Patents Examined by Yewebdar T Tadesse
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Patent number: 12290831Abstract: A gluing station for applying glue to product elements guided in a product stream is intended to permit continuation of the production process and gluing of the product elements in a particularly simple and reliable manner even after a temporary machine stop or production standstill. For this purpose, according to the invention, a moistening system is assigned to a glue application roller that can roll on the product stream. During operation of the gluing station, in the event of a stopped product stream, the glue application roller is pivoted away from the product stream and the transfer roller for the duration of the standstill and is kept rotating, whereby the surface of the glue application roller is moistened.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: Winkler + Dünnebier GmbHInventors: Stephan Scheu, Mathias Ruff
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Patent number: 12286699Abstract: A screen tensioning apparatus for a mask is provided. The screen tensioning apparatus includes a supporting device, a first movable mechanism and an ultrasonic soldering device. The supporting device is disposed to support a mask framework. The ultrasonic soldering device includes an ultrasonic soldering head. The ultrasonic soldering head is fixedly connected to the first movable mechanism. The mask framework is disposed on the supporting device. The ultrasonic soldering head is disposed on one side of the mask framework facing away from the supporting device.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: YUNGU (GU'AN) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Yingxu Qi
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Patent number: 12286708Abstract: A system for spraying a coating material to a substrate includes an optical sensor that monitors a thickness, a controller that generates a first signal corresponding to an amount of gas propellant to be heated, a second signal corresponding to a temperature to which the gas propellant is to be heated, a third signal corresponding to an amount of a solid powder composition to be mixed with the heated gas, and a fourth signal corresponding to a distance between the nozzle and the substrate, a first regulator that supplies an amount of gas propellant corresponding to the first signal, a heater that heats the gas propellant to the temperature corresponding to the second signal, a second regulator that supplies an amount of solid powder composition corresponding to the third signal, and an actuator that moves the nozzle corresponding to the fourth signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Daniel J. Braley, Peter A. Wilson
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Patent number: 12280383Abstract: A paint bell cup for directing a spray of paint onto a surface includes a cup body having an outer surface, an inner conical surface having a circumferential edge, and a stem extending from the outer surface. The stem includes a passage that delivers paint toward the inner conical surface. The cup body includes one or more spray control features that extend along the inner conical surface toward the circumferential edge. The one or more spray control features promote a selected uniform droplet size of the paint traveling from the stem toward the circumferential edge.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Deanna Stangas, Alonso Samuel Chavez, Octavio Addiel Pichardo, Hua-tzu Fan, Ronald C. Daul, Dominick Michael Lentine
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Patent number: 12275034Abstract: A coating production line system for coating work pieces comprises a coating powder, a coating apparatus, an inspection unit to measure the thickness of the applied coating, a conveyor unit to move the work pieces through the system, and a control unit to use thickness requirements and coating parameters to control the coating apparatus based on said coating parameters with a machine learning instance. A database comprises coating powder characteristics parameter as input vector for the machine learning instance for generating an output vector to control the coating apparatus being a first additional part vector. The control unit determines the coating quality based on a comparison between the thickness data acquired from the inspection unit and the retrieved thickness requirement data as second additional part vector. The first and second additional part vectors are fed back as additional parts to the next input vector for the machine learning instance.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2022Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: coatingAI AGInventor: Marlon Boldrini
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Patent number: 12278358Abstract: The present technology relates to an electrode slurry coating method and apparatus comprising a pressure adjustment member for adjusting the discharge pressure of slurry, and enables electrode slurry to be discharged under constant pressure even when a coated part and an uncoated part are repeatedly formed on a current collector layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Hyeon Min Song, Duk Hyun Ryu
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Patent number: 12258810Abstract: A device for delivering a sealant material includes a first nozzle having a first nozzle head and a second nozzle having a second nozzle head. The first and second nozzle heads each independently have an outlet, an inlet opposite the outlet, and an open channel that extends through a body of the nozzle heads from the inlet to the outlet. The first nozzle is spaced apart from the second nozzle to form a space between the nozzle heads to allow a component to enter a first side of the device and exit a second side of the device while passing by the first and second nozzle heads. A notch is formed through the body of each of the first and second nozzle heads at a side where the component exits the device to distribute a sealant material onto each side of the component.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Vitro Flat Glass LLCInventor: William Davis, II
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Patent number: 12257599Abstract: Disclosed is a slot die coater adjusting device, which adjusts a slot die coater including a lower die having a lower discharge hole for discharging a first active material slurry and an upper die having an upper discharge hole for discharging a second active material slurry, to adjust a distance between the lower discharge hole and the upper discharge hole by allowing the upper die to move. The slot die coater adjusting device includes pressing block assemblies respectively provided to both longitudinal sides of the slot die coater and fixed to the upper die; a linear motion (LM) guide disposed at a lower portion of the pressing block assembly and connected to the pressing block assembly to guide a movement of the pressing block assembly; a servo motor configured to give a power for moving the LM guide; and a reducer connected between the servo motor and the LM guide.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2023Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Do-Hyun Lee, Cheol-Woo Kim, Sang-Hoon Choy
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Patent number: 12246334Abstract: A roof coating sprayer including a cart assembly and a sprayer assembly. The cart assembly has a frame with a plurality of wheels. The frame has a sprayer support assembly with a lateral member, and vertical spray nozzle attachment members arranged along the lateral member. The attachment members each mount a spray nozzle and can be vertically and horizontally shifted relative to the lateral member. The roof coating sprayer can be pulled over the surface of a roof at a uniform rate, enabling a coating of a uniform thickness to be sprayed on the roof. Additionally, the cart assembly can be self-propelled, enabling a uniform rate of speed for the cart and thereby enabling uniform application of coating.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Inventor: Mark Ballman
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Patent number: 12247292Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus (1) for the electroless metallization of a target surface of at least one workpiece (5), having a vessel (10) to accommodate a metallization solution having an inlet (15) and an outlet (16) for the metallization solution, and a holder (20) for accommodating the at least one workpiece (5) and can be arranged within the vessel (10), wherein at least one diffuser plate (30) is provided between the at least one inlet (15) and the holder (20) and has a multitude of diffuser openings (35) spaced apart in a plane of a plate (E), and wherein a movement device (40) is provided, which can move the diffuser plate (30) in at least one spatial direction in the vessel (10). The present invention further relates to a method for the electroless metallization of the target surface of the at least one workpiece (5).Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: AP & S INTERNATIONAL GMBHInventor: Hubert Parzefall
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Patent number: 12241159Abstract: According to the technique of the present disclosure, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a reaction tube accommodating therein a plurality of substrates vertically arranged; and a first heater configured to heat an inside of the reaction tube from an upper portion of the reaction tube, wherein a heat generating amount of the first heater in a region corresponding to a low temperature portion of an upper substrate among the plurality of the substrates accommodated in the reaction tube is greater than a heat generating amount of the first heater in a region corresponding to a high temperature portion of the upper substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Kokusai Electric CorporationInventors: Tetsuya Kosugi, Hitoshi Murata, Shuhei Saido
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Patent number: 12221684Abstract: The disclosure provides a mask plate and a manufacturing method thereof. The mask plate includes at least one pattern region, each pattern region includes a first opening region and a second opening region which are adjacent to each other along a lengthwise direction of the mask plate, each of the first opening region and the second opening region has a plurality of pattern openings penetrating through the mask plate along a thickness direction of the mask plate, a ratio of a sum of areas of the pattern openings in the second opening region to a total area of the second opening region is greater than a ratio of a sum of areas of the pattern openings in the first opening region to a total area of the first opening region, the first opening region has grooves not penetrating through the mask plate.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Shanshan Bai
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Patent number: 12214522Abstract: An arrangement for feeding wood particles into an impregnating stage of a wood treatment process comprises a feed silo (301, 701), at least one impregnating vessel (305, 601, 602, 603, 703) for receiving wood particles into said impregnating stage, and two or more conveyors (302, 303, 304, 501, 502, 503, 702) between said feed silo (301, 701) and said at least one impregnating vessel (305, 601, 602, 603, 703), for transferring wood particles from said feed silo (301, 701) to said at least one impregnating vessel (305, 601, 602, 603, 703). Each of said conveyors (302, 303, 304, 501, 502, 503, 702) is a compressing conveyor for applying pressure to the wood particles on their way through the respective conveyor.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: UPM-KYMMENE CORPORATIONInventors: Sami Turunen, Mika Laitila
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Patent number: 12209356Abstract: A wetout box apparatus is comprised of a breaker container, a first insert member, a second insert member, and a plurality of breaker bars. The breaker container is to store a volume of resin therein, the breaker container including a first slot and a second slot that allow a mat to enter and exit the breaker container, respectively. The first insert member is to be disposed within the breaker container on a first side of the breaker container. The second insert member is to be disposed within the breaker container on a second side of the breaker container. The plurality of breaker bars are coupled to the first and second insert members, the plurality of breaker bars forming a snaking path for the mat between the first slot and the second slot.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2022Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Inventor: G. Matt Krause
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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: 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: 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: 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