstract: A method of constructing an additive manufactured article with erodible support. The method includes computing a length of an overhanging geometry that extends from an inner surface of an additively manufactured article; determining points along the overhanging geometry determining an outside point and an inside point from the multiple of overhanging geometry points; determining an anchor point by moving from the inside point I antiparallel to the build direction by a distance sufficient to form an angle greater than a critical angle of the additive process; connecting the anchor point to the overhanging geometry points to form ligament segments; thickening the ligament segments to form a solid ligament to form the erodible support; and additively manufacturing the overhanging geometry from the inner surface of the additively manufactured article via the erodible support, the erodible support erodible during operation of the additively manufactured article.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Matthew E. Lynch
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Patent number: 11660635Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tubular member for an exhaust gas treatment device according to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the tubular member including a tubular main body made of a metal and an insulating layer formed on at least an inner peripheral surface of the tubular main body, the insulating layer containing glass, includes steps of: forming a coating film by spraying a coating liquid for insulating layer formation onto the inner peripheral surface of the tubular main body; and firing the coating film to obtain the insulating layer. The spraying is performed while the tubular main body is rotated with a length direction thereof being a rotation axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Ryo Fujimura, Kodai Kato, Akifumi Nishio
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Patent number: 11655389Abstract: This invention provides method of treating a surface of exterior wood outside of buildings to inhibit the uptake of moisture into the wood by spraying on the surface of the wood an aqueous formulation consisting of one or more film forming non-chloride, long-chain polymers. The aqueous formulation forms a clear micro-film. Preferably, the long-chain polymer is polyethylene-vinyl acetate, polyurethane, or a combination thereof, wherein the clear micro-film contains no detectable volatile organic compounds. A clear colorant is added to the aqueous formulation to verify treatment. The clear colored micro-film maintains moisture content in the wood at 16 percent or less, allows for continued visual inspection of the surface of the wood for termite damage, does not rub off, get diluted with water, or become damaged by workers and pets who come into contact with the clear colored microfilm.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Inventors: Michael Vance Berry, Steve Mills, Michael Watson
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Patent number: 11648793Abstract: A method for producing a decorative element and uses of a decorative element. A polarizing layer functioning as an analyzer is applied to a transparent optical carrier material and a transparent optical functional layer is applied as an image-forming layer including an optically anisotropic material. By spatially structuring the functional layer, a targeted location-dependent dependency of material properties of the optically anisotropic material is created for producing the image-forming layer. One or several decorative elements produced can each be introduced into a light field of a lighting device in a desired shape, size and quantity and having settable image motifs (image structures) and being disposed at different spatial distances and being freely disposable. The decorative element produced is intended to be used as an architectural element for creating light-optical effects in the exterior area of buildings, as a design element for interior design or for object design.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT SYNOPTRIX LICHTTECHNIK GMBH & CO.Inventor: Horst Prehn
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Patent number: 11642691Abstract: A pipe doping apparatus comprises a bucket assembly including a base and a bucket supported on the base and having an inside volume, a lubricating unit having at least one lubricant applicator inside the bucket; and a source of torque configured to rotate the bucket and/or the lubricating unit relative to a tubular. The apparatus may include a cleaning unit and/or a drying unit and the source of torque may be a fluid jet in either. At least one lubricant applicator may be retractable and may be actuated between a retracted position and an extended position by centripetal force. The apparatus may further include a positioning assembly supporting the base and the rotary bucket assembly and a controller connected to and controlling each of:—the positioning assembly, the cleaning unit, the drying unit, and the lubricating unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: NABORS DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES USA, INC.Inventors: Ronald Schanlaub, Keith Hager, Chris Magnuson, Eric Deutsch
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Patent number: 11642834Abstract: A manufacturing method for manufacturing a colored product, where using inkjet heads which are a plurality of color ink heads, and an inkjet head, which is a colorless ink head, a plurality of coloring regions are formed in an overlapping manner in a normal direction, a surface side colored region, which is a region located closest to the surface of the colored product is formed using at least the color ink ejected from any of the inkjet heads, and an inner colored region, which is a region located farther from the surface of the colored product than the surface side colored region is formed using at least the color ink ejected from any of the inkjet heads and the colorless ink ejected from the inkjet head.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignees: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION CHIBA UNIVERSITYInventors: Wataru Arai, Kunio Hakkaku, Norimichi Tsumura, Keita Hirai, Junki Yoshii
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Patent number: 11633756Abstract: A liquid dispenser. The dispenser includes reversible modular components to define selective removability and rearrangement between them and a base structure such that one or more sheets of a passing liquid-receiving substrate may receive such liquid through interchangeable liquid-dispensing orientations. The removability features include tool-free operation to facilitate quick insertion and removal of the modular components that include at least a liquid-dispensing valve assembly and a seal that is selectively engageable with the valve assembly to protect liquid-dispensing nozzles of the valve assembly from becoming clogged with residual dried liquid during periods of inactivity of the liquid dispenser. Selective movable cooperation or attachment between the modules—as well as between the modules and the base structure—facilitates flexible configurations of the dispenser, including top-down and bottom-up liquid-dispensing orientations.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: VALCO CINCINNATI, INC.Inventors: Benjamin Woolery, Steven Turner
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Patent number: 11629412Abstract: A method may include cold spraying a masking material on selected locations of a component to form a masking layer, wherein the masking material comprises a metal or alloy; additively manufacturing an additively manufactured portion of the component at locations at which the masking layer is not present; and removing the masking layer from the component. The masking layer may be configured to protect portions of the component by covering or otherwise providing a physical barrier that reduces or prevents material from adhering to unwanted portions of the component during a subsequent manufacturing and/or repair technique. Additionally, the masking layer may be reflective to infrared radiation and/or intimately contact the component and function as a heat sink or thermally conductive layer to transfer heat from the component.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignees: Rolls-Royce Corporation, Rolls-Royce plcInventors: Quinlan Yee Shuck, Scott Nelson, Martyn Anthony Jones, Peter E. Daum
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Patent number: 11629980Abstract: A method for coating a sensor unit providing at least one sensor element and a sensor body supporting the sensor element. The method includes applying, in the assembled state of the sensor unit, a coating on the exterior surface of the sensor unit such as to coat the sensor element and the sensor body.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKFInventors: Eric Robert, Alexandre Taillepied, Benedicte Thomas
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Patent number: 11613844Abstract: A method for infusing an aromatic essential oil into a face covering so as to provide a prolonged olfactory benefit to the wearer of the face covering. The method of the present invention includes utilization of specific unit volumes of an essential oil, a carrier oil and a cyclodextrin wherein the aforementioned are placed into a suitable container that is located in a temperature controlled environment. The ingredients are mixed so as to initiate the emulsification process and as such encapsulation of the oil components occurs. A dry sprayer is utilized to apply a portion of the mixture onto the face covering and immediately thereafter the face covering is placed in a storage container. The carrier oil is maintained at a temperature during introduction into the mixing container. The method of the present invention provides an olfactory release for an extended period of at least 12 hours.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Inventor: Colleen Tinari
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Patent number: 11612910Abstract: An apparatus and methods for using coatings for metal applications are disclosed. According to one embodiment, an article comprises a cured polymeric film having a first reaction product of a cationic photoinitiator and a compound suitable for cationic polymerization. The article has a second reaction product of a free-radical photoinitiator and a compound suitable for free-radical polymerization; The article has a metal substrate, wherein the cured polymeric film coats the metal substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: G3 Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Michael Phillips, John Cunningham
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Patent number: 11607845Abstract: A system for additive manufacturing includes a nozzle configured to translate along a first axis, a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and a third axis orthogonal to the first and second axes, wherein the nozzle is operably coupled to: an extruder having an outlet and including a screw disposed within a barrel, and a pump having an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is coupled to the extruder, and the outlet is in fluid communication with the nozzle. The system also includes a controller configured to adjust a speed of the pump with respect to a speed of the screw to apply a target pressure at the outlet of the extruder.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Thermwood CorporationInventors: Kenneth J. Susnjara, Nicolas Vote, Robert Gaesser, Brian S. Smiddy, Scott G. Vaal
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Patent number: 11604043Abstract: Methods for hydrophobizing bowstrings are described herein. In one aspect, the method can include applying a silicone-based hydrophobic coating to the bowstring; and curing the bowstring for a predefined period of time.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: WIFLER INDUSTRIES LLCInventor: Alex Wifler
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Patent number: 11596089Abstract: A method for shielding components includes the steps of providing a component and applying at least one coating region, designed to shield from a magnetic and/or an electrical field, to the component by a thermal and/or kinetic spraying method such that a first arrangement space is shielded from a second arrangement space.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventor: Wolfram Wagener
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Patent number: 11584082Abstract: A system for transporting a carrying plate may include a lifting assembly comprising a carriage, and a carrying assembly. The lifting assembly may include a carriage having one or more lifting arms configured to lift the carrying assembly at least in part by one or more carrying arms of the carrying assembly. A carrying assembly may include a perimeter frame surrounding a perimeter of a carrying plate, one or more carrying arms attached to the perimeter frame, and one or more indexing pins extending or extensible inwardly from the perimeter frame. The one or more indexing pins may detachably secure the carrying plate to the perimeter frame. A method of transporting a carrying plate may include detachably securing a carrying plate to a perimeter frame of a carrying assembly and transporting the carrying assembly with a lifting assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Andreas Lutz, Andreas Ullrich, Glen Charles Fedyk
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Patent number: 11585763Abstract: Low-cost devices and methods for measuring radar transmission and/or reflectance of coated articles, as well as methods for forming coatings on articles are provided. An exemplary low-cost radar transmission and reflection measurement device includes a radar transmitter that emits a radar signal, a radar target to which the radar signal is directed, and a radar receiver that receives the radar signal. Further, the exemplary low-cost device includes a sample holder located between the radar transmitter and the radar target and between the radar target and the radar receiver. The sample holder receives a sample including a coating. The low-cost device also includes a controller connected to the radar transmitter and radar receiver. The controller measures a radar signal loss due to the coating.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLCInventor: Neil Richard Murphy
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Patent number: 11571708Abstract: A method for manufacturing a golf ball having a non-uniform dot pattern is provided. Firstly, a semi-finished product of a golf ball is provided, which includes a ball body and a base layer covering an outer surface of the ball body. After that, the semi-finished product of the golf ball is rotated at a predetermined rotation speed, and a color paint is applied to the semi-finished product of the golf ball in a spraying manner from each of an upper position and a lower position.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: FOREMOST GOLF MFG. LTD.Inventors: Chia-Sheng Huang, Chi-Ling Lin, Chia-Cheng Wu, Ching-Hsiang Liu
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Patent number: 11559825Abstract: A method for assembling particles on a microstructured surface of a sample. The method includes a step of covering the surface of the sample with a colloidal suspension with a so-called covering temperature range. The method includes a step of sedimentation of particles contained in the colloidal suspension such that particles settle towards the surface of the sample, the sedimentation step being carried out within a so-called sedimentation temperature range.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES, SMART FORCE TECHNOLOGIESInventors: David Peyrade, Anthony Leonard, Julien Cordeiro, Olivier Lecarme
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Patent number: 11559820Abstract: A dispenser system for applying multi-component adhesives or like substances to work surfaces in carpeting, roofing and like applications as well as a method of dispensing and applying multi-component adhesives to work surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: 4 C's Spray Equipment Rental, LLCInventors: Michael Jay Calaman, Timothy E. Curtis