Patents Issued in September 29, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160279823
    Abstract: The invention relates to the treatment of wood or wood products, in particular for preventing the leakage or migration of tannin from the wood. Said leakage can be effectively prevented by treating the wood with a gelatin solution and/or with a wood treating agent which contains gelatin and gelatin derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: BK Giulini GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Staffel, Marina Fleischhauer, Siegbert Weber
  • Publication number: 20160279824
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method of making a door having first and second door skins and an internal frame. The top and bottom surfaces of the frame are coated with an adhesive and the frame is placed on a first door skin. The second door skin is then placed on the opposite surface of the frame. The assembled components are then pressed to bond the first and second door skins to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Bei-Hong LIANG, Michael MacDonald, Geoffrey Hardwick, Robert Ritchie, George Cucchi, Bruce Fedio
  • Publication number: 20160279825
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to devices for sealing gaps in an extrusion assembly to provide for a consistent extrusion. In one embodiment, a barrel-shaped sealing device with a resilient protruding edge is used to prevent extrusion material from entering gaps between the piston and the inner surface of the barrel. The sealing device includes a fastener to releasably attach the sealing device to the piston. Sealing rings are inserted into a bottom gap formed between the bottom edge of the barrel and the bottom surface of the die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventor: Dorothy Feibleman
  • Publication number: 20160279826
    Abstract: Systems and methods for cooling aggregate are described. Systems and methods may include a drum. The drum may include an aggregate inlet; a plurality of buckets arranged in a ring around a circumference of the drum, and a plurality of rings arranged along the length of the drum, wherein each of the plurality of buckets has openings that open into the interior of the drum; one or more radial donuts or radial webs within the interior of the drum; an aggregate outlet; and a cooling air supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Abdel Magid Hamouda, Khaled Ibrahim ElSayed Ahmed, Seyed Sajad Mirjavadi, Mohamed Gadala
  • Publication number: 20160279827
    Abstract: A wet saw system and related methods of use for supplying a cooling water stream in construction locations. The wet saw system includes a water supply system for supplying the cooling water stream when ambient temperatures are at, below or approaching freezing conditions. The water supply system includes a unitary housing defining storage and electrical compartments. The storage compartment defines a water storage tank that includes a storage inlet, a storage outlet and a heater assembly. The electrical compartment encloses a control assembly, a pumping assembly and a power supply. The pumping assembly is fluidly connected to the at least one storage outlet and supplies a pressurized water stream to a system outlet that is externally accessible on the unitary housing. In the absence of available power sources, the power supply can power the heater assembly so as to be off-line with respect to external utilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventor: Thomas Robert Koski
  • Publication number: 20160279828
    Abstract: An element for a co-rotating twin screw processor, the element having a lead ‘L’ and at least one continuous flight helically formed thereon and, wherein the flight transforms at least once from a first non-integer lobe flight into a second non-integer lobe flight in a fraction of the lead ‘L’ and transforms back to the first non-integer lobe flight in a fraction of the lead ‘L’.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: STEER ENGINEERING PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventor: Babu Padmanabhan
  • Publication number: 20160279829
    Abstract: A device and method for producing pellets from a melt material, the device having a perforated plate with nozzles. Located opposite the perforated plate is a cutter arrangement having a cutter head with at least one blade, wherein the device additionally has a cutting chamber in a housing. A coolant is introduced into the cutting chamber from an inlet apparatus, wherein one or more additional feed opening(s) is/are provided for an additional flow of coolant to the cutting chamber. The additional coolant flows at least in the area of rotation of the at least one blade, circumferentially at least in sections, with an orientation such that this additional flow of coolant differs from the flow of coolant entering through the inlet nozzle arrangement in at least one of the following parameters: physical state, direction, speed, pressure, temperature, density, throughput rate, and/or composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Stefan Deiss, Burkard Kampfmann, Reinhardt-Karsten Murb
  • Publication number: 20160279830
    Abstract: The invention comprises a shaping process for making pellets of a thermoplastic extrudable resin composition. The resin composition comprises a thermoplastic polymer, plasticiser and optionally further additives. The plasticiser comprises a component which is solid at room temperature. The process is run at a temperature above the melting point of the plasticiser and below the melting/plastification temperature of the thermoplastic polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Francesc AYATS, Diana OEHMS, Pavlinka Roy, Jordi SALVADOR, Ralf WIEDEMANN
  • Publication number: 20160279831
    Abstract: The present application relates to process for producing a glass fibre-reinforced thermoplastic polymer composition, which comprises the sequential steps of: a) unwinding from a package of at least one continuous glass multifilament strand, b) applying a sheath of thermoplastic polymer around the at least one continuous glass multifilament strand to form a sheathed continuous multifilament strand; The unwound, the at least one continuous glass multifilament strand is transported through the inside of at least one protective tube over a certain distance between the location of unwinding from a package of said at least one continuous glass multifilament strand, i.e. step a), and the location of applying said sheath of thermoplastic polymer around said at least one continuous glass multifilament strand, i.e. step b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Willy Joseph DIJSSELBLOEM, Stefan GIELEN, Johannes Benedictus Joseph MARTENS
  • Publication number: 20160279832
    Abstract: The invention relates to a preform (1) for a container (2) made of plastic, wherein the preform (1) comprises a body part (3) comprising a wall having a thickness (e1) which extends along a longitudinal axis (X) and which is connected, via a periphery (8), to a closed bottom part (5) which has an apex (10). According to the invention, the bottom part (5) has ribs (11) which each extend from the apex (10) of the bottom part (5) to the periphery (8) so as to form a star, and a substantially triangular zone (12) arranged between two adjacent ribs (11) and a portion (8a) of the periphery (8) has a thickness (e3) which is less than the thickness (e1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventor: Stéphane TEXIER
  • Publication number: 20160279833
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a glass fibre-reinforced themoplastic polymer composition, comprising subsequent steps of unwinding from a package of a continuous glass multifilament strand and applying a sheath of thermoplastic polymer around said multifilament strand to form a sheathed continuous multifilament strand, wherein at least two continuous glass multifilament strands together are provided within said sheath of themoplastic polymer, wherein said sheath of thermoplastic polymer surrounds said at least two continuous glass multifilament strands in such a way that said at least two continuous glass multifilament strands are in close contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Carmela Tufano, Gerard Jan Eduard Biemond
  • Publication number: 20160279834
    Abstract: The present technology provides a carbon fiber reinforced plastic that includes carbon fibers covalently bonded to an energetic polymer and a polymer matrix. Also described is a method for recycling carbon fibers from the carbon fiber reinforced plastic material using microwave energy to separate the carbon fibers from the polymer matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Kraig Anderson, Angele Sjong
  • Publication number: 20160279835
    Abstract: A lens mold and methods of fabricating such a lens mold are disclosed. The lens mold has a pattern for forming an antireflection structure. With such a lens mold, a lens die can be fabricated with the antireflection structure integrally formed on the exterior thereof. Compared to the prior art, the lens mold allows a lens die to be fabricated directly with an antireflection structure integrally formed therewith in a more reliable manner without the risk of fractures, detachments or other defects. A method of fabricating a lens die is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Regis Fan, JauJan Deng, Cheng Hu, Yi Qin
  • Publication number: 20160279836
    Abstract: A method for deburring a rubber molded part, by the following steps: providing a molded part that exhibits a bur to be removed, cooling the bur by exposing the bur to a liquefied gas, and exposing the bur to dry ice particles to remove the bur. There is also described a corresponding arrangement or apparatus for deburring rubber molded parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Ralf Schmand, Christian Bomm
  • Publication number: 20160279837
    Abstract: Cast polyurethane parts for shoes or other items may be formed in an automated fashion. A dispensing mechanism may dispense a predetermined amount of a liquid phase polyurethane mixture onto a flat surface face of a mold. A dispersal mechanism may distribute the liquid phase polyurethane mixture over the flat surface face of the mold to fill at least one cavity in the form. A vacuum may be applied to remove air bubbles from the liquid phase polyurethane mixture. Excess liquid phase polyurethane mixture may be removed from the flat surface face of the mold using a flexible blade that contacts and moves across the flat surface face. One or more conveyance mechanism may transport molds through the desired stages of a system and/or method in accordance with the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Patrick Conall Regan, Mike F. Quigley, Feng-Ming Ou, YU-His Hsing
  • Publication number: 20160279838
    Abstract: A method and a mould (101) for making circular section plastics mouldings (105) comprising feeding (18) melted plastics material into a circular section mould (101) rotating (106) about its axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventor: Chesney Richard Orme
  • Publication number: 20160279839
    Abstract: Condoms, condom formers, and methods for forming condoms are disclosed. A condom includes an open end, a closed end, a tubular sheath extending from the open end to the closed end, a tip portion adapted to cover a glans of a penis, disposed adjacent to the closed end, and a plurality of raised features disposed on the tubular sheath, having a top surface area and a base surface area, wherein the total raised top surface area is greater than the total base surface area of the condom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: KC NGUYEN, Beng Sim Chuah, Adeline Ai Lin Kung, Matthew Steven Groskorth, Chayaporn Pongthanomsak
  • Publication number: 20160279840
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving adhesion of an insulating foam to a molded polymeric insulating structure through use of ozone gas for functionalization of molded polymeric surfaces of an internal cavity of the insulating structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: John French, Paul Nugent, Francis Laxamana, Argel Adarlo
  • Publication number: 20160279841
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a molding machine and a method of molding a part. The molding machine may include multiple molding systems (e.g., extruders) for pumping molten material into one or more mold cavities. The multiple molding systems may pump the same material or different materials into the one or more mold cavities. The multiple molding systems may be individually and/or collectively controlled. A method of molding a part may include pumping material into one or more mold cavities via multiple molding systems, ceasing pumping material into the one or more mold cavities when one or more pressures associated with the multiple molding systems are achieved, and releasing a molded part from the one or more mold cavities after the one or more pressures are achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventor: Richard Ernest Fitzpatrick
  • Publication number: 20160279842
    Abstract: Manufacturing steps for manufacturing a hand tool include a step of setting a base part which has a handle end and a driving end; a step of molding: coating plastic to the base part by way of plastic injection molding to form the base part into an initial product which has a handle portion and a driving head, an installation hole defined through the driving head; a step of coating: electro-coating outer surface of the plastic of the initial produce, and a step of assembly: assembling a driving member in the installation hole by using fixing members so as to obtain a final product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventor: Yao-Lin Cho
  • Publication number: 20160279843
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a housing of a portable electronic device includes the following blocks. A plate glass is provided. The plate glass is cut. The plate glass includes a main body with curved corners and a plurality of side edges. Each side edge is connected with two curved corners. A glass member is formed by a thermal bending process. The side edges are bent from the main body, and perpendicularly to the main body. A plastic member is formed and integrated with the glass member by insert molding. The plastic member is formed in the glass member and fit closely against the glass member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventor: SHAO-HAN CHANG
  • Publication number: 20160279844
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to trays typically comprising a composite internal structure, a thermoplastic frame typically located about the composite internal structure, and two cover sheets forming the upper and lower tray surfaces. The composite internal structure may be a corrugated composite structure in some embodiments. In other embodiments, the composite internal structure may comprise a series of composite elements (which might act a beams or struts). The cover sheets may comprise thermoplastic material, and in some embodiments, the cover sheets may comprise composite material (for example the same as for the corrugated composite structure). In some exemplary embodiments, the thermoplastic frame and the composite internal structure may have the same thermoplastic material, and they may be joined together to have a plurality of homogeneous connective attachments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: Reliant Worldwide Plastics, LLC
    Inventor: William H. Maslakow
  • Publication number: 20160279845
    Abstract: An injection molded part is formed of a base part and a soft component which includes a cushioning shaped part fastened thereto. Injection (molding is performed without additional connection steps by having the cushioning shaped part have a soft, cast gel body completely covered on its boundary surface with a hard component that is a flexible and elastically deformable material which forms a circumferential flange-like rim protruding laterally beyond the cast gel body. During injection molding the hard component is being surrounded by the material of the base part while shielding the cast gel body from the injected material used to form the base part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Matthias AUSMEIER, Frank Stefan KLINGEBIEL, Hans Hermann DREYLING, Jan KLINGEBIEL, Daniel BALLUEER
  • Publication number: 20160279846
    Abstract: An apparatus for two-shot forming to form a plate shape resin product may include a first mold, a second mold, and an injection machine for injecting a raw resin including a foaming agent into a cavity defined by the first mold and the second mold through gates of the second mold, in which the first mold that is brought in contact with the outer side of a formed resin product is equipped with a cooling device for partially and intensively cooling a thick portion of the resin product in the first mold that is brought in contact with a relatively thick portion of a part rapidly changing in thickness in the resin product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Byung Seok KONG, Jong Sik BAE, Hee Jun JEONG
  • Publication number: 20160279847
    Abstract: A thermoplastics injection moulding process coats a field joint of a pipeline by positioning a mould tool around the field joint to define a mould cavity. Thermoplastics material injected into the mould cavity forms a field joint coating that will set in the mould cavity. As the thermoplastics material shrinks in the mould cavity while the field joint coating sets, compacting pressure is applied radially inwardly within the mould cavity against a radially outer side of the field joint coating. A compacting fluid introduced into the mould cavity between the mould tool and the field joint coating may be used to apply pressure against the field joint coating. This accelerates and controls cooling of the field joint coating while maximising quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: SUBSEA 7 Limited
    Inventors: Philippe Benoit Jacques Hoffmann, Mike Gordon, Nicolas Monfort-Moros, Sylvain Popineau
  • Publication number: 20160279848
    Abstract: A mold for manufacturing a reel component member, the mold comprises a hub formation portion configured to form a circular tube shaped hub; a flange formation portion configured to form a flange integrally provided at one end portion of the hub; a bottom plate formation portion configured to form a bottom plate that is provided with a ring shaped reel gear at the one end portion or another end portion of the hub and that includes a plurality of hole portions provided at equal intervals on the reel gear; a gate that is disposed further to a radial direction inside than a wall face of the hub formation portion that is configured to form an inner peripheral face of the hub; and an anticorrosion coating that is applied to a wall face of the hub formation portion that is configured to form an outer peripheral face of the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventor: Yosuke SUMIYA
  • Publication number: 20160279849
    Abstract: A pressure resistant drop tip nozzle assembly for an injection molding machine having a nozzle body with a nozzle passage extending axially through said nozzle body between a nozzle inlet and a nozzle outlet. The assembly includes a drop tip which has a body connected to the nozzle outlet of said nozzle body. The drop tip has a drop tip bore extending between a drop inlet located adjacent said nozzle outlet body and a drop outlet. A tapered drop passage located at said drop outlet defines a resin flow aperture where resin leaves said drop tip. An internal heating insert is positioned within said drop tip bore. The drop tip body is connected to the nozzle body via a mechanical connection such as screw threads. A reinforcing weld preferably via a continuous laser weld is provided between said drop tip body and said nozzle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: Plastic Engineering & Technical Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick A. Tooman, Bruce Casey
  • Publication number: 20160279850
    Abstract: A valve motor device of an injection molding apparatus is provided. The valve motor device of an injection molding apparatus, which drives a valve pin that is selectively opened and closed to inject a raw material into a mold includes a housing in which a stator is disposed, a rotor disposed in the housing, the rotor acting with the stator to rotate, a rotational shaft coupled to the inside of the rotor, a screw assembly coupled in the rotational shaft, the screw assembly including a screw that linearly moves according to the rotation of the rotational shaft, and a control unit disposed on a side of the rotational shaft, the control unit comprising a detecting unit configured to detect a rotation amount or angle of the rotational shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Won Sik LEE, Hyung Woo LEE
  • Publication number: 20160279851
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a molding machine and a method of operating a molding machine. The molding machine may include a shuttle table that is slidable along a longitudinal axis of the molding machine. An operator of the molding machine may slide the shuttle table along the longitudinal axis of the machine to access a molded part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventor: Richard Ernest Fitzpatrick
  • Publication number: 20160279852
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of molding a part. The method may include rotating a screw within a barrel to extrude a molten material through a nozzle orifice into a mold cavity to fill the mold cavity with the molten material, stopping rotation of the screw upon the mold cavity being filled with the molten material, monitoring a parameter indicative of a pressure in the mold cavity, and further rotating the screw to extrude additional molten material into the mold cavity when a drop in pressure in the mold cavity is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventor: Richard Ernest Fitzpatrick
  • Publication number: 20160279853
    Abstract: This invention relates to a filament guide and nozzle replacement method which includes a fused deposition modeling 3D printer extruder having a filament feeding mechanism, a heating block unit, a motor configured to operate the feeding mechanism, and a detachable integrated filament guide and nozzle unit module. The method comprises the steps of detaching the detachable integrated filament guide and nozzle unit module from the heating block unit to prevent disassembling the heating block unit; disconnecting the detachable integrated filament guide and nozzle unit module from the filament feeding mechanism; connecting another detachable integrated filament guide and nozzle unit module to the filament feeding mechanism; and attaching the other detachable integrated filament guide and nozzle unit module to the block unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Arik Bracha, Eran Gal-Or
  • Publication number: 20160279854
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a molding system and a method of heating a material inside a molding system. The molding system may include a thermally-insulative barrel, a screw received inside the barrel and rotatable relative to the barrel, and a heat source received inside the barrel for heating an annular space defined between the barrel and the screw. The method of heating a material inside a molding system may include applying inductive heat to a magnetic screw positioned inside an insulative barrel to prepare a material for extrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventor: Richard Ernest Fitzpatrick
  • Publication number: 20160279855
    Abstract: A method of making a flexible magnetized sheet is provided. The method may comprise the steps of (1) using cold extrusion to produce a highly viscous fluid magnetizable sheet, (2) passing the sheet through a magnetic field to create an uncured magnetized sheet, and (3) curing the sheet with electron beam curing. The fluid mixture may comprise magnetizable particles with a random charge orientation and an acrylic resin. The components of the mixture are cool when passed through an extrusion die. The extruded fluid sheet allows for the sheet to be magnetized and then, instead of curing by cooling, cured by the bombardment of electrons via an electron beam (EB) generator. The method can eliminate the heat of extrusion and can allow for more freedom of orientation because the sheet does not cure until it reaches the electron beam curing station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventor: Scott William Huffer
  • Publication number: 20160279856
    Abstract: A mould (12) for producing, from a blank (3), a container (2) having a bottom (6) provided with a seat (8), the mould (12) including:—a wall (14) delimiting a cavity (17) and, beyond the cavity (17), a hollow recess (21) opening into the cavity (17) via an opening (20);—a mould bottom (16) that is movable relative to the wall (14), the bottom having an upper surface (27) defining a seat surface (28) having the footprint of the seat (8) of the container (2). In this mould:—the wall (14) has a counterbore (24) that defines, at the top, the hollow recess (21) and that extends perpendicular to and around the opening (20), substantially parallel to the central axis (X);—the upper surface (27) defines a peripheral face (30) that extends flush with the counterbore (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: Sidel Participations
    Inventor: Camille GUITON
  • Publication number: 20160279857
    Abstract: A substrate de-bowing mechanism, system and method are described. The mechanism can include a substrate support, one or more stationary contact members, and one or more dynamic or movable contact members that are adapted to contact the substrate and bend the substrate in a desired direction to reduce or eliminate bowing of the substrate. The mechanism is controlled by a CPU or other controller that can adjust the de-bow parameters of the de-bowing mechanism based on input settings that can be dynamic and/or static settings. The mechanism can be used to de-bow a variety of substrates including plastic cards, passports, and passport pages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Alexander Kelly Zaborowski, David E. Wickstrom, Rajesh Kalachand Juriasingani
  • Publication number: 20160279858
    Abstract: A method of producing a body portion (2) of a capsule (1) comprises forming the body portion (2) from a polymeric material and subsequently treating one or more piercing zones (30) of the body portion (2) to alter one or more material characteristics of the polymeric material of the piercing zone(s) relative to the material characteristics of the polymeric material of a remainder of the body portion (2). A capsule (1) for the preparation of a beverage comprises a body portion (2) comprising one or more piercing zones (30) intended to be pierced in use by one or more piercers (13) of a beverage preparation machine to provide one or more inlet apertures for feeding water under pressure into the interior of the capsule (1). The body portion (2) is formed from a polymeric material. The polymeric material of the piercing zone(s) comprises a transformed structure which has been treated after formation of the body portion (2) to alter one or more of its material characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: John Melrose, Andrew Halliday, Simon Philip Jelley
  • Publication number: 20160279859
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods by which a warped workpiece is reconfigured in a pre-determined manner to reduce a separation between the warped workpiece and a joining workpiece. The warped workpiece is reformed/reshaped, prior to joining, by softening material of the warped workpiece through application of a predetermined amount of energy at or near warping and using a directional force applied to a first surface of the warped workpiece, thus reducing a separation space at a joining interface of the warped workpiece and joining workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: NEIL DAVID MCKAY, PEI-CHUNG WANG, DALONG GAO, BRADLEY J. BLASKI
  • Publication number: 20160279860
    Abstract: An intravenous delivery system may have a liquid source containing a liquid, tubing, and an anti-run-dry membrane positioned such that the liquid, flowing form the liquid source to the tubing, passes through the anti-run-dry membrane. The anti-run-dry membrane may be positioned within an exterior wall of a drip unit, and may have a weld surface secured to a seat of the exterior wall via application of compression to press the weld surface against the seat, and application of coherent light or vibration. In response to application of the coherent light or vibration, localized melting may occur, causing the weld surface to adhere to the seat. The anti-run-dry membrane may be modified to have a melting point close to that of the seat. Ultrasonic or laser welding may be applied in a manner that causes portions of the seat to melt and flow into pores of the weld surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Shaun Staley, Justin G. Hortin, Brent R. Stoddard, Jason Rivkowich, Lawrence J. Trainer
  • Publication number: 20160279861
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for connecting first (110) and second (120) plastic pipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventor: You SHIK KWAK
  • Publication number: 20160279862
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to provision and/or utilization of a hidden feature for accessing and/or repairing mobile devices are described. An embodiment includes a wire physically adjacent to an adhesive. The adhesive bonds a first portion of a computing device and a second portion of the computing device. The wire is capable of being heated in response to application of electrical voltage or current. In turn, the heated wire causes cutting of the adhesive to allow for physical separation of the first portion of the computing device and the second portion of the computing device. Another embodiment utilizes a hidden end of an opening in a computing device to hide a fastener. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Denica N. Larsen, Wing K. Ho
  • Publication number: 20160279863
    Abstract: Systems and methods for applying sealant to a seam between a first work piece and a second work piece, including applying a fillet layer of the sealant to cover the seam, applying a first flaring layer of the sealant adjacent the fillet layer and contacting the fillet layer and the first work piece, applying a second flaring layer of the sealant that contacts the second work piece, and applying at least one filling layer of the sealant so that the filling layers of the sealant in combination contact each of the first flaring layer, the fillet layer, and the second flaring layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Don David Trend, Jake Boyce Weinmann, Frederick B. Frontiera
  • Publication number: 20160279864
    Abstract: In some examples, a method of forming a housing assembly comprises affixing a support frame onto a first panel cover of the housing assembly, wherein the support frame includes an integrated pattern of channel cavities, positioning a second panel cover of the housing assembly adjacent the support frame, and flowing a bonding material through a plurality of openings of the second panel cover and into the channel cavities of the integrated pattern of the support frame so as to form a secure bond between the first panel cover, the support frame, and the second panel cover of the housing assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventor: Mark David Senatori
  • Publication number: 20160279865
    Abstract: A method of joining at least two polyolefin tubular members containing placing the respective ends of the tubular members within a coupler thereby defining a coupler joint, wrapping the respective ends of the tubular members and the coupler joint with a transitional film having a first surface adapted to bond to the tubular members, bonding the transitional film to the respective ends of the tubular members, and applying a reinforcement system over the transitional film. The bonding of the transitional film to the respective ends of the tubular members contains applying heat to the transitional film and the bonding of the transitional film to the respective ends of the tubular members contains wrapping the pipe with heat-activated shrink tape and heating the damaged area to activate a bonding process of the transitional film to the respective ends of the tubular members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: James M. Souza, Lawrence Cercone
  • Publication number: 20160279866
    Abstract: A method of joining two polyolefin tubular members end-to-end containing placing respective ends of the tubular members together, welding the respective ends of the two tubular members together using butt fusion thereby defining a circumferential joint, wrapping the respective ends of the tubular members and the circumferential joint with a transitional film having a first surface adapted to bond to the tubular members, bonding the transitional film to the respective ends of the tubular members, and applying a reinforcement system over the transitional film. The bonding of the transitional film to the respective ends of the tubular members contains applying heat to the transitional film and the bonding of the transitional film to the respective ends of the tubular members contains wrapping the pipe with heat-activated shrink tape and heating the damaged area to activate a bonding process of the transitional film to the respective ends of the tubular members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: James M. Souza, Lawrence Cercone
  • Publication number: 20160279867
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade is described, the blade being formed from at least a pair of blade shells being joined together. For at least a portion of the wind turbine blade, the blade shells are joined by an overlamination applied between the edges of the blade shells, thereby substantially reducing or eliminating the need for a structural adhesive to join the blade shells, particularly in the area of the leading edge of the blade or the root region of the blade trailing edge. The overlamination can be formed from the same material as the blade shells themselves, thereby minimising the possibility of structural faults or cracks due to differences in materials or stiffness levels at the interface between the blade shells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventor: Jesper Hasselbalch GARM
  • Publication number: 20160279868
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods of printing 3-D structures using supramolecular gels, and the structures that result therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Jason Alan Burdick, Chris Highley
  • Publication number: 20160279869
    Abstract: A device for processing of highly viscous photopolymerizable material for layer-by-layer generation of a shaped body comprises a vat including a bottom which is at least in certain areas thereof transparent, a build platform, an exposure unit for exposing a material layer formed between the lower side of the build platform and the vat bottom in a locally selective manner, a control unit in order to adapt the relative position of the build platform to the vat bottom after each exposure step for a layer, in order to successively build up the shaped body in the desired shape, and a moveably guided doctor blade arrangement including a drive unit for moving the doctor blade arrangement back and forth underneath the build platform. The doctor blade arrangement comprises two doctor blades spaced apart in movement direction, which doctor blades are moveable at a constant distance to the vat bottom along the bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Simon Gruber, Jürgen Stampfl, Jörg Ebert
  • Publication number: 20160279870
    Abstract: In one aspect, build materials operable for use in 3D printing systems are described herein. In some embodiments, a build material comprises an oligomeric curable material, a reactive component that is solid at 25° C., and at least one diluent, wherein the reactive component comprises at least one chemical moiety that is polymerizable with a chemical moiety contained in the oligomeric curable material and/or the at least one diluent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Pingyong XU, John STOCKWELL
  • Publication number: 20160279871
    Abstract: A device (20) for unpacking a three-dimensional object (2), produced in an interchangeable container (5) and/or on a construction platform (7) by applying layers of a construction material (11) in powder form and by selective hardening thereof, from the surrounding unhardened powder (9) contains a rotating device (22) for holding the interchangeable container (5) and/or the construction platform (7), which rotating device is able to rotate the interchangeable container (5) and/or the construction platform (7) through an angle of at least 90° out of the upright position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems
    Inventors: Martin Heugel, Georg Fey
  • Publication number: 20160279872
    Abstract: A process for the layer-by-layer construction of a three-dimensional object (3) from a pulverulent construction material by means of successively solidifying layers of the pulverulent construction material in each case at those sites of a layer which correspond to a cross section of the object, wherein the solidification is accomplished by introducing heat energy, has the following steps for each layer: a step of providing a layer of a pulverulent construction material, a step of preheating the applied construction material to a preheating temperature, below the temperature at which the material is solidified, and a step of solidifying the applied layer by means of electromagnetic radiation or particle radiation (7), wherein, in the solidification step, during a predetermined period of time, the start of which coincides with the beginning of the solidification step, the quantity of heat introduced per unit area is reduced over time and can be described by a function which decreases monotonously depending on t
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems
    Inventor: Stefan Paternoster