Patents Examined by Patrick J. Lynch
  • Patent number: 10697098
    Abstract: A coating apparatus of an airbag reinforcing liquid is used in a sewing machine that includes: a sewing needle driving an upper thread by penetrating sewing target cloth through a vertical movement; and a presser foot disposed above the sewing target cloth, and feeding the sewing target cloth while moving vertically synchronously with the vertical movement of the sewing needle. The coating apparatus includes: a reinforcing liquid supplying part, supplying a reinforcing liquid for reinforcing a sewn part onto the sewing target cloth on a front side from the sewing needle in a feeding direction of the sewing target cloth; and a stamp part attached to the presser foot, and expand the reinforcing liquid supplied from the reinforcing liquid supplying part onto the sewing target cloth around the sewn part by being operated integrally with the presser foot above the sewing target cloth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10689780
    Abstract: A high modulus textile cord (50) with at least triple twist (T1, T2, T3) comprises at least N strands (20a, 20b, 20c, 20d), N being greater than 1, twisted together with a final twist T3 and a final direction D2, each strand being made up of M pre-strands (10a, 10b, 10c), M being greater than 1, themselves twisted together with an intermediate twist T2 (T2a, T2b, T2c, T2d) and an intermediate direction D1 opposite to D2, each pre-strand itself consisting of a yarn (5) which has been twisted on itself beforehand with an initial twist T1 (T1a, T1b, T1c) and the direction D1, in which at least half of the N times M yarns have an initial elastic modulus denoted Mi which is greater than 2000 cN/tex. This textile cord can advantageously be used as a reinforcer in tires for vehicles, particularly in the belt or carcass reinforcement of these tires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Richard Cornille, Jeremy Guillaumain, Christophe Le Clerc, Augustin Bosquet
  • Patent number: 10689779
    Abstract: A thread guide unit is used for drawing off a thread out of a rotor of a spinning unit of an open-end spinning machine. The thread guide unit includes a draw-off tube, and a compressed air nozzle configured with the draw-off tube. A thread outlet element extends into the draw-off tube. The compressed air nozzle includes a mouth formed as a gap between an inner diameter surface of the draw-off tube and the thread outlet element. A method for operating a spinning unit of an open-end spinning machine having the thread guide unit is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Baier, Robert Hagl, Thomas Gruber, Christian Kettner, Mario Maleck, Robin Wein, Markus Kuebler, Andreas Frank
  • Patent number: 10683609
    Abstract: A manipulation rope having an excellent torque transmittability is provided. A manipulation rope is a rope that is advantageously used as a manipulation rope for a medical instrument, and includes a side wire or a side strand which is an outermost layer, the side wire or the side strand having a forming rate that is greater than 100% and not greater than 110%. The side wire or the side strand having been formed has a spiral shape in which a flatness that is an aspect ratio obtained by a major axis being divided by a minor axis is preferably not less than 1.01 and preferably not greater than 1.10. Further, an elongation of the rope at a time when a tensile load that is 1.0% of a breaking load is applied, is preferably not less than 0.04% and preferably not greater than 0.10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: TOKUSEN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiji Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10669648
    Abstract: Methods of using a two-for-one twister are described to twist at least three yarns in various ways to provide desirable yarn constructions. For some embodiments, at least two yarns can balloon about one or more bucket yarns. For some embodiments, bucket yarns can be provided in an innovative manner, whether side-by-side and/or a first bucket yarn feeding through a second supplied bucket yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Inventor: Robert S. Weiner
  • Patent number: 10669649
    Abstract: A thread draw-off nozzle for an open-end rotor spinning device includes a front surface, a nozzle bore, and a funnel-shaped yarn deflection surface connecting the front surface and the nozzle bore. The front surface adjoins the yarn deflection surface. The front surface and the yarn deflection surface form an effective diameter (DW) of the thread draw-off nozzle. The effective diameter (DW) of the thread draw-off nozzle is less than 8 mm, and the yarn deflection surface comprises a radius of curvature (R) of less than 2.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: MASCHINENFABRIK RIETER AG
    Inventors: Guenter Baur, Michael Basting
  • Patent number: 10640889
    Abstract: A method to form yarn via film fiberizing spinning belongs to a textile technical field. A film cutting device is arranged behind each drafting system on a ring frame, whose cut resistance apron and cutting roller engage with each other to form a cutting zone to cut and fiberize the film to get belt-like multi-filaments. Then the multi-filament formed passes through the first, second and third drafting zones in sequence for drawing, in such a manner that the multi-filament molecular orientation and crystallization are improved. After being drafted, the multi-filaments are twisted into yarn by ring spinning, which provides a novel high-efficient and short-processing way of producing yarns of nano-micro fibers using films instead of conventional nano-spun fibers such as electro- and centrifugal spun fibers, thereby breaking restriction of “low bulk and low-speed production of nano-spun fibers” and integrating the film industry with the textile industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Wuhan Textile University
    Inventors: Weilin Xu, Zhigang Xia, Xin Liu
  • Patent number: 10633767
    Abstract: A cord including multifilament para-aramid yarn comprising filaments, wherein the filaments have a non-round cross section having a smaller and a larger dimension, where the cross-sectional aspect ratio between the larger and the smaller dimension is 1.5-10 and the smaller dimension of the cross section has a maximum of 50 ?m and wherein the para-aramid has at least 90% para bonds between the aromatic moieties. The cords have excellent fatigue properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: TEIJIN ARAMID B.V.
    Inventors: Jorrit De Jong, Michel H. J. Van Den Tweel, Frederik Elkink, Leonardus A. G. Busscher
  • Patent number: 10619297
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing an assembly of filamentary elements that are wound together in a helix includes a twisting device, a preforming device, and an assembling device. The twisting device is structured to twist at least first and second filamentary elements individually, such that each filamentary element is twisted separately from another filamentary element, to produce at least first and second twisted filamentary elements. The preforming device, which is arranged downstream of the twisting device, is structured to preform each of the twisted filamentary elements individually into separate preformed helixes, to produce at least first and second preformed helixes. The assembling device, which is arranged downstream of the preforming device, is structured to assemble the preformed helixes into an assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Marc Calvet, Henri Barguet, Francis Aubarede
  • Patent number: 10595567
    Abstract: A child jumpsuit includes a back part, a front part with a fastener, and legs; the fastener is designed from the neck on the front part with a shift to the side from the central front line across the sitting line up to the lateral seam near the waist line level on the back. The proposed child jumpsuit provides for a more convenient use of the child jumpsuit, simplifying its design and increasing the wearer's comfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Inventor: Aleksandra Vasilievna Kravchenko-Berezhnaya
  • Patent number: 10577727
    Abstract: A ring composite spinning method based on film filamentization is provided, which belongs to a textile technical field. According to the method, a film cutting drafting device is arranged above each drafting system on a ring spinning machine for cutting film material into ribbon-shaped multi-filaments to achieve the film filamentization, which changes a conventional formation of filament through linear spraying by spinneret orifices; then the multi-filaments formed pass through first and second filament drafting zones in sequence for drawing, so as to enhance and attenuate the multi-filaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Wuhan Textile University
    Inventors: Zhigang Xia, Xin Liu, Cailing Ding, Weilin Xu
  • Patent number: 10555789
    Abstract: A glove may be formed of a polymer and include one or more pads over the back side of one or more distal finger joints. The glove may optionally be lubricated, sterile, reversible and/or disposable, and may incorporate indicia indicating the location of the pads. The pads may provide protection from, e.g., repetitive stresses in tapping vials or syringes in medical examination, surgery, laboratory procedures, or other clinical contexts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Inventor: Latesha Simone Powell
  • Patent number: 10555836
    Abstract: A welding helmet includes a helmet housing; a headband structure for securing the helmet housing; a Head Up Display (HUD)-type auto-darkening filter secured in the helmet housing; and a light-permeable protective sheet installed in front of the HUD-type auto-darkening filter in the helmet housing, wherein the HUD-type auto-darkening filter comprises a head-up display which is used to reveal operating parameters of the auto-darkening filter, and the head-up display is arranged between a body of the auto-darkening filter and the protective sheet such that when the auto-darkening filter is in a transparent state the luminously revealed operating parameter of the auto-darkening filter can be imaged via the protective sheet into the eyes of an operator who wears the welding helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Tecmen Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ziqian Wu
  • Patent number: 10555569
    Abstract: A hand restraint of flexible, high tensile strength material forming three separate cavities for slidably receiving and isolating the thumb, index finger, and remaining third, fourth, and fifth fingers in a closed fist-like configuration, respectively is provided. The material and cavities prevents wearers from gripping, manipulating and using weapons or other articles, yet providing them the ability to pinch the index finger and thumb together to grip smaller articles, such as forms of identifications and writing implements. Along a peripheral portion, the hand restraint may provide webbing at the junction of the index finger and thumb portions for further restraining manipulation of weapons. The hand restraint provides securing devices along its wrist portion for enabling the wearer to remove their own hand restraint upon conclusion of the need for the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Inventor: Stephen Gerard Ruby
  • Patent number: 10533280
    Abstract: A layer of wires is preliminarily stranded by a layer of strand-through holes, and a first strand cylinder is used for the second pressing and stranding. The next layer of special-shaped single wires is stranded through a second pre-stranding assembly, and then the last layer of wires is stranded through a main stranding mold, thus stranding a plurality of layers at the same time with a compact structure. The outer circumference of the guide roller matches that of the special-shaped single wire, avoiding the reduced quality of stranded cable core. The first rotating connector is bowl-shaped and is provided with a layer of strand-through holes together with a structure in which a first pull rod is in fit with the rotating connector and a structure in which a second pull rod is in fit with the rotating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Chongqing Yufeng Xinxin Wire & Cable Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Lingguo Zeng, Yongxin Yang, Zhijun Li, Tianyuan Li, Zhouquan Yang
  • Patent number: 10519572
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a yarn twisting machine in which a hollow spindle rod is fixedly connected with a motor that drives the hollow spindle rod to rotate, a twisting disc and a yarn storage disc are fixedly connected with the hollow spindle rod and rotate along with the hollow spindle rod, the yarn storage disc is provided with yarn outlets, which communicate with inner yarn channels of the hollow spindle rod spindle tanks for accommodating inner yarn packages are connected with the hollow spindle rod through spindle rod bearings, and the spindle tanks are immobile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: YICHANG JINGWEI TEXTILE MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huaming Yang, Ming Zhang, Jinjia Xu, Bin Wang, Huanian Yang, Yae Liu, Wentao Chen, Guoxing Lu, Haibo Jiang, Huanjun Zhang, Hu Song, Qi Li
  • Patent number: 10413008
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the production of knitted caps that are lightweight and breathable. Generally, the manufacturing process for producing the knitted caps involves: (1) applying a continuous wax coating onto a polyester yarn; (2) twisting the yarn with one or more additional yarns to produce a twisted yarn; (3) knitting the twisted yarn into a knitted article; (4) sewing the knitted article into a headwear body; and (5) finishing the headwear body to form the headwear article. The resulting headwear articles can be in the form of caps that exhibit superior breathability and moisture wicking capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventor: Jun Ji
  • Patent number: 10398186
    Abstract: A protective helmet, in particular a firefighting helmet, has a helmet shell and coupling arrangements which are arranged on either side in a temple region in each case and have first coupling elements for coupling in a releasable manner in each case to an accessory. The first coupling elements are retained on the helmet shell via a retainer of a connecting device in different positions one behind the other along a longitudinal axis of an adjustment path. Each of the first coupling elements has arranged thereon a first coupling member which is arranged in a first laterally offset position in relation to the retainer, which is arranged along the longitudinal axis of the adjustment path. Also, safety equipment includes such a protective helmet and at least one accessory coupled thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Rosenbauer International AG
    Inventor: Peter Staudinger
  • Patent number: 10383379
    Abstract: An electronic device holding system for inhibiting an electronic device from being dropped includes an electronic device and a glove that is selectively worn. A receiver is coupled to the glove and a mounting unit is removably coupled to the electronic device. The mounting unit releasably engages the receiver to retain the electronic device on the glove. In this way the electronic device is inhibited from being dropped when the glove is worn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Inventor: Suzanne Hollo
  • Patent number: 10376770
    Abstract: A striking glove may comprise an inner glove, an outer shell, and at least one strap at least partially disposed within a dorsal cavity between the inner glove and the outer shell. A portion of the at least one strap disposed within the dorsal cavity may be configured in an overlapped and crossed configuration. The ends of the at least one strap may extend from the dorsal cavity to an exterior of the striking glove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: XON Sports, Inc.
    Inventor: Trevor Gene Wittman