Patents Examined by Philip C. Tucker
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Patent number: 11938693Abstract: A machine for disassembling a lens mold assembly including a first mold part, a second mold part, and a molded-lens sandwiched therebetween. The machine includes a centering unit to center the lens mold assembly. The machine includes a disassembling module having a mold engagement mechanism to engage the first and second mold parts to clamp and move the lens mold assembly. The disassembling module includes a molded-lens holder mechanism having at least two clamping members to clamp the molded-lens of the lens mold assembly. The machine includes an alignment guidance module to detect relative positions between the molded lens of the lens mold assembly and the molded-lens holder mechanism to align the molded lens for clamping by the molded-lens holder mechanism. The mold engagement mechanism is configured to hold the first and second mold parts individually and to separate the first and second mold parts from the molded lens.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Essilor InternationalInventors: Wimon Kidwas, Nelson Morales
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Patent number: 11931948Abstract: A device for thermosetting a knitted fabric includes a first tool half and a second tool half. The first tool half and the second tool half in a closed position enclose a cavity in which the knitted fabric is receivable. Each of the first tool half and the second tool half have a respective shape-imparting effective surface by way of which an external form of the knitted fabric is determinable. The device further includes a heating installation where thermal energy is introducible into the knitted fabric via the heating installation.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Aumann, Florian Dechant, Johann Gasslhuber
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Patent number: 11931942Abstract: In a method for controlling or regulating a closing mechanism of a moulding machine, a first trajectory for the controlled or regulated movement of the movable platen is calculated using a first algorithm based on operator inputs relating to the desired movement of the movable platen, and the movable platen is moved in a controlled or regulated manner at least once according to the first trajectory. At least one dynamic or kinematic variable of the closing mechanism is measured during at least one of the movements of the movable platen according to the first trajectory, and an estimate of at least one parameter value is generated based on the measurement. A second trajectory for the controlled or regulated movement of the movable platen is calculated based on the estimate, and the movable platen is moved in a controlled or regulated manner according to the second trajectory.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: ENGEL AUSTRIA GMBHInventors: Klemens Springer, Friedrich Johannes Kilian
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Patent number: 11935768Abstract: To satisfactorily apply a protective tape to a bump wafer, an application apparatus (1) for applying a protective tape (PT) to a wafer (W) includes: an application table (60) configured to support the wafer (W); a tape holding body (30) capable of holding the protective tape (PT) and configured to supply the protective tape (PT) held by the tape holding body (30) onto the wafer (W); and a pressing member (62) configured to press the protective tape (PT) from above. The pressing member (62) includes a protective layer outer periphery retainer (620) configured to press a peripheral portion of a protective layer (PL), which is laminated on the protective tape (PT) and has an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the wafer (W), to apply the protective tape (PT) to the wafer (W).Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignees: DISCO HI-TEC EUROPE GMBH, TAKATORI CORPORATIONInventors: Karl Heinz Priewasser, Ken Ikehata, Yoshinori Kakinuma, Yosuke Ishimatsu
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Patent number: 11931960Abstract: An illumination module includes a light emitting unit, an optical lens with positive refractive power, and a concave mirror. At least one of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the optical lens is an asymmetrical surface, and the light emitting unit is provided at an object side of the optical lens. The concave mirror is provided at an image side of the optical lens, and the concave mirror acts as an optical path folding element. Light emitted by the light emitting unit passes through the optical lens and is reflected by the concave mirror to be a parallel light ray.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: PHROZEN TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Chang Hsien Li, Yi Jen Wu
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Patent number: 11926107Abstract: A display protector attachment apparatus for a foldable electronic device according to the present disclosure includes: a frame unit including a frame-first end member at one end and a frame-second end member at another end and configured to support and accommodate the foldable electronic device between the frame-first end member and the frame-second end member; and an inclination-forming fixing unit connected to the frame-second end member and configured to align a protector film assembly to be arranged inclinedly with respect to the foldable display unit of the foldable electronic device by varying mounting heights for both ends of the protector film assembly including a display protector that is to be attached to the foldable electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: WHITESTONE CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Yong Jeong, Jin Ho Seok
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Patent number: 11929356Abstract: A method is provided for the selective harvest of microLED devices from a carrier substrate. Defect regions are predetermined that include a plurality of adjacent defective microLED devices on a carrier substrate. A solvent-resistant binding material is formed overlying the predetermined defect regions and exposed adhesive is dissolved with an adhesive dissolving solvent. Non-defective microLED devices located outside the predetermined defect regions are separated from the carrier substrate while adhesive attachment is maintained between the microLED devices inside the predetermined defect regions and the carrier substrate. Methods are also provided for the dispersal of microLED devices on an emissive display panel by initially optically measuring a suspension of microLEDs to determine suspension homogeneity and calculate the number of microLEDs per unit volume.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: eLux, Inc.Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Kurt Ulmer, Paul J. Schuele, Jong-Jan Lee
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Patent number: 11927052Abstract: Disclosed are a method and device for sealing insulated glass blanks, wherein the insulated glass blank is moved substantially continuously through a sealing station. When sections of the edge joint of the insulated glass blank that are oriented transverse or oblique to the conveying direction are filled with sealing mass exiting from a filling nozzle, the filling nozzle is likewise moved in the conveying direction. When sealing mass is introduced from the filling nozzle into sections of the insulated glass blank that are parallel to the conveying direction, the filling nozzle is not moved in the conveying direction or is moved in the conveying direction at a velocity V2 deviating from the velocity V1 at which the insulated glass blank is moved.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: LISEC AUSTRIA GMBHInventors: Anton Walser, Leopold Mader, Markus Lininger, Erich Lang, Franz Haselmayr, Mario Eder
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Patent number: 11919277Abstract: A method for repairing window laminates in which two plies have become separated to create a void, and wherein moisture may have entered through an edge of the window laminate and into the void. The method includes the steps of: placing the window laminate in a vacuum bag and inserting the vacuum bag containing the window laminate into an oven or autoclave for a minimum of ten minutes at a minimum temperature of 120 degrees Fahrenheit to remove the moisture between the plies; removing the vacuum bag and window laminate from the oven, and removing the window from the vacuum bag; forcing a needle on a syringe through the edge of the window laminate in the area of the void; and injecting an adhesive in the syringe into the void to fill the void with the adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Inventor: Rangel Fernandez
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Patent number: 11920404Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing vacuum insulation glass is provided. The apparatus for manufacturing the vacuum insulation glass includes a cap frit disposed on an exhaust hole, and an exhaust finishing frit provided on a bottom surface of the cap frit and including a frit formed of a glass material. The exhaust finishing frit is dispensed, in the paste form, to the cap frit such that the exhaust finishing frit is easily aligned with the cap frit.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Sora Kim, Soyoon Kim, Yunsung Kim, Eunsoo Yang
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Patent number: 11919253Abstract: A welding assembly is disclosed. The welding assembly includes a plurality of separately controllable actuators (e.g., pneumatic, having an axially movable ram) to press a corresponding portion of a first workpiece (e.g., a discrete flange of a first stiffener) against a second workpiece (e.g., an outer skin) for welding operations (e.g., via induction welding).Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: ROHR, INC.Inventors: Jonathan S. Huang, Michael van Tooren, Dominic J Elliott, Jeffrey D. Woods
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Patent number: 11911843Abstract: A method for integrally bonding a cast aluminum component to a joining partner. The method includes laser-treating a region of the cast aluminum component that is to be connected to the joining partner. The laser treatment is carried out via a pulsed laser system having a pulse duration of 100 to 200 ns, and an impulse frequency of 10 to 80 kHz. The method also includes integrally bonding the cast aluminum component and the joining partner.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Manuel Anasenzl, Jean-Marc Segaud
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Patent number: 11911947Abstract: An injection molding machine includes a cylinder that accommodates a molten resin, a discharging nozzle, a piston that discharges the molten resin from the discharging nozzle, and one or more processors configured to execute the following functions. The functions include calculating a target pressure at which a flow rate of the molten resin discharged from the discharging nozzle becomes an indicated flow rate, controlling a pressure of the molten resin in the cylinder such that the pressure becomes the target pressure, acquiring a temperature of the molten resin in the cylinder, and acquiring a pseudo-plastic viscosity corresponding to the temperature of the molten resin. The target pressure is calculated based on the indicated flow rate, the temperature of the molten resin, the pseudo-plastic viscosity, and the size of the discharging nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasuhiro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11911824Abstract: A method for manufacturing a material layer includes a first step S101 of arranging first particles P1 in a pattern on a base material 11 and a second step S102 of arranging second particles in regions in which the first particles P1 are not arranged on the base material 11. The second step S102 includes a step of rubbing bearing materials S2 that carry the second particles P2 against the base material 11 on which the first particles P1 are arranged.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenta Kubo, Hiroshi Taniuchi
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Patent number: 11903732Abstract: A garment shaped to approximate the abdomen of an expectant mother having a layered laminated conductive material adhered to the garment is disclosed. A portion of the laminated material is configured to directly contact the skin of the maternal abdomen to create an electrical signal connection. A portion of the layered laminated material comprises a stretchable circuit assembly having a substrate with an adhesive layer, a thermoplastic layer, a conductive layer and an encapsulating layer. A monitor controller is disposed about the garment and is configured to receive electrical signals from the circuit assembly and transmit information related to the electrical signals to a remote location.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Owiet Baby Care, Inc.Inventors: Ali Carlile, Seth Munger, Michael Bunn
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Patent number: 11901184Abstract: Various implementations of a method of forming a semiconductor package may include forming a plurality of notches into the first side of a semiconductor substrate; forming an organic material over the first side of the semiconductor substrate and the plurality of notches; thinning a second side of the semiconductor substrate opposite the first side one of to or into the plurality of notches; stress relief etching the second side of the semiconductor substrate; applying a backmetal over the second side of the semiconductor substrate; removing one or more portions of the backmetal through jet ablating the second side of the semiconductor substrate; and singulating the semiconductor substrate through the permanent coating material into a plurality of semiconductor packages.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Michael J. Seddon, Francis J. Carney, Chee Hiong Chew, Soon Wei Wang, Eiji Kurose
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Patent number: 11901201Abstract: A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes: a sheet separation jig having contact with a rear surface of a sheet which is a surface of the sheet on a side opposite to a front surface of the sheet, wherein the sheet separation jig includes therein a plurality of support blocks each having a first suction hole formed for sucking the rear surface of the sheet and a single driving plate connected to the plurality of support blocks so that the plurality of support blocks can move in a first direction as a direction away from the sheet with a time difference, and the plurality of support blocks are disposed in the sheet separation jig along a second direction, as a direction of a separation of the semiconductor device from the sheet, intersecting the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shunichi Kawakami, Takaya Noguchi
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Patent number: 11898062Abstract: A method of repairing a surface defect with a patch is provided. A fibrous substrate is impregnated with a formulation that includes a polyester resin, a crosslinking agent, a solvent, and a particulate filler. The fibrous substrate is contacted with the surface defect. The formulation is exposed to actinic radiation to induce cure of the formulation to form the patch to repair the surface defect. A kit is also provided that includes a bottle containing the formulation. A sheet of fibrous support material is also provided that is adapted to receive the formulation therethrough. Instructions for repairing a surface defect by the aforementioned method are also provided as part of the kit. 3D printing of an article to fit in the surface defect is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Mehdi Habibpour, Matt James Lertola, Carlton G. Seaboldt, Grant Shouldice
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Patent number: 11897243Abstract: A window manufacturing apparatus includes a transporting table on which a target substrate is to be mounted, the transporting table including a first portion and a second portion having a greater thickness than the first portion, a plurality of suctioning ports on a suctioning table, the plurality of suctioning ports being configured to suction the target substrate, and an attachment device configured to attach a protective film to the target substrate suctioned to the suctioning table. In a state in which the target substrate mounted on the transporting table is suctioned to the suctioning table, the plurality of suctioning ports overlap the second portion of the transporting table and do not overlap the first portion of the transporting table in a plan view.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kitaek Kim, Jungsuk Koo, Yongwoon Byun, Leegu Han
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Patent number: 11900836Abstract: A label web and method utilize a substrate, first and second longitudinally spaced label arrays each including two or more double-sided adhesive labels removably attached to the substrate, and a peelable protective covering web extending generally coextensive with the substrate. The label arrays and the peelable protective web are configured such that the peelable protective web is selectively removable to expose the first label array while remaining removably attached to the second label array, with both the first and second label arrays remaining removably attached to the substrate, to thereby facilitate removal of all labels in the first label array as a group while the peelable protective covering web remains in place over the second label array.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Kenco Label & Tag Co., LLCInventor: Aharon A. Karan