Patents Examined by Sonya M Sengupta
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Patent number: 11914318Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first image forming part that forms a first image on a print medium using a photoluminescent developer containing a photoluminescent pigment; a second image forming part that forms a second image on the print medium using a coloring developer containing a coloring material; and a lamination part that laminates the first image and the second image on the print medium, wherein a viscoelastic phase angle (A) of the coloring developer and a viscoelastic phase angle (B) of the photoluminescent developer when measured at 125[° C.] using a viscoelasticity measuring device satisfy follow: 21.1[°]?(A·B)?31.6[°]. where A means a viscoelastic phase angle of the coloring developer, B means a viscoelastic phase angle of the photoluminescent developer.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: OKI Electric Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Manami Hiraide
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Patent number: 11897277Abstract: A method of operating a sublimating device includes providing heat to a cavity of the sublimating device by increasing (i) a temperature of a heater to a predetermined target temperature and (ii) a temperature of a base heater to a predetermined standby temperature. The method further includes determining a difference between the predetermined target temperature and a reduced temperature of the heater. The method also includes determining whether a workpiece is arranged in the cavity based on the difference between the predetermined target temperature and a reduced temperature.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Cricut, Inc.Inventors: Kristy Lynn Barney, Desmond Kavanagh, Bayden Filleul, Jerome Tobin, Mathew Bates, Peter Bevan, Norman Stevenson
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Patent number: 11885067Abstract: A warp transferring machine includes a color transferring unit, a colored paper unit and a yarn arranging unit. The color transferring unit includes a heating roller, a driving shaft, a separable shaft, a supporting shaft that are rotatable about their respective axes and a pressing belt that is looped therearound to circulate continuously. The colored paper unit and the yarn arranging unit respectively guide a colored paper and a yarn toward the heating roller such that the pressing belt presses thereagainst so as to transfer colors of the colored paper onto the yarn.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Hua Shan Environmentally Textile LimitedInventor: Mei-Ling Yeh
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Patent number: 11884050Abstract: The present disclosure provides a curved-surface laminating device and a curved-surface laminating method, for realizing lamination of a curved-surface cover plate and a flexible panel. The curved-surface laminating device comprises: a flexible profiling jig comprising a laminating surface with a shape matched with the curved-surface cover plate; a bearing film arranged between the laminating surface and the flexible panel and extending to two sides of the laminating surface, the bearing film being configured to be attached to the flexible panel; and a tensioning device in contact with the bearing film extending to the two sides of the laminating surface and configured to tension the bearing film, so that the bearing film and the laminating surface are profiled.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wenwei Mo, Wei Qing, Pengsha Ma, Shaokui Liu, Tinghui Chen
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Patent number: 11878792Abstract: Provided are stiffened stringer panels with integrated shim structures. An example composite panel comprises a skin member having an inner surface, and a stringer positioned on the inner surface. The stringer comprises a first flange portion and a second flange portion with the first flange portion and the second flange portion contacting the inner surface. The composite panel further comprises an integrated shim positioned on the first flange portion. The integrated shim may comprise a sacrificial material configured to be trimmed to the desired geometry. The sacrificial material may comprise a glass fiber reinforced plastic fabric pre-impregnated with resin. The integrated shim may be configured to interface with internal support structures of a wing assembly. The integrated shim may be configured to be machined to fit dimensions and measurements corresponding to the internal support structures of the wing assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Gregory A. Cass, Ian E. Schroeder, Khanh M. Pham
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Patent number: 11865824Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the transfer of a transfer layer from a substrate, in particular from a growth substrate, to a carrier substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: EV Group E. Thallner GmbHInventors: Venkata Raghavendra Subrahmanya Sarma Mokkapati, Boris Povazay, Thomas Uhrmann
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Patent number: 11866613Abstract: Provided is a PSA sheet that allows installation of a protection sheet with good shape precision on the surface of an object to be protected. The PSA sheet provided by this invention comprises a substrate whose primary component is a resin film and a PSA layer placed on one face of the substrate. The PSA sheet comprises a protection sheet part which is adhered to an adherend to protect it, a marginal part bounded from the protection sheet part by a tear-off line surrounding the protection sheet part, and a tear-aiding structure provided along the tear-off line. The PSA sheet is configured so that after the protection sheet part is adhered to the adherend, when the marginal part is pulled in a direction in which the PSA sheet is peeled off the adherend, the marginal part is torn off the protection sheet part.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Igarashi, Yasunori Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11866221Abstract: A label printing device includes: a conveying unit configured to convey a mountless label; a shaft portion configured to change a conveying direction of the mountless label; a cutting unit configured to cut the mountless label of which the conveying direction is changed by the shaft portion and issue a label; and a controller configured to control the conveying unit and the cutting unit. The controller executes a preparatory operation mode in which the mountless label is conveyed a predetermined distance longer than a length of a portion extending from the shaft portion to the cutting unit in the mountless label by the conveying unit and is cut by the cutting unit when a label is not issued for more than a predetermined time.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Ishida Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kosuke Hirata, Takashi Furukawa, Masatsugu Tanaka
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Patent number: 11851233Abstract: A system for applying labels to cable or conduit including at least one label and a label applicator. The label applicator including at least one guide roller, at least one tamping device comprising at least one tamping pad for applying at least one label onto the moving cable or conduit, and a guide shoe assembly. The guide shoe assembly comprises a guide shoe, the guide shoe comprises a rounding member, a plurality of springs for providing flexibility to the rounding member when the moving cable or conduit passes the at least one guide shoe, a support mount for supporting the at least one guide shoe, a plurality of pivots disposed between the rounding member and the rounding member support for adjusting the set of springs, and a fitted member for providing an anchor for the at least one guide shoe to connect with the support mount.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Encore Wire CorporationInventors: Mark D. Bennett, William T. Bigbee, Jr., Stephen S. Griffin
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Patent number: 11840106Abstract: A method for decorating a sliding board including on its visible part, a composite material formed of a fibrous layer coated with hardenable resin, includes preparing a transfer film that includes a face covered with a pattern constituted of an arrangement of grains of at least one type of ink. The ink includes colourants and a crosslinked polymer. The method also includes positioning the face of the transfer film covered with the pattern on all or some of the external surface of the composite material, applying pressure and temperature conditions generating the softening or/then hardening of the resin to as to incrust the grains of the pattern in the superficial layer of the composite material while conserving the arrangement of the grains, and peeling the transfer film.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: SKIS ROSSIGNOLInventors: Emanuele Cassibba, Grégory Merle, Jacky Christoud, Thierry Monnet, Frédéric Leclercq
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Patent number: 11833738Abstract: Disclosed is a display protector attaching apparatus for a smart device. The display protector attaching apparatus for the smart device includes a base part provided with a body coupling hole to which a smart device is coupled and a smart device fixing protrusion; and a lifting support part which is detachably coupled to a lifting coupling part provided in the base part to support a display protector to be attached to the smart device, wherein when the lifting support part is separated from the lifting coupling part, the display protector is dropped on the display of the smart device provided with a liquid adhesive member to be attached to the display, and the lifting coupling part is provided to be position-adjusted in the base part so that the lifting support part adjusts a position supporting the display protector.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Whitestone Co., Ltd.Inventors: Soongwon Lee, Sungho Im
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Patent number: 11833795Abstract: The invention provides a multilayer body of an inorganic substrate and a highly heat-resistant film, wherein the surface of the inorganic substrate is sufficiently smooth after removal of the highly heat-resistant film from the multilayer body, and the inorganic substrate is re-usable. The multilayer body uses substantially no adhesive and is characterized by (1) a tensile elastic modulus of the highly heat-resistant film of 4 GPa or more, (2) a bonding strength between the highly heat-resistant film and the inorganic substrate of 0.3 N/cm or less, (3) a surface roughness Ra of a surface of the highly heat-resistant film, said surface being in contact with the inorganic substrate, of 5 nm or less, and (4) a surface roughness Ra of the surface of the inorganic substrate after removal of the highly heat-resistant film from the multilayer body of 3 nm or less.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kaya Tokuda, Tetsuo Okuyama, Satoshi Maeda, Naoki Watanabe, Harumi Yonemushi, Denichirou Mizuguchi
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Patent number: 11826999Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-purpose composite membrane with high breakage strength and peel strength and preparation method and use thereof, and relates to the technical field of shoemaking material preparation. The preparation method of the multi-purpose composite membrane with high breakage strength and peel strength comprises the following steps: (1) processing layer preparation; (2) functional layer preparation; (3) functional composite layer preparation; (4) resin layer preparation; and (5) composite membrane preparation. In the present invention, the composite membrane containing the substrate layer, the pattern design base layer, the resin layer and the texture fabric made by the foregoing five steps has good high and low temperature flexural resistance, low temperature fracture resistance, high strip forces and high delay wash times.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: GUANGDONG ANGSI ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Xubin Chen, Daojun Zhang, Yangxin Chen, Wenbin Cai, Yang Zhao, Jiale Huang
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Patent number: 11824152Abstract: Discussed is an apparatus for manufacturing a unit cell of a battery, the apparatus including: a center electrode reel from which a center electrode is unwound; an upper separator reel from which an upper separator laminated on a top surface of the center electrode is unwound; a lower separator reel from which a lower separator laminated on a bottom surface of the center electrode is unwound; and a magnetic force generation part disposed above or below a first laminate to apply magnetic force to the first laminate, the first laminate including the lower separator, the center electrode, and the upper separator that are sequentially laminated.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Duck Hoe Kim, Cha Hun Ku, Dae Bong Lim, Soon Kwan Kwon, Hyun Kyung Shin, Ju Hyeon Cho, Ji Su An
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Patent number: 11820117Abstract: A tool for patterning an overlay for placement about a projection structure extending from a mount surface may be temporarily positioned for patterning the overlay in situ. The tool may be configured for engagement with the projection structure, and include a cutting edge that is arranged into a pattern emulating a perimeter of the projection structure. Application of the overlay against the cutting edge of the tool cuts a relief portion from the overlay in situ to obtain an opening having a boundary that is shaped to closely accommodate the projection structure perimeter. The tool is then removed and the overlay applied against the mount surface in surrounding relationship to the projection structure extending from the mount surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Vomela Specialty CompanyInventor: Kevin Kuznar
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Patent number: 11780216Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a display device and a method for manufacturing a display device. The apparatus for manufacturing a display device includes a frame; a guide member installed on the frame; a clamp including a pair of clamp members installed on the guide member; and a rotation unit configured to rotate the frame to change a relative position of each clamp member with respect to the frame. The clamp member includes a suction member.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tae Hun Ju, Sang Cheol Kim, Suk Ju Kang
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Patent number: 11766888Abstract: The release film transfer printing equipment is provided. The release film transfer printing equipment includes a machine, a platform, a transfer device and a downward pressing device. The machine has a control panel. The platform is disposed above the machine, and the platform includes a vacuum pump electrically connected to the control panel. The transfer device includes a mold and a release film fixing frame. The mold is disposed above the platform, and the mold includes a plurality of air holes. The release film fixing frame is connected to a periphery of the platform. The downward pressing device is disposed above the transfer device, and the downward pressing device includes a hydraulic cylinder and a downward pressing platform. The hydraulic cylinder is electrically connected to the control panel, and the downward pressing platform is connected to the hydraulic cylinder by a power rod.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: DAH LIH PUH CO., LTD.Inventor: Jui-Fen Shiao
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Patent number: 11760066Abstract: Provided is a Low-E glass plate protection method capable of preventing or inhibiting Low-E layer alteration. The protection method includes a step of applying a protective sheet to a surface of a Low-E glass plate having a Low-E layer comprising a zinc component. Here, the protective sheet has a PSA layer. The Low-E layer comprises a zinc component. The PSA layer includes ammonia and an acid or acid salt capable of forming a counterion to an ammonium ion.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Yuta Shimazaki, Kosuke Yonezaki, Hakaru Horiguchi, Kunimasa Mishima
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Patent number: 11752792Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for applying a transfer material onto one or more surfaces of an article are disclosed, including apparatuses and methods of transfer printing on and/or decorating three-dimensional articles, as well as the articles printed and/or decorated thereby. The apparatuses and methods may include providing a deposition device, such as a printing device; providing a transfer component; depositing a material onto a portion of the transfer component with the deposition device; modifying the portion of the transfer component with the transfer material thereon to conform the transfer component to at least a portion of one or more surfaces of the three-dimensional article; and transferring the transfer material onto the one or more surfaces of the article.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Christopher Gerald Donner, Robert Paul Cassoni, Matthew Richard Allen
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Patent number: 11749636Abstract: An apparatus includes a first substrate including a first adhesive layer, a second substrate including a second adhesive layer, a first drum that is rotatable, and a third adhesive layer located on the first drum. The first drum moves to a first location to separate device chips from the first adhesive layer of the first substrate and adheres the device chips to the third adhesive layer by rotating the first drum, and moves to a second location to separate the device chips from the third adhesive layer by rotating the first drum. The adhesive force of the first adhesive layer is less than the adhesive force of the third adhesive layer, and the adhesive force of the third adhesive layer is less than the adhesive force of the second adhesive layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: SHASHIN KAGAKU CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroyuki Kitazawa