Patents Examined by Robert J Grun
  • Method of manufacture of a linear panel
    Patent number: 10889050
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method of forming a linear panel from a thermoformable fibrous material by a continuous process includes continuously drawing an elongate strip of thermoformable fibrous material through a heating station to heat the material, forming the heated material into a desired panel shape, and continuously drawing the material through a cooling unit in order to cool the material after the material has been formed into the desired panel shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Hunter Douglas Industries B.V.
    Inventors: Michiel Jacobus Johannes Langeveld, Ralph Steenbergen, Hans Kurt De Goeij
  • Imprint apparatus, method for manufacturing article, and exposure apparatus
    Patent number: 10889052
    Abstract: There is provided an imprint apparatus for forming a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate by using a mold, the imprint apparatus including a mold holding unit configured to hold the mold, and a substrate holding unit configured to hold the substrate, in which a particle is captured by generating a first region and a second region charged to different polarities in at least either one of a peripheral region of a region covered by the mold of the mold holding unit and a peripheral region of a region covered by the substrate of the substrate holding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masami Yonekawa, Yoichi Matsuoka
  • Membrane surface hydrophobicity through electro-hydrodynamic film patterning
    Patent number: 10889030
    Abstract: A method of creating a hydrophobic polymer membrane surface includes depositing a polymer material onto a heated carrier, using the heated carrier, transporting the polymer material past an electrode field generator, generating an electric field adjacent the carrier, using the electric field to form a pattern in the polymer material to form a patterned polymer membrane, rinsing the patterned polymer membrane in a first bath, and setting the pattern into the patterned polymer membrane in a second bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Charles-Francois de Lannoy, Corie Lynn Cobb
  • Correction of fabricated shapes in additive manufacturing using sacrificial material
    Patent number: 10882160
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a polishing pad using an additive manufacturing system includes depositing a first set of successive layers onto a support by droplet ejection. Depositing the first set of successive layers includes dispensing a polishing pad precursor to first regions corresponding to partitions of the polishing pad and dispensing a sacrificial material to second regions corresponding to grooves of the polishing pad. A second set of successive layers is deposited by droplet ejection over the first set of successive layers. The second set of successive layers corresponds to a lower portion of the polishing pad. The first set of successive layer and the second set of successive layers provide a body. The body is removed from the support. Removing the sacrificial material from the body provides the polishing pad with a polishing surface that has the partitions separated by the grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Redfield, Jason Garcheung Fung, Mayu Felicia Yamamura
  • Method for the layered construction of a shaped body
    Patent number: 10864675
    Abstract: A method for the layered construction of a shaped body of highly viscous photopolymerizable material, where layers of said shaped body are formed one after the other and one on top of the other, includes forming a material layer of predetermined thickness (a) of the highly viscous photopolymerizable material in a tank, which has a bottom, and lowering the construction platform, or the shaped body at least partially formed on the construction platform, into the material layer so as to cause a layer of the highly viscous photopolymerizable material to form between the construction platform or shaped body and the tank bottom, which layer is cured in a position-selective manner, in particular by irradiation through the tank bottom, to provide the desired shape of the shaped body layer, in which at least one material layer includes a layer thickness variation in the lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Lithoz GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Homa, Johannes Patzer, Rafael Reiter, Manfred Spitzbart
  • Rotary press comprising at least one compression roll station mountable on a support plate, and method for attaching and detaching the compression roll station
    Patent number: 10850467
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary press comprising at least one compression roll station (1) that can be mounted on a support plate (2) as well as to methods for attaching and detaching the compression roll station. According to the invention, the at least one compression roll station comprises a retaining device (21), and the rotary press comprises a support plate (2) with at least one cavity (22) for accommodating the retaining device (21) of the compression roll station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Korsch AG
    Inventor: Michael Matthes
  • Sheet manufacturing apparatus and sheet manufacturing method
    Patent number: 10843386
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a web forming unit that forms a web in which at least fiber and resin are deposited in the air; a pressing unit that presses the web; and a heating and pressing unit that heats and presses the web on a further downstream side than the pressing unit in a transport direction of the web, in which a pressing force of the pressing unit is greater than a pressing force of the heating and pressing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Katsuhito Gomi
  • Method and apparatus for rotary molding
    Patent number: 10828806
    Abstract: A rotary molding system for molding food products, mold cavities formed when a mold shell rotates mold shapes disposed along the mold shell into a fill position between a fill plate and a wear plate. Molded food products are removed from mold cavities using knock-out cups, the use of air pressure, or the use of a vacuum source disposed below the mold cavity, without the need to slow the rotation of the mold shell. Knock-out cups may be used with a heating system to reduce accumulation of unwanted materials on the knock-out cups. The rotary molding system can also be used to form products with contoured surfaces. A smart tagging system can be used to ensure that compatible sets of mold shells and knock out cups are being used. A vacuum region may be disposed upstream of the fill position to remove air within the mold cavity prior to filling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: PROVISUR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Scott A. Lindee, David Hansen, Salvatore Lamartino, Bruce Bauer, Thomas C. Wolcott, Steve Ill, E. William Wight
  • 3D printed airtight insulated objects using fused deposition modeling
    Patent number: 10821633
    Abstract: We disclose methods for, devices that implement, and structures produced by 3D printing of insulating and airtight walls using fused deposition modeling printers. Several disclosed methods and features contribute to insulating and airtight walls. These can be used individually or in combination. Structures that reduce or eliminate horizontal surfaces through the use of overlying cantilevered contours can be combined with continuous structures that penetrate through multiple layers, selective overfilling, offset joints and additional extrusions to mitigate leakage routes. Self-supporting closed cell structures can be built that form insulating regions by controlling convective losses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Kemeera Inc.
    Inventors: Carlo Quinonez, Sebastian Morales Prado
  • Controlling microstructure of inorganic material by indirect heating using magnetic radiation
    Patent number: 10815156
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling a microstructure of an inorganic material includes providing a structure that has a first region of an inorganic material having a first microstructure and a second region that is thermally responsive to electromagnetic radiation, the second region being adjacent the first region, and indirectly heating the first region by thermally activating the second region, using electromagnetic radiation, to generate heat. The generated heat converts the first microstructure of the inorganic material to a second, different microstructure. The method can be applied to control a microstructure of an inorganic coating on an inorganic fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wayde R. Schmidt, Paul Sheedy
  • Polymer-organic matter composites using solid-state shear pulverization
    Patent number: 10814529
    Abstract: Methods for preparation of polymer materials incorporating various organic components, including but not limited to solid and/or liquid organic wastes, post-consumer refuse and agricultural, commercial and/or manufacturing by-products, using solid-state shear pulverization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: John M. Torkelson, Philip Brunner
  • Extruder
    Patent number: 10807291
    Abstract: An extruder (1) comprising a feed port (10), the feed port is configured to direct material towards a barrel region of an extruder, the feed port comprising a passageway, the passageway arranged to be in communication with the barrel region (11) of the extruder, and the passageway comprises a transverse cross-sectional shape which comprises three substantially rectilinear side surfaces (4a, 4b, 4c) which are arranged substantially orthogonally, and a fourth side (4d) which is non-orthogonally angled relative to two of the side surfaces which are adjacent to the fourth side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Baker Perkins Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Iley, Paul Young
  • Method for manufacturing a component by a generative manufacturing process, apparatus for manufacturing a component by a generative manufacturing process, and medical implant generated for an individual patient
    Patent number: 10792854
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a component (10) by a generative manufacturing process, wherein the component is entirely or partially produced from a liquid raw material (12), characterised in that the component is entirely or partially produced from a liquid raw material (12) that can solidify when heated, the raw material is discharged in liquid form into a manufacturing zone (1) and heated and hence solidified by a computer-controlled, targeted light spot, in that the point of incidence of a light beam (8) from a light beam source is continuously and/or gradually modified relative to the manufacturing zone (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: MEDIZINISCHE HOCHSCHULE HANNOVER
    Inventors: Jan Stieghorst, Theodor Doll
  • 3-dimensional printing
    Patent number: 10781323
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to coalescent inks and material sets for 3D printing. The coalescent ink can include an organic-soluble near-infrared dye having a peak absorption wavelength from 800 nm to 1400 nm. The coalescent ink can also include water and an organic co-solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Howard S. Tom, Lihua Zhao, Krzysztof Nauka, Yan Zhao, Hou T. Ng
  • Detecting airborne particles
    Patent number: 10773457
    Abstract: An airborne particle detector comprises a light source to emit a light beam through a target space adjacent to a heat source of a 3D printer, a detector to detect an amount of light of the light beam having passed through the target space, and a detection engine in communication with the light source and the detector to detect airborne particles in the target space using an amount of light detected by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Miguel Angel Lopez, Alejandro Manuel De Pena, Ignacio Alejandre
  • Injection molding apparatuses
    Patent number: 10773436
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a gate insert includes an injection gate body having front and rear opposite sides and an aperture extending through the injection gate body between an injection gate outlet on the front side and an opening on the rear side. The injection gate body is connectable to and disconnectable from a gate pad in a cavity plate from a front side of the gate pad and from a front side of the cavity plate. In another embodiment, a cavity flange includes a molding body defining at least a portion of a molding cavity shaped to mold a shell of a closure for a container. The molding body is connectable to and disconnectable from a gate insert in a cavity plate from a front side of the gate insert and from a front side of the cavity plate. Other apparatuses are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: HUSKY INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventor: Arnold Heinz Mai
  • Overmolding device of cosmetic vessel
    Patent number: 10759102
    Abstract: Disclosed is an overmolding device of a cosmetic vessel including a cosmetic vessel made of glass, a cooling means for cooling the inside of the cosmetic vessel, and left and right outer molds and overmolding an outer shape of the cosmetic vessel with the cosmetic vessel and the cooling means interposed therebetween. According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent breakage of the vessel due to a molding temperature by cooling the inside of the cosmetic vessel by the cooling means at the time of overmolding of the cosmetic vessel such as a perfume bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SAMHWA P&T CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyung Chang Lee
  • Injection blow molding method and injection blow molding apparatus for hollow container
    Patent number: 10759103
    Abstract: In a cooling adjustment step of cooling a preform held within an injection space to a predetermined temperature, cooling intensity for an injection core mold 124 is reduced as compared with cooling intensity for an injection cavity mold 123.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daizaburo Takehana, Masaki Aimi
  • Acoustical foam with improved performance
    Patent number: 10752746
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermally expandable composition, comprising at least one polymer P, cross-linkable by peroxide, and between 1 wt.-% and 2.5 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the composition, of at least one acrylate A, and between 0.2 wt.-% and 2.5 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the composition, of at least one peroxide, and at least one blowing agent, characterised in that the equivalent ratio of said peroxide to said acrylate A is between 0.01 and 0.5, preferably between 0.13 and 0.41, and the weight ratio of said peroxide to said acrylate A is lower than 0.33 and said polymer P comprises or essentially consists of at least two polymers PI and P2, wherein PI exhibits a melt flow index (MFI) of between 100 and 200 g/10 min, and P2 exhibits a melt flow index of between 0.1 and 60 g/10 min, wherein MFI is determined by ASTM D1238.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Karsten Frick, Dusko Paripovic, Engin Cil, Leslie Michele Wolschleger, Jena Mabilia
  • Systems and methods for forming Reuleaux shapes
    Patent number: 10751636
    Abstract: Methods for forming a Reuleaux shape from a material involving placing the material into a container, moving the container along an orbit until the motion of the container along the orbit causes the material to assume a Reuleaux shape, and removing the Reuleaux shape from the container. Devices for transforming material into a Reuleaux shape, including a wheel, a platter mounted on the wheel, and a container mounted on the platter. Kits for forming a Reuleaux pentagon, including material having sand and silicone and a hexagonal container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Inventor: Bertrand Faure