Patents Examined by Scott W Dodds
  • Patent number: 12188295
    Abstract: A method and a device (10) for welding at least two profiled sections (1) for window or door frames or leaves uses a heating unit (4) introduced between the profiled sections (2, 3) to be joined. At least two heating elements (5, 6) of the heating unit melt the profiled section ends (2, 3) at the end surfaces to be joined. In order to chamfer, in particular remove, a profiled section edge layer (20) of the profiled section ends (2, 3) along the layer surfaces (12, 13) thereof, at least one tool, in particular at least one cutting blade (7, 8), is arranged on the heating elements (5, 6) and is moved such that the material (9) to be melted is displaced into the profiled section interior (11) or into the interior (12) of the profiled section chambers (13). A compression device compresses the profiled section ends (2, 3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Rotox Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Albert Winkler, Alexander Luft, Christian Denk
  • Patent number: 12186995
    Abstract: A joining apparatus includes a fusing mechanism part that joins two thermoplastic sheet-like materials by fusing, a sticking mechanism part that sticks an adhesive tape along a joined portion of the sheet-like materials, a workbench having a placement surface on which the fusing mechanism part and the sticking mechanism part are disposed side by side, the placement surface allowing the sheet-like materials in an unfolded state to be placed thereon, and a guide that allows an end portion to be joined of one of the sheet-like materials and an end portion to be joined of the other sheet-like material to overlap each other while aligned along a plane intersecting the placement surface, each of the end portions to be joined of the sheet-like materials being placed on the placement surface, and to feed the overlapping end portions to be joined. The fusing mechanism part fuses and joins the end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: JUKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Shiina, Norihisa Shiraishi, Takaaki Iijima
  • Patent number: 12185476
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for multiple flexible circuit cable attachment is described herein. Gold bumps are bonded on interconnection pads of a substrate to create a columnar structure and solder or conductive epoxy is dispensed on the flexible cable circuit. The substrate and flexible cable circuit are aligned and pressed together using force or placement of a weight on either the substrate or flexible cable circuit. Appropriate heat is applied to reflow the solder or cure the epoxy. The solder wets to the substrate pads, assisted by the gold bumps, and have reduced bridging risk due to the columnar structure. A nonconductive underfill epoxy is applied to increase mechanical strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Jabil Inc.
    Inventors: Wenlu Wang, Mark A. Tudman, Michael Piring Santos, Ross Kristensen Benz, Hien Ly, Gary Fang
  • Patent number: 12151392
    Abstract: High-frequency hot-pressing continuous automatic production lines for dimensional bamboo timbers, and production methods thereof are provided. The production line can include a clip-up store and feeding mechanism fixed with one end of a three-roller type gluing system. An other end of the three-roller type gluing system is fixed with one end of a system for loading, layer up and stacking non-glued bamboo sheets. The outer side edge of the system for loading, layer up and stacking non-glued bamboo sheets is connected to a front inner end of a plate stack conveying system. A high-frequency press and high-frequency generator system is located at a rear inner end of the system for loading, layer up and stacking non-glued bamboo sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: International Center for Bamboo and Rattan
    Inventors: Huanrong Liu, Benhua Fei, Xiubiao Zhang, Zehui Jiang, Changhua Fang, Xinxin Ma, Fujun Gao, Yan Yan
  • Patent number: 12155028
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an electrode includes a plurality of guide rollers configured to transport an electrode plate. The apparatus detects a defect on the electrode plate being transported and cut, upon detecting the defect, the electrode plate at a starting part of the defect on the electrode plate to form a defective electrode plate. The apparatus also includes a first taping part connecting the defective electrode plate to a defective electrode roll. The apparatus cuts the electrode plate at an ending part of the defect on the electrode plate to form a normal electrode plate. The apparatus connects the normal electrode plate separated from the defective electrode plate in the second cutting part with a normal electrode roll. The apparatus winds and transports the normal electrode roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD.
    Inventors: Suk Kim, Wonhak Cho
  • Patent number: 12139650
    Abstract: A method for nano-depth surface activation of a PTFE-based membrane and relates to the technical field of polymer composites is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: covering a functional surface of a PTFE-based nano functional composite membrane, performing surface activation treatment on a single surface of the membrane to which a bonding adhesive is applied, and migrating and complexing a high-toughness cold bonding adhesive tape on the membrane surface, with an activated structure layer, of the PTFE-based nano functional composite membrane through a mechanical adhesive applying device to form an adhesive-membrane complex. An extremely strong affinity and a high-strength bonding performance are generated between the membrane and the adhesive, and the adhesive-membrane complex is formed. Integration of membrane/adhesive bonding complexing, membrane/membrane bonding complexing and membrane/adhesive layer bonding is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignees: CHINA THREE GORGES CORPORATION, CHINA THREE GORGES RENEWABLES (GROUP) CO., LTD., NANJING HAOHUI HI TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianping Liu, Xin Xiang, Jianhua Wu, Yawei Zhu, Jingxin Zhao, Wenwei Li, Zhengfeng Shuai, Hong Wu, Jianping Wu, Fangliang Zhao
  • Patent number: 12134258
    Abstract: A method of adhesively bonding a first substrate on a second substrate in an adhesive bonding zone by an adhesive joint integrating a support mesh, wherein surplus adhesive joint is folded over onto one or the other of the first or second substrates so that the support mesh is present over the entire adhesively bonded zone after curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Pierre Antoine Bossan, Sophie Essayan, Allison Glugla, Jordan Kusch, Benjamin Samson
  • Patent number: 12115748
    Abstract: A pressing equipment for manufacturing a floor element, wherein the floor element comprises an upper decorative layer and a lower support layer, wherein the equipment comprises: a pressing device for pressing the upper decorative layer upon the lower support layer, a positioning device for placing the floor element in a pressing position at the pressing element, and a centering device for adjusting the mutual position of the upper decorative layer and of the lower support layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Dal-Tile, LLC
    Inventors: Felipe Giannazzo, Claudio Caselli, Rahul Patki
  • Patent number: 12103290
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a low-temperature dry preparation method for a flame-retardant fabric, for use in compounding a first substrate with a second substrate, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are pressed together by means of hot melt adhesive-based cold compounding: spraying and coating a surface of the first substrate with a hot metal adhesive in a flowable state, feeding the first substrate and the second substrate together into a press roller group, making the hot melt adhesive on the surface of the first substrate face the second substrate, and cold pressing the first substrate, the hot melt adhesive, and the second substrate together by means of the press roller group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhanggen Ni, Peng Shen
  • Patent number: 12102135
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vaporizer assembly for an inhaler comprises the steps of providing a plurality of connection stations and performing at least one assembly step at each connection station to produce a vaporizer assembly at each connection station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: KÖRBER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Niklas Romming, Lasse Cornils, Jan Jaklin, Thomas Müller
  • Patent number: 12097690
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a preheating-free laminator for improving the quality of lamination, comprising a body, a rubber roller set arranged inside the body, and a heating component arranged close to the rubber roller set; a lamination inlet is arranged on the front side of the body; a rubber feeding and pushing component is arranged at the lamination inlet, and the rubber feeding and pushing component and the rubber roller set are coordinated to push the laminated substance successively according to the feeding direction; wherein, the linear speed of the rubber feeding and pushing component is lower than that of the rubber roller set, and the static friction between the rubber roller set and the laminated substance is greater than that between the rubber feeding and pushing component and the laminated substance; when the laminated substance enters the rubber roller set through the rubber feeding and pushing component, there is a static friction fit between the rubber roller set and the laminated subs
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: BONSEN ELECTRONICS LIMITED
    Inventor: Wenhui Chen
  • Patent number: 12100796
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrode assembly includes a first combination step of combining a first electrode with an upper portion of a first separator to form a first combination, and a second combination step of combining the first combination so that a second electrode faces the first electrode with the first separator therebetween after the second electrode is stacked on a second separator, wherein the first combination step comprises a first electrode cutting process of moving the first electrode in an X-axis direction that is a progress direction to cut the first electrode to a predetermined size, a first electrode transfer process of transferring the cut first electrode, a first first-electrode position detection process of measuring a Y-axis position of the first electrode, a first separator meandering correction process of moving the first separator, a first stacking process of stacking the first electrode on the first separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Woong Ki Kim, Sang Don Lee, Sang Uk Yeo
  • Patent number: 12097974
    Abstract: A method is specified for producing a structural component, in particular for an aircraft, ground vehicle, or watercraft, or for a rotor blade of a wind turbine, in which method an arrangement of fibers and plastic material is laid in a mold and subjected to an increased pressure and an increased temperature, wherein a mold is used which comprises at least one recess in which a reinforcing element is arranged. The object is to be able to cost-effectively produce a structural component of this type. For this purpose, it is provided that the reinforcing element is laid in the recess together with a core, wherein a differential volume between the recess and core, at least in a predetermined region, is chosen such that it is smaller than a segment of the reinforcing element arranged in said region by a predetermined amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Siempelkan Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Fabian Köffers, Michael Schöler, Klaus Schürmann, Lothar Sebastian
  • Patent number: 12090719
    Abstract: A method and system for applying a sealing agent to a surface (2) of an inner cavity (3) of a pneumatic tyre; the method provides for detecting the weight of the pneumatic tyre (4) before and after the application of the sealing agent to the surface (2); calculating the difference between the quantity of sealing agent applied to the surface (2) and a reference quantity of sealing agent, storing said difference within a short-term memory buffer (24) and a long-term memory buffer (26); determining a short-term compensation factor (KST) and a long-term compensation factor (KLT) and calculating a correction factor (KEA) using alternately the short-term compensation factor (KST) or else the long-term compensation factor (KLT); and using said correction factor (KEA) to actuate an applicator device (7) during the subsequent step of applying the strip of sealing agent to the surface (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Bridgestone Europe NV/SA
    Inventors: Roberto Pontone, Paolo Straffi
  • Patent number: 12091815
    Abstract: A welding process may be configured to convert a substrate into a welded substrate by applying a process solvent to the substrate, wherein the process solvent interrupts one or more intermolecular force between one or more component in the substrate. The substrate may be configured as a natural fiber, such as cellulose, hemicelluloses, and silk. The process solvent may be configured as an ionic-liquid based solvent and the welded substrate may be a congealed network after the process solvent has been adequately swollen and/or mobilized the substrate. A welding process may be configured such that individual fibers of a substrate are not fully dissolved such that material in the fiber core may be left in the native state by controlling process variables. The welding process fibers may have a tenacity 10% or 20% greater or a diameter 25% less than that of a cellulosic-based yarn substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Natural Fiber Welding, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke Michael Haverhals, Aaron Kenneth Amstutz, Jonglak Choi, Xiling Tang, Michael Molter, Spencer Jacob Null
  • Patent number: 12080838
    Abstract: An automatic replacement device of a secondary battery material including reel support parts to support a supply reel; a material support part spaced apart from the reel support part; clamping parts, each including a clamping roller to come into contact with the material when replacing the supply reel, a vacuum suction part to suction the material by vacuum, a clamping frame to rotatably support the clamping roller and the vacuum suction part, and a cutter to cut the material when coming into contact with the material; first drive parts to move the clamping roller toward/away from the material; and second drive parts to move the cutter toward/away from the material, wherein the automatic replacement device cuts the material as the material is suctioned to the vacuum suction part after being adhered to a material wound around a replacement supply reel when the supply reel is replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung Ick Park
  • Patent number: 12080854
    Abstract: An embodiment method of manufacturing an all-solid-state battery includes forming a first electrode member by forming first active material layers on both surfaces of a first current collector, pressing the first electrode member to form a pressed first electrode member, forming a second electrode member by forming second active material layers on both surfaces of a second current collector and forming solid electrolyte layers on the second active material layers, pressing the second electrode member to form a pressed second electrode member, forming a laminated body by layering the pressed first electrode member and the pressed second electrode member, and pressing the laminated body by passing the laminated body between a pair of rollers to form a pressed laminated body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hoon Seok
  • Patent number: 12076937
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for evaluating an assembly by welding of parts made of thermoplastic materials, to a test piece and its associated uses, to an installation for implementing this method and to the associated welding system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignees: ARKEMA FRANCE, INSTITUT DE SOUDURE
    Inventors: Aurélien Philippe, Philippe Klein, Michel Glotin
  • Patent number: 12065274
    Abstract: A banding machine applies bands about objects for packaging, decorative, or other purposes. An object is banded with tape by: grasping a starting end of a tape extending from a tape roll between a first roller and a brake, with the first roller being situated adjacent the object alongside a second roller; orbiting the object with tape roll to apply the tape to the circumference of the object; during the orbit, pressing the starting end of the tape against the object with a wiper, and releasing the tape starting end from the brake; upon the tape's orbital approach of the tape starting end, receiving the tape over the first and second rollers; extending a knife between the first and second rollers to cut the tape, thereby defining a finishing end of the tape extending about the object; and pressing the finishing end of the tape against the object with a wiper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Inventor: Jason Kenney
  • Patent number: 12059396
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing the mechanoreception fabric for incorporation into a garment or item of apparel sets a liquid substrate to a fabric weave to produce a plurality of protuberances in graticulate array and spaced apart across a surface of the fabric. The plurality of protuberances includes pyramidal nodes, each independent and separate from other nodes, not less than 1 mm apart at the base and not more than 5 mm apart at each apex and 1.5 mm in height. Because the nodes are separated and not in contact with each other, the fabric produced is still stretchable and wearable when incorporated into an item of apparel despite the nodes having a hardness of between Shore A 60 and 80.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: NABOSO TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Emily Splichal