Patents Issued in March 29, 2016
  • Patent number: 9297068
    Abstract: Wear parts having run-out and methods of producing the same, systems and control structures used to produce wear parts having run-out, and associated methods and software are disclosed. Some methods utilize a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition process to produce a coating with a desired coating profile on a wear part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Liam S. Cavanaugh Pingree, Michael Howard-Edward Ware
  • Patent number: 9297069
    Abstract: A conductive film substrate, a photovoltaic cell having the same, and a method of manufacturing the same. The conductive film substrate includes a base substrate and a transparent conductive film formed on the base substrate. The transparent conductive film is a zinc oxide thin film which has first texture structures and second texture structures concurrently formed on a surface thereof. The second texture structures are smaller than the first texture structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Precision Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SeoHyun Kim, GunSang Yoon, Hyunhee Lee, YoungZo Yoo
  • Patent number: 9297070
    Abstract: The invention relates to a CVD-reactor for depositing layers made of a reaction gas onto workpieces. Said reactor comprises an elongate, vertical reaction chamber that is defined by a reactor wall and a reactor base, an inlet line for guiding the reaction gas into the reaction chamber, entering into the region of the reactor base in the reaction chamber, a central outlet line that guides the used reaction gas out of the reaction chamber and that extends out of the reactor chamber in the region of the reactor base, a tier-like workpiece receiving element that is arranged in a central manner in the reaction chamber and can be rotated about the central axis thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: IHI Ionbond AG
    Inventors: Michael Auger, Renato Bonetti, Hristo Strakov
  • Patent number: 9297071
    Abstract: A solid precursor delivery assembly generally includes a container having upper and lower portions and chambers defined within the container, including an inlet chamber, an outlet chamber, and first and second precursor chambers. The first and second precursor chambers are configured for holding precursor material within the container. Sintered frits are fixedly coupled and sealed to an interior portion of the container, and define at least part of the chambers within the container. At least one of the sintered frits is configured for retaining precursor material thereon within the first precursor chamber, and at least one of the sintered frits is configured for retaining precursor material thereon within the second precursor chamber. An inlet is coupled to the container for delivering carrier gas into the container, and an outlet is coupled to the container for use in removing vaporized precursor material and carrier gas from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: SIGMA-ALDRICH CO. LLC
    Inventors: Ravi Kanjolia, Chris Platts, Nam Nguyen, Mark Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 9297072
    Abstract: A film deposition apparatus includes a rotary table having a substrate placement area to support a substrate, a vacuum container including a container and a top panel, an open-and-close mechanism configured to open and close the top panel, reactant gas nozzles disposed through and supported by an outer wall of the container to be situated at different angular positions with respect to a rotation center of the rotary table to face areas in which the substrate placement area passes, the reactant gas nozzles having gas discharge ports arranged in radial directions to supply respective reactant gases to the wafer thereby to form respective process areas, a discharge gas supply unit situated at an angular position between the process areas to supply purge gas to form an isolation area that isolates atmospheres of the process areas from each other, and an exhaustion unit configured to exhaust atmosphere inside the vacuum container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kato, Manabu Honma
  • Patent number: 9297073
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to the processing of substrates, and more particularly, relate to methods for accurate control of film thickness using deposition-etch cycles. Particularly, embodiments of the present disclosure may be used in controlling film thickness during filling high aspect ratio features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Ning Li, Wenbo Yan, Victor Nguyen, Cong Trinh, Mihaela Balseanu, Li-Qun Xia
  • Patent number: 9297074
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel repairing method and repairing system. The method includes: (1) providing a liquid crystal display panel, in which the liquid crystal display panel has a circuit that has a breaking site; and (2) applying laser chemical vapor deposition to form graphene on the liquid crystal display panel in such a way as to joint the breaking site. The liquid crystal display panel repairing method and repairing system of the present invention use laser chemical vapor deposition to form graphene on a breaking site to repair the breaking site. The process is simple and the result of repairing is good. Further, a common gas, such as methane, is used as a carbon source gas, making it favorable for environmental protection. Further, the number of layers of graphene so formed can be controlled by controlling whether to apply irradiation of the laser so as to achieve control of electrical conductivity of the graphene so formed and enhance the result of repairing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kuancheng Lee, Ji Li, Yahui Chen
  • Patent number: 9297075
    Abstract: A plasma deposition apparatus that includes a high-frequency electrode caused to face a deposition target and a ground electrode connected to the deposition target, and deposits a film on the deposition target by using plasma generated between the high-frequency electrode and the ground electrode, wherein the high-frequency electrode includes a first high-frequency electrode caused to face a first deposition target surface of the deposition target, and a second high-frequency electrode caused to face a second deposition target surface on the opposite side of the first deposition target surface, and the first high-frequency electrode, the second high-frequency electrode, and the ground electrode generate plasma between the first high-frequency electrode and the ground electrode for performing deposition on the first deposition target surface and plasma between the second high-frequency electrode and the ground electrode for performing deposition on the second deposition target surface at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsuro Hama
  • Patent number: 9297076
    Abstract: Systems and methods for depositing a thin film on a flexible substrate involve guiding the flexible substrate along a spiral transport path back and forth between spaced-apart first and second precursor zones so that the substrate transits through the first and second precursor zones multiple times and each time through an intermediate isolation zone without mechanically contacting an outer surface of the substrate with a substrate transport mechanism, thereby inhibiting mechanical damage to the thin film deposited on the outer surface, which may improve barrier layer performance of the thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Lotus Applied Technology, LLC
    Inventor: Eric R. Dickey
  • Patent number: 9297077
    Abstract: Method of depositing an atomic layer on a substrate. The method comprises supplying a precursor gas from a precursor-gas supply of a deposition head that may be part of a rotatable drum. The precursor gas is provided from the precursor-gas supply towards the substrate. The method further comprises moving the precursor-gas supply by rotating the deposition head along the substrate which in its turn is moved along the rotating drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Adrianus Johannes Petrus Maria Vermeer, Freddy Roozeboom, Joop Van Deelen
  • Patent number: 9297078
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain a hard disk substrate that can have a smooth surface of a plating film through electroless NiP plating and does not have deteriorated corrosion resistance against acid solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gen Ishida, Nobuaki Mukai, Takahiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9297079
    Abstract: Disclosed is an iron alloy article having an excellent bonding force between a resin and an iron alloy using an alkoxysilane-containing triazinethiol, and a method for producing the iron alloy article. Also disclosed is an iron alloy article including a base comprised of iron or an iron alloy, and a resin bonded to at least a portion of a surface of the base through a dehydrated silanol-containing triazinethiol derivative coating, the iron alloy article further including a metal compound film containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a hydroxide, a carboxylate, a phosphate, a sulfate, a thiosulfate, a chloride and a perchloride between the base and the dehydrated silanol-containing triazinethiol derivative coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kinji Hirai, Muneya Furukawa, Isamu Akiyama
  • Patent number: 9297080
    Abstract: A coating of blue-black or black zirconium of uniform and controlled thickness on a zirconium or zirconium alloy material is accomplished through the treatment of an amorphous zirconium or zirconium alloy substrate, which may have an altered surface roughness. The treatment of amorphous zirconium or zirconium alloy substrates includes oxidation of the substrates. A zirconium coating of uniform and controlled thickness is especially useful in various applications because the uniformly thick zirconium surface of controlled depth provide a barrier against implant corrosion caused by ionization of the metal substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon Hunter, Shilesh Jani, Vivek Pawar
  • Patent number: 9297081
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to compositions and methods for neutralizing acidic streams in an olefin or styrene production plant. More specifically, the invention relates to neutralizing agents for dilution steam systems in the steam cracker process and their use for reducing acid corrosion and fouling in such systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore C. Arnst, Jonathan Masere
  • Patent number: 9297082
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for making calcium oxide electrolytically using calcium carbonate as a starting material. In a direct process, the present invention involves heating calcium carbonate to a temperature greater than its melting point or heating a molten mixture containing calcium carbonate; and subjecting the molten calcium carbonate or molten mixture to electrolysis to generate calcium oxide and oxygen, and a reduced carbon product. In an indirect process, the present invention involves heating solid calcium carbonate in a closed container to cause thermal decomposition to calcium oxide, and directing the evolved hot carbon dioxide byproduct into a molten carbonate solution, and subjecting the hot carbon dioxide molten mixture to electrolysis to generate solid carbon and oxygen, and a reduced carbon product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: The George Washington University
    Inventor: Stuart Licht
  • Patent number: 9297083
    Abstract: Devices and methods are provided for generating gas(es). A device includes a first layer having a conductive region and an electrode, a sealing layer adjacent the first layer and having a conductive region and a multi-electrode assembly including an ionic layer with a cathode side and an opposed anode side, and a second layer adjacent the sealing layer and having a conductive region and an electrode operably associated with an isolated electrical connector, wherein the device is configured to generate the gas(es) upon application of a voltage to the electrical connector and to the conductive regions of the layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ramkumar Abhishek, Frederick Joseph Endicott
  • Patent number: 9297084
    Abstract: Electrochemical systems and methods for producing hydrogen. Generally, the systems and methods involve providing an electrochemical cell that includes an anolyte compartment holding an anode in contact with an anolyte, wherein the anolyte includes an oxidizable substance having a higher standard oxidation potential than water. The cell further comprises a catholyte compartment holding a cathode in contact with a catholyte that includes a substance that reduces to form hydrogen. Additionally, the cell includes an alkali cation conductive membrane that separates the anolyte compartment from the catholyte compartment. As an electrical potential passes between the anode and cathode, the reducible substance reduces to form hydrogen and the oxidizable substance oxidizes to form an oxidized product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: CERAMATEC, INC.
    Inventors: Ashok V. Joshi, Sai Bhavaraju
  • Patent number: 9297085
    Abstract: The present invention provides a membrane-electrode assembly which includes: at least one rod-form or tubular electrode; a tubular diaphragm disposed around the periphery of the electrode; and a wire-form counter electrode disposed around the periphery of the diaphragm, the diaphragm being fixed to the rod-form or tubular electrode with the wire-form counter electrode to thereby form an electrode chamber having a gas/liquid passage between the diaphragm and the rod-form or tubular electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignees: DE NORA PERMELEC LTD., Institute of National Colleges of Technology, Japan
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kitaori, Kota Sekido, Tomoyasu Shibata, Tomohisa Suzuki, Masashi Tanaka, Tsuneto Furuta, Yoshinori Nishiki
  • Patent number: 9297086
    Abstract: A hydrogen-producing cell comprising a cell of a high temperature steam electrolyzer or HTSE comprising a porous cathode (404) and a porous anode (402) on either side of a dense and gases-impervious anion conducting electrolyte (403), wherein said cell of the high temperature steam electrolyzer is directly coupled, in series, with a cell of an electrochemical pump comprising a porous anode (406) and a porous cathode (408) on either side of a dense and gases-impervious proton conducting electrolyte (407), at the cathode (404) of the cell of the high temperature steam electrolyzer and at the anode (406) of the electrochemical pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Thibaud Delahaye, Pierre Baurens
  • Patent number: 9297087
    Abstract: A gold alloy plating solution and plating method thereof that provides a gold plating solution with high deposition selectivity by using a gold plating solution that contains gold cyanide, cobalt ions, hexamethylene tetramine, and specific glossing agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Inventors: Yutaka Morii, Masanori Orihashi
  • Patent number: 9297088
    Abstract: There is provided an electroplating method for a through-hole. The method includes: a first plating process, a second plating process, and a third plating process. The first plating process is a plating process of forming a metal film with a uniform thickness in the through-hole to reduce a diameter of the through-hole, the second plating process is a plating process of blocking up a central portion of the through-hole with the metal film using a PR pulsed current, and the third plating process is a plating process of completely filling the through-hole with the metal film using the plating current whose value is equal to or larger than a forward-current value of the PR pulsed current used in the second plating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Shimoyama, Yuji Araki, Fumio Kuriyama, Jumpei Fujikata
  • Patent number: 9297089
    Abstract: A gas turbine component for use in a gas turbine engine includes a substrate and a non-aluminide protective coating with a platinum-group metal. The platinum-group metal resides in a gamma-prime phase of the underlying material. The platinum-group metal can impart the protective coating with superior corrosion-resistance, while the absence of aluminide in the protective coating facilitates use of the protective coating at high-stress and/or high-fatigue portions of the component. The protective coating optionally includes chromide and can also be combined with aluminide at select portions of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Barson Composites Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Clifford Berger, David John Wortman
  • Patent number: 9297090
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a bio-degradable implant based on magnesium having a reduced corrosion rate and to a method for the production of such an implant. It is a a method for treating a surface of a bio-degradable metallic implant comprising the following steps: providing a dispersed system comprising a colloid-dispersed apatite and adding an apatite powder to the dispersed system, subjecting an implant to the dispersed system such that a surface of the implant which is to be treated is immersed in the dispersed system wherein the implant comprises a magnesium based alloy, applying an AC voltage difference between the implant as a first electrode and a second electrode positioned in the dispersed system for generating a plasma electrolytic oxidation on the immersed surface of the implant so that the immersed surface is converted to an oxide film which is at least partially covered by apatites formed by the colloid-dispersed apatite and the apatite powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: AAP IMPLANTATE AG
    Inventors: Elvira Dingeldein, Cyrille Gasqueres, Amir Eliezer, Marco Wolfstadter, Lydia Heimann
  • Patent number: 9297091
    Abstract: A method for producing an aluminum film by electrodepositing aluminum on a base in an electrolytic cell to which a liquid electrolyte containing a molten salt is fed includes adjusting a concentration of an additive in such a manner that a measured value of an overvoltage is within a predetermined range on the basis of a predetermined relationship between the overvoltage and the concentration of the additive added to the molten salt upon electrodepositing aluminum in the liquid electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Sakaida, Akihisa Hosoe, Junichi Nishimura, Kazuki Okuno, Koutarou Kimura, Kengo Goto
  • Patent number: 9297092
    Abstract: The present inventions relate to optical components which include quantum confined semiconductor nanoparticles, wherein at least a portion of the nanoparticles include a ligand attached to a surface thereof, the ligand being represented by the formula X-Sp-Z, wherein: X represents: a primary amine group, a secondary amine group, a urea, a thiourea, an imidizole group, an amide group, a carboxylic acid or carboxylate group, a phosphonic or arsonic acid group, a phosphoric acid group, a phosphate group, a phosphite group, a phosphinic acid group, a phosphinate group, a phosphine oxide group, a phosphinite group, a phosphine group, an arsenic acid group, an arsenate group, an arsenous acid group, an arsenite group, an arsinic acid group, an arsine oxide group, or an arsine group; Sp represents a group capable of allowing a transfer of charge or an insulating group; and Z represents a multifunctional group including three or more functional groups capable of communicating a specific property or chemical reactivit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: QD VISION, INC.
    Inventors: Craig Breen, John R. Linton
  • Patent number: 9297093
    Abstract: A layered body having a single crystal layer including a group III nitride having a composition AlxGayInzN (wherein, X, Y and Z are rational numbers respectively satisfying 0.9?X?1.0, 0.0?Y?0.1, 0.0?Z?0.1, and X+Y+Z=1.0) on a sapphire substrate. The layered body includes an initial single crystal layer that includes the group III nitride composition, an oxygen concentration of 1×1020 cm?3 or more and 5×1021 cm?3 or less and a thickness of 15 nm or more and 40 nm or less on the sapphire substrate and a second group III nitride single crystal layer including the group III nitride composition and having a reduced oxygen concentration than the initial single crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Kinoshita, Kazuya Takada
  • Patent number: 9297094
    Abstract: Provided is a method of delivering a medicament or a diagnostic agent to a subject in need thereof by (a) introducing a microtube configured to deliver the medicament or the diagnostic agent into the subject, said microtube comprises an electrospun shell and an electrospun coat over an internal surface of said shell, and (b) administering the medicament or the diagnostic agent through said microtube, thereby delivering the medicament or the diagnostic agent to the subject. Also provided are kits for delivering a medicament or a diagnostic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LTD.
    Inventor: Eyal Zussman
  • Patent number: 9297095
    Abstract: The present penetration-resistant fabric manufacturing method which prevents yarn breakage during the manufacturing process comprises the steps of: (i) blending a fusible yarn and a support yarn to form a blended yarn; (ii) the blended yarn and an elastomeric yarn are formed into a fabric; (iii) treating the fabric by heating so that the fusible yarn melts and spreads over the fabric; and (iv) cooling the fabric to form a penetration barrier. The present invention prevents yarn breakage during the manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Inventor: King Yeung Yu
  • Patent number: 9297096
    Abstract: A method for weaving pile fabrics with pile-free zones, in which, on a weaving loom, in successive series of at least two successive weft insertion cycles in each case at least one ground weft thread (1) and at least two effect weft threads (2),(3) having mutually different appearance-determining properties are inserted at well-defined weft-insertion levels, in which the effect weft threads (2),(3) in each series are inserted in successive weft insertion cycles, and in which, in order to create a predetermined effect in at least one pile-free zone, the warp threads (4-7);(12-22);(101-104) are positioned with respect to the weft insertion levels such that at least one effect weft thread (2),(3) runs on the pile side substantially uncovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: NV MICHEL VAN DE WIELE
    Inventors: Johny Debaes, Gilbert Moulin, Dominique Maes
  • Patent number: 9297097
    Abstract: An article of apparel including a tubular knit textile region is provided, as well as an apparel printing system for printing on regions of the tubular knit textile region and related methods. The article of apparel can include a tubular knit textile region having an internal side and an opposite external side configured to be exposed during use, a plurality of yarns in an arrangement of interlocked loops forming parallel rows and channels therebetween, and a printed ink design on its external side. The printed ink design can be formed from ink applied to the parallel rows of loops and to the channels. An apparel printing system for printing on the article of apparel can include a textile printer having a print head and a tubular platen that includes features on the platen surface to retain and register the tubular knit textile on the platen surface during printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: David Turner
  • Patent number: 9297098
    Abstract: A reinforcing web has multiple fibers joined together with a binder. At least some of the fibers have foldable portions, wherein the foldable portions have substantially less binder thereon to increase flexure to fold the web. A method of making the reinforcing web includes, applying a binder on the web, and removing some or all of the binder from a foldable portion of the web prior to curing the binder that remains on the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain ADFORS Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Glenn A. Stevens, Charles G. Herbert
  • Patent number: 9297099
    Abstract: A nonwoven material has a plurality of randomly oriented and bulked crimped filaments, a plurality of point bonds interconnecting said crimped filaments into a fixed, 3-dimensional structure, and either a surface portion of said fixed, 3-dimensional structure having a greater density than an inner portion of said 3-dimensional structure or an external surface of said fixed, 3-dimensional structure being substantially free of any protruding filaments. The nonwoven material is made by: bulking a filament tow, fixing the bulked tow into a 3-dimensional structure, and calendering the 3-dimensional structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: CELANESE ACETATE LLC
    Inventors: Raymond M. Robertson, Rene B. Neron, Gary E. DeHart
  • Patent number: 9297100
    Abstract: A six-needle eight-thread stitch configuration includes six rows of threads (21-26) sewn to two adjoining portions (13, 14) respectively of two fabrics (11, 12). Each row of threads (21-26) tightens a top thread (3; 3?) and a bottom thread (4; 4?) respectively and extending sinuously on upper and lower sides of each adjoining portion (13, 14). Each row of threads (21-26) includes a plurality of upper loops (27) and a plurality of lower loops (28) respectively on the upper and lower sides of the adjoining portions (13, 14). The top thread (3; 3?) extends through the upper loops (27) of each row of threads (21-26) and is fixed to the upper sides of the fabrics (11, 12). The lower thread (4; 4?) extends through the lower loops (28) of each row of threads (21-26) and is fixed to the lower sides of the fabrics (11, 12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Inventors: Hsuan-Yi Wu, Che-Hsign Wu
  • Patent number: 9297101
    Abstract: When lifting and lowering the presser-foot by either of the manual operation lever and the knee operation lifter, the composition of the lifting and lowering mechanism can be simplified, the number of parts can be reduced and the production can be performed easily. The present invention is provided with a presser bar lifting and lowering mechanism (30) which has: a lifter operating plate which is disposed upon a pedestal (2a) which supports an arm (2) upon a bed (3) and which is vertically movable depending on a vertical movement operation of a manual operation lever (31); a pivot rod in which one end is joined to the lifter operating plate via a first joining link; and a presser-foot bar lifting and lowering plate which is joined to a second joining link which is joined to the other end of the pivot rod, and which is joined to the presser-foot bar via a presser bar holder which is fixed to the presser-foot bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: SUZUKI MANUFACTURING, LTD.
    Inventor: Tohru Sakuma
  • Patent number: 9297102
    Abstract: A presser device with a fabric guide including a presser foot mounted on a presser bar of a sewing machine; a fabric guide body provided parallel to the presser foot, a position of the fabric guide body being slidable and adjustable; a guide pin provided from a lateral portion of the presser foot in a direction orthogonal to a fabric feeding direction; the fabric guide body guiding an edge of a fabric, the guide pin being inserted through a guide hole of the fabric guide body; a guide pin pressing plate pivotally fitted to the fabric guide body. The guide pin pressing plate having a pushing-up portion that abuts against a needle plate and that exerts a pivoting force about a pivoting point, and a pressing hole through which the guide pin is inserted, the pressing hole applying pressing force to the guide pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: JANOME SEWING MACHINE COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ushio Yokoyama, Muneyuki Ishikawa, Chiyo Toyomi
  • Patent number: 9297103
    Abstract: A presser attaching mechanism for a sewing machine includes a locking mechanism switchable between a locking position where a presser foot or a presser holder is fixed to a presser bar and an unlocking position where the presser foot or the presser holder is released from the fixed state. The locking mechanism includes an operating member rotatable to the locking position and to the unlocking position. The presser bar is formed with a mount. The presser foot or the presser holder has a mounting wall and a mounting hole. The operating member is rotated from the unlocking position to the locking position, so that the operating member fixes the mounting wall to the mount. The locking mechanism has a biasing member which presses the operating member in a direction such that the mounting wall is pressed against the mount when the operating member is located at the locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroaki Fukao
  • Patent number: 9297104
    Abstract: A ball support for a suspension rod in top loading washing machines includes a main body, a support segment and a hook capture head for securing the hooked end of the rod between spaced bars of the cylindrical rod support. Attaching and detaching the ball support from the rod requires inversion of the parts relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Chong B. Wong, Michael W. Davis
  • Patent number: 9297105
    Abstract: A circuit configuration for operating a household device contains a power supply connector, an electrical load that is connected via a power connection cable to the power supply connector, and a controller for an endangering component. The controller is connected via a power connection cable to the power supply connector. A device for switching the controller on and off is arranged between the controller and the power supply connector. Safety equipment for disconnecting the controller from the power supply connector is arranged between the power supply connector and the device for switching. In order to supply the controller with electrical power even when the safety equipment is active, the electrical load is connected between the power supply connector and the safety equipment. A connecting cable is provided that connects the controller via the electrical load to the power supply connector, and in which the device for switching is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Diehl AKO Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Roland Mueller
  • Patent number: 9297106
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a washing machine. More specifically, the invention relates to a washing machine comprising: a detergent box which is provided in a withdrawable fashion on the water-supply flow pathway of the washing machine, and which is formed with a detergent-holding unit in such a way that it can hold detergent; and a portioning member which closes the detergent-holding unit when a liquid detergent is being introduced into the detergent-holding unit, and which opens the detergent-holding unit when a powdered detergent is being introduced into the detergent-holding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Young Jin Doh
  • Patent number: 9297107
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for cleaning a soiled substrate, the method comprising the treatment of the moistened substrate with a formulation comprising a multiplicity of polymeric particles, wherein the polymeric particles are applied in combination with a detergent formulation, the method being characterized in that the detergent formulation is divided into its separate chemical constituents and these chemical constituents are added at different times during the wash cycle. The method allows for improved cleaning with reduced overall chemical loading, and facilitates addition of the more expensive parts of the formulations when they are most effective for cleaning performance, thereby providing considerable cost savings in comparison with conventional all-in-one detergent formulations. A method for cleaning the polymeric particles is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Xeros Limited
    Inventor: Stephen Derek Jenkins
  • Patent number: 9297108
    Abstract: A dry cleaning machine for articles such as garments and the like, comprises: a rotary drum for containing the articles; means for feeding a solvent into the drum; means for draining a solvent out of the drum; a closed circuit for circulating air for drying the articles inside the drum, comprising at least one air movement fan, means for driving the fan, a heating device for heating the air to be fed into the drum, an air cooling device for condensing the solvent contained in the air flowing out of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: F.M.B. FABBRICA MACCHINE BOLOGNA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gabriele Cuppini, Fulvio Nuzzo
  • Patent number: 9297109
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a laundry dryer having a removable front casing panel (1). A laundry dryer according to the invention comprises a front casing panel (1) and a frame structure (4) for accommodating a tub (5) and operational component parts (6) which are required for drying laundry, said frame structure (4) comprises a front supporting member (12) having means (21) for removably mounting said front casing panel (1). The laundry dryer is characterised in that said front supporting member (12) comprises a portion (13) that forms a component part of said tub (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.
    Inventor: Luciano Sartor
  • Patent number: 9297110
    Abstract: A method for storing scanned information concerning a relevant laundry item in a data storage means which is assigned to a carrier holding the laundry item. The laundry item is assigned to a storage means or an intermediate storage means with the carrier comprising its information by a conveying system. The laundry items are sorted by way of their individual information stored on the carriers, moved into corresponding storage sections of the storage means and at the same time are both sorted and formed into laundry batches. The laundry batch then includes laundry items which require a same treatment. The laundry batch can then be supplied, for example, to a continuous-batch washing machine where the laundry items of the laundry batch are washed and, where applicable, subject to further treatments in the manner predefined according to their information. The sorting of the laundry items is automated to a large extent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Herbert Kannegiesser GmbH
    Inventors: Jurgen Mocker, Dirk Littmann, Engelbert Heinz
  • Patent number: 9297111
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relates generally to methods and systems for the manufacture of cellulose nanocrystals. In one embodiment, a method for manufacturing cellulose nanocrystals comprises reacting lignocellulosic fibers with sulfuric acid in water, introducing a water-insoluble solvent to substantially terminate the reaction, separating a first stream comprising at least 70% of the unreacted sulfuric acid in the water-insoluble solvent from a second stream comprising a plurality of cellulose nanocrystals and the remainder of the unreacted sulfuric acid in water, and separating the cellulose nanocrystals from the second stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Domtar Paper Company, LLC
    Inventors: Bruno Marcoccia, Michael Edwards, Marvin Duncan Cooper
  • Patent number: 9297112
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a composition comprising cellulose pulp fibers and thermoplastic fibers wherein said process comprises the step of: a) mixing a refined aqueous pulp suspension with a water suspension of thermoplastic fibers. The invention also relates to compositions and composite articles obtainable by said process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: SÖDRA CELL AB
    Inventors: Narcis Mesic, Anna Linda Viktoria Friman
  • Patent number: 9297113
    Abstract: Polysaccharides and/or hydroxyl polymers, more particularly, structures, especially fibers, comprising a polysaccharide and/or hydroxyl polymer and an association agent, fibrous structures comprising such structures and processes for making such structures and/or fibrous structures are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Larry Neil Mackey, Gregory Charles Gordon, Stephen Wayne Heinzman
  • Patent number: 9297114
    Abstract: Biodegradable support carrying a mixture of non-pathogenic bacteria that synergistically cooperate in decomposing the organic pollutants present in toilet wastewaters and in sewage collection and processing tanks. Method for manufacturing a product comprising the biodegradable support having a bacterial mixture comprised of Bacillus species. Further, a method for degrading organic substances using the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: BBA Biotech SRL
    Inventors: Gianluca Bianchi, Matteo Benedusi, Lorenzo Altheimer
  • Patent number: 9297115
    Abstract: A process for treating a solid substrate coupled to a polyol, wherein said polyol bears free hydroxyl groups, comprising the grafting of at least one fatty acid having an aliphatic chain comprising at least 12 carbon atoms onto said solid substrate coupled to a polyol by esterification of at least one free hydroxyl group of said polyol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), CENTRE TECHNIQUE DU PAPIER
    Inventors: Daniel Samain, Camélia Stinga, David Guerin, Markus Schmid, Klaus Noller
  • Patent number: 9297116
    Abstract: A paper product of the present disclosure having at least one ply is disclosed. At least one outer surface of the web substrate has indicia comprising at least one ink comprising a wax or glycerine disposed therein and substantially affixed thereto. The indicia is defined by CIELab coordinate values disposed inside a boundary described by the MacAdam 3-D gamut and CIELab coordinate values disposed outside a boundary described by the Kien 3-D gamut. Alternatively, the indicia is defined by CIELab coordinate values disposed inside a boundary described by the MacAdam 2-D gamut and CIELab coordinate values disposed outside a boundary described by the Kien 2-D gamut. The indicia have a dot gain of less than 20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Scott Prodoehl, Thomas Timothy Byrne
  • Patent number: 9297117
    Abstract: A paper product of the present disclosure having at least one ply is disclosed. At least one outer surface of the web substrate has indicia comprising at least one ink disposed thereon and substantially affixed thereto. The indicia is defined by CIELab coordinate values disposed inside a boundary described by the MacAdam 3-D gamut and CIELab coordinate values disposed outside a boundary described by the Kien 3-D gamut. Alternatively, the indicia is defined by CIELab coordinate values disposed inside a boundary described by the MacAdam 2-D gamut and CIELab coordinate values disposed outside a boundary described by the Kien 2-D gamut. The indicia have a dot gain of less than 20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Scott Prodoehl, Thomas Timothy Byrne