Patents Examined by Yewebdar Tadesse
  • Patent number: 9544950
    Abstract: A modular electric induction heating and coating apparatus and method for coating, heating and/or coating and heating (and vice versa) the exterior surface of a pipe section within a pipe treatment region is provided. The apparatus comprises an interchangeable central main frame assembly removably attached to an outer drive frame assembly on each side of the central main frame assembly. An interchangeable induction coil assembly can be mounted in a coil main frame assembly of the central main frame assembly. The coil main frame assembly can close around a pipe section for electric induction heating of the pipe section within the pipe treatment region via a driver system in a central top drive frame assembly. The outer drive frame assemblies include mounting and rotational drive assemblies for interchangeable coating head cartridges that can coat the section of the pipe in the pipe treatment region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Inductotherm Heating & Welding Ltd
    Inventors: Stephen William Baskerville, Derek Humphries, John W. Betteridge, William Fenwick, Michael Lee
  • Patent number: 9539596
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing apparatus (1) includes a liquid contact member (2) that has measuring bores (11, 11). A first piston (3) slides in the first measuring bore (11) and a second piston (3) sliding in the second measuring bore (11). A supply channel (5) communicates with a storage unit (17). An ejection channel (6) communicates with a nozzle (18). A switching valve (4) is disposed in a space in the liquid contact member (2), and that has a first position and a second position. A valve driving mechanism (8) operates the switching valve (4). A piston driving mechanism (9) operates an arm (19) connected to the first and second pistons. The first and second measuring bores are arranged to oppose to each other on both sides of the switching valve (4), and the supply channel (5) and the ejection channel (6) are arranged adjacent to the switching valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: MUSASHI ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Kazumasa Ikushima
  • Patent number: 9527309
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid discharging apparatus that includes a supporting portion that supports a medium, a liquid discharging portion that discharges liquid onto the medium which is transported on the supporting portion, and a drying portion that has a drying path through which the medium passes and dries the liquid landing on the medium, in which a length of the drying path is variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro Toya
  • Patent number: 9527104
    Abstract: A method for processing of granules, by forming at least one injection zone in a fluidized bed where a feed stream of seed particles is contacted or coated by a liquid product by simultaneous injection of the feed stream of the seed particles and a feed stream of the liquid product, forming at least one granulation zone in the fluidized bed where the contacted or coated seed particles may be at least one of dried, shaped, and cooled to form granules, extracting the granules from the at least one granulation zone and sorting the extracted granules into undersize granules, on-size granules, and oversize granules, passing the on-size granules to post-processing treatment, removing the oversize granules, and passing the undersize granules back into the feed stream of the seed particles, wherein the extracted granules are made to pass through at least one classifier located in the at least one granulation zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: YARA INTERNATIONAL ASA
    Inventors: Francois Ledoux, Luc Vanmarcke, Howard Volke, Peter de Bakker, Remco de Fouw, Roeland Elderson
  • Patent number: 9523547
    Abstract: A device is provided for repairing erosion damage to a bore of a railgun with metal powder. The bore has a surface contour that extends longitudinally of the railgun. The device includes a housing, a profilometer sensor and a nozzle. The housing has a configuration that conforms to the surface contour and an upstream face on a longitudinal end. The profilometer sensor mounts to the upstream face to measure depth of the erosion and indicate a divot in the bore that involves repair to match the surface contour. The nozzle mounts to the upstream face to spray the metal powder from a reservoir within the housing in response to the divot indicated by the profilometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: The United States Of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Logan M. Compton
  • Patent number: 9522410
    Abstract: A thin film deposition apparatus includes a substrate supporting unit supporting a substrate, a deposition source evaporating a deposition material to supply a steam of the deposition material to the substrate, and a deposition source shifting unit moving the deposition source so that the deposition source is relatively shifted with respect to the substrate supporting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SukWon Jung, YongSuk Lee, SangHyuk Hong
  • Patent number: 9511946
    Abstract: A machine for decorating products, including an area for printing products and an area for supporting products arranged beneath said printing area, including a moveable frame to which the support area and the printing area are integrally joined, the support area including a first conveyor, directly positioned of the printing area, and a second conveyor positioned beneath the first conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: PROJECTA ENGINEERING S.R.L.
    Inventor: Vincenzo Palumbo
  • Patent number: 9477031
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for manufacturing a light guiding plate. The apparatus for manufacturing a light guiding plate includes an unwinding unit unwinding a film formed of a flexible material and wound in a roll shape, a winding unit winding the film provided from the unwinding unit in a roll shape, a surface treatment unit disposed between the unwinding unit and the winding unit to treat a surface of the film transferred into the winding part into a hydrophobic surface, a pattern formation unit disposed between the surface treatment unit and the winding unit to form a micro lens pattern on the surface of the film of which the surface is treated, and a pattern curing unit disposed between the pattern formation unit and the winding unit to cure the pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: PSK Inc.
    Inventors: Kyoung Soo Park, Sung Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 9475231
    Abstract: A pipe connecting tool having a pipe joining material section including a pipe joining material container, a conduit from the pipe joining material container to a delivery nozzle, and a heater in thermal communication with at least a portion of the pipe joining material section. The pipe connecting tool may include one or both of a sensor for determining when a cavity has been filled by pipe joining material ejected from the delivery nozzle and a drill module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Ernest Conrad, Nina Conrad, Brian Burke, Don Vivian, Tomasz F. Wajda
  • Patent number: 9475077
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, a gantry system supported by the housing, a movement mechanism coupled to the gantry system, and a dispensing unit coupled to the movement mechanism and configured to deposit material. The dispensing unit assumes an increasing angle of tilt by manipulating the movement mechanism. Embodiments of the movement mechanism are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SPECIALTY COATING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Dennis Ronn Christensen
  • Patent number: 9454080
    Abstract: A spin treatment apparatus according to an embodiment performs a treatment while rotating a substrate and includes: at least three clamp pins configured to contact an outer peripheral surface of the substrate and clamp the substrate; rotatable pin rotators provided for the respective clamp pins and each configured to retain the corresponding clamp pin at a position offset from a rotation axis of the pin rotator parallel with a rotation axis of the substrate; magnet gears provided for the respective pin rotators around outer peripheral surfaces thereof and each having a magnetic-pole part formed spirally about the rotation axis of the pin rotator; rotation magnets provided for the respective magnet gears and positioned to attract and be attracted by the magnetic-pole part of the corresponding magnet gear; and a movement mechanism configured to move the rotation magnets along the rotation axes of the pin rotators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaaki Furuya
  • Patent number: 9437388
    Abstract: A system and method for depositing a phosphor composition onto a light emitting device improves manufacturing yield, simplifies conventional processes, and decreases costs. For example, a method of dispensing a phosphor composition onto a light emitting device includes dispensing a portion of the phosphor composition onto the light emitting device utilizing a plurality of colored phosphor dispensers each for dispensing a respective type of phosphor. Power is applied to the light emitting device to emit light, and a characteristic the light emitted by the light emitting device is detected. Phosphor mixing and phosphor dispensing are dynamically controlled. Therefore the color characteristics of phosphor dispensed on LEDs are consistent. The system and method may also reduce the difference between detected characteristic of the light and a desired characteristic of the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Bridgelux, Inc.
    Inventors: Tao Xu, Rene Helbing
  • Patent number: 9433966
    Abstract: An apparatus for chemical bath deposition includes a housing defining a chemical tank, a circulation pipe, and at least one flow adjustment device disposed inside the chemical tank. The chemical tank has an opening on a top surface and is configured to accept and hold at least one substrate inside the chemical tank. The circulation pipe has at least one portion inside the chemical tank, and is configured to supply at least one chemical to the chemical tank. The at least one flowing adjustment device includes any one of a turbine, a diffuser and a bubbler, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Pei-Chen Tsai
  • Patent number: 9415409
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for conveying coating powder from a powder container. The powder conveying device has a powder conveying pipe having a powder inlet, by means of which coating powder can be fed from a powder container to the powder conveying pipe, in particular by means of suction. Furthermore, a powder conveying pipe retainer is provided in order to retain the powder conveying pipe. The powder conveying pipe can be preferably optionally moved in relation to the powder conveying pipe retainer in the longitudinal direction of the powder conveying pipe, wherein in order to clean the powder conveying pipe, the powder inlet of the powder conveying pipe can be closed and a compressed air line can be connected to the powder pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: GEMA SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Hanspeter Michael
  • Patent number: 9415414
    Abstract: A speed and angle adjustable dip-coating film forming device includes: a base; two swing rods, where the two swing rods are disposed opposite to each other, separately movably connected to the base, and capable of swinging relative to the base; two angle fixing racks, separately disposed on two sides of the base and capable of fixing positions of the swing rods; a power element, disposed on the swing rods; and a lifting rack, movably disposed on the swing rods, and capable of swinging with the swing rods and being driven by the power element to move vertically along the swing rods. A lifting angle can be changed by swinging the swing rods and fixing the swing rods by using the angle fixing racks, and a lifting speed can be changed by changing a moving speed of the lifting rack by using the power element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Polymer Science (Shenzhen) New Materials CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Changyi Ren
  • Patent number: 9409351
    Abstract: A device for deposition of fibers on a support (30) for producing a panel with an axis of revolution, includes a deposition head (32) and elements for positioning the deposition head relative to the support (30), with the positioning elements of the deposition head having kinematics including a first translation in a first direction (X) that is parallel to the axis of revolution, a second translation in a second direction (W) making it possible to come more or less close to the head of the support, a first rotation (C) around a first rotary axis combined with the second direction (W), and a second rotation (B) around a second rotary axis that is perpendicular to the first and second directions, wherein the kinematics of the positioning elements of the head include a third rotation (A) around a third axis of rotation that is parallel to the first direction (X).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.)
    Inventor: Denis De Mattia
  • Patent number: 9403180
    Abstract: Provided are method and apparatus to nanoposition ink, the apparatus including: a substrate; a pattern index; an atomic force microscope (AMF) tip configured to form a pattern on the pattern index; a first ink reservoir including a first ink; a second ink reservoir including a second ink; a first cleaning portion configured to remove the first ink from the AMF tip; a second washing portion configured to remove the second ink from the AMF tip; a position determining portion configured to interact with the AMF tip; an electrode connection portion configured to apply a voltage to the position determining portion, in order to determine a position of the AMF tip when the AMF tip interacts with the position determining portion. The AMF tip is configured to configured to interact with the position determining portion, prior to forming the pattern using the first and second inks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology
    Inventors: Tai-Hwan Ha, Jee-Eun Park
  • Patent number: 9400350
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical connection component manufacturing apparatus that manufactures an optical connection component in which a refractive index matching body is attached to a front end face of an optical fiber. The optical connection component manufacturing apparatus includes: a holding unit that includes a holding face holding a refractive index matching liquid including the refractive index matching body; a dispenser that supplies the refractive index matching liquid to the holding face; and a static electricity generating device that charges the optical fiber so that the refractive index matching liquid held on the holding face is adsorbed onto the front end face of the optical fiber, wherein the holding face has an outer peripheral edge connected in a curved line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: TOMOEGAWA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Suzuki, Nobuhiro Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9392739
    Abstract: A batch-type particulate treating apparatus (10) includes an upright bin or hopper (20) equipped with a central, rotatable lifting augur (68) having a bored shaft (70) and helical flighting (80, 82). Coating liquid passes through the bore (72) of shaft (70), and is delivered through ejectors (86, 88) mounted on the augur flighting (80, 82). A pneumatic assembly (16) serves to direct pressurized air upwardly through a clearance (96) between the augur base and the adjacent inner surfaces of hopper (20). In operation, liquid coating material is ejected into the particulates during rotation of the augur (68) and operation of the pneumatic assembly (16), in order to uniformly and efficiently coat the particulates. The apparatus (10) is particularly designed for treating of seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: USC, LLC
    Inventors: Greg Renyer, Jim Renyer
  • Patent number: 9390951
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for nanowire deposition are provided. A deposition system includes an enclosed flow channel, an inlet port, and an electrical signal source. The inlet port provides a suspension that includes nanowires into the channel. The electrical signal source is coupled to an electrode pair in the channel to generate an electric field to associate at least one nanowire from the suspension with the electrode pair. The deposition system may include various further features, including being configured to receive multiple solution types, having various electrode geometries, having a rotatable flow channel, having additional electrical conductors, and further aspects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Erik Freer, James M. Hamilton, David P. Stumbo, Kenji Komiya, Akihide Shibata