Patents Examined by S. Behrooz Ghorishi
  • Patent number: 12214541
    Abstract: A method includes applying a stress to a polymer thin film to stretch the polymer thin film along a first in-plane direction, and subsequently applying a stress to the polymer thin film to stretch the polymer thin film along a second in-plane direction orthogonal to the first in-plane direction to form an ultra-high modulus polymer thin film. Calendaring or hot pressing of the ultra-high modulus polymer thin film may improve its optical and/or thermal properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Arman Boromand, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Sheng Ye, Christopher Yuan Ting Liao
  • Patent number: 12213876
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods for providing improved intraocular lenses (IOLs), include features for reducing side effects, such as halos, glare and best focus shifts, in multifocal refractive lenses and extended depth of focus lenses. Exemplary ophthalmic lenses can include a continuous, power progressive aspheric surface based on two or more merged optical zones, the aspheric surface being defined by a single aspheric equation. Continuous power progressive intraocular lenses can mitigate optical side effects that typically result from abrupt optical steps. Aspheric power progressive and aspheric extended depth of focus lenses can be combined with diffractive lens profiles to further enhance visual performance while minimizing dysphotopsia effects. The combination can provide an increased depth of focus that is greater than an individual depth of focus of either the refractive profile or the diffractive profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: AMO Groningen B.V.
    Inventors: Carmen Canovas Vidal, Aixa Alarcon Heredia, Patricia Ann Piers, Hendrik A. Weeber
  • Patent number: 12209207
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a stretchable anti-fogging tape (SAT) that can be applied to diverse transparent materials with varied curvatures for persistent fogging prevention. The SAT comprises three synergistically-combined transparent layers: i) a stretchable middle layer with high elastic recovery to keep transparent materials tightly bound; ii) an anti-fogging top layer to impart hydrophilicity to transparent materials; and iii) an adhesive bottom layer to form robust yet reversible adhesion between transparent materials and SATs. The SAT can be configured to have water condensate form a predominantly continuous film thereon in response to a high humidity environment At least two applications are demonstrated, including the SAT-adhered eyeglasses and goggles for clear fog-free vision, and the SAT-adhered condensation cover for efficient solar-powered freshwater production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Gang Chen, Xuanhe Zhao, Shaoting Lin, Yoichiro Tsurimaki
  • Patent number: 12208572
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing three-dimensional parts by means of a controllable particulate material roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: VOXELJET AG
    Inventors: Daniel Günther, Christoph Scheck, Lisa Brüller, Ingo Ederer
  • Patent number: 12208537
    Abstract: The invention relates to a conveyor line for the continuous production of drywall boards as well as a slurry distributing device which is used in this conveyor line. The distributing device is used for the uniform and low-speed flow distribution of slurries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: KNAUF GIPS KG
    Inventors: Stergios Karakoussis, Thomas Koch, Thomas Kramer, Alexander Hartmann, Georgi Paraskov, Reiner Schneiderbanger, Carlo Knauf
  • Patent number: 12209372
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a reinforced elastomeric blade having a plurality of laminated layers. The laminated layers can include at least two layers of elastomeric material at least partially separated by a fiber reinforced laminate layer or an embedded metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Inventors: Kent Winter, William A. Sulesky
  • Patent number: 12202998
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a coated film may be made by a process that may include applying an uncured polyurethane precursor between a polyolefin film and a release liner such that a first surface of the release liner is in contact with the uncured polyurethane precursor, curing the uncured polyurethane precursor to form a cured polyurethane layer positioned between the polyolefin film and the release liner, and removing the release liner to form the coated film comprising the polyolefin film and the cured polyurethane layer. The first surface of the release liner may have an optical finish. The curing may impart an optical finish to the cured polyurethane layer substantially similar to the optical finish of the first surface of the release liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Casarrubias, Jorge Caminero Gomes, Nicolas Cardoso Mazzola, Mateus Batista Torres Cipro, Mai Chen, Kevin K. Miyake
  • Patent number: 12202220
    Abstract: Mold assemblies for curing non-pneumatic tires include first and second mold sections that are axially displaceable relative to one another. A primary conductive heat source is in thermal communication with the mold sections. One radiative heat source is supported on the first mold section and another radiative heat source is supported on the second mold section. A non-pneumatic tire is positioned with the mold assembly between the radiative heat sources. Tire curing systems including such mold assemblies and methods of manufacturing nonpneumatic tires are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew V. Haidet
  • Patent number: 12194781
    Abstract: A tire comprising a plurality of tread blocks. At least one tread block includes one or more piers for stiffening the tread blocks while allowing normal lateral (tangential) or circumferential strain for normal braking and motive traction. The piers can extend the entire length dimension of the tread block or portions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: PACCAR Inc
    Inventor: Jeffrey P. Smith
  • Patent number: 12194666
    Abstract: A co-injection hot runner nozzle comprises an inner melt flow channel and an annular outer melt flow channel that surrounds the inner melt flow channel. The inner and outer melt flow channels have a first common source. The nozzle further comprises an annular intermediate melt flow channel disposed between the inner and outer melt flow channels. The annular intermediate melt flow channel is at least partly defined by a plurality of spiral grooves, each spiral groove having a respective inlet and defining a helical flow path. Lands between adjacent spiral grooves increase in clearance in a downstream direction. An annular axial flow path is defined over the lands. A plurality of feeder channels having a second common source is configured to supply melt to the plurality of inlets of the spiral grooves. The relationship of feeder channels to spiral grooves may be one-to-one. The inlets may be longitudinal channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Abdeslam Bouti, Hakimuddin Boxwala, Nathan Gabriel Southwick, Maciej Brelski, Dietmar Tiemo Brand, Adam Christopher Ulemek, Dirk Holger Schlums
  • Patent number: 12194694
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an ex-situ preparation method for a composite molded body. The preparation method comprises: providing a porous support, a first component, and a second liquid component; contacting the first component with the porous support; contacting the second liquid component with the first component and/or the porous support, in which process the first component and the second liquid component do not undergo a chemical reaction, and the second liquid component remains in a liquid state; and treating the first component and the second liquid component such that the first component and the second liquid component undergo a chemical reaction to become a solid, or undergo phase transformation toughening and solidification molding. The present disclosure discloses an advanced composite material manufacturing technology, and relates to a low-cost and easy-to-operate ex-situ liquid molding preparation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: NINGBOW NOTTINGHAM NEW MATERIALS INSTITUTE CO., LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM NINGBOW CHINA, BEIJING MEGA MATERIAL INNOVATION WORK (M2IW) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaosu Yi, Chris Rudd, Xiaoling Liu, Yongmin Xiao, Xiaoye Cong, Chenkai Zhu, Qinghua Liao, Xuegang Ma
  • Patent number: 12185788
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for forming a molded foam article. An example method may include molding a plurality of separate pieces of closed-cell foam by exposure to a temperature cycle within a sealed mold to soften the plurality of pieces sufficiently for physical bonding; and forming a molded foam article with the pieces bonded together without an adhesive, wherein, during the temperature cycle, the mold is unsealed at least once to release gases and/or pressure. In another example, a method includes exposing a filled, sealed mold filled with a plurality of pieces of foamed material to a heating cycle; at a threshold temperature, unsealing the filled, sealed mold until a pressure reduces to within a threshold of atmospheric pressure; and, following the unsealing, cooling the filled mold prior to removing a molded foam article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeongeun Bae, Rory S. Blanche, Ryan Creswell, William Denton, Caleb W. Dyer, Bryan N. Farris, Diego Zurita, David Jung, Minseung Kang
  • Patent number: 12186970
    Abstract: A multi-arm forming device for space on-orbit composite braiding is provided. Through the rotary movement of a combination of circularly arranged mechanical arm-type laying apparatuses relative to a mold, a plurality of hot press laying heads are controlled together to implement high-efficiency and high-freedom winding and braiding formation of a composite member. The retraction and expansion deformation of the gasbag mold is achieved by inflating and deflating based on design, and the overall device is lightened by switching its structural volume in an operating/non-operating state, thereby achieving the purpose of facilitating the lift-off of rockets and the demolding, repair and weight reduction of winding and braiding structural members for operation in space. Additionally, gas in a gasbag can be used as emergency kinetic energy for the movement and attitude adjustment of the overall device in space. High-quality and efficient winding and braiding formation of composites in space are achieved ultimately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
    Inventors: Jinghua Zheng, Yiwei Chen, Congze Fan, Wenzhe Song, Yaxing Song, Zhongde Shan
  • Patent number: 12179409
    Abstract: An apparatus for blow-molding plastic containers includes at least one blow-molding station which defines at least one molding cavity which extends around a main axis of extension and further includes at least two lateral bodies and a respective bottom for each molding cavity that is defined by the blow-molding station. The bottom defines a recessed central portion, which is arranged around the main axis of extension, and a lateral containment portion, which has petal-shaped regions which have a substantially radial extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SACMI IMOLA S.C.
    Inventors: Fiorenzo Parrinello, Alessandro Rosso, Andrea Carpana
  • Patent number: 12179416
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) printing system may comprise a frame; and an additive component(s) configured to couple to the frame. The additive component(s) may comprise a first extrusion unit, a second extrusion unit, and/or a third extrusion unit. The 3D printing system may be a portion of a hybrid computer numerical control (CNC) machining/3D printing system and configured to manufacture a 3D component autonomously from start to finish. The additive component(s) may comprise a heating system including a hot-air blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Inventor: David Crenshaw
  • Patent number: 12179388
    Abstract: Provided is a useful improvement in a manufacturing method of a CF-SMC using a partially split continuous carbon fiber bundle. The manufacturing method of an SMC of the present invention includes (i) a step of drawing out a continuous carbon fiber bundle (10) from a package, the continuous carbon fiber bundle (10) having a filament number of NK and partially split into n sub-bundles in advance, (ii) a step of chopping the continuous carbon fiber bundle (10) drawn out from the package with a rotary cutter (234) into chopped carbon fiber bundles (20), and (iii) a step of depositing the chopped carbon fiber bundles (20) on a carrier film (41) traveling below the rotary cutter (234) to form a carbon fiber mat (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro Mizutori, Junji Kanehagi, Yasushi Watanabe, Tadao Samejima
  • Patent number: 12179417
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) printing system may comprise a frame; and an additive component(s) configured to couple to the frame. The additive component(s) may comprise a first extrusion unit, a second extrusion unit, and/or a third extrusion unit. The 3D printing system may be a portion of a hybrid computer numerical control (CNC) machining/3D printing system and configured to manufacture a 3D component autonomously from start to finish. The additive component(s) may comprise a heating system including a hot-air blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Inventor: David Crenshaw
  • Patent number: 12179984
    Abstract: A thin-walled flexible package is provided with a spout comprising a connection portion and a tube having an outer surface and ending with an outlet mouth. A sacrificial closure is applied to the spout to close the outlet mouth. The sacrificial closure comprises a skirt suitable for sealingly engaging the outer surface of the tube at a sealing region having a sealing distance from the outlet mouth. On the outer surface of the tube there is a circumferential dividing line having a division distance from the outlet mouth. The sealing distance is less than the division distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Guala Pack S.P.A.
    Inventor: Stefano Tamarindo
  • Patent number: 12172928
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a concrete article is disclosed. The method comprises coating a mould or formwork with a release agent; spraying a mortar onto the mould or formwork, thereby forming a layer of mortar; casting concrete into the mould or formwork and onto the layer of mortar; and allowing the concrete to hydrate and harden in the mould or formwork, whereby a concrete article having a mortar skin layer is provided. The invention also provides concrete articles made by the described methods, and concrete structures which comprise the concrete articles. Concrete articles having the mortar skins can be made to have a relatively uniform outward appearance, even if the concrete cast behind the mortar skins may be different, in composition or appearance. Pigments or colorants and other expensive admixtures can be used in the mortar skin composition to greater visual effect, since the use of the mortar skin is less in overall volume compared to the concrete articles as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: GCP APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Dany Vincent, Klaus-Alexander Rieder, Stephen P. Klaus, Damian Thomas
  • Patent number: 12174403
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a manufacturing method using nano-imprint lithography for a diffraction grating waveguide of a near-eye display. The manufacturing method includes: manufacturing an imprint lithography template with a diffraction grating waveguide pattern; transferring the diffraction grating waveguide pattern of the imprint lithography template to a transferring template by nano-imprint lithography, so as to obtain a transferring template with a reverse pattern of the diffraction grating waveguide pattern; and transferring the reverse pattern of the diffraction grating waveguide pattern of the transferring template to a waveguide substrate by nano-imprint lithography, so as to obtain the diffraction grating waveguide of the near-eye display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Xiaojun Li