Patents Examined by Virak Nguon
  • Patent number: 12145108
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a spinneret for producing hollow fiber membranes in a phase inversion process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: GAMBRO LUNDIA AB
    Inventors: Reinhold Buck, Evelyn Grossmann, Markus Hornung, Markus Loeffler, Heinrich Behr, Arnd Wochner, Carl-Philipp Scheuermann
  • Patent number: 12145294
    Abstract: A method for recycling containers, including the following steps (1) to (4): a collecting step (1) of collecting containers, each of which is made of a sheet material including a plurality of layered film layers including a first resin film layer and a second resin film layer, is formed into a bag by attaching at least a part of a periphery of the sheet material to form a containing region for accommodating a content inside the second resin film layer, and includes, between the first resin film layer and the second resin film layer, a film attached portion and a filler enclosed portion; a shredding and washing step (2) of shredding the containers to obtain shreds, and washing the shreds; a recycled resin forming step (3) of forming a recycled resin by using the shreds; and a sheet material forming step (4) of forming at least a part of the sheet material by using the recycled resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Otsuka, Daisuke Kodama
  • Patent number: 12135140
    Abstract: A process for forming a register box has a body formed with a plurality of side panels arranged in a generally square or rectangular configuration with a wall extending transverse to the side panels. A plurality of circular areas are cut into the wall. An expandable polymeric foam material is introduced into an interior of the body. The body is positioned in a fixture such that the wall is juxtaposed against a surface of the fixture. A plug is inserted into the interior of the body. The expandable polymeric foam material is expanded in the interior of the body such that the expandable polymeric foam material solidifies across the wall and around the plug. The plug is then removed from the body and the body is then removed from the fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Inventor: Sterling Kidd Combs
  • Patent number: 12128583
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention pertains to methods of forming concrete structures. Another aspect of the present invention pertains to systems for forming concrete structures. Another aspect of the present invention pertains to devices forming concrete structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Inventor: Michael George Butler
  • Patent number: 12115711
    Abstract: An extruded integrated fastener assembly comprising a plurality of fasteners cut to length from an extruded length of material. Unwanted areas of material are cut away leaving the individual fasteners, which fasteners are also connected together by an expanse of material that remains. The fastener assembly can be single durometer or double durometer. A profile with retention members and/or leg features are formed in the fasteners for connecting to a predetermined component. The process for manufacturing the extruded integrated fastener assembly includes providing fabrication tooling suitable to cut away the unwanted area between the fasteners. The fasteners are thereby able to be cut to any desired length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Vintech Industries Inc.
    Inventors: James Schoonover, Robert Rutoski, Kevin J. Weingartz
  • Patent number: 12115702
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for manufacturing a reactor capable of both absorbing a dimensional variation of a core and preventing deformation due to a resin pressure during molding are provided. An apparatus for manufacturing a reactor is provided with a core. The apparatus includes a mold including a cavity for housing the core. The mold includes a plurality of pins protruding into the cavity. When the core is disposed in the cavity, at least one of the plurality of pins is not fixed, and each of the pins functions as a positioning pin. When a molded article is molded, the pin is fixed, and each pin functions as a core support pin for supporting the core against a resin pressure during molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo Yokozawa, Mitsuyasu Higano, Shun Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 12109736
    Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a molded product by which the cutting accuracy of a burr provided on the peripheral surface of the molded body can be improved. According to the present invention, provided is a manufacturing method of a molded product, comprising a measurement step; a correction step; and a burr cutting step, wherein, in the measurement step, a position of at least one point on a peripheral surface of a molded body is measured while the molded body is in a positioned state, in the correction step, a master cutting line is corrected on the basis of a measurement result in the measurement step to determine a corrected cutting line, and in the burr cutting step, a burr provided on the peripheral surface of the molded body is cut according to the corrected cutting line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: KYORAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisanao Hato, Tadatoshi Tanji, Shingo Nagashima
  • Patent number: 12109746
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an impeller with a number of impeller blades and a cover disc covering the impeller blades. Plastic is injected into an injection mold using a cascade injection molding process to form the impeller. The injection mold has a number of shut-off nozzles to feed the plastic at various joint positions and different opening times. The number of shut-off nozzles is determined as a function of the number of impeller blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Erhard Gruber, Martin Kleinschrodt, Lili Zhao
  • Patent number: 12104820
    Abstract: A plug assembly for use in a process for manufacturing an insulated register box has a body having a bottom and at least one side wall extending upwardly from the bottom, a rotatable element at the bottom of the body, and an actuator connected to the rotatable element and positioned above the rotatable element. The rotatable element is adapted to seal an end of a duct in an interior of the box of the insulated register box. The rotatable element is movable between an installation position and a sealing position. The actuator is cooperative with the rotatable element so as to move the rotatable element between the installation position and the sealing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Inventor: Sterling Kidd Combs
  • Patent number: 12083716
    Abstract: A process for forming an insulated register box having a body and a duct in which an expandable polymeric material is introduced into the interior of the body. The body is placed onto a support, a plug is positioned into an interior of the body such that the expandable polymeric material expands between the back wall of the body and the plurality of side panels and the plug, positioning the assembly between a pair of conveyors such that the pair of conveyors holds the assembly tightly sandwiched therebetween, and conveying the assembly to another position adjacent an opposite end of the pair of conveyors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventor: Sterling Kidd Combs
  • Patent number: 12076932
    Abstract: A system for manufacturing a thermoplastic object may include a robotic arm configured to dispense thermoplastic material, a support apparatus, a computing device and an imaging system. The imaging system may scan thermoplastic material dispensed by the first robotic arm and create a three-dimensional scan model. The model may be compared to a computer model profile to determine if the dispensed material requires adjustment. If the dispensed material requires adjustment, the computing device may adjust the robotic arm or the support apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Jason Jones, Paul Edward Sherman, John Angely Geriguis
  • Patent number: 12064919
    Abstract: A method for continuously forming a three-dimensional body from a mixture, the mixture comprising at least 15 vol % solid particles and a radiation curable material. The method allows the continuous production of three-dimensional bodies comprising to a high content ceramic particles at a forming speed of at least 25 mm/hour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Paul W. Rehrig, Matthew Gacek, Bojana Lante, Michael Sender, Jean-Marie Lebrun
  • Patent number: 12065564
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polyester-based resin composition and a molded article manufactured using the same. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a polyester-based resin composition including 93 to 99.5% by weight of a polybutylene terephthalate resin; 0.1 to 3% by weight of a polar group-containing lubricant; and 0.1 to 2% by weight of an antioxidant and a molded article manufactured using the polyester-based resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gun Ko, Soo Min Lee, Yi Seul Jun, Myeung Il Kim, Jun Ki Park, Jin Sol Park, Hee Jae Hwang
  • Patent number: 12053001
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a leaktight food filling deposition system providing ease of mounting/demounting, maintenance and cleaning. The present invention particularly relates to a deposition system for depositing food fluids of various temperatures, acidities, viscosities and densities onto, between and into the food products, said deposition system being individually operated, requiring no maintenance, having a high deposition capacity, optionally allowing for each nozzle to deposit different materials and comprising low weight deposition nozzles and a low weight manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: ETI GIDA SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI
    Inventor: Ahmet Görgülü
  • Patent number: 12036721
    Abstract: A stretching unit for transversely stretching elastic films, including first and second stretching devices each having respective gripping zones and respective release zones, and wherein the release zones of the first and second stretching devices are aligned to each other along a common transverse release line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Fameccanica.Data S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gabriele Sablone, Antonio D'Alberto
  • Patent number: 12037719
    Abstract: Methods and systems for mechanically forming one or more surface protrusions integrally from a garment material, the one or more surface protrusions extending outwardly from a garment surface of the garment material, include placing at least one selected area of the garment surface against a first surface of a forming die having a plurality of openings which have a configuration and orientation corresponding with the configuration and orientation of the one or more surface protrusions of the garment material. The garment surface may be softened by application of a source of energy, wherein the source of energy comprises at least two sonotrodes mounted in a rotary drum. At least some of the softened garment surface is positioned into at least one opening of the plurality of openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Uwe Schneider, Michael Devin Long, Justin B. Owens, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Jason Edward Naylor, Jeffry Rosiak
  • Patent number: 12030231
    Abstract: An injection molding apparatus and hot runner system are disclosed. The injection molding apparatus includes a plurality of mold plates in which the hot runner system is received. A manifold receives molding material and has a manifold channel that extends between an inlet and an outlet. A nozzle delivers moldable material to a mold cavity. The nozzle has a nozzle channel in fluid communication between the manifold channel and the mold cavity. A valve pin seal is located at the upstream end of the nozzle, and a valve pin that is connected to an actuator extends through the manifold and nozzle is slidably received in the valve pin seal. The hot runner system further includes a thermal bridge that is in conductive thermal communication with the valve pin seal and a cooled one of the plurality of mold plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Milacron LLC
    Inventors: Thanh Huu Nguyen, Cheryl Ann Sayer
  • Patent number: 12030212
    Abstract: A mould liner for a fabrication assembly is disclosed. The fabrication assembly is for fabricating an elongate concrete article in a substantially upright orientation and includes a core assembly and an outer mould assembly defining a mould cavity between the core assembly and an inner moulding surface of the outer mould assembly with the outer mould assembly being separable following casting of the elongate concrete article to strip the outer mould assembly from the elongate concrete article. The mould liner during casting forms an intermediate layer between the inner moulding surface of the outer mould assembly and the elongate concrete article being cast, wherein on stripping of the core and outer mould assemblies following casting, the mould liner is adapted to form an outer containment layer to the elongate concrete article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: VERTECH HUME PTY LTD
    Inventor: Tamas Dale Hume
  • Patent number: 12029290
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of Bluetooth earphones, and discloses a Bluetooth earphones case and the production process thereof, comprising a protective case body which consists of an upper cover and a lower cover, wherein the upper cover and the lower cover match, a connecting strap is arranged between the upper cover and the lower cover, the lower cover is made with a charging port at the bottom, arranged with a snap at the top of the front, and made with a placement slot inside, and the outside of the protective case body has anti-slip lines. The present invention solves the problems that the Bluetooth earphones cases in the prior art are inconvenient to use and prone to damage, so it is worthy of popularization and use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Inventor: Yijin Hu
  • Patent number: 12017425
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens using an additive manufacturing technology, based on an optical element and initial manufacturing data, the initial manufacturing data including data defining a complementary portion to deposit on the optical element to form the ophthalmic lens from the optical element, includes the steps of: positioning the optical element on a support; determining a positioning error between the position of the optical element and a reference position on the support using a measurement directed to the optical element; determining a deterioration on the optical element; calculating updated manufacturing data taking into account initial manufacturing data and the determined positioning error; and manufacturing the ophthalmic lens using the updated manufacturing data by the additive manufacturing technology by depositing the complementary portion on the optical element to form the ophthalmic lens from the optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventor: Alexandre Gourraud