Patents Examined by Nickolas Harm
  • Method for detaching a product substrate off a carrier substrate
    Patent number: 9457552
    Abstract: Device for stripping a product substrate off a carrier substrate connected to the product substrate by an bonding layer by means of a film frame, a flexible film which is connected to the film frame and which has an adhesive layer for holding the product substrate in a contacting surface section of the film, the film being connected to the film frame in an attachment section of the film which surrounds the contacting surface section, as well as a solvent reservoir formed by the film frame and the film, especially of variable volume, for holding the solvent for detaching the bonding layer, and the product substrate and the bonding layer can be accommodated in the solvent reservoir, and by delivery means for delivering the solvent into the solvent reservoir and by stripping means for stripping the product substrate off the carrier substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: EV Group GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Paul Lindner, Jurgen Burggraf
  • Film peeling apparatus
    Patent number: 9457555
    Abstract: A film peeling apparatus includes: a pair of rollers configured to peel films from a target object having the films adhered on surfaces thereof; a transporter configured to transport the target object toward the rollers; a sensor configured to obtain peeling target information; a calculator configured to calculate roller distance information or peeling condition information based on the peeling target information; and a controller configured to control a movement of the pair of rollers based on the roller distance information or the peeling condition information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyung Hyun Ahn
  • Apparatus for removal of flooring
    Patent number: 9452599
    Abstract: An apparatus for removal of flooring is presented. The flooring removal apparatus comprises a telescopically adjustable top frame with front wheels and a telescopically adjustable vertical rear frame coupled to the rear side of the top frame. The vertical rear frame includes a pair of rear wheels for directional control. The top frame is configured with one or more braces to securely clamp the housing of a jack hammer. An adapter suitable for a particular flooring type is provided for coupling to the tip of the jack hammer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Inventor: Hector Rodriguez
  • Disassembling photovoltaic module
    Patent number: 9455367
    Abstract: Provided is a method of disassembling a photovoltaic module. The method includes: applying heat to the photovoltaic module in an oxidizing atmosphere; removing an insulating protective layer wrapping a photovoltaic cell of the photovoltaic module; and obtaining the photovoltaic cell of the photovoltaic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Jin Seok Lee, Young Soo Ahn, Bo Yun Jang, Joon Soo Kim, Gi Hwan Kang
  • Device for the fine weeding of a multilayer sheet comprising a support liner and at least one adhesive film coupled with the liner
    Patent number: 9434148
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the field of graphic apparatuses and in particular its object is an apparatus for the so-called “weeding” of plastic or paper films having or more self-adhesive, double sided adhesive or electrostatic layers coupled with a support liner treated with a non-stick agent. The apparatus comprises a gripper (3) with a pinching head (8) comprising a plurality of self-centering jaws (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: ESANASTRI S.R.L.
    Inventors: Roberto Posarelli, Giuliano Vegni, Giorgio Dinelli, Cesare Stefanini, Federico Carnasciali
  • Apparatus and method for self adhesive balancing weight liner removal
    Patent number: 9421749
    Abstract: An apparatus for removal of the liner of a self-adhesive balancing weight is disclosed. A stripper wheel or stripper belt is rotated in close proximity over the surface of a balancing weight, and interacting with the liner and pulling the liner off from the balancing weight by means of a plurality of teeth. The speed of the stripper wheel or stripper belt is slightly higher than the speed of motion of the balancing weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: WEGMANN AUTOMOTIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Hans-Ulrich Bürgel
  • Method of manufacturing absorbent articles having a waistband
    Patent number: 9421134
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an absorbent article includes directing a web of side panel material and a waist elastic material separate from the web of side panel material to travel. The waist elastic material is bonded to the web of side panel material. The web of side panel material having the waist elastic material bonded thereto is cut to form a side panel having a waistband portion. The side panel having the waistband portion is attached to a chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Schlinz, WenTong Lay, Nancy E. Dawson
  • Device and method for providing a continuous tubular foil
    Patent number: 9421711
    Abstract: Method and device for forming a continuous tubular foil (106, 308). Foil (106, 308) is supplied and buffered. Foil (106) is supplied as flattened tubular foil (106) from a supply. A next piece of foil (308) is supplied from a next supply. The ends of tubular foil (304, 309) are connected. This then allows supplying and buffering next tubular foil (308) supplied from the next supply. The device and method allow connecting the ends of tubular foils (304, 309) by opening the end (309) of the next flattened tubular foil (308) supplied from the next supply and moving the end of the flattened tubular foil (304) in an upstream direction (299) into the opened end of next tubular foil (309) from the next supply. Connection is made using a tape (250, 270) applied onto the foil ends (304, 309).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI SEAL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Marinus Antonius Leonarda Van Heck
  • Unloading mechanism
    Patent number: 9409667
    Abstract: A unloading mechanism for removing workpieces from a transporting film can include a loading assembly and a unloading assembly coupled to the loading assembly. The loading assembly can include a base, a first driving member and an absorbent member. The base can include a base body, a first guiding member slidably extending through the base body, and a plurality of pushing members coupled to the base body. The first driving member can be coupled to the base body. The absorbent member can be coupled to the first guiding member. The absorbent member can define a plurality of receiving holes, and the pushing members can be received in the receiving holes. The unloading assembly can include a second driving member coupled to the first driving member, and a stopping member coupled to the second driving member adjacent to the absorbent member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignees: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bing Li, Bo Yang
  • Flexible display panel peeling apparatus and peeling method using the same
    Patent number: 9393769
    Abstract: A flexible display panel peeling apparatus for peeling a flexible display panel attached to a top surface of a substrate includes a stage fixed to the substrate and a peeling plate comprising a bottom surface that is convex toward the flexible display panel and a plurality of adsorption units defined in the bottom surface to adsorb the flexible display panel to the bottom surface. Since the flexible display panel is successively peeled through the peeling plate, the flexible display panel may be peeled from the substrate without being damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunwoo Koo, Jusuck Lee, Taewoong Kim, Danbi Choi, Sunho Kim, Kyungmin Choi, Hayk Khachatryan
  • Device for stripping a product substrate from a carrier substrate
    Patent number: 9381732
    Abstract: Device for stripping a product substrate from a carrier substrate connected to the product substrate by an interconnect layer by means of a flexible film that is mounted on a film frame and that comprises an adhesive layer for holding the product substrate in a bonding surface section of the film, the film being mounted on the film frame in an attachment section of the film that surrounds the bonding surface section, and the film comprising a stripping section that is located between the bonding surface section and the attachment section, the device having stripping means for effecting a stripping of the product substrate from the carrier substrate from a periphery of the product substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: EV Group GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Paul Lindner, Jurgen Burggraf
  • Device for detaching a product substrate off a carrier substrate
    Patent number: 9381729
    Abstract: Device for stripping a product substrate off a carrier substrate connected to the product substrate by an bonding layer by means of a film frame, a flexible film which is connected to the film frame and which has an adhesive layer for holding the product substrate in a contacting surface section of the film, the film being connected to the film frame in an attachment section of the film which surrounds the contacting surface section, as well as a solvent reservoir formed by the film frame and the film, especially of variable volume, for holding the solvent for detaching the bonding layer, and the product substrate and the bonding layer can be accommodated in the solvent reservoir, and by delivery means for delivering the solvent into the solvent reservoir and by stripping means for stripping the product substrate off the carrier substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: EV Group GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Paul Lindner, Jurgen Burggraf
  • Polarizer removing device and method of using it
    Patent number: 9377634
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polarizer removing device and a method of using it. The polarizer removing device comprises a supporting unit for supporting a panel, a clamping-removing unit for clamping a polarizer and removing the polarizer from the panel, and a pressurizing unit for exerting a pressure onto the panel during the removing of the polarizer. According to the polarizer removing device, a uniform force is exerted onto the polarizer during the removal thereof. As a result, it is above to prevent the polarizer from being broken, thereby to facilitate the operation, improve the production efficiency and save an adhesive tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Xiaoliang Chu, Jie Ge, Hongtao Ma
  • Dual roll fabric welding machine and method of operation
    Patent number: 9358727
    Abstract: A dual roll fabric welding or seaming machine is configured to seam pieces of sheet material to one another as the pieces move downstream. The machine includes modular gantries and various actor devices which may be readily mounted on any of the gantries to interact with the moving sheet material to achieve various functions, such as seaming pieces of sheet material together, forming hems, applying grommets to the sheet material, printing on the sheet material, connecting reinforcement strips or ropes to the sheet material and cutting the sheet material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Miller Weldmaster Corporation
    Inventor: Brent G. Nussbaum
  • System and method for automated initial separation of composite ply backing
    Patent number: 9358770
    Abstract: A method for initial separation of an adhered backing film from an uncured pre-impregnated composite lamina having an edge includes exposing and supporting the edge of the composite lamina, and applying an impact force to the exposed edge with an automated tool. The impact force is sufficient to cause delamination of the backing film from the composite lamina without damaging the lamina.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Shuonan Dong, Byungwoo Lee, David J Heiser, Miles Stefanovski, Matthew J O'Brien, Kevin S Callahan, Derek J Flolid
  • Processing method and processing apparatus
    Patent number: 9352542
    Abstract: A bonding method including an adhesive layer forming process in which a thermoplastic adhesive is applied to a substrate or a support plate and an adhesive layer is formed; a heating process in which the adhesive layer that is formed on the substrate or the support plate is heated; and a bonding process in which the substrate and the support plate are pressed against each other via the heated adhesive layer, thereby bonding the substrate and the support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Inao, Atsuo Kajima, Takuma Hasegawa, Koki Tamura, Shigeru Yokoi
  • Machine and method for continuous removal of labels from containers made of plastic materials
    Patent number: 9346086
    Abstract: A machine and a method for the continuous removal of labels from plastic containers made of recyclable material are described. The machine comprises a fixed treatment chamber in which an agitator provided with a plurality of vanes is rotated. Toothed plates are mounted in a removable way on at least one of the flat surfaces of each of the vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: AMUT S.p.A.
    Inventor: Piergiorgio Teruggi
  • Electronic component carrier tape feeding device and electronic component carrier tape feeding method
    Patent number: 9345186
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic component carrier tape feeding device and an electronic component carrier tape feeding method. The electronic component carrier tape feeding device includes: a carrier tape guiding unit configured to guide a carrier tape to which a cover tape is attached; and a transfer unit configured to transfer the carrier tape. The carrier tape guiding unit includes: a guiding unit t configured to guide the carrier tape; and a cover unit surrounding a top surface of the carrier tape and comprising a protrusion portion protruding toward the cover tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyong-su Choi
  • Methods for operating a debonder
    Patent number: 9333735
    Abstract: Methods for releasing a device substrate temporarily bonded by a bonding layer to a carrier substrate. A dissolution head is engaged with the carrier substrate and a first dissolution process is performed to partially remove the bonding layer. After the first dissolution process is completed, the dissolution head is disengaged from the carrier substrate, and then re-engaged with the carrier substrate. In response to re-engaging the dissolution head with the carrier substrate, a second dissolution process is performed to further remove the bonding layer remaining after the first dissolution process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventor: Patrick A. Raymond
  • Method and device for bonding parts to be joined, as well as component
    Patent number: 9333703
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a bonded joint between fiber-reinforced thermoplastic parts to be joined, in which fiber-containing plastic material is mixed into the joining zone while friction stir welding the parts to be joined in the form of a butt joint. A device for carrying out such a method for a joined component is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Alexander Goehlich, Malte Sander