Patents Examined by Yogendra Gupta
  • Mold and method for injection-molding a part with a projecting portion
    Patent number: 9221205
    Abstract: A mold and a method for the molding by injection of plastic material of a generally thin part, notably of a vehicle lighting and/or signalling device. The mold comprises two half-molds designed to be disposed one against the other and forming an enclosure designed to be filled with plastic material by injection. The plastic material is injected via an injection nozzle in the vicinity of one end of the part. The volume formed by the mold includes a cavity the volume of which may be modulated by means of a mobile element. During the injection of plastic material, when the latter has reached at least the level of the cavity, the initially zero volume of the cavity is progressively increased via the control means of the mobile element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Michel Desmazieres, François Gosselin
  • Heat/vacuum molding system for footwear
    Patent number: 9221211
    Abstract: A heat/vacuum molding system for molding a ski boot to a user's foot is provided. The system includes a heat source to heat an outer shell of the ski boot, a pliable plastic receptacle to receive the ski boot after the outer shell is heated by the heat source, and a vacuum system attached to the pliable plastic receptacle to create a negative pressure inside the pliable plastic receptacle to thereby collapse the pliable plastic receptacle to mold the ski boot to the user's foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Inventor: Greg Klein
  • Apparatus for forming a food product
    Patent number: 9220293
    Abstract: An apparatus for extruding foodstuffs is comprised of a one-piece housing having an inlet configured to be attached to a food processing machine, a distributor portion integrally formed with the inlet, the distributor portion having at least two side walls outwardly angled from the inlet, a die retaining portion configured for housing a die therein and integrally formed with the side walls, and an outlet through which an extruded food product can exit. A die defining at least one passage for forming a food product having a shape defined by the passage is inserted into the housing. A pair of removable retaining members extends through the housing and abuts against the die to retain the die within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Inventor: Paul Colosimo
  • Low magnetic interference battery
    Patent number: 9224990
    Abstract: A low magnetic interference battery is provided, the battery insertable into a mobile communication device, the mobile communication device comprising a radio interconnected with a microphone and a receiver. The battery comprises a battery portion enabled to provide electrical power to the radio, the battery portion emitting a magnetic field when in operation. The battery further comprises a sealing portion for sealing the battery portion therein such that the battery portion is protected from moisture, the sealing portion comprising a magnetic shield portion arranged relative to the battery portion such that magnetic flux from the battery portion is routed away from the receiver when the battery is in operation in the mobile communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Mallikarjun Boda, Jonathan Quinn Brubacher, Chee-Ming Jimmy Wu, Edward Vann Decker, Andre John Van Schyndel, Larry Edward Hawker
  • Center pin for secondary battery and secondary battery having the same
    Patent number: 9219263
    Abstract: A center pin for a secondary battery and a secondary battery having the same, which optimizes a void volume of the secondary battery. The center pin is inserted into an electrode assembly of the secondary battery. The center pin has a longitudinal hole and includes a sealing member to seal a portion of the hole. The sealing member can include walls disposed within the center pin, to seal the portion of the hole. The sealing member can include a second center pin, which is inserted into the hole, to seal the portion of the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyo-Rim Bak
  • Adjustable support for preformed mold
    Patent number: 9211660
    Abstract: An adjustable support is used to support a preformed mold in a molding operation. The adjustable support includes an aggregate or particulate material that in a now stressed or reduced stress state is flowable to allow shaping thereof to effectively support a back face of the preformed mold. The adjustable support is then jammed to rigidify or fix the shape thereby effectively supporting the preformed mold. The adjustable support is changed from an adjustable state to a support state preferably by applying a vacuum pressure to the aggregate material. In the adjustable state an airflow can be introduced to the aggregate material to allow movement and/or displacement of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Inventor: John Borland
  • Adhesive structure with stiff protrusions on adhesive surface
    Patent number: 9211176
    Abstract: A laminate and process of making the laminate is disclosed comprising: a surgical mesh having first and second surfaces; and an adhesive structure having adhesive and non-adhesive surfaces, wherein the non-adhesive surface of the adhesive structure is laminated to at least one of said first and second surfaces of said surgical mesh, and the adhesive surface of said adhesive structure has protrusions extending therefrom comprising a resin having a Young's modulus of greater than 17 MPa, which protrusions are of sufficiently low diameter to promote adhesion by increasing physical attractive forces between the adhesive structure and a target surface, as measured by shear adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC., AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: Sriram Natarajan, Joseph Hammer, Kevin Cooper, Murty Vyakarnam, Hong Yee Low, Isabel Rodriguez, Chee Tiong Lim, Audrey Yoke Yee Ho
  • Temperature measurement component embedded hot runner nozzle structure
    Patent number: 9205588
    Abstract: A hot runner nozzle structure includes a tubular nozzle and at least one temperature measurement component. The tubular nozzle has an outer wall surface and an inner wall surface defining a flow channel. The tubular nozzle has portions defining at least one thru-hole interconnected the outer wall surface and the inner wall surface. The temperature measurement component has a base and a sensor connected to the base. The base is fixed in the thru-hole. The sensor has a tip protruding beyond the inner wall surface and exposed in the flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Yuan-Shiang Lin, An-Chen Hung, Li-Chih Chen, Chien-Yu Ko
  • Contour crafting extrusion nozzles
    Patent number: 9206601
    Abstract: An automated extrusion construction system may include an extrusion nozzle configured to extrude construction material in a substantially horizontal direction against an elongated and substantially vertical surface. An extrusion nozzle may have a height adjustment mechanism configured to adjust the height of an outlet in response to level deviations in the surface on which the construction material is extruded by the extrusion nozzle. An automated extrusion construction system may include a slicing mechanism configured to controllably slice through the extruded layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    Inventor: Behrokh Khoshnevis
  • Process for producing a solid dispersion of an active ingredient
    Patent number: 9205027
    Abstract: A process for producing a solid dispersion of an active ingredient which comprises feeding the active ingredient and a matrix-forming agent to an extruder and forming a uniform extrudate, wherein the extruder comprises at least two rotating shafts (2), each of the shafts (2) carrying a plurality of processing elements disposed axially one behind the other, the processing elements defining (i) a feeding and conveying section (A), (ii) at least one mixing section (B), and (iii) a discharging section (E), wherein the processing element(s) defining the mixing section (B) comprise(s) a mixing element (11, 12, 13) that is derived from a screw type element (FIG. 2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Abbvie Deutschland GmbH & CO KG
    Inventors: Thomas Kessler, Jörg Breitenbach, Christoph Schmidt, Matthias Degenhardt, Jörg Rosenberg, Harald Krull
  • Method and device for fastening an item to an object surface made of a porous or fibrous material
    Patent number: 9205632
    Abstract: Objects are fastened to object surfaces of a porous or fibrous material, in particular made of wood or a wood-like material, with the aid of a thermoplastic fastening film. For this, the object, which is separate from, or integrated in the fastening film, is positioned on the object surface and, with the aid of a vibrating fastening tool having a distally arranged, for example closed, perimetric profile element, which is positioned on the fastening film, is anchored in the object surface along a perimeter, and optionally also punched out. The fastening is suitable in particular for fastening identification carriers to wooden objects such as pallets or tree trunks, wherein the identification carriers are equipped, for example, with an antenna and an RFID chip or with a bar code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: WOODWELDING AG
    Inventors: Marcel Aeschlimann, Mario Lehmann, Laurent Torriani
  • Method and apparatus for manufacturing a crimped compound thread
    Patent number: 9194063
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for producing a crimped composite thread, wherein the inventive method consists in extruding, cooling and in drawing several yarns in the form of a plurality of strand filaments and in jointly crimping them in order to obtain a crimped composite thread. The aim of said invention is to make it possible to pre-treat the threads in a manner adaptable to each treatment step. The aim is attained by that at least one multi-treaded yarn is whirl-tangled many times during several operations prior to crimping. For this purpose, a whirl-tangling device provided with a plurality of whirl-tangling units following each other in a direction of the yarn displacement is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Mathias Stundl
  • Method and device for the molding of wood fiber board
    Patent number: 9193092
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device with which it is possible to arrange complicated shapes with considerable differences in height in wood fiber board, and in particular but not exclusively so called MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard). The deformation of the wood fiber board which can be achieved is known in the art as extrusion, wherein a considerable plastic deformation takes place accompanied by flow and stretch of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Masonite International Corporation
    Inventors: Maurice Frankefort, Alex Charles
  • Process and apparatus for ultraviolet nano-imprint lithography
    Patent number: 9186700
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus for performing a UV nano-imprint lithography are provided. The process uses a polymer pad which allows a uniform application of pressure to a patterned template and an easy removal of a residual resin layer. The apparatus includes a tilt and decentering corrector which allows an accurate alignment of layers during the nano-imprint lithography process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Eun-Hyoung Cho, Sung Hoon Choa, Jin Seung Sohn, Byung Kyu Lee, Du Hyun Lee
  • Method for forming an edge protection element on a glass article
    Patent number: 9186844
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to methods of forming edge protection on glass and in particular on glass that has been chemically strengthened by ion exchange. In one embodiment an edge protection or bumper is placed about the glass's edge(s) in a manner such that it does not cover the face(s) of the glass, and the bumper and glass are such that a cavity is formed between the glass edge(s) and the bumper. An adhesive is injected into the cavity, the air in the cavity is vented, and the adhesive is cured to firmly attach the bumper to the glass edge(s). In another embodiment a mold is placed about the glass edge(s), and the mold and glass edge(s) are such that a cavity is formed between the glass edge(s) and the mold. A polymer-forming fluid is injected into the cavity and then cured. The mold is then removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Robin S Balcom, Douglas Miles Noni, Jr.
  • Heating device for a preform made of thermoplastic material
    Patent number: 9186818
    Abstract: Heating device for preforms, capable of accurate and highly localized heating of the preforms before the blow molding step of the process of producing bottles or containers from plastic materials. This device comprises two or more heating modules (11-16), each comprising a through opening (100) in the direction of the thickness of the heating module and a heating element (5) positioned in the vicinity of the through opening. The modules (11-16) are assembled such that the through openings (100) are aligned reciprocally with each other to define a conditioning cavity for the heating device (1). Each heating module (11-16) comprises induction means (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: S.I.P.A. SOCIETA' INDUSTRIALIZZAZIONE PROGETTAZIONE AUTOMAZIONE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Matteo Zoppas, Alberto Armellin, Sandro Serra
  • Methods for formation of an ophthalmic lens precursor and lens
    Patent number: 9180633
    Abstract: This invention discloses methods for generating one or both of an ophthalmic lens precursor with at least a portion of one surface free-formed from a Reactive Mixture. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic lens precursor is formed on a substrate with an arcuate optical quality surface via a source of actinic radiation controllable to cure a definable portion of a volume of Reactive Mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael F. Widman, John B. Enns, P. Mark Powell, Peter W. Sites
  • Compression-forming system
    Patent number: 9180611
    Abstract: A compression-forming system comprising a molten resin mass-feeding device equipped with the holding portions for holding the molten resin masses, a compression-forming machine equipped with the metal molds, and a molten resin mass position detector, wherein said molten resin mass position detector is a temperature sensor, and said temperature sensor measures the temperature of a portion on the outer side of an allowable range in which the molten resin masses are fed to the metal molds, and judges the presence of the molten resin masses on said portion by the temperature of said portion of the metal molds to detect that the molten resin masses are defectively handed over.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Yonesato, Taketoshi Manou
  • Variable focus ophthalmic device
    Patent number: 9180636
    Abstract: This invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing a variable optic insert into an ophthalmic lens. An energy source is capable of powering the variable optic insert included within the ophthalmic lens. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic lens is cast molded from a silicone hydrogel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall B. Pugh, Daniel B. Otts, Frederick A. Flitsch
  • Process for the production of a double-curved panel
    Patent number: 9180625
    Abstract: A process for the production of an aircraft panel made of double-curved composite material, with the panel being obtained from a three-dimensional preform that includes fibers that are distributed in a defined arrangement, includes manufacturing a flat fiber preform (22), and deforming the flat preform (22) in such a way as to produce the three-dimensional preform, with the fibers following suitable trajectories at the flat preform in such a way as to obtain the defined arrangement of the fibers after deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS)
    Inventors: Philippe Bernadet, Laurent Giuseppin