Patents Issued in May 8, 2014
  • Publication number: 20140124961
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method comprising providing a semiconductor substrate having (i) a first surface and (ii) a second surface that is disposed opposite to the first surface, forming a dielectric film on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, forming a redistribution layer on the dielectric film, electrically coupling one or more dies to the redistribution layer, forming a molding compound on the semiconductor substrate, recessing the second surface of the semiconductor substrate, forming one or more channels through the recessed second surface of the semiconductor substrate to expose the redistribution layer; and forming one or more package interconnect structures in the one or more channels, the one or more package interconnect structures being electrically coupled to the redistribution layer, the one or more package interconnect structures to route electrical signals of the one or more dies. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventors: Albert WU, Roawen Chen, Chung Chyung Han, Shiann-Ming Liou, Chien-Chuan Wei, Runzi Chang, Scott Wu, Chuan-Cheng Cheng
  • Publication number: 20140124962
    Abstract: A system may include a package defining a cavity and an integrated circuit (IC) disposed within the cavity. The package may include a first electrically conductive package contact and a second electrically conductive package contact. The IC may include a first electrically conductive IC contact and a second electrically conductive IC contact. The system also may include a wire bond extending between and electrically connecting the first electrically conductive package contact and the first electrically conductive IC contact. The system further may include an electrically conductive adhesive extending between and electrically connecting the second electrically conductive package contact and the second electrically conductive IC contact. Use of wire bonds and electrically conductive adhesive may increase an interconnect density between the IC and the package, while not requiring an increase in size of the IC or a decrease in pitch between wire bonds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: David Scheid
  • Publication number: 20140124963
    Abstract: An original wafer, typically silicon, has the form of a desired end PV wafer. The original may be made by rapid solidification or CVD. It has small grains. It is encapsulated in a clean thin film, which contains and protects the silicon when recrystallized to create a larger grain structure. The capsule can be made by heating a wafer in the presence of oxygen, or steam, resulting in silicon dioxide on the outer surface, typically 1-2 microns. At least one support element supports the wafer at the time the capsule is provided and blocks only minimal surface area from contact with the film forming atmosphere. There may be a plurality of support elements, or a surface may provide such support. The capsule contains the molten material during recrystallization, and protects against impurities. Recrystallization may be in air. After recrystallization, the capsule is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Emanuel M Sachs, James G. Serdy, Eerik T. Hantsoo
  • Publication number: 20140124964
    Abstract: The system for delivering volatile substances (1) comprises a container (2) inside of which a volatile substance is housed; a ventilation surface (3) placed in said container (2) provided with ventilation windows; and a fan (4) for creating the ventilation of the fragrance of said volatile substance; and is characterized in that said fan (4) is placed over said ventilation surface (3), suctioning the fragrance of said volatile substance. It permits to optimize the evaporation of the fragrance of the volatile substance, expending the least energy possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Zobele Espana, S.A.
    Inventors: Fernando Mayor Sans, Elisabeth Martinez de Morentin Pujabet, Joaquim Llorente Alonso
  • Publication number: 20140124965
    Abstract: A transfer molding method has a transfer molding step of performing transfer molding to a resin sheet between a first die and a second die, which are disposed while facing each other, by heating at least one of the first and second dies, and a cooling step of cooling the resin sheet. The cooling step includes a first cooling step of cooling the resin sheet while an applied pressure is maintained at a first setting value smaller than a value of an applied pressure in the transfer molding step, and a second cooling step of cooling the resin sheet while the applied pressure is reduced to a second setting value smaller than the first setting value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Koichi Takemura, Tomofusa Shibata, Yoshihisa Yamanaka, Kenji Suzuki, Kazutaka Kaneko, Yoshikaga Taguchi, Masayuki Kojima
  • Publication number: 20140124966
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a treated resin film from a long resin film, the method including at least treatment steps each including treating the long resin film by bringing the long resin film into contact with a treatment liquid in a treatment tank, while feeding the long resin film, wherein at least one of the treatment steps is a one-side contact step including bringing a lower surface of the resin film into contact with a surface of the treatment liquid in the treatment tank that is filled with the treatment liquid, and nip rolls are placed downstream of at least one one-side treatment tank for the one-side treatment step. The method is capable of satisfying the properties required of the treated film and also capable of reducing the occurrence of scratches, dents, and other defects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Hada, Satoshi Hirata, Masakazu Mochizuki, Seiji Kondo
  • Publication number: 20140124967
    Abstract: A method includes: a main body processing step of forming a lens main body having the concave lens surface; a molding step of coating a molding resin on the concave lens surface, pressing a microstructure forming mold, having a molding surface portion transferring the reflection preventing part formed on the surface of a deformable base body part thereof, against the concave lens surface, and curing the molding resin; and a mold release step of exerting a moment of a force relating to the surface top of the molding surface portion so as to deform the base body part to gradually separate the microstructure forming mold from an outer peripheral side thereof in a direction in which the concavo-convex shape of the reflection preventing part extends, thereby performing mold release.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Motoaki Ozaki, Hiroyuki Seiki
  • Publication number: 20140124968
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to a method for manufacturing transparent braces. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing transparent braces in such a way that a plurality of dental molds are manufactured based on orthodontic dental data that is created on the basis of current dental data of a patient and instructions of a dentist and includes a plurality of orthodontic process steps, and then transparent substances are vacuum-pressed onto the respective dental molds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: E-CLEAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tae-Weon Kim
  • Publication number: 20140124969
    Abstract: Casting jigs, methods, and kits that may be used in manufacture of anatomical healing caps. A casting jig may include a body having one or more wells within the body, each well being open at a proximal end thereof and having a negative shape corresponding to an anatomical healing cuff body of a given tooth position. Each respective anatomical healing cuff body negative shape includes an asymmetrical cross-section and an irregular surface so that an anatomical healing cuff body having said shape is configured to provide substantially custom filling of at least an emergence portion of a void where a natural tooth once emerged or should have emerged from the void (e.g., in the case of a congenitally missing tooth). The casting jig may further include a socket at a distal end of each well that is configured to receive therein a dental implant or dental implant analog.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Mark H. Blaisdell, Todd C. Liston
  • Publication number: 20140124970
    Abstract: Laser scanning systems and methods are disclosed herein that can provide quick and efficient measurement of extruded ceramic logs, particularly related to log shape, during manufacture. Two two-dimensional laser scans from respective laser scanners are performed and the resulting laser scan data is combined to form a three-dimensional surface shape measurement of the ceramic log. The systems and methods disclosed herein enable a non-contact measurement of the extruded ceramic log, which reduces the risk of physically damaging the log. The measurement results can be used to adjust the extrusion process of the extruder that forms the extruded ceramic logs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Klaus Breuer, Lee Edgar Deeter, James Monroe Marlowe, Nicholas Leon Susch
  • Publication number: 20140124971
    Abstract: An imprint lithography apparatus is disclosed that includes a support structure configured to hold an imprint template. The apparatus further includes an actuator located between the support structure and a side of the imprint template, when the imprint template is held by the support structure, configured to apply a force to the imprint template and a force sensor between the support structure and a side of the imprint template, when the imprint template is held by the support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Yvonne Wendela KRUIJT-STEGEMAN, Raymond Jacobus Wilhelmus Knaapen, Johan Frederik Dijksman, Sander Frederik Wuister, Ivar Schram, Raymond Wilhelmus Louis Lafarre
  • Publication number: 20140124972
    Abstract: Production method for a multilayer lining for thermal and sound insulation with the steps of blending reinforcement fibers and polyamide matrix material, in the form of fibers, flakes or powder, and forming a web of said blend; layering said blended web and at least an additional layer chosen from an open cell foam layer, a heat reflective layer, or another of said blended web inside a mould; treating the stacked multilayer material with pressurized saturated steam, such that the polyamide matrix material in the blended web is melting at a temperature under steam pressure that is lower than the melting temperature of the polyamide matrix according to DSC, thereby binding the reinforcement fibers together thus consolidating the blended web forming a porous reinforcement layer, and all layers of the multilayer are laminated together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: AUTONEUM MANAGEMENT AG
    Inventors: Thomas Burgin, Pierre Daniere, Philippe Godano, Stefan Konigbauer, Wenzel Krause
  • Publication number: 20140124973
    Abstract: A film layer is disclosed that is capable of shrinking when subjected to energy, such as heat. The film layer, for instance, can be formed and then stretched in one or two directions at a relatively low temperature. In particular, the film is stretched while the film layer is at a temperature near the glass transition temperature of the polymer used to form the film. Drawing the film at a relatively low temperature has been found to improve the shrink properties of the film. In one embodiment, the film layer is comprised of a non-modified polyester, such as polyethylene terephthalate. For example, the polyethylene terephthalate can be made by reacting terephthalic acid with ethylene glycol or polyethylene glycol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI POLYESTER FILM, INC.
    Inventors: Jose Alfaro, Bob Finke, Ghulam Mustafa A. Sange
  • Publication number: 20140124974
    Abstract: A removable mold apparatus that forms a portion of the inner surface contour of an elongated hollow over molded polymeric solar collector distribution manifold and its preferred method of leveraged use that integrates select raw material components and process methods to enhance both manufacturing efficiency and hermetic enjoinment durability, most especially when over molding onto connectively spaced tube absorber constructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventor: Charles George Williams
  • Publication number: 20140124975
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin film for a film capacitor making it possible to obtain the excellent heat resistance, materialize a reduction in a size of the film capacitor and an increase in a capacity thereof and satisfy a reduction in a thickness of the film and a high voltage resistance thereof. In a manufacturing method in which an extruding equipment 10 is charged with a molding material 1 to extrude a film 2 for a film capacitor from a T die 20, in which the above extruded film 2 for a film capacitor is interposed between plural rolls in a receiving device 30 and cooled and in which the above cooled film 2 for a film capacitor is wound on a winding tube 42 of a winding device 40, 100 parts by mass of a polyetherimide resin is blended with 1 to 10 parts by mass of a fluorocarbon resin to prepare the molding material 1; the above molding material 1 is extruded through a filter 50 having apertures 51 which are 0.5 to 6 times or less as large as an average thickness of the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Nogami, Kenro Takizawa, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Junya Ishida
  • Publication number: 20140124976
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fiber-reinforced plastic includes placing a compressible reinforcing fiber base material made of discontinuous reinforcing fibers in a cavity of a mold, injecting melted thermoplastic resin into the cavity, and impregnating the resin into the reinforcing fiber base material, wherein the mold is adapted to change a cavity volume of the mold, and the reinforcing fiber base material after having been or while being impregnated with the thermoplastic resin is compressed in the cavity by reducing the cavity volume of the mold after injecting the melted thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaru Tateyama, Takafumi Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20140124977
    Abstract: A composite structural element and a method for making same are provided. The element includes a polymer foam core and at least one fibrous layer adhered to the polymer foam core by epoxy. Nano-particles are suspended in the epoxy prior to curing; preferably they are mixed with the hardener before it is mixed with the resin. The polymer foam core is preferably an exothermic foam such as polyurethane, and heat generated by the exothermic foam cures the epoxy, thereby causing the fibrous layer to adhere to the foam core. The nano-particles may be made from at least one of carbon, a ceramic, tungsten, a carbide, titanium, zircon, aluminum, silver, or boron. When carbon nano-particles are used, the strength of the composite is greatly increased, and the curing time of the heat-curable epoxy is significantly reduced. Ceramic nano-particles can be used to increase penetration resistance and provide increased ballistic protection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventor: Michael J. Merkel
  • Publication number: 20140124978
    Abstract: A method of resin-sealing for a laminated core includes the steps of: holding by sandwiching a core body 11 between a resin injection mold 20 and a supporting mold 21; extruding a molten resin using a plunger 37 from a resin reservoir pot 24 provided in the resin injection mold 20; and resin-sealing the permanent magnets 18 in the magnet insertion holes 16 and 17, wherein a material of the resin reservoir pot 24 of the resin injection mold 20 and a region through which the resin passes from the resin reservoir pot 24 is a superhard material, and wear in the resin injection mold 20 due to a flow of the resin is reduced. With this, a gap between the resin reservoir pot 24 and the resin injection mold 20 due to a difference in thermal expansion is less easily produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventor: Hirotoshi Mabu
  • Publication number: 20140124979
    Abstract: Methods of joining members, forming molded portions with members, securing inserts with members, and joined members, such as for a frame or a frame for a fenestration unit, formed thereby, are disclosed. One embodiment of the method includes placing a first member with a first cavity in a joining position, placing a second member proximate the first cavity of the first member in the joining position, injecting a resin into the first cavity, allowing the resin to solidify at least partially to join the first member and second member to form a joined member, and removing the joined member from the joining position. Optionally, the joined member can be formed in a fixture, can include molded portions formed by the resin, and/or can include inserts held in place by the resin. Further, members without cavities can form a cavity that can receive the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Andersen Corporation
    Inventors: Jim Eggert, Dale Thompson, Paul Machacek, James T. Weglewski, Bryan Kendall, Troy Rubenzer
  • Publication number: 20140124980
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a laminated core, in which while a laminated core body 10 formed by caulking and with permanent magnets 20 inserted in a plurality of magnet insertion holes 17, 18 is held between a resin injection die 23 and a receiving die 22 opposed to each other, resin is injected into the magnet insertion holes 17, 18 from resin reservoir portions provided to the resin injection die 23 to fix the permanent magnets 20, the method comprising: at a time of resin injection, pressing a flat press surface 24 of the resin injection die 23 against caulking portions 13 protruding from a surface of the laminated core body 10 to apply pressure thereto, thereby allowing the surface of the laminated core body 10 whereon the caulking portions 13 are formed to be pressed against the flat press surface 24 so as to prevent resin leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Akira Nagai, Jin Oda
  • Publication number: 20140124981
    Abstract: A method of making a shape memory structure includes, commingling elastic material with viscoelastic material, and forming a structure with the commingled materials. Altering a shape of the structure, altering an environment the structure is exposed to, to lock in the altered shape of the structure via hardening of the viscoelastic material until the structure is exposed to another environment that softens the viscoelastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Randall V. Guest, Michael H. Johnson, Kirk J. Huber
  • Publication number: 20140124982
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for using magnetic elements to secure thin wires precisely in an injection molding process in a manner that matches a three-dimensional shape of the an injection molded product produced by the injection molding (overmolding) process. The thin wires are substantially immobilized in a manner that is designed to generally overcome the tendency of the thin wires, which have little mechanical strength, to normally deflect during an injection molding process by employing the magnetic forces produced by embedded magnets. Magnets are integrated into either the cavity or core of a mold structure and the thin wires are placed on those magnets to keep the wires in place during an injection molding process that allows the thin wires to be overmolded. A balance of the core and/or cavity of the mold will be formed of a non-magnetic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: David JOHNSON, Eric SHRADER
  • Publication number: 20140124983
    Abstract: An in-mold shutter (140) for embedding in an injection mold (100, 200, 300) is described herein. The in-mold shutter (140, 240, 340, 440, 540) includes a shutter actuator (148, 548) that is configured to selectively engage a first mold shoe (130) of the injection mold (100, 200, 300) with a platen of a mold clamping assembly (996) to hold the first mold shoe (130) in an extended position (E), along a mold-stroke axis (X), during a step of molding a first molded article (102A) in the injection mold (100, 200, 300). Also described herein is a molded article transfer device (150, 250) for use with the injection mold (100, 200, 300). The molded article transfer device (150, 250) includes a shuttle (154) that is slidably arranged, in use, within the injection mold (100, 200, 300).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Christophe HALTER, Pierre Glaesener, François Styga
  • Publication number: 20140124984
    Abstract: A device and method for producing two- or multi-color molded skins, in particular skins for a molding or component, includes a tub, in which at least two different materials can he arranged separately from one another, and a galvanic mold forming a molding or component that can be positioned relative to one another. A separating element, which separates the materials and protrudes over the tub, is introduced and positioned in the galvanic mold. Subsequently the materials are introduced separately from each other by the separating element in at least one layer in the galvanic mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Harald Dalibor, Walter André, Thomas Bojahr, Manuel Monteiro, Jesus Galan, Thomas Frotz, Achim Lohner
  • Publication number: 20140124985
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method for molding a core of a vacuum insulation panel, the method comprising: supplying core material into a molding space of a molding apparatus comprising a pair of molding plates facing each other and providing a molding space where a core is to be molded, and a molding cast closing the molding space from outside; press-molding a core material by moving the pair of molding plates along their approaching direction to press the core material; moving the press-molded core outside the molding cast while maintaining a certain distance between the pair of molding plates; and discharging the molded core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: OCI Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Hae Duck KIM, Hyun Cheol KIM, SinSup LIM
  • Publication number: 20140124986
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of a nitrile rubber comprising: —subjecting at least one ?,?-unsaturated nitrile, at least one conjugated diene and, optionally, one or more further copolymerizable monomers, to emulsion polymerization, in the presence of at least one alkyl thiol containing from 12 to 16 carbon atoms and at least three tertiary carbon atoms and having the sulfur bound to one of said tertiary carbon atoms, at a pH ranging from 7 to 10, preferably from 8 to 9, obtaining a latex; —subjecting said latex to coagulation, in the presence of at least one metal sulfate selected from magnesium, sodium, potassium, preferably magnesium, at a temperature higher than or equal to 30° C., preferably ranging from 40° C. to 60° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Romano Lima, Davide Santi
  • Publication number: 20140124987
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of injection molding a part (1) made of composite material, the method consisting in placing a preform in a mold, in injecting a resin into the mold so as to impregnate the preform, and in unmolding the part (1) after curing the resin, the method being characterized in that it also consists in subjecting the resin and the preform to pressure inside the mold while the resin is curing, e.g. by injecting a gas under pressure into the mold via a plurality of points (2, 4, 5, 6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Thierry Godon, Bruno Jacques Gérard Dambrine, Eduardo Antonio Julian Ruiz, François Trochu
  • Publication number: 20140124988
    Abstract: Blow-molding machine for blow-molding plastic containers with at least one blow-molding unit for stretch blow-molding preforms by means of compressed air, wherein the blow-molding unit has a force equalization means, such that at least part of the compression force which occurs is compensated for, wherein the blow-molding unit comprises a pressure piston and pressure cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Jochen Hirdina, Heinrich Bielmeier, Konrad Senn, Günter Winkler
  • Publication number: 20140124989
    Abstract: A method for producing a duct-integrated floor-raising material includes the steps of: forming a first enclosed space, a second enclosed space, and a third enclosed space, having a molten tubular parison pressed flat and extruded from pinch-off portions by a pair of split molds, wherein portions of the parison corresponding to the pinch-off portions are welded to each other; molding the first hollow portion, the second hollow portion, the duct portion, and the waste bag in which a blow pin is pierced to outer surfaces of the tubular parison corresponding to the spaces, a pressurized fluid is blown to expand the parison, and the tubular parison is pressed against the surfaces of the split molds for shaping the parison; and cutting the waste bag to form an air intake port or an air outlet port on the duct portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: KYORAKU CO., LTD
    Inventors: Naoto Tani, Takafumi Funato, Ryuichi Ishida, Teruo Tamada
  • Publication number: 20140124990
    Abstract: A method of making a pouch from webs that include soluble polymeric substrates includes, among other steps, rotating a former that includes a plurality of cavities around its periphery and one or more heaters around the former for heating the cavities and heating the cavities. A base web is drawn into the cavities with a vacuum to form pockets in the base web, after which the pockets are filled and closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Rideau Machinery Inc.
    Inventors: James FOWLER, Boris MAKUTONIN
  • Publication number: 20140124991
    Abstract: Methods for threading ceramic materials, such as ceramic materials used for spinal implants or other biomedical implants. In some implementations, an expected rate of shrinkage of the block upon undergoing a firing process may be determined. A scaling factor may then be applied using the expected rate of shrinkage to select a tap having a size larger than a desired thread size. A green block may then be tapped with the selected tap to form a threaded opening in the green block. The block may be machined in order to remove cracks caused by the tapping process and/or to form the block into a desired shape/size. The green block may then be fired, which may result in a reduction of a size of the block and a size of the threaded opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: AMEDICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bryan J. McEntire, Prabhakar Thirugnanasambandam
  • Publication number: 20140124992
    Abstract: The zeolite structure is a porous zeolite structure constituted of a formed article obtained by extruding a zeolite raw material containing zeolite particles and an inorganic binding material including at least basic aluminum chloride, a ratio P1 (P1=V2/V1×100) of a volume V2 of the inorganic binding material in the zeolite structure with respect to a volume V1 of the zeolite structure is from 10 to 50 vol %, and a relation of equation (1) is satisfied: P2/P1?1.0??(1), in which P1 is the ratio of the volume V2 of the inorganic binding material in the zeolite structure with respect to the volume V1 of the zeolite structure and P2 (P2=Vb/Va×100) is a ratio of volumes Vb of pores having pore diameters of 0.003 to 0.03 ?m with respect to the whole pore volume Va of the zeolite structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio KIKUCHI, Haruo OTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20140124993
    Abstract: An off-gas channel (1) of a closed-type smelting furnace (2), the off-gas channel (1) comprising a first end (3) opening to the upper part of the smelting furnace (2) and a second end (4) opening to a gas cleaning apparatus (5) for leading the furnace off-gases to the gas cleaning apparatus. The off-gas channel comprises at least one cleaning nozzle (6, 7, 8, 9) adapted to spray pressurized fluid to the inner surface of the off-gas channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: OUTOTEC OYJ
    Inventor: Olli Pekkala
  • Publication number: 20140124994
    Abstract: The subject invention relates to an air spring height measurement arrangement comprising a magnetic field transmitting arrangement (110) and a magnetic field receiving arrangement (120). The magnetic field transmitting arrangement is adapted to adopt a first state and a second state with regard to the magnetic field receiving arrangement. One of the magnetic field transmitting arrangement (110) and the magnetic field receiving arrangement (120) comprises a first coil (141) and a second coil and the other comprises a third coil (143). A first central axis (161) of the first coil and a second central axis (162) of the second coil enclose a first angle (171) and, in the first state, a third central axis (163) of the third coil (143) and the first central axis enclose a second angle (172), which first and second angle cannot be 0°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Veyance Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Lutz May
  • Publication number: 20140124995
    Abstract: A bearing unit for axle systems includes a holding element, a sleeve element and a bearing element, wherein the holding element has a first engagement region which is designed in order substantially to enclose the bearing element in one plane, wherein the bearing element has a first recess which is directed transversely with respect to the plane and in which the sleeve element is arranged, wherein the sleeve element is mounted resiliently in the plane relative to the holding element via the bearing element, wherein the holding element has a second engagement region in which a fixing element engages in order to fix the first engagement region frictionally on the bearing element, and wherein at least one of the first fastening region and the bearing element has a non-circular shape such that a rotational movement of the bearing element relative to the holding element is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventor: Rolf Spielmann
  • Publication number: 20140124996
    Abstract: A hanging module includes a fixing rod, a support arm, a plurality of fasteners, and a hanging assembly positioned on the support arm by the plurality of fasteners. The support arm is fixed to the fixing rod. The support arm defines a groove. The hanging assembly includes a locking member and a hanging member fixed to the locking member. The hanging member is received in the groove, and fixed to the locking member by the plurality of fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FU DING ELECTRONICAL TECHNOLOGY (JIASHAN) CO.,LTD.
    Inventor: FA-RONG JIANG
  • Publication number: 20140124997
    Abstract: The present invention is a food work table that includes a plurality of cake sticks that are vertically upright and receive skewered food to hold in place, one or more planar durable plastic sheets that include a plurality of apertures that the cake sticks extend through and a plurality of dowels that elevate and stabilize the one or more planar durable plastic sheets in a horizontal upright position. The food work table also includes a base where the dowels perpendicularly extend from the base to elevate and stabilize the planar durable plastic sheet, a plurality of support feet that support the base and a cover that includes a top portion and 4 lower side portions, the cover protects the food work table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Kent Kangas, Michelle Kangas
  • Publication number: 20140124998
    Abstract: Part positioning apparatus are disclosed. An example apparatus to hold an object comprises: a first assembly including a first post and a first puck fitted onto the first post, the first puck to hold the object such that the first puck eliminates a roll moment of the object; and a second assembly including a second post and a second puck fitted onto the second post, the second puck to hold the object such that the second puck eliminates yaw movement of the object, at least one of the first assembly or the second assembly being adjustable to change a distance between the first and second pucks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Brian K. Malin, Richard Lawson
  • Publication number: 20140124999
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a clamping system, method, and apparatus. Th disclosed embodiments may be used to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of clamping work pieces during gluing operations. Generally stated, a clamping pad includes a magnet disposed within the core of the clamping pad. Alternatively, a non-abrasive magnetic material may be used on the surface of the clamping pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventor: Arthur N. Foss
  • Publication number: 20140125000
    Abstract: A movable BF guide is provided in a movable-blade receiving area into which a movable blade slides along a fixed blade while being pressed against the fixed blade in a process of cutting recording paper. The movable-blade receiving area is blocked by the BF guide when the cutting process is not performed, thus preventing the entry of the end portion of the downstream connected recording paper into the movable-blade receiving area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: STAR MICRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Suzuki, Masaaki Morishita
  • Publication number: 20140125001
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus and a method of controlling the same align sheets stacked on a stacking unit, by causing a first alignment member and a second alignment member to come into contact with edges of a sheet stacked on the stacking unit in a sheet width direction. In a case that a second sheet that is different from a first sheet stacked on the stacking unit is to be stacked on the first sheet and aligned using the first alignment member and the second alignment member, control is performed to discharge a partition sheet onto the first sheet stacked on the stacking unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shin Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20140125002
    Abstract: A sheet feeding portion is provided with a pair of separation rollers that include a feed roller which conveys the sent sheet and a retard roller which applies a rotation force to return the sheet in a direction opposite to a sheet feeding direction through a torque limiter in a state of being pressed against the feed roller. The sheet feeding portion further includes a rotation transmitting mechanism that transmits a rotation of the retard roller, at the time of sending the sheet to the sheet feeding direction, to the pickup roller and a changing mechanism that switches a retard pressure, which allows the retard roller to be pressed against the feed roller, according to a reaction force that is transmitted to the retard roller from the pickup roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshifumi Itabashi
  • Publication number: 20140125003
    Abstract: A sheet feeding device includes: a feeding mechanism having a first roller and a second roller provided downstream in a sheet feeding path from the first roller and feeding a sheet by rotations of the first and second rollers; a control section executing a butting control by controlling the first and second rollers to feed the sheet from the first roller so as to butt against the second roller at an intake position, and executing an intake feeding control by controlling the second roller to feed the sheet downstream in the feeding path from the intake position; an obtaining section obtaining information indicating a rotation amount of the second roller in a period after the butting control to the start of the intake feeding control; and a target setting section setting a target rotation amount of the second roller that should be achieved in the intake feeding control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro NOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20140125004
    Abstract: A paper conveying device includes an intermediate transfer member and a paper conveying member driven so as to rotate at the same rotational speed, and an adjusting device. On an outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer member, an elastic layer is provided. An axes distance between the intermediate transfer member and the paper conveying member is adjusted by the adjusting device so that drive torque for rotating the intermediate transfer member and the paper conveying member at the same rotational speed becomes smaller than a target set value. Accordingly, occurrence of the shear is suppressed without changing a rotational speed ratio of rollers arranged opposite to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi MAEYAMA, Hirofumi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20140125005
    Abstract: A sheet stacking portion is provided in a sheet storing portion in which sheets are stored. The sheet stacking portion is suspended by a wire which is wound up and wound off. The sheet stacking portion is raised and lowered by winding up and winding off the wire. Then, when the wire is in a slack state, a fixing portion fixes the sheet stacking portion to the sheet storing portion. When the wire is in a tensioned state, the fixing of the sheet stacking portion is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira MATSUSHIMA, Takaaki Kawade
  • Publication number: 20140125006
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus of an aspect of the present invention includes stack trays provided with alignment members for applying an alignment process to sheets. At the time of discharging sheets, in a case where a sheet is already stacked on a first stack tray that has been decided on as a discharge destination for a sheet to be discharged, the sheet processing apparatus determines whether or not the width of the sheet to be discharged matches the width of the already-stacked sheet. In a case where the widths of the sheets do not match, a discharge destination for the sheet to be discharged is changed to a second stack tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuzo Harano
  • Publication number: 20140125007
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an ADF that feeds and conveys original document sheets one sheet by one sheet from a tray unit to a read position on a document glass by motive power from a driving motor includes: an opening/closing unit operable to open and close relative to the document glass; an open/close detection sensor that detects an open/closed state of the opening/closing unit; a first interlock switch, which is arranged between a power source and the driving motor, that is on when the opening/closing unit is closed, and vice versa; and a control circuit that determines the open/closed state of the opening/closing unit based on detection outputs of the first interlock switch and the open/close detection sensor. The control circuit determines that the opening/closing unit is in the closed state when the first interlock switch is on and the open/close detection sensor is detecting the closed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Koki SAKANO, Hiroshi KUBO, Shinya KITAOKA, Takeshi AKAI, Hidehiko FUJIWARA, Atsushi KANAYA, Fumiyuki HEISHI, Takuya SANO
  • Publication number: 20140125008
    Abstract: A banknote handling and transmission apparatus includes a drive roller, a driven structure, and a transmission device. The driven structure includes a mounting member and a first driven roller pivotally mounted to the mounting member. The transmission device includes a guiding panel, a bottom panel, a mounting portion secured to the guiding panel, and a transmission structure pivotally mounted to the guiding panel. A transmission channel is defined between the guiding panel and the bottom panel. The transmission apparatus includes a first transmission roller bearing against, and rotated by, the first drive roller, the first drive roller also forces the rotation of the first driven roller, to pick up deposited banknotes and move them squarely into the transmission channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: CHIH-KUN SHIH, WAN-CHENG LUO, XIAO-MAO XIE, WEI XU, KAI-HUA WU, YONG-GUI PAN
  • Publication number: 20140125009
    Abstract: A configurable manual controller for manipulating images or symbols on a display is adapted for construction with matable building elements arranged by a user. The user forms the manual controller to exhibit a customized ornamental appearance reflecting the user's creative design preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: IPPASA, LLC
    Inventor: Aaron B. Sternberg
  • Publication number: 20140125010
    Abstract: An automatic card shuffling device for randomizing playing cards is disclosed. The device comprises a processor in informational connection with the shuffling device, and a detection system capable of detecting or predicting a deficiency in operation of at least one component of the shuffling device. The detection system is configured to transmit an indication of a deficiency to a distal location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: SHFL entertainment, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Krenn, Ernst Blaha