Patents Examined by Yewebdar T Tadesse
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Patent number: 12201998Abstract: The disclosure relates to a bell plate for a rotary atomizer for applying a coating agent (e.g. paint) to a component (e.g. motor vehicle body component). The bell plate according to the disclosure comprises a metallic base body and a transponder which can be read out wirelessly and is integrated in the bell plate. The disclosure provides that the transponder is arranged on the front side in the base body or is embedded in the outer outer circumferential surface of the bell plate, which facilitates the read-out of the transponder. Furthermore, the disclosure comprises a suitably adapted atomizer cleaning device having an antenna for reading out the transponder in the bell plate. Finally, the disclosure also comprises a correspondingly adapted operating method.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Dürr Systems AGInventors: Thomas Buck, Kevin Preuss, Michael Baumann, Frank Herre, Bernhard Seiz, Hans-Jürgen Nolte, Daniel Luz
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Patent number: 12205838Abstract: A device for moving an object including a substrate through an open side of a processing station of a processing apparatus including a support, placeable at the processing station. The device includes a carrier, guided for movement relative to the support along a path predominantly directed in parallel to a reference axis in a reference co-ordinate system. The device includes a device for controlling movement of the carrier and driving the movement in an opposite direction along the path. The device includes a component for holding the object and a suspension mechanism with which the holding component is connected to the carrier. The suspension mechanism is arranged to guide movement of the holding component relative to the carrier along a holding component path. The device is arranged to drive the movement of the holding component along the holding component path. The holding component path is predominantly directed parallel to the reference axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Atotech Deutschland GmbHInventor: Rüdiger Pretscher
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Patent number: 12195853Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: a reaction container configured to accommodate a substrate; an exhaust pipe configured to exhaust an atmosphere inside the reaction container; a gas supplier configured to supply a process gas to the substrate; a gas supply system including at least one gas supply pipe kept in fluid communication with the gas supplier and configured to supply the process gas, a plurality of valves provided on the at least one gas supply pipe, and a plurality of pressure detectors provided between the plurality of valves; and a controller configured to be capable of determining a blockage level of the at least one gas supply pipe based on at least one pressure among measurement results of the plurality of pressure detectors.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Kokusai Electric CorporationInventors: Motonari Takebayashi, Hiroshi Nakajo
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Patent number: 12198904Abstract: The present disclosure provides a thin-film-deposition equipment, which includes a main body, a carrier and a shielding device, wherein a portion of the shielding device and the carrier are disposed within the main body. The main body includes a reaction chamber, and two sensor areas connected to the reaction chamber, wherein the sensor areas are smaller than the reaction chamber. The shielding device includes a first-shield member, a second-shield member and a driver. The driver interconnects the first-shield member and the second-shield member, for driving the first-shield member and the second-shield member to move in opposite directions. During a deposition process, the two shield members are separate from each other into an open state, and respectively enter the two sensor areas. During a cleaning process, the driver swings the shield members toward each other into a shielding state for covering the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: SKY TECH INC.Inventors: Jing-Cheng Lin, Yu-Te Shen
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Patent number: 12186773Abstract: A paint applicator apparatus for applying a paint line to a moving strand of a tire component comprising a paint neck and a paint head. The paint neck includes a receiving neck portion, a discharge neck portion, and a paint supply passage. The receiving neck portion extends along a receiving neck portion axis and the discharge neck portion neck portion extends along a discharge neck portion axis. The paint supply passage includes a paint inlet in the receiving neck portion and a paint outlet in the discharge neck portion. The receiving neck portion axis and the discharge neck portion axis define an obtuse angle. The discharge neck portion axis is oriented substantially parallel to the moving strand, and the receiving neck portion axis is oriented upwardly relative to the moving strand. The paint head is coupled to the discharge neck portion and includes a rotatable paint wheel for carrying paint from the paint outlet to the moving strand.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLCInventors: Allen D. Hardy, Edward F. Ford, II
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Patent number: 12187055Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate treating apparatus. The inventive concept includes a support unit having a plate that supports a calibration board, on which a plurality of alignment marks are displayed, a first vision unit configured such that a relative location with respect to the plate is changeable, and that photographs the calibration board, and a second vision unit that photographs the calibration board in a scheme that is different from that of the first vision unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yae Jin Byeon, Dong Yun Lee
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Patent number: 12180590Abstract: A device for depositing layers on flat substrates includes a susceptor which can be heated by a heating device. The substrates and cover plates enclosing same are arranged on an upper face of the susceptor facing a process chamber. The cover plates include inner cover plates, each of which forms an edge adjoining a substrate edge facing the center of the susceptor. The inner cover plates are arranged about the center of the susceptor in the circumferential direction, and adjacent ones of the inner cover plates adjoin each other at a separation joint. The separation joint is arranged at an angle ? to a line which extends through the center of the susceptor and the center of one of the substrates in a radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2019Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: AIXTRON SEInventors: Benjamin David Wright, Barry O′Neil
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Patent number: 12172185Abstract: A system for field internally coating a pipe joint comprising a polymer application unit, which has a first cart configured to selectively advance inside a pipe; a first and a second tank configured to contain a first and a second polymer component respectively; a mixer to mix the first and the second component; a first and a second pump to feed the first and the second component respectively from the first and the second tank to the mixer, an applicator to apply the polymer to the pipe; and a conduit comprising a free end configured to be placed near the applicator to feed the polymer from the mixer to the applicator.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: SAIPEM S.P.A.Inventors: Maurizio De Santo, Momtchil Kaltchev, Francesco Simone
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Patent number: 12157140Abstract: There is provided a multi-slot die coater in which a step is formed between rear surfaces of die blocks through a fixing block having a step portion. The fixing block has the step portion of a preset height, and any one die block is coupled to the step portion and the other die block is coupled to the other portion than the step portion, and thus the step is naturally formed between the rear surfaces of the die blocks by the coupling of the die blocks to the fixing block. Thus, it is possible to always maintain the distance of the front ends of the die blocks and the substrate, since the fixing block is fixed between the die blocks, once it is set, the coating gap does not change and is maintained during the process, thereby suppressing the widthwise coating gap deviation.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Taek-Soo Lee, Shin-Wook Jeon, Sang-Hoon Choy, Young-Gon Kim
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Patent number: 12150234Abstract: A fluid introduction module for plasma system is adapted for being disposed in a plasma system and includes a rotating nozzle and a precursor supply device. The rotating nozzle includes a main flow channel, a plasma outlet located at an end of the main flow channel, a mixing flow channel that penetrates a side wall of the rotating nozzle and communicates with the main flow channel, an independent flow channel separated from the main flow channel, and a precursor independent outlet located at an end of the independent flow channel. The precursor supply device includes a fixed housing and a rotating bearing. The fixed housing is sleeved outside the rotating nozzle and includes a precursor inlet selectively communicating with either the mixing flow channel or the independent flow channel. The rotating bearing is disposed between the rotating nozzle and the fixed housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Chih-Chiang Weng, Yo-Sung Lee
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Patent number: 12145213Abstract: The invention relates to a coating device and to a method for metal-coating of workpieces, comprising a housing, which surrounds a working space, a retaining apparatus for retaining at least one workpiece in the working space, at least one deposition apparatus comprising a deposition nozzle for applying a metal powder to the workpiece surface to be coated, and a laser for locally melting the metal powder on the workpiece surface to form a coating, and at least one movement apparatus, by means of which the at least one deposition apparatus can be moved relative to the workpiece surface during the coating. Particularly efficient coating is made possible by at least two deposition apparatuses being arranged in the working space in the housing, which apparatuses are designed to simultaneously apply and melt metal powder.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: STURM MASCHINEN- & ANLAGENBAU GMBHInventors: Carlos Martin, Roland Baier
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Patent number: 12128432Abstract: Disclosed is a height and rotational adjustment system for a spray gun used in a line striper comprising: (a) a control device to set a dimension of a line to be sprayed and set an angle at which the line is to be sprayed; (b) a spray gun mount bar having a gun holder assembly to retain a spray gun; (c) a height adjustment mechanism coupled to the spray gun mount bar; (d) an angular adjustment mechanism coupled to the spray gun mount bar; and wherein the control device transmits signals (e.g., wirelessly) to: (1) the height adjustment mechanism to raise or lower the spray gun mount bar to spray the line with the dimension in (a), and (2) the angular adjustment mechanism to rotate, in a clockwise or counter-clockwise manner, the spray gun mount bar to spray the line at the angle in (a).Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: RAID ONE IP LLCInventors: Scott Ferguson, Ramraj Soundararajan
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Patent number: 12128440Abstract: A pipeline construction usable for internally insulating a welded joint between pipes with an internal protective coating. A device for internally insulating a welded pipeline joint includes a sealing assembly including a cylindrical housing and a coaxially-fastened cylindrical working member that radially expands upon generation of excess pressure in a cavity thereof. Inside the housing are a sealing compound feed assembly, a dosing device formed by a piston assembly for sealing compound components, and a pneumatic control assembly. In the dosing device, working cavities for each component are connected to the feed assembly. The elastic working member has a conduit connected to the feed assembly for feeding sealing compound into an annular gap in a welded joint region, and a conduit for pumping air out of the gap. The pneumatic control assembly controls dosing device and feed assembly functioning and generates excess air pressure in the working member cavity.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Inventor: Aleksandr Georgievich Chuiko
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Patent number: 12123089Abstract: Disclosed are a method of forming a plasma coating on a component, an apparatus for forming the coating, a component, and a processing apparatus; the apparatus for forming the coating includes: a vacuum chamber; a first coating material source, a second coating material source, and a component, which are disposed in the vacuum chamber; wherein the first coating material source includes oxygen atoms and yttrium atoms, and the second coating material source includes one of yttrium fluoride, aluminum-oxygen compound, or zirconium-oxygen compound; a first exciting device configured for exciting out the yttrium atoms and oxygen atoms from within the first coating material source; a second exciting device configured for exciting out atoms from within the second coating material source; wherein collision of the yttrium atoms and oxygen atoms excited out of the first coating material source and the atoms excited out of the second coating material source produces a chemical reaction to form on the component a plasma rType: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO-FABRICATION EQUIPMENT INC. CHINAInventors: Jiao Duan, Sheng Guo, Xiang Sun, Xingjian Chen
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Patent number: 12115549Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a coating bar and a method for manufacturing a separator using the same. The coating bar according to the present disclosure may form a coating layer having an area with different thicknesses by one coating. Additionally, the method for manufacturing a separator according to the present disclosure includes forming a porous coating layer using a predetermined coating bar, to manufacture a separator including the porous coating layer having an area with different thicknesses. In particular, the present disclosure manufactures the separator having a larger thickness at the two ends than at the center, thereby avoiding a lack of adhesive strength at the two ends in a transverse direction in the adhesion between the separator and the electrode, and exhibiting uniform adhesive strength over the whole interface between the separator and the electrode.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Won-Sik Bae, So-Jung Park, So-Yeong Lee, Jong-Yoon Lee, So-Mi Jeong
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Patent number: 12103036Abstract: There is provided a multi-slot die coater that is easy to adjust a coating gap and can achieve widthwise deviation control of the coating gap. According to the present disclosure, a step is formed between rear surfaces of die blocks through a fixing block including a step adjustment block. The step adjustment block has a preset thickness, and the step adjustment block is mounted between any one die block and a flat plate-shaped block, and the other die block is coupled to the flat plate-shaped block, and thus the step is naturally formed between the rear surfaces of the die blocks by the coupling of the die blocks to the fixing block including the step adjustment block.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Taek-Soo Lee, Shin-Wook Jeon, Sang-Hoon Choy, Jin-Ho Cho
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Patent number: 12103325Abstract: A coating system (10) for coating an optical substrate has an identification apparatus (40) configured for identifying an orientation of at least one mark on a surface of the optical substrate; a coating apparatus (30) configured to apply at least one coating material on at least a portion of the optical substrate in a predetermined pattern by a controlled deposition of the at least one coating material in an atomized droplet form; and a robotic placement arm (80) configured to move the optical substrate from the identification apparatus (40) to the coating apparatus (30) and position the optical substrate at a predetermined orientation relative to the coating apparatus (30) based on the orientation of the at least one mark. The coating system (10) may have a second coating apparatus, such as a spin coating apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Transitions Optical, Ltd.Inventor: Jerry L. Koenig, II
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Patent number: 12095318Abstract: A vacuum desorption, impregnation and curing system, a vacuum desorption device and a vacuum desorption process for a protective layer of a magnetic pole are provided. Before injection of an impregnation liquid, vacuum desorption is performed on a sealed system formed by a magnetic yoke and a vacuum bag. A functional relationship about a vacuum degree or pressure in the sealed system is established so as to control the procedure of the vacuum desorption. Parameters in the functional relationship include an average suctioned gas volume flow of a vacuum pump, duration of vacuumization, an initial pressure in the sealed system, as well as an initial volume of the sealed system. With the functional relationship for the vacuum impregnation and curing system and the vacuum impregnation and curing process, a vacuum desorption standard is provided, a desorption time may be grasped better, and mutual verification effect is formed in conjunction with the detected pressure.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: BEIJING GOLDWIND SCIENCE & CREATION WINDPOWER EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shengjun Ma, Wanshun Ma
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Patent number: 12091754Abstract: An embodiment is a nozzle for use in additive manufacturing and other applications. The nozzle defines a flow path and is configured to generate a supersonic flow of particles or fluid during operation. The embodiment provides at least one auxiliary flow path port that is configured to introduce an auxiliary flow into the nozzle relative to the flow path that protects an internal surface of the nozzle from wear and corrosion, thereby extending the life of the nozzle for extended periods of continuous operation. An embodiment centralizes particle location along its continuous flow path to achieve small footprint material deposition, thereby increasing 3D print resolution for building more intricate components.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Northeastern UniversityInventor: Ozan C. Ozdemir
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Patent number: 12083551Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes a chamber providing a treating space; and a fluid supply unit supplying a treating fluid to the chamber, and wherein the fluid supply unit includes: a supply tank storing the treating fluid; a supply line connecting the supply tank and the chamber; and a plurality of valves installed at the supply line, and wherein any one valve among the plurality of valves is provided as a safety valve, and wherein the safety valve is opened after confirming that the chamber has been switched to a closed state when supplying the treating fluid from a tank to the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang Min Lee, Woo Jin Chung, Ki Bong Kim