Patents Examined by Sing P Chan
  • Method of producing laminated steel plate and device for producing the same
    Patent number: 10328673
    Abstract: To provide a method of producing a laminated steel plate through which no conduction occurs between steel plates and productivity does not decrease. A method of producing a laminated steel plate by laminating a plurality of steel plates (1), including a coating process (P2) in which an adhesive (8) is applied to a surface (1a) of the steel plate (1) and a laminating process (P3) in which the steel plate (1) to which the adhesive (8) is applied and another steel plate (1) are laminated while shifting positions around an axis (C1), and the steel plate (1) and a laminate (12) are adhered using the adhesive (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co.,Ltd.
    Inventor: Go Hamamura
  • Electrostatically pinned glass roll, methods and apparatus for making
    Patent number: 10322961
    Abstract: A roll (10) of glass ribbon (20) and an interleaf material (40) disposed in alternating layers, wherein a layer of the interleaf material is pinned to an adjacent layer of the glass ribbon by an electrostatic force that is of a value so that a shear force required to cause slip between the interleaf material and the glass ribbon is greater than or equal to 10 times that required to cause slip between them when not electrostatically pinned together. Methods for winding and unwinding the roll, as well as an apparatus for winding the glass ribbon and interleaf material into a roll, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Gary Edward Merz, John Earl Tosch, Thaddeus Francis Trzeciak
  • Cellular telephone shield for the reduction of electromagnetic radiation exposure
    Patent number: 10320436
    Abstract: A radiation shield comprises a substrate polymer layer, a conductive layer having an aperture providing access to a front face of a cellular telephone, adjacent the substrate polymer layer, and an adhesion surface adjacent the conductive layer and the front face. A radiation shield comprising a first substrate polymer layer, a conductive layer having an aperture providing access to a touch-sensitive screen of the front face, adjacent the first substrate polymer layer, a second substrate polymer layer adjacent the conductive layer, and an adhesion surface adjacent the conductive layer and the front face. At least one opening provides access to the front face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Inventor: Stephen Carmody
  • Sweat diverter
    Patent number: 10314352
    Abstract: Described herein are sweat-diverting devices which can be adhered to a wearer by an adhesive. The sweat-diverting devices described here may be adhered over a portion of the face without circumscribing the head. Such sweat-diverting devices may comprise a first leg and a second leg that are joined at a base of the device to form a channel therebetween, where at least a portion of the base is more rigid than the first and second legs such that an acute angle between the first and second legs is maintained when the sweat-diverting device is applied on a wearer's forehead. In some variations, the thickness of the base is greater than the thickness of either of the legs, which may help to maintain a separation between the tips of the legs even when the sweat-diverting device is applied to a wearer's forehead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Rosecroft Components, Inc.
    Inventors: James Shapiro, Don Godfrey, Neil Sheehan
  • Functional element
    Patent number: 10315363
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for attaching functional elements of metal to a component, in particular to a component comprising fiber reinforced plastic, using a setting head, wherein the functional element has a contact surface (12) provided with adhesive. In this respect, the adhesive within the setting head is applied to the functional element before the attachment of the functional element to the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: PROFIL VERBINDUNGSTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Diehl, Richard Humpert
  • Conformable seamless three dimensional articles and methods therefor
    Patent number: 10314353
    Abstract: Waterproof, breathable garments and methods of making are provided. The garments may include a laminate of a seamless ePTFE membrane and at least one textile. The garment is conformable over a range of sizes, and may be shaped to fit numerous sizes and shapes of forming molds. The ePTFE membrane may shrink to fit, or, alternatively, be stretched to fit, a mold having a desired size to form a garment. Such a conformable ePTFE membrane may allow for forming multiple sizes of garments with various sizes and shapes of molds. In embodiments where the ePTFE membrane is seamless and continuous, the garment eliminates the need for a waterproof seam tape, which is conventionally used to make garments waterproof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Bacino, Norman E. Clough, Orlando Collazo, Jean Norvell, Franz Shelley
  • Method and system for forming masks
    Patent number: 10307958
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for protecting a structure. The method comprises identifying an exterior shape of the structure; generating a model of a mask based on the exterior shape of the structure; and forming the mask using a three dimensional printer based on the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Robert Charles Jonietz, Jr., Thomas Wayne Vandiver
  • Sole structure with alternating spring and damping layers
    Patent number: 10299535
    Abstract: A sole structure may include multiple macrolayers. Each of those macrolayers may include a spring plate and a layer of damping material. Macrolayers may be bonded or otherwise fixed relative to one another and provide constrained layer damping in response to impact forces occurring as a result of activity of a wearer of an article of footwear incorporating the sole structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: John Hurd, Shane S. Kohatsu
  • Fiberboard surface protection system
    Patent number: 10294681
    Abstract: A surface protector is provided formed of a sheet having at least one preapplied adhesive strip used to connect together and an adjacently positioned surface protector to form a dust-proof and/or liquid-proof seal between the two surface protectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Garland Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Melissa Rus
  • 1K UV and thermal cure high temperature debondable adhesive
    Patent number: 10280349
    Abstract: The present invention relates to one-component UV and thermal curable temporary adhesives for use in high temperature applications, and particularly to adhesives for the temporary attachment of one substrate to another substrate, the adhesives comprising (i) the partial hydrosilylation reaction product of the reaction between the vinyl groups on 1,3,5,7-tetravinyl-1,3,5,7-tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane and the terminal Si—H hydrogens on a silane or siloxane having terminal Si—H hydrogens, and (ii) a photo and/or thermal radical cure initiator. Also encompassed are assemblies including such an adhesive and methods of using the adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Stephen Hynes, Chunyu Sun, Jiangbo Ouyang, John Gregory Woods, Bahram Issari, Shengqian Kong, Yayun Liu, Wenhua Zhang
  • Peel adhesion test specimens and method for their preparation
    Patent number: 10274416
    Abstract: A method of preparing specimens for peel-adhesion testing. The method includes applying a first predetermined amount of light-curable material to a substrate coupon, placing a first surface of a substantially transparent peel media in contact with the light-curable material disposed on the substrate coupon, where the substantially transparent peel media includes a second surface spaced from the first surface, and exposing the first predetermined amount of light-curable material disposed between the substrate coupon and the first surface to a light source to cure the first predetermined amount of light-curable material, with light from the light source passing through the substantially transparent peel media to the substrate coupon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Barton E. Stevens, Katherine L. Frank
  • Active adhesive recirculation regulation
    Patent number: 10272464
    Abstract: An applicator for dispensing adhesive is disclosed. The applicator includes a manifold, at least one dispensing module coupled to the manifold, a supply channel configured to contain at least a portion of the adhesive, a recirculation channel configured to contain at least a portion of the adhesive, and a recirculation pump assembly connected to the manifold. The recirculation pump assembly includes an inlet in fluid communication with the recirculation channel, an outlet in fluid communication with the supply channel, a gear assembly, and a drive motor coupled to the gear assembly and operable to pump the adhesive, where the drive motor is configured to operate at an adjustable number of revolutions per minute (RPM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventor: Joel E. Saine
  • Device and method for coating material with resin and subsequently laying the material saturated with the resin onto a surface
    Patent number: 10265720
    Abstract: A device for coating material with resin and subsequently laying the material saturated with the resin onto a surface, the device comprising a vessel for retaining the resin, the vessel having a slot sized and configured so that the material is passable through the slot after being coated with resin retained in the vessel, and a first and a second roller being arranged on either side of the slot or behind the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventor: Bruce Baker
  • Attachment tags and methods of manufacture and use thereof
    Patent number: 10252835
    Abstract: A method for using an attachment tag with a product includes affixing an adhesive layer of the attachment tag to the product. The attachment tag includes an elastomer portion and a tag portion bonded to the elastomer portion along a bond zone, wherein the adhesive layer is disposed on the tag portion. The method also includes expanding the elastomer portion by at least partially separating at least two of a plurality of leg segments of the elastomer portion and securing the expanded elastomer portion around at least a portion of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Bedford Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin M. O'Donnell, Curtis J. Heinrichs, Jeffrey Tschetter, Mike Schultz, David Schiller
  • Membrane bonding with photoresist
    Patent number: 10252908
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for membrane bonding. A photoresist may be applied to an ultrasonic device. A portion of the photoresist may be removed. A bonding agent may be applied a portion of the photoresist that is not removed. A membrane may be placed on the ultrasonic device such that the membrane is in contact with the ultrasonic device through the bonding agent and the photoresist. The membrane and the ultrasonic device may be placed in between a first flat plate and a second flat plate, such that the second flat plate rests on top of the membrane. Light pressure may be applied to the membrane. The light pressure may be applied by one or more of the weight of the second flat plate and a pressure providing device applying pressure to either or both of the first flat plate and the second flat plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: uBeam Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Joyce, Sean Taffler, Paul Reynolds, Nicholas Lavada Nemeth, Adam Stephen Elhadad, Boozarjomehr Faraji
  • Method for preparing a composite membrane
    Patent number: 10249900
    Abstract: A method for making a composite membrane includes the steps of coating a first layer of ionomer on an intermediate support, laminating a dry porous support into the wet first layer of ionomer, impregnating the porous support with ionomer from the coated ionomer layer, optionally drying the impregnated porous support and the first layer of ionomer, coating a second layer of ionomer on the impregnated porous support, drying the second layer of ionomer until most of the solvent is evaporated, and delaminating the composite membrane from the intermediate support. The composite membrane thus obtained includes a porous support impregnated with the ionomer and on each side of the impregnated support a dense ionomer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: AGFA-GEVAERT
    Inventors: Guido Desie, Willem Mues, Patrick Wouters, Roger Hendriks
  • Waistband for an absorbent article
    Patent number: 10245187
    Abstract: A waistband for an absorbent article having a waistband with differential extensibility and/or contraction along the circumference of the waist opening. The waistband may provide a uniform appearance along the circumference of the waist opening. The waistband may have a central zone and at least two outboard zones. The outboard zones of the waistband may be less contracted than the central zone, when the absorbent article is in a relaxed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Plaza
    Inventors: Donald Carroll Roe, Michael Dale Trennepohl
  • Composite structure and method for inspecting a pre-bond surface of a composite structure
    Patent number: 10239304
    Abstract: A method for preparing a pre-bond surface of a composite structure includes the steps of: (1) separating a peel ply, co-cured with a composite substrate, from the composite substrate; and (2) transferring an identifiable marking agent from the peel ply to the composite substrate upon separation of the peel ply from the composite substrate. Residue of the peel ply, transferred from the peel ply to the composite substrate upon separation of the peel ply from the composite substrate, is layered on the identifiable marking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Peter J. Van Voast, Marcus A. Belcher
  • Method for labeling items with labels comprising a clear face layer and a clear adhesive layer
    Patent number: 10233359
    Abstract: A method for labeling items comprises: separating a label from a release liner by using peel plate, moving the surface of an item in a first direction, moving the label in a second direction, and bringing a leading edge of the label into contact with a surface of the item such that the angle between the first direction and the second direction is in the range of 10° to 30°, wherein the label comprises: a face layer, and an adhesive layer, wherein the face layer comprises semi-crystalline polymeric film, the adhesive layer consists of one or more adhesive sub-layers, a lowermost adhesive sub-layer of said adhesive sub-layers comprises transparent polymeric adhesive, the thickness of the face layer is in the range of 10 ?m to 50 ?m, the thickness of the adhesive layer is in the range of 8 ?m to 25 ?m, and the thickness of the adhesive layer is smaller than 95% of thickness of the face layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: UPM RAFLATAC OY
    Inventors: Kirit Naik, Patrick Goss, Tom Saxberg, Noel Mitchell, Ismo Pietari
  • Pipe fitting installation device
    Patent number: 10228086
    Abstract: A portable assembly for securing a plastic fitting to a plastic pipe by employing fusion or thermal sealing is disclosed. The assembly is secured to the outer circumference of a plastic pipe at a desired location. The assembly can be secured at any longitudinal and lateral position along a plastic pipe. A heater heats both the pipe and the fitting to the point where they begin to melt. The heater is then removed and the fitting is pressed onto the surface of the pipe, thus fusing the fitting to the pipe. After cooling, the assembly is removed and the surface of the pipe within the interior of the fitting is drilled or removed. This now enables fluid within the pipe to be sent to the fitting and onto distribution lines which are connected to the fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: HDPE Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher A. Menno