Patents Issued in November 1, 2016
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Patent number: 9481112Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include a cylindrical master mold assembly having a cylindrical patterned component with a first diameter and a sacrificial casting component with a second diameter. The component with the smaller radius may be co-axially inserted into the interior of the component with the larger radius. Patterned features may be formed on the interior surface of the cylindrical patterned component that faces the sacrificial casting component. The sacrificial casting component may be removed once a cast polymer has been cured to allow the polymer to be released. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: METAMATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES USA, INC.Inventors: Boris Kobrin, Ian McMackin
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Patent number: 9481113Abstract: A plant for making continuous yarns (30) made of silicon material comprises at least an extrusion station (12), into which the material is introduced in an amorphous condition, and extrusion means (15) which cause the material to exit from the extrusion station (12) along an extrusion axis (D). The plant also comprises a vulcanization station (16), located downstream of the extrusion station (12), at a determinate distance (āLā) therefrom, in which the continuous yarn (30) is vulcanized in a direction of treatment (T). The plant also comprises a drawing unit (18), disposed downstream of the vulcanization station (16).Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2009Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: LEMUR S.P.A.Inventor: Thomas Klotz
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Patent number: 9481114Abstract: An imprint method using a mold includes the steps of applying on a substrate a resin composed of a mixture of an ultraviolet curable resin cured with ultraviolet light and a luminescent material that undergoes fluorescence or phosphorescence upon receiving ultraviolet light, imprinting the mold into the resin applied to the substrate, curing the resin applied to the substrate using ultraviolet light, releasing the mold from the substrate imprinted with the pattern, and detecting light from any residual resin remaining on the mold. The imprint method can use an imprint apparatus that includes a light-emission detecting unit configured to detect light emitted from the luminescent material. After the mold is released from the resin on the substrate, the detecting step can use the light-emission detecting unit to detect light emitted from any residual resin remaining in a concave and convex portion of the pattern formed on the mold.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tsutomu Hashimoto
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Patent number: 9481115Abstract: A tool set comprising: a molding tool comprising a molding surface and a mandrel recess in the molding surface; a first mandrel configured to fit into the mandrel recess and form a first component; and a second mandrel configured to fit into the mandrel recess and form a second component which has a different shape or size to the first component. A method of manufacturing a part, the method comprising: arranging a set of components on one or more inner mould line tools; forming a layer around the inner mould line tool(s); fitting a pair of outer mould line tools on opposite sides of the inner mould line tool(s); molding the part by compressing the layer and the components between the inner and outer mould line tools; and removing the inner mould line tool(s) from the part.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Airbus Operations LimitedInventor: Marc Edwin Funnell
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Patent number: 9481116Abstract: The invention relates to methods and to a manufacturing device for manufacturing a sandwich component. A semifinished product arrangement is soaked with a flowable matrix material, for example a resin, in particular by an infusion method. By using the method of the invention, inherent tensile stresses introduced by the respective method and remaining in the sandwich component to be manufactured are reduced, and moreover the risk of crack formation in the course of the process, afterwards and during operation of the sandwich component is minimized.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Ichwan Muhammad Zuardy, Pierre C. Zahlen, Karim Grase, Claudio B. Vultaggio, Axel Siegfried Herrmann
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Patent number: 9481117Abstract: In a manufacturing method of a decorative molded article, in which a surface of a fiber-reinforced resin shaped product including carbon fibers in which some carbon fibers are contained in a form of carbon fiber bundle and a thermoplastic resin, is decorated in the mold, a decorative molded article having excellent surface smoothness and an excellent appearance is provided by controlling a pressure in the mold during cooling.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Teijin LimitedInventors: Hiroki Sano, Takumi Kato
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Patent number: 9481118Abstract: An access device provides needleless access to patient fluid lines such as intravascular catheters. A septum assembly of the access device is formed from a frame integrally molded with a septum and provides access for a tubular portion, such as a male luer taper of a syringe, of a medical device. The frame of the septum assembly is bonded to the housing of the device, which minimizes axial and rotational movement between the septum and the housing, so that the access device properly operates through multiple uses.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Weston F. Harding, Marty Lee Stout
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Patent number: 9481119Abstract: A method and a machine that account for changes in material properties of molten plastic material during an injection run. If viscosity of the molten plastic material changes during an injection run, a controller alters a step time of the injection cycle to ensure that molten plastic material completely fills and packs a mold cavity to prevent part flaws such as short shots or flashing.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: IMFLUX INC.Inventors: Gene Michael Altonen, Kimberly Nichole McConnell, Vincent Sean Breidenbach, Milko Georgiev Gergov
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Patent number: 9481120Abstract: A device for producing a high density compact livestock feed from a loose granular material according to various embodiment can include a source for supplying a loose granular material to be treated and moving the treated material through a series of successive treatment zones. Rotatable screws are provided within an extruder to compress and transport the treated material a die. The treated material is pressed through the die while a two-dimensional cross-section compression is applied to the treated material.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: NATIONWIDE 5, LLCInventor: Michael R. Thomas
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Patent number: 9481121Abstract: Provided is a die plate assembly for an underwater pelletizing system, wherein molten plastic flows through a die plate and exits into a fluid bath for further processing. The assembly provides a seal against water leakage and effective insulation to prevent heat loss from a heated die plate. The assembly includes a die plate having a plurality of through holes for receiving fasteners for mounting the plate to another portion of the pelletizer system, and at least one insulation chamber for insulating the die plate from the fluid bath located on a downstream side of the die plate. The assembly further includes at least one gasket covering one or more of the through holes to seal one or more through holes from the fluid bath.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.Inventors: J. Denny Robertson, Gregory G. Herndon, Pavel Ledyan
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Patent number: 9481122Abstract: A cutter hub position control device for consistent blade adjustment in an underfluid pelletizer is provided in connection with a motion rod attached to the pelletizer cutter hub and extending through a hollow shaft of the pelletizer motor. The cutter hub position control device can be collinear, transaxial or in a plane parallel to the axis of the motion rod to which it is attached. Adjustment of the cutter hub position control device is automated through use of feedback control mechanisms.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: GALA INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: David W. Hurt, Juergen Veltel, Martin Aholt, Damon M. Patton, John P. Sprouse
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Patent number: 9481123Abstract: The invention relates to a labeling device (10) for a thermoforming system (100) comprising: a supply device (11) for at least one label reel (12) having a plurality of labels (1); a first cutting device (26) for separating each label (1) from the at least one label reel (12); a preferably drum-like transfer device (45) for transferring each label (1) separated from the at least one label reel (12) to a mold (102, 103) of a molding tool (101) for producing a container (80), wherein the molding tool (101) comprises several molds (102, 103), and wherein all containers (80) can be produced in the respective molds (102, 103) in one manufacturing cycle by the molding tool (101). According to the invention, the first cutting device (26) is assigned to multiple molds (102, 103) of the molding tool (101) and a label feed device (35) is provided, said device feeding each label (1) separated from the at least one label reel (12) by the cutting device (26) to the transfer devices (45) of the molds (102, 103).Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2012Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Holger Kloeppel, Martin Heidkamp, Peter Walter
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Patent number: 9481124Abstract: The present invention describes methods for creating single-piece or multi-piece Rigid Inserts that may be included in an Ophthalmic Lenses or may comprise the Ophthalmic Lens, wherein the Rigid Insert may be formed through the processing of thin sheet material by thermoforming. Single piece annular Rigid Inserts may perform the function of providing a template for printed patterns to be included in Ophthalmic Lenses. Single piece full Rigid Inserts may perform the function of polarizing light or filtering light based on the properties of materials used to form the insert. Multi-piece Rigid Inserts may incorporate activation and energization elements. The present invention also includes apparatus for implementing such methods, as well as Ophthalmic Lenses and inserts formed with the Rigid Insert pieces that have been thermoformed.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.Inventors: Randall B. Pugh, Karson S. Putt, Edward R. Kernick, Douglas Lilac, Frederick A. Flitsch, Camille Higham, Sharika Snook
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Patent number: 9481125Abstract: A method for patterning a carbon nanotube array is disclosed. A carbon nanotube array is transferred onto a surface of a substitute substrate. The carbon nanotube array has a second surface adjacent to the substitute substrate and a first surface away from the substitute substrate. The carbon nanotube array is laser etched from the first surface to divide the carbon nanotube array into two areas which are a preserving area and a removing area. A carbon nanotube structure is drawn from the removing area.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yang Wei, Hao-Ming Wei, Shou-Shan Fan
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Patent number: 9481126Abstract: A method for producing an electrical insulation material includes the steps: providing a liquid-crystalline polymer; shaping the liquid-crystalline polymer to give an insulation film in such a manner that the mesophase of the liquid-crystalline polymer is present in the insulation film, whereby the molecules of the polymer are aligned in a preferred direction in the insulation film; laminating a plurality of insulation films to give a layer complex forming the electrical insulation material, wherein the layer complex has at least one insulation film which differs in the preferred direction of the molecules thereof from the preferred direction of the molecules of another insulation film.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2011Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Christian Seidel
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Patent number: 9481127Abstract: A method for joining together constructional parts which are made of a composite material and extend transversely to one another, such as a flange and a web of a profile, includes the steps of: placing the constructional parts in the desired position with respect to one another so as to form a connecting region in which one of the constructional parts abuts against or in proximity to the other constructional part, causing a thermoplastic material to flow out into the connecting region, fusing together the constructional parts under the influence of heat and pressure.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: FOKKER AEROSTRUCTURES B.V.Inventors: Joost List, Robert Kruithof, Johannes Martinus Josephus Teunissen, Hendrik Van Croonenborg
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Patent number: 9481128Abstract: A package bag sealing machine includes a first clamping unit and a second clamping unit respectively connected to a first bracket and a second bracket and movable relative to each other to clamp a package bag therebetween, a first sealing unit, a second sealing unit connected to the second bracket, and a first drive connecting the first sealing unit to the first bracket and controllable to move the first sealing unit toward the second sealing unit for sealing a package bag between the first sealing unit and the second sealing unit. After the first clamping unit and the second clamping unit clamp the package bag to be sealed, they are immovable, preventing stretching the package bag during the sealing operation and increasing the packaging yield.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Chan Li Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chi Pin Hsu
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Patent number: 9481129Abstract: A portable device for attaching a connector to an optical fiber, the optical fiber having an end, the device comprising means for receiving the optical fiber at the end of the optical fiber; and a connector station for autonomously attaching the connector to the optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2012Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignees: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBAInventors: Danny Willy August Verheyden, David Donald Erdman, Michael Gurreri, Randall Bobby Paul, Jan WattƩ, Robert Charles Flaig, Alan Edward Plotts, Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen, Shelly Anne Buchter, Jan Vandenbroeck, Patrick Billet, Stefano Beri, AndrƩ Johannes Maria Hilderink, Hernes Jacobs, Petrus Theodorus Rutgers, Petrus Theodorus Krechting, Martijn Johannes Wolbers, Walter Mattheus, Cristian-Radu Radulescu, Paul Vits, Karel Johannes Van Assenbergh, Pieter Cornelis Johan De Jager, Henk Jan Theodoor Van Der Pol
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Patent number: 9481130Abstract: A method of permanently joining plastic components is provided. The method includes orienting a first plastic component having at least one first rib in close proximity to a second plastic component having at least one second rib. Also included is positioning a plurality of fiber-optic cables in a location between the first plastic component and the second plastic component, wherein each of the plurality of fiber-optic cables include a first end and a second end. Further included is generating a laser beam that is directed into the first end of the plurality of fiber-optic cables and terminating proximate the second end of the plurality of fiber-optic cables.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: INTEVA PRODUCTS, LLCInventor: Donald Eugene Casteel
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Patent number: 9481131Abstract: A 5D printer, which additively manufactures an object, includes an extruder that can move linearly along three orthogonal axes and rotationally around at least one of the axes with respect to the object while depositing a material. A gantry is movable along X, Y and Z axes, and a trunnion table movable about A and B axes is mounted on the gantry. A platen is mounted on the trunnion table, and the extruder deposits the material on the platen while moving the gantry and trunnion table. A model of the object is analyzed to produce a stress tensor for the object, and the depositing is according to the stress tensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: William S Yerazunis, John C Barnwell, III, Joseph Katz, Dirk Brinkman
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Patent number: 9481132Abstract: An extruder or other similar tool head of a three-dimensional printer is slidably mounted along a feedpath of build material so that the extruder can move into and out of contact with a build surface according to whether build material is being extruded. The extruder may be spring-biased against the forward feedpath so that the extruder remains above the build surface in the absence of applied forces, and then moves downward into a position for extrusion when build material is fed into the extruder. In another aspect, modular tool heads are disclosed that can be automatically coupled to and removed from the three-dimensional printer by a suitable robotics system. A tool crib may be provided to store multiple tool heads while not in use.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLCInventors: Peter Joseph Schmehl, Aljosa Kemperle, Stewart Schmehl
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Patent number: 9481133Abstract: A three-dimensional printer positions a tool such as an extruder in three-dimensional space using a passive, i.e., non-motorized, z-axis alignment technique that generates z-axis movement based upon motorized movements along another axis. In this manner, intermittent z-axis step movements such as those from layer to layer in a multi-layer fabrication process can be performed without the need for an additional, dedicated motor for z-axis movement. The passive system may employ a variety of different gearing techniques to convert x-axis or y-axis movements into a z-axis movement under various conditions. For example, the three-dimensional printing tool may move to a predetermined position along a first axis (e.g., an x-axis or y-axis) where a passive gear assembly engages a rack or the like. When in this predetermined position along the first axis, the tool can move along a second axis and create a resulting movement on a third axis (e.g., the z-axis).Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLCInventors: Philip C. Carbone, Warren J. Ellis, Jr., Mitchell J. Kelley, Kate E. Nevin
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Patent number: 9481134Abstract: A three-dimensional printer uses leveling screws with tactile feedback to assist a user in properly orienting a build platform within a working volume.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2012Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLCInventors: Robert J. Steiner, Ariel Douglas
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Patent number: 9481135Abstract: A method for defining trajectories of fiber on a layup surface, including the definition of a transfer mesh of a transfer surface corresponding to a simplified surface, substantially continuous, of the layup surface, the direction of a fiber at an analysis point of the layup surface, being obtained by: definition of a projected point by normal projection of an analysis point on the transfer mesh, definition of a reference direction at said projected point, definition of the normal to the transfer element, definition of a cutting plane by the projected point, the reference direction and the normal, definition of the line of intersection of the cutting plane with the plane of the element, the direction of the fiber at the analysis point being obtained from this line of intersection.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: CORIOLIS SOFTWAREInventor: Olivier Munaux
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Patent number: 9481136Abstract: A vacuum barrier system for curing a composite part may include a bag carrier and a compliant, relatively thin film bladder formed over the bag carrier to function as a vacuum barrier. The bag carrier may be configured complementary to the composite part. The bladder may seal the bag carrier therewithin.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2012Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Brett I. Lyons, Robert G. Albers
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Patent number: 9481137Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a plastic lens, wherein, in molding a plurality of plastic lenses having different optical surface shapes simultaneously in a single mold 50, by designing cavities 3a and 3b such that each of the plastic lenses to be molded has the same volume, a plurality of plastic lenses having different optical surface shapes can be molded simultaneously in a single molding die without impairing the molding accuracy, and an injection compression molding apparatus used for such method.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2010Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: HOYA CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyohiro Saitou, Hayato Kitabayashi
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Patent number: 9481138Abstract: This invention discloses methods and apparatus for sealing and encapsulating Components on and within an annular Multi-Piece Insert. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic Lens is cast molded from a silicone hydrogel, and the Component includes a sealed and encapsulated Multi-Piece Insert portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.Inventors: Randall B. Pugh, James Daniel Riall, Adam Toner, Daniel B. Otts, Frederick A. Flitsch, Sharika Snook
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Patent number: 9481139Abstract: Method of manufacturing a container (14) from a blank (2) of thermoplastic material having a body (4) extending along a principal axis (A), which comprises: A selective heating step in which the body (4) of the blank (2) is exposed to monochromatic or pseudo-monochromatic infrared radiation, the power of which is modulated along the principal axis (A) of the body (4) in such a way that said body has alternating hot annular regions (4A, 4C, 4E, 4G, 4I), the temperature of which is far higher than the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the material, and comparatively colder annular regions (4B, 4D, 4F, 4H), the temperature of which is close to the glass transition temperature (Tg); A forming step in which a fluid under pressure is injected into the blank (2) thus heated, said step being carried out in free expansion.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2011Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONSInventors: Caroline Bellec, Mikael Derrien, Guy Feuilloley, Isabelle Maillot
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Patent number: 9481140Abstract: The apparatus for manufacturing cosmetics comprises the contents absorption step using an absorbent including: (1) a transfer table for transferring a cosmetic container, (2) a suction portion for sucking foreign matter inside an accommodation space of the cosmetic container, (3) a contents injection portion for injecting contents into the accommodation space, (4) an absorbent supply portion for injecting an absorbent into the accommodation space, (5) an absorbent press portion for repeatedly pressing the absorbent inside the accommodation portion, (6) an edge member supply portion for injecting an edge member for fixing the absorbent inside the accommodation space, and (7) an absorbent fixing portion for allowing the edge member to be fixed inside the accommodation space.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2012Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATIONInventors: Inchul Lee, Gyeongho Kim
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Patent number: 9481141Abstract: The device for embossing wrapping foils comprises an embossing roller and two counter-rollers, one of which is driven via a drive, the embossing and the counter-rollers being designed in a pinup-pinup configuration, at least the embossing roller having teeth that project from the roller cylinder in the so-called pinup-pinup configuration and the teeth being pyramidal or conical and at least partly also serving for driving the counter-rollers, whereby the embossing roller and counter-rollers are designed for embossing logos on a foil strip and, for being utilizable in an online process, comprise means to avoid a pitching movement of the embossing roller independently of the number and length of gaps in or between logos and of the width of the foil strip.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2011Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Boegli-Gravures SAInventor: Charles Boegli
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Patent number: 9481142Abstract: A machine for producing corrugated paper has a machine frame, a fluted roller and a glue application roller, which can be placed against the fluted roller and between the surface of which and the fluting the paper web to be provided with a corrugation and to be partially glued can be guided through. Provided between the fluted roller and the glue application roller and to the side of the fluting is at least one spacer, which maintains a safety gap with a gap width d between the surface of the glue application roller and the fluting, the gap width d being smaller than the smallest thickness of the paper web.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: BHS CORRUGATED MASCHINENā UND ANLAGENBAU GMBHInventor: Alfons Gnan
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Patent number: 9481143Abstract: Disclosed are multilayer film structures having annular profiles, and methods and apparatus of making the structures disclosed. The annular multilayer articles have a uniform thickness, at least four layers and comprise overlapped and non-overlapped circumferential areas; wherein the layer structure of the non-overlapped area is doubled in the overlapped layer. A method of making the structure includes providing a multilayer flow stream with at least four layers of thermoplastic resinous materials; feeding the multilayer flow stream to a distribution manifold of an annular die to form an annular multilayer flow stream; and removing the annular multilayer flow stream from the annular die to form the annular multilayer structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Joseph Dooley, Jeffrey M. Robacki, Mark A. Barger, Robert E. Wrisley, Sam L. Crabtree, Calvin L. Pavlicek
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Patent number: 9481144Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for using nonwoven materials for evacuation slides, life rafts, life vests, and other life-saving inflatable devices. The nonwoven materials have a substrate layer with continuous filament fibers formed in various directions. The substrate layer then has a first and second layer of polyurethane. The first and second layers of polyurethane may be laminated or coated to a nonwoven substrate of the filament fibers. An isocyanate-based adhesive or primer may be particularly useful in causing cross-linking of the materials to one another.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Air Cruisers Company, LLCInventors: Deepak Duggal, Mark Jeffers, Thomas W. Swierkocki
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Patent number: 9481145Abstract: The present invention relates to a sheet-form prepreg which comprises a plurality of carbon fibers and a matrix resin with which the plurality of carbon fibers are impregnated. This matrix resin contains a thermosetting resin, a curing agent, conductive particles of 1 ?m or smaller in diameter, conductive particles of 5 ?m or larger in diameter and thermoplastic resin particles, and the conductive particles of 1 ?m or smaller in diameter, the conductive particles of 5 ?m or larger in diameter and the thermoplastic resin particles are each disproportionately distributed in a specific part of the prepreg. By the present invention, a prepreg from which a carbon fiber-reinforced composite material having both excellent impact resistance and good conductivity in the lamination direction can be produced is provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2012Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Kazuhiro Hatanaka, Hiroaki Sakata, Hiroshi Taiko
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Patent number: 9481146Abstract: A crosslinked polyolefin resin foam, wherein a C4-12 ?-olefin-copolymerized, linear, low-density polyethylene resin (Y) and a low-density polyethylene resin (X) other than the resin (Y), the content of the resin (X) is lower than that of the resin (Y); the sum of (X) and (Y) is 50% or more and 100% or less based on 100% of all components; 50% compressive hardness is 70 kPa or less; when the foam is divided in the thickness direction into equal four layers (A), (B), (C) and (D) in this order from one face side of the foam, and 50% compressive hardnesses of layers (A) and (D) are ācompressive hardness (a)ā and ācompressive hardness (d),ā respectively, the ratio of (a) to (d) is 1/20 to 1/2; and air permeability in the thickness direction is less than 0.9 L/min.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2012Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Takahide Yoshioka, Hitoshi Yasuzawa
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Patent number: 9481147Abstract: A laminated body is provided that exhibits impact resistance, wear resistance and scratch resistance, and which enables a reduction in weight together with a reduction in the dielectric constant. The laminated body 100 includes a first tabular member 10 configured from a ceramic material and having a first thickness t1, and a second tabular member 20 configured from a polymer material and having a second thickness t2. The laminated body 100 withstands a falling-ball impact breaking test from a height that is higher than that exhibited by a single layer body that is configured from the ceramic material and of a thickness t3 that is the sum of the first thickness t1 and the second thickness t2.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Kaku, Hidehiko Tanaka, Kazuyoshi Shibata, Hideki Shimizu
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Patent number: 9481148Abstract: The present invention provides a high-corrosion-resistance hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent appearance uniformity. The steel sheet includes: a coating layer containing Al: 4 to 22 mass %, Mg: 1 to 6 mass %, and Si: 0.001 to 1 mass %, and a balance being composed of Zn and inevitable impurities formed on a surface, in which at an interface between the coating layer and a base steel sheet, Mg2Si phases and Ca phases each mainly composed of Ca or a Ca compound exist, and at least part of the Mg2Si phases precipitate by using the Ca phases as a nucleus.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: NIPPON STEEL AND SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Yasui, Tooru Oohashi, Nayuta Kawazu, Satoru Tanaka, Akio Saito
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Patent number: 9481149Abstract: Provided is a resin article produced by melt processing and having layers formed by a layer-separation. The resin article may include a first resin layer, a second resin layer formed on the first resin layer and an interface layer including a first resin and a second resin and formed between the first resin layer and the second resin layer. The resin article may have improved mechanical and surface characteristics. Further, since coating or plating is not required for manufacturing a resin article, a manufacturing time and/or cost can be reduced, and productivity can be increased.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2012Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Houng Sik Yoo, Hak Shin Kim, Jin Young Ryu, Chong Kyu Shin, Young Jun Hong, Jeong Min Kim, Eun Joo Choi
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Patent number: 9481150Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to multilayer film having has an L* color less than 30 and a 60 degree gloss value less than 10. The multilayer film has a first polyimide layer and a second polyimide layer. The second polyimide layer has 25 to 50 wt % of a polyimide, 15 to 35 wt % of a polyimide particle matting agent, greater than 0 and less than 20 wt % of at least one submicron carbon black and 15 to 50 wt % of at least one submicron fumed metal oxide.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Thomas Edward Carney, Christopher Robert Becks, Jeffrey Michael Bartolin
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Patent number: 9481151Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method of producing an electrostatic field generating plate. More specifically, the method enables an electrostatic field generating plate to be produced made from PVC for a water purification system wherein the plate generates an electric field.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Inventors: Michael Paul Clements, Craig Miller
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Patent number: 9481152Abstract: Devices and methods for fusing materials using a heating element, where the overall mass to be sealed varies along the length of the seal. According to the invention, the heating element has a different profile in different areas. According to some aspects, the thickness and/or cross section of the heating element is different in different areas so that when a current is passed through the heating element, each area heats to a different degree. In some aspects, the heating element is shaped to conform to the shape of the parts to be fused together. The transition between areas of different thickness or cross-sectional area, or between areas of different shape may be sharply defined. This abrupt transition may be created by machining the heating element to a finished shape rather than bending flat stock to shape.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2012Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Trlby Innovative LLCInventor: Robert J. Mileti
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Patent number: 9481153Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing leather parts (18), which can be processed using saddler technology, from prefabricated final leather (12) for the automotive field. The final leather is split in a splitting process (13) with the formation of a contiguous and closed thin leather hide (14) with a proportional thickness in relation to the final leather of from 15 to 50% and a split leather hide (15) with a proportional thickness of from 50 to 85%. The thin leather hide (14) is then cut to size in a die-cutting process with the formation of predefined thin leather blanks and is lined over the full area of its rear side with a complementary lining blank made from a textile, fibrous and/or foam material which is lighter in mass than leather. In principle, the split leather hide can also be trimmed, cut to size and optionally split to a desired thickness and lined with the formation of split leather parts (19) which can be processed using saddler technology.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2011Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Bader GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Martin Wieke, Daniel Moldaschel, Thomas Christof Bader
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Patent number: 9481154Abstract: A method for producing a laminate for configuring an image display device is provided, capable of realizing simultaneously unevenness followability and anti-bubble reliability. A method for producing a laminate for configuring an image display device is proposed, comprising the following steps (1) and (2): (1) The step of forming an adhesive composition into the form of a monolayer or a multilayer sheet, and by UV-crosslinking, primary-curing this thereby forming a pre-secondary curing transparent double-sided adhesive sheet. (2) The step of layering two image display device-constituting members via the pre-secondary curing transparent double-sided adhesive sheet and then irradiating ultraviolet light from at least a first image display device-constituting member side, UV-crosslinking through this member and secondary-curing the pre-secondary curing transparent double-sided adhesive sheet.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI PLASTICS, INC.Inventors: Kahoru Niimi, Makoto Inenaga, Takahisa Uchida
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Patent number: 9481155Abstract: A method for producing a laminate for configuring an image display device is provided, capable of realizing simultaneously unevenness followability and anti-bubble reliability. A method for producing a laminate for configuring an image display device is proposed, comprising the following steps (1) and (2): (1) The step of forming an adhesive composition into the form of a monolayer or a multilayer sheet, and by UV-crosslinking, primary-curing this thereby forming a pre-secondary curing transparent double-sided adhesive sheet. (2) The step of layering two image display device-constituting members via the pre-secondary curing transparent double-sided adhesive sheet and then irradiating ultraviolet light from at least a first image display device-constituting member side, UV-crosslinking through this member and secondary-curing the pre-secondary curing transparent double-sided adhesive sheet.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI PLASTICS, INC.Inventors: Kahoru Niimi, Makoto Inenaga, Takahisa Uchida
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Patent number: 9481156Abstract: To reduce operation time and ensure strength of a covering member.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: KANTO NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshikazu Igi
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Patent number: 9481157Abstract: A repair apparatus for an electrically conductive layer of a composite structure includes a dielectric layer, having a perimeter, secured to the structure, and a conductive layer, secured over the dielectric layer and to the structure around an entirety of the perimeter of the dielectric layer, the conductive layer being treated along a perimeter region thereof to improve a conductive path between the conductive layer and the structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Patrice K Ackerman, Weston K Anderson, Russell J Heeter
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Patent number: 9481158Abstract: A composite automation method and apparatus for the generation of short path course application of a composite lamina is realized by reconfiguring the functional mechanisms of the fiber placement head. Separating the fiber advance and retract functions, nesting the activation cylinders, and making use of push only activation results in a simplified, compact AFP delivery head. Uniform cutting is provided by a circular configuration fiber cutting blade, were at activation the blade both provides a progressive cutting force and rotates to providing a new cutting edge, and requires limited cutting edge guidance as all orientations cut equally well. The mechanism nested in functions and placed in close proximity to the compaction roller reduces the overall fiber course to the application point.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Perry T Horst, Brice A Johnson
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Patent number: 9481159Abstract: A device for pasting an optical protection film on a flat screen includes: a holder, a roller holder and a peeling stick, wherein a gate-shaped slot, a rear locating slot and rear locating columns are provided on a rear side of the holder; a device locating chamber, a sliding track, a front locating slot and locating columns are provided on a front side of the holder; wherein the roller holder includes: a roller shell and a roller, wherein the peeling stick is provided inside the front locating slot or the rear locating slot, the roller holder is provided on the sliding track on the front side of the holder for moving. According to the present invention, locating is accurate, pasting costs less time and less effort, and pasting quality is ensured.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: SHANGHAI BOXIUTE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Xuhui Wang
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Patent number: 9481160Abstract: The present disclosure generally describes techniques suitable for use in the construction or recycling of composite materials. An article may comprise a thermoplastic coupled to a bonding interface layer, with a coating layer applied to the surface of the bonding interface layer. A bonding interface layer may comprise catalytic nanoparticles embedded within and/or encapsulated by one or more radiatively unstable polymers. Application of ionizing radiation to the article may release a catalyst at the bonding interface. Application of heat and/or stress to the article may enhance catalytic degradation of the remaining bonding interface and uncoupling of the thermoplastic from the coating layer. Embodiments of methods, compositions, articles and/or systems may be disclosed and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLCInventor: Angele Sjong
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Patent number: 9481161Abstract: The present invention aims at reducing a breaking phenomenon of an adsorbed substrate while the substrate is detached from a lower plate at a high speed. An embodiment is a substrate detaching apparatus including an adsorption main body disposed on one side of the adsorbed substrate to generate an adsorption force; and a plurality of adsorption parts provided in a predetermined adsorption region of the substrate under the adsorption main body, being spaced apart from each other and applied with an adsorption force from the adsorption main body to adsorb the substrate, wherein the adsorption region includes an outer region of a first cycloid curved line protruding in a third corner direction based on a diagonal connecting between a first corner and a second corner of the adsorbed substrate and an outer region of a second cycloid curved line protruding in a fourth corner direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyun Hwan Choi, Myung Hwan Park, Kun Hee Jo, Man Hong Na, Seung-Jin Baek