Patents Examined by Robert B. Davis
  • Patent number: 12257410
    Abstract: A kit for creating disposable dilators and a method for dilating using the kit are disclosed. The kit may include a plurality of disposable members fillable with an object and one or more components configured for facilitating shaping the plurality of disposable members into use configurations. Each of the plurality of disposable members may be configured to be shaped into one or more predetermined use configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Inventor: Lauren Mansell
  • Patent number: 12256801
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an article of footwear includes forming an upper dispensed component by dispensing material over an upper for an article of footwear. The upper dispensed component includes a bonded segment that bonds to the article of footwear and a non-bonded segment that does not bond to the article of footwear. The non-bonded segment is dispensed over a non-stick material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Reebok International Limited
    Inventors: Ricardo Vestuti, Brian Christensen, Dennis Gaboriault, Henry Hardigan
  • Patent number: 12246511
    Abstract: A laminate (110) of polypropylene films (100), a luggage shell (120) constructed of the laminate (110), a method (200) of making the laminate (110), and a method (280) of making the luggage shell (120) are provided. The films (100) include a core (102) and at least one outer layer (104). The laminate (110) includes a plurality of films (100). The laminate (110) may be formed by laminating a plurality of films 100 under predetermined pressure, temperature, and time conditions. The shell (120) may be formed by deep drawing a sheet of laminate (110) while applying heat and tension to the laminate (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l.
    Inventors: Pauline M. Koslowski, Rik Hillaert
  • Patent number: 12247118
    Abstract: A method for producing a rubber-plastic composite, including the steps of (a) shaping an unvulcanized elastomer, (b) partially vulcanizing the shaped elastomer at a temperature of at least 140° C. up to a degree of vulcanization in the range from 10% to 40%, (c) cooling the partially vulcanized elastomer to a temperature of less than 100° C. within less than 20 minutes, (d) overmolding the partially vulcanized elastomer with a plastic, and (e) heat treating the partially vulcanized elastomer overmolded with a plastic at a temperature in the range from 100° C. to 170° C. for a duration of from 5 minutes to 5 hours to complete the vulcanization and form a rubber-plastic composite. The method further relates to a rubber-plastic composite obtainable by the method according to the invention and also to a shoe comprising the rubber-plastic composite obtainable by the method according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Konstantin Efimov, Anna-Lena Dreier, Klaus Hülsmann, Andreas Pawlik, Marco Kormann, Maximilian Drexler
  • Patent number: 12233588
    Abstract: A blow molding device in which a preform is injection-molded, the injection-molded preform is temperature-controlled by a temperature adjusting unit, and the temperature-adjusted preform is blow-molded, wherein the temperature adjusting unit has a multistage structure in which an uppermost stage has the highest temperature structure, and the mold surface temperatures of lower stages and other than the uppermost stage are set to be 10° C. or more lower than the glass transition temperature of the preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Ogihara, Atsushi Nagasaki, Kazuhiro Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 12226939
    Abstract: Injection molded articles and methods of making injection molded articles. The methods include the use of a first plasticizing unit and a second plasticizing unit on a common frame feeding a first mold and a second mold on the common frame. Separating the production of each part of a two-part article into separate plasticizers and molds allows for the tuning of production parameters on a per-part basis, improving part flatness and part-to-part weight variance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: ALLTRISTA PLASTICS, LLC
    Inventors: Saumitra Bhargava, Ryan Bubb, Marty Schillinger
  • Patent number: 12226983
    Abstract: Methods of making multilayer systems comprising a sealant layer by extruding a coreactive sealant composition are disclosed. The methods can be used to fabricate multilayer systems in which individual layers have different cured properties. Individual layers can also have an inhomogeneous concentration of one or more constituents within a layer. The multilayer systems can be made using three-dimensional printing that facilitate the use of a wide range of coreactive compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Cynthia Kutchko, Michael A. Bubas, Bryan W. Wilkinson, Eric S. Epstein, Weibin Cui, Renhe Lin
  • Patent number: 12208559
    Abstract: Ways for simultaneously forming and filling a container with a liquid product are provided that include a mold cavity, a dispensing means, a blow nozzle, a conduit, and a hydrophobic surface. The mold cavity defines an internal surface and accepts a preform. The dispensing means receives the liquid product and dispenses a charge of the liquid product. The blow nozzle transfers the charge of the liquid product dispensed from the dispensing means into the preform to urge the preform to expand toward the internal surface of the mold cavity and form a resultant container. The liquid product remains within the container as an end product. The conduit fluidly couples the dispensing means to the blow nozzle. The hydrophobic surface contacts the liquid product when the system simultaneously forms and fills the container, where the hydrophobic surface forms part of the dispensing means, the blow nozzle, and/or the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: DISCMA AG
    Inventor: Richard Sieradzki
  • Patent number: 12202022
    Abstract: The provided is a device for preparing an artificial aggregate by pressure injection and solidification of a powder-based solid waste, pelletization, and magnetic shell reinforcement. The device includes a pressure injection and solidification module, a rolling particle screening module, a zonal temperature-controlled sintering module, and a magnetic shell reinforcement module that are arranged in sequence from front to back, where the pressure injection and solidification module, the rolling particle screening module, the zonal temperature-controlled sintering module, and the magnetic shell reinforcement module are connected by conveyor belts. The device provides a function of pressure-injecting slurry with a specific function into the center of the artificial aggregate to improve the overall performance of the artificial aggregate. The device achieves rapid aggregate pelletization, and provides pressure for the forming process through elastic wheel sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Inner Mongolia Agricultural University
    Inventors: Hailong Wang, Huanjie Su, Yaolu Chen, Huijun Xue
  • Patent number: 12194691
    Abstract: A method used for forming ceramic matrix composite components includes several steps. The method comprises arranging a layup of a predetermined number of prepreg ceramic plies on a layup too and a plurality of different stages to debulk and consolidate the layup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Inventors: Virtudes Rubio Diaz, Matthew Hocking
  • Patent number: 12186507
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a balloon catheter including preparing a tubular parison (20) made of a resin and a mold (30) that has an inner cavity into which the parison (20) is to be inserted and that has a first groove (41) formed on an inner wall surface forming the inner cavity; inserting the parison (20) into the inner cavity of the mold (30); allowing the resin to enter the first groove (41) by introducing a fluid into a lumen (23) of the parison (20) to expand the parison (20); and removing the parison (20) from the mold (30) before the resin reaches a bottom (41a) of the first groove (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Kojima, Yoshinori Nakano, Yojiro Koga, Masato Tsueda, Shintaro Osumi
  • Patent number: 12186508
    Abstract: Patient specific medical balloons, assemblies, and systems for forming the same, and devices and methods for treating patients in need of a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are disclosed. The assembly for forming the medical balloon comprises a form for receiving a parison where the form is configured to prepare a patient specific medical balloon matched in geometry to a blood vessel or a lesion for a patient in need of a PCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignees: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, BIOVENTURES, LLC
    Inventors: Maxwell Bean, Morten Jensen, Barry Uretsky, Kaitlyn Elmer
  • Patent number: 12186964
    Abstract: A gas shield positionable over open parisons in a Blow/Fill/Seal machine prior to container forming, filling and sealing minimizes likelihood of particulate contamination of open parisons while the open parisons are transported to a container forming, filling and sealing station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Weiler Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Novorolsky, Alex A. Bazdor
  • Patent number: 12180782
    Abstract: The present relates to a device and a procedure for the extrusion and application of a spacer profile of insulating glass, particularly for a machine adapted to compose the spacer frame directly against one or more glass panes constituting the insulating glass starting from a thermoplastic product prevalently contained in drums, displacing the extrados thereof to an adjustable and controlled distance referred to the margin of one or more glass panes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: FOREL S.P.A.
    Inventors: Fortunato Vianello, Riccardo Vianello, Dino Moschini
  • Patent number: 12179410
    Abstract: A nozzle for forming a container preform into a plastic container includes a first cylindrical portion having a first diameter and including a first seal, a second cylindrical portion having a second diameter less than the first diameter and including a second seal, and a transition portion between the first and second cylindrical portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Niagara Bottling, LLC
    Inventors: Jay Clarke Hanan, Abhishek Shukla
  • Patent number: 12179434
    Abstract: There is disclosed an improved additive manufacturing method and system for the production of components and structures, which integrates real-time monitoring and integrity diagnosis systems directly into the manufacturing process. The method introduces smart slicing technique by which smart sensor network layers (SNL) are embedded into sliced layers of a 3-D model at critical points during component design. The critical points are identified by structural analyses of the component using Finite Element Analysis (FEA). A Smart Extrusion and Mixing Module (SEMM) produces both primary printing material and conductive material for SNL layers. The SEMM operates in a direct extrusion mode for primary material and in a mixing and extrusion mode for conductive material. An Artificial Intelligence Single Board Computer (AISBC) manages the printing process and communication with SNL layers. Defect detection occurs in real-time during manufacturing, aided by a scanning module powered by an AI algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Waleed Ahmed, Muthanna Aziz
  • Patent number: 12179002
    Abstract: A process for producing gaskets with an improved channel for use in matched syringe and plunger systems, preferably prefilled plastic syringe systems. In particular, an improved process for making and inspecting continuous channels in a gasket film by laser treatment. The gaskets are useful in matched syringe and plunger systems with high and consistent container closure integrity (CCI), and consistent break loose and glide forces over time, and sealability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SiO2 Medical Products, LLC
    Inventors: Robert S. Abrams, Kenneth Wade Kelly, Ahmad Taha, Benjamin Hunt, Brian Russell Lilly, Ralf Kibele
  • Patent number: 12179407
    Abstract: A method for controlling a machine block comprising a blow-moulding machine for producing bottles and comprising a filler for filling a liquid product into bottles, and a corresponding machine block. Accordingly, the blow-moulding machine comprises an electronic blow-moulding machine controller and an even number of circulating blow-moulding stations, and the filler comprises an electronic filler controller and an even number of circulating filling stations. Since the blow-moulding machine controller specifies a division selection, and the filler controller automatically selects, on the basis of the division selection, one of several filler operating modes all of the machine controllers in the region of the machine block can be instructed in a superordinate manner by the blow-moulding machine controller to automatically adjust the respective operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Thomas Zech, Sebastian Langwieser
  • Patent number: 12179408
    Abstract: Ways for simultaneously forming and filling a container with a product are provided that include a mold cavity, a two-stage injection unit, and a blow nozzle. The mold cavity defines an internal surface and is configured to accept a preform. The two-stage injection unit receives and dispenses the product where a first stage includes an extruder and a second stage includes an accumulator. The extruder imparts mechanical energy to the product to reduce a viscosity of the product and transfers the reduced-viscosity product to the accumulator. The accumulator receives the reduced-viscosity product from the extruder and dispenses a charge of the reduced-viscosity product. The blow nozzle transfers the charge of the reduced-viscosity product dispensed from the accumulator into the preform to urge the preform to expand toward the internal surface of the mold cavity and form a resultant container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: DISCMA AG
    Inventor: Richard Sieradzki
  • Patent number: 12172395
    Abstract: Mold intended to be used for the manufacture of a gas turbine fan casing made of composite material including: a mandrel on which a fibrous preform of a fan casing is intended to be wound said preform comprising an annular wall the profile of the outer surface of which corresponds to that of the inner surface of the casing to be manufactured and two side flasks the profiles of which correspond to those of outer flanges of the casing to be manufactured; a plurality of angular counter-mold sectors assembled in a sealed manner on the mandrel and intended to close the mold and to compact a fibrous preform wound on the mandrel; and at least one compacting wedge, the wedge being placed between the fibrous preform wound on the mandrel and the associated angular counter-mold sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Hubert Jean Marie Fabre, Raoul Jaussaud