Patents Issued in November 10, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160325510
    Abstract: A combined composite and metal hybrid component and a method of forming said component, are disclosed, the component comprising a substantially sheet-like or web-like body portion, made of a composite material, at least one stiffening member made of a metal and at least one made of a composite material, and curing the component in a vacuum bag, such that the metal stiffening member is formed against the composite stiffening member and the metal stiffening member remains a part of the hybrid composite component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventor: Steven EVANS
  • Publication number: 20160325511
    Abstract: A container for sealant liquid to repair an inflatable article, preferably pneumatic, comprises a shell defining an inner volume for a sealant liquid, an inlet port for introduction of a gas under pressure into the inner volume, an outlet port for injection of the sealant liquid after preservation of the inlet port, a closure unit configurable between a closed position in which the sealant liquid is held in the inner volume and an open position reached after pressurisation of the inlet port, in which the inlet port and the outlet port are connected by means of the inner volume. In particular, the inlet port and the outlet port are on opposing sides with respect to the inner volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: TEK GLOBAL S.R.L.
    Inventor: MAURIZIO MARINI
  • Publication number: 20160325512
    Abstract: The invention relates to a machine (10) for an automated filling of a mold assembly (1) for molding an ophthalmic lens, comprising: filling means (20) to fill the mold assembly with a molding material through a filling aperture (6) provided in the mold assembly, acquiring means (70) to acquire an input value (W1) linked to the internal volume of the mold assembly, and control means (40) for controlling the flow rate of molding material injected by the filling means in the mold assembly according to a flow rate profile (FR1, FR2) deduced as a function of said input value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE)
    Inventors: Amparo ACDA, Ratchapoom MARUTHANONT, Chatree HOMWONGS
  • Publication number: 20160325513
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical film includes molding a sheet-shaped rubber-containing thermoplastic resin composition discharged in a molten state from a die outlet of an extruder by inserting the composition between a pair of smoothing rollers including an elastic roller, wherein a melt viscosity ? of the rubber-containing thermoplastic resin composition as measured at a temperature of the rubber-containing thermoplastic resin composition during the discharge from a die and a shear velocity of 122 sec?1 is 600 Pa·sec or more but 2000 Pa·sec or less; a surface temperature of the elastic roller is Tg?70° C. or higher but Tg?20° C. or lower; and ?×V/P is 5000 or less, wherein V represents a line velocity (m/min) and P represents a pressure applied by the elastic roller (kgf/cm).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoya Kamikariya
  • Publication number: 20160325514
    Abstract: A method for controlling the manufacturing of tires for wheels of vehicles includes: extracting a cured tire from a curing station, in which the cured tire has accumulated heat during a curing process; and verifying the presence of possible defects or imperfections in that cured tire. The verification includes detecting first electromagnetic radiations representative of a heat emission from different portions of the cured tire while the cured tire frees the accumulated heat; providing at least one output signal representative of the first electromagnetic radiations detected to allow an analysis of the cured tire and to verify the presence of the possible defects or imperfections. A plant for the manufacturing of tires for wheels of vehicles is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: Pirelli Tyre S.P.A.
    Inventors: Vincenzo BOFFA, Marco GALLO, Bartolomeo MONTRUCCHIO
  • Publication number: 20160325515
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a molding element of a mold for molding and vulcanizing a tire tread, this tread comprising a tread surface intended to come into contact with the ground when the said tire is running. The molding element includes a rib for molding a groove in the tire tread, the rib being a rounded end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicants: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
    Inventor: Shuichi KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20160325516
    Abstract: A tire mold vent assembly includes a cylindrical vent housing having a slot defined therein along the length of the housing to provide a circumferential flexibility to the vent housing. An elastomeric insert is received in the slot and includes a head extending laterally from one end of the housing. The head is movable between a first position permitting air flow into the passage through the housing, and a second position which blocks the passage to prevent sprue formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventor: Edward S. Seroka
  • Publication number: 20160325517
    Abstract: Retreaded tires and methods for manufacturing the same. A tire is retreaded with a pre-cured tread band having a smooth back face and one or more tread grooves with compliant skid base gauge on a front face. The grooves in the pre-cured tread band align with grooves in a tire casing and upon curing conform to the shape of the casing grooves. The tire tread depths are greater than the original tire tread depth of the pre-cured tread band, thereby increasing the wear volume of the tire tread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Terry A. Westaway, Robert G. Otting
  • Publication number: 20160325518
    Abstract: Methods of forming flexible containers having gussets formed by Z-folding then V-folding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Tadayoshi ISHIHARA, Joseph Craig LESTER, Marc Richard BOURGEOIS, Kenneth Stephen McGUIRE, Benjamin Jacob CLARE, Scott Kendyl STANLEY, Lee Mathew ARENT, Jun YOU, Andrew Paul RAPACH, Charles John BERG, JR., Kory Adam GUNNERSON
  • Publication number: 20160325519
    Abstract: An open box-like woven fabric includes two inner walls connected transversely between two outer walls, and a base wall connected to the outer and inner walls oppositely of a top opening formed between the outer and inner walls. Each outer wall has an outwardly extending side extension, and the base wall has an outwardly extending bottom extension. The open box-like woven fabric is formed from a novel flattened fabric preform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventor: Li-Ju TSAI
  • Publication number: 20160325520
    Abstract: What is presented is a unit cell that has a cellular geometry that comprises cell walls and cell edges arranged into a combination of a cubic cell geometry and a tetrahedral cell geometry and assembled structures that comprise a plurality of unit cells. The voids of the unit cell created by the combination of geometries comprise regular tetrahedrons, irregular tetrahedrons, and octahedrons. In some embodiments, the thickness of selected cell walls can vary and in some embodiments have zero thickness. In some embodiments selected cell walls and selected cell edges have a varied thickness. In other embodiments selected cell walls are non-planar. In some embodiments selected cell walls may have one or more holes. Selected cell edges of some embodiments of unit cell may have varying cross-sectional geometry that vary along a length of the cell edge. Some embodiments of the unit cell may comprise fillets to blunt stress concentrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: Nama Development LLC
    Inventor: Jonathan Berger
  • Publication number: 20160325521
    Abstract: A sheet of material suitable for roofing or industrial wrapping applications has an anti-skid surface formed by ridges of twisted tapes. The sheet comprises a woven scrim of warp tapes and weft tapes. Some of the tapes are twisted about their longitudinal axis, for example about (25) to (400) revolutions per meter, to form ridges having a height substantially greater than the thickness of the tapes. The ridges impart an anti-skid surface to the sheet. The scrim is bonded to a coating or film to make the sheet waterproof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Manish K. Seth, Martin Vido
  • Publication number: 20160325522
    Abstract: A sheet of material suitable for roofing or industrial wrapping applications has an anti-skid surface formed by ridges of twisted tapes. The sheet comprises a woven scrim of warp tapes and weft tapes. Some of the tapes are twisted about their longitudinal axis, for example about (25) to (400) revolutions per meter, to form ridges having a height substantially greater than the thickness of the tapes. The ridges impart an anti-skid surface to the sheet. The scrim is bonded to a coating or film to make the sheet waterproof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Manish K. Seth, Martin Vido
  • Publication number: 20160325523
    Abstract: A sheet of material suitable for roofing or industrial wrapping applications has an anti-skid surface formed by ridges of twisted tapes. The sheet comprises a woven scrim of warp tapes and weft tapes. Some of the tapes are twisted about their longitudinal axis, for example about (25) to (400) revolutions per meter, to form ridges having a height substantially greater than the thickness of the tapes. The ridges impart an anti-skid surface to the sheet. The scrim is bonded to a coating or film to make the sheet waterproof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Manish K. Seth, Martin Vido
  • Publication number: 20160325524
    Abstract: A laminated structure has a first layer formed from a fiber reinforced plastic, a second layer formed from a fiber reinforced plastic and arranged opposed to the first layer, a first core layer formed from a first resin foam and arranged between the first layer and the second layer, and a second core layer formed from a second resin foam and arranged between the first core later and the second layer. The first resin foam has a higher flame resistance than the second resin foam. A laminated structure having flame resistance and high strength enough to endure a bird strike or the like at the same time can be manufactured at relatively low manufacturing cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo MORIHASHI, Takeshi HASEGAWA, Yosuke TSUMURA, Takeshi TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20160325525
    Abstract: A composite, radius filler noodle for a co-cured spar or stringer used in aircraft construction has a unidirectional composite core and pluralities of pre-preg fabric strips stacked in layers surrounding the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Joshua Zarfos, Vladislav A. Andryukov, Darrell D. Campbell, JR.
  • Publication number: 20160325526
    Abstract: A thermosetting resin composition (P) of the present invention is used for forming a resin member (101) in a metal-resin composite body (100) including the resin member (101) and an aluminum-based metal member (102) bonded to the resin member (101) and contains a thermosetting resin (A) and a filler (B), in which a rate of change of warpage is equal to or greater than ?35% and equal to or less than 35%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro TAKIHANA, Koji KOIZUMI, Yusuke WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20160325527
    Abstract: A metal sheet laminating resin film is provided which is composed of a polyester resin having such a mechanical property that a true stress at which a true strain of 1.0 as measured at 45° C. is obtained is 13 to 40 MPa. In addition, a metal sheet laminating resin film is provided in which the polyester resin is a material obtained by blending 20 to 80 mass % of a polytrimethylene terephthalate resin into a polybutylene terephthalate resin or a two-layer resin film of a polyester resin and a polyethylene terephthalate resin, wherein the thickness of the polyester resin layer is not less than one half the total resin layer thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki IWASHITA, Satoshi KAWAMURA, Takahiko MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160325528
    Abstract: A luminous glazing unit includes a first glass substrate, made of mineral glass and in optical contact with a second glass substrate, a polymer layer, selected from a lamination interlayer, associated with a tinted and/or reflective element, and/or an opaque polymer encapsulation, a porous silica layer, underneath the polymer layer, a light source, optically coupled to the first glass substrate, and a light-extracting device associated with the first glass substrate, a mineral and transparent protective coating made of silica, directly on the porous silica layer and directly underneath the polymer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Matthieu BERARD, Brice DUBOST, Stéphanie MORLENS, Mauricette RONDET
  • Publication number: 20160325529
    Abstract: A laminated glazed automobile roof including two outer and inner sheets of glass and inserted sheets joining the sheets of glass, and including, arranged between the two sheets of glass, an LC (liquid crystal film) assembly for controlling light transmission, and light-emitting diode (LED) lighting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Sebastien LINTHOUT, Rostislav LOSOT, Jonathan VIVIER
  • Publication number: 20160325530
    Abstract: A natural fiber-based, engineered beam assembly comprising opposing top and bottom surfaces, opposing first and second side surfaces and a longitudinal axis. Loads applied to the beam assembly are normal to the top surface. Substantially parallel layers of flattened bamboo or vegetable cane culms are stacked and laminated together. Each layer is formed by at least one culm, and each culm has fiber bundles extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis and are impregnated with a binder. The density of the fiber bundles in the culm decreases across the culm's thickness from the exterior surface to the interior surface. At least a plurality of the culms have a common orientation, wherein the exterior surfaces face toward a same one of the top, bottom, first or second side surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventor: Leland Slaven, JR.
  • Publication number: 20160325531
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transparent multilayer structure containing a transparent base layer containing at least one transparent thermoplastic and also other layers according to the invention; the production of this multilayer structure; the use thereof for producing mouldings such as plastics glazing for buildings, motorcycles, automobiles, rail vehicles, aircraft and panels, and for pillar and bodywork covers; and to the mouldings themselves. The multilayer structure is characterized in that it has high scratch resistance and high weathering resistance, and also excellent, long-lasting optical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Frauke KÜHN, Frank BUCKEL, Peter CAPELLEN, Alexander MEYER
  • Publication number: 20160325532
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a plastic foil, comprising at least one first layer of a plastic composition containing a first transparent plastic, as well as 0.01 to 15 wt. % transparent polymer diffusion particles, related to the total mass of the first layer, and at least one second layer of a plastic composition, containing a second transparent plastic and 0.01 to 5 wt. % a UV absorber, related to the total mass of the second layer, characterised in that the refraction index, determined according to DIN EN ISO 489 at 23° C. and 589 nm, of the second layer differs from the refraction index of the first layer by at least 0.6%. Further objects of the invention are the use of the plastic foil as an optical uncoupling foil, an organic radiation emitting construction element containing the plastic foil, as well as the use of the construction element as an organic light emitting diode (OLED).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Heinz Pudleiner, Klaus MEYER, Benjamin KRUMMACHER, Simon SCHICKTANZ, Daniel S. SETZ
  • Publication number: 20160325533
    Abstract: A package material blank comprises a body panel having a main panel, two second panels arranged adjacent to the main panel and at least one third panel. End closure panels arranged adjacent to the body panel, the end closure panels comprising a top and bottom closure panels arranged adjacent to the main and the at least one third panel, respectively and flap closure panels arranged adjacent to the two second panels. Lines of weakness separate each of the body and end closure panels. A line of weakness is provided on the main panel having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion extends from a first point to a second point and the second portion extend from a third point to the second point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Per SCHARFENORT, Bengt HÅKANSSON, Therese EKLUND, Claudia LEIDINGER, Karin MARCOVECCCHIO, Carl NORDENSKJÖLD
  • Publication number: 20160325534
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a multilayer film comprising a first layer and a second layer; and a tie layer; where the tie layer is disposed between the first layer and the second layer; the first layer being disposed on a first surface of the tie layer; the second layer being disposed on a second surface of the tie layer; where the second surface is opposedly disposed to the first surface; where the tie layer comprises a crystalline block composite and a carboxylated olefin copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Yushan HU, Kim L. Walton
  • Publication number: 20160325535
    Abstract: Provided is a decorative sheet for decreased thickness, and ensure superior molding processability and designability including external appearance (including the finished state) and texture (feel). The present invention relates to a decorative sheet, comprising a base sheet formed of a polyester resin or a polyolefin resin; and an ornamental layer and a surface-protecting layer provided on the base sheet in this order, the decorative sheet having a total thickness of 70 to 135 ?m, at least the surface-protecting layer having recesses, the maximum depth of each recess being 15 to 100% based on the total thickness and not less than 15 ?m, the ratio of a tensile elastic modulus at 120° C. to a tensile elastic modulus at 20° C. being 1:12 to 1:160, and the ratio of a maximum point load at 120° C. to a maximum point load at 20° C. upon 30-mm stretching being 1:1.7 to 1:30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Masanori Ueno, Chika Funabiki
  • Publication number: 20160325536
    Abstract: Transfer films comprising a carrier film, a sacrificial template layer deposed on the carrier film and comprising reentrant forming template features, and a thermally stable backfill layer having a first surface conforming to the reentrant forming template features and forming reentrant features and an opposing planar second surface; and methods of making transfer films are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Martin B. Wolk, Olester Benson, JR., Terry O. Collier, Michael Benton Free, Adam J. Meuler, Justin P. Meyer, Evan L. Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20160325537
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to an assembly and process for preparing affixing tape. The disclosure also relates to an affixing assembly and process using the prepared tape. The tape can be used, for example, to affix plastic items to mailing pieces. The assemblies and processes disclosed herein provide for added throughput, less down time, higher quality of parts and production control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventor: Mark Wegmann
  • Publication number: 20160325538
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for applying a film in which non-contact repulsive forces generated by ultrasonic vibration are applied using an ultrasonic vibration unit (A) to a surface of a substrate so as to support the surface of the substrate without contact, and a film is pressed and applied to the other surface of the substrate using a pressing roller. The ultrasonic vibration unit (A) may comprise: an ultrasonic vibration body facing a surface of the substrate; and an ultrasonic excitement unit for exciting the ultrasonic vibration body. In addition, the present invention provides an apparatus for applying a film comprising: an ultrasonic vibration unit (A) for applying non-contact repulsive forces generated by the ultrasonic vibration to a surface of a substrate so as to support the surface of the substrate without contact; and a pressing roller for pressing and applying a film to the other surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: Corning Precision Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mun Hwan Seol, Ki Nam Kim, Shin Kim, Dong Young Cho
  • Publication number: 20160325539
    Abstract: A self-adhesive membrane includes a substrate with a bottom surface and a first edge; an adhesive substance at least partially covering the bottom surface, the adhesive substance covering an area of the bottom surface adjacent to the first edge; a first liner partially covering the adhesive substance, the first liner covering the area of the adhesive substance adjacent to the first edge; and a second liner covering another area of the adhesive substance not covered by the first liner, the second liner and the first liner being independently separable from the adhesive substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: Firestone Building Products Company, LLC
    Inventor: Rodrigo Murillo-Maese
  • Publication number: 20160325540
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for applying sealing strips in an automated fashion to the edges of an article carrier support rail. The apparatus uses a vacuum force to hold at least one seal strip in a channel of a first nest assembly. The first nest assembly is rotationally supported and may be into a position adjacent to a second nest assembly. The second nest assembly is configured to hold an external component, for example an article carrier support rail, in an orientation so that a predetermined area thereof can receive the seal strip. The first nest assembly applies the seal strip to the predetermined area of the external component in a highly precise, repeatable and rapid fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas B. LAVIOLETTE, Michael C. BLOM, Jason BONAMINIO
  • Publication number: 20160325541
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system includes an ultrasonic inspection system integrated in such a way as to minimize time needed for an inspection process. The inspection system may have an ultrasonic phased array integrated into a build table for detecting defects in each successive slice of a workpiece and such that each slice may be re-melted if and when defects are detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Anton I. Lavrentyev, Alexander Staroselsky, Sergey Mironets
  • Publication number: 20160325542
    Abstract: A method for registering a printing press, said printing press including a plurality of printing stations each for printing a respective color-image on a web, each said printing stations being associated with a respective different color, at least two pairs of said printing stations being un-registered, the method includes the procedures of identifying at least two regions-of-interest in the image to be printed, each including a respective different pair of two partially overlapping color-images, acquiring an image of the common area on the web, for each region-of-interest, chromatically separating the acquired image to determine two monochrome images respective of each region-of-interest, for each region-of-interest registering the two monochrome images respective thereof, registering a monochrome image respective of one region-of-interest with a monochrome image respective of another region-of-interest and determining a registration correction for each printing station according to the registration between
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Ohad MENASHE, Dan ZAMIR, Shahar GOLAN, Haim KREITMAN, Chanan GAZALA
  • Publication number: 20160325543
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink formulation comprising two-dimensional inorganic layered particles. The ink formulations of the present invention are for inkjet printing. The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of these ink formulations, to the use of these ink formulations for the production of printed films and tracks comprising the inorganic material, to the films or tracks produced by the inkjet printing these ink formulations, and to devices that comprise these films or tracks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: The University of Manchester
    Inventors: Cinzia Casiraghi, Veronica Sanchez Romaguera
  • Publication number: 20160325544
    Abstract: Even if electrostatic discharge occurs, dielectric breakdown of an insulating layer for covering an element on a base substrate is inhibited. A substrate for an ink jet recording head includes: a base substrate including an element configured to apply energy for ejecting ink to ink and an insulating protective layer for covering the element; an ejection orifice forming member including an insulating first member for forming an ink flow path for supplying ink to the element and a second member including an ejection orifice surface having ejection orifices provided therein; and a columnar conductive member extending between the second member and the base substrate in a direction intersecting the ejection orifice surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Kenji Takahashi, Shinya Iwahashi, Soichiro Nagamochi, Souta Takeuchi, Takuya Hatsui, Shuichi Tamatsukuri
  • Publication number: 20160325545
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to suppress variance in the print quality of an inkjet recording device. In order to solve the above problem, the present invention is an inkjet recording device of a charge control type equipped with two or more nozzles which are disposed side by side in a print head, the inkjet recording device being characterized by the following: having a control unit for performing print control independently for each of a plurality of printing configurations; the control unit having an input unit whereby current values of print elements of each of the printing configurations can be periodically checked, and having an output unit whereby the print elements during a subsequent print can be modified; and in that the control unit further adjusts each of the nozzles for every print so as to cause the “charging voltage”, “deflecting voltage”, and “ink pressure” of the subsequent print to approach a reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroko KURIHARA, Takashi KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20160325546
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for fabricating a fluid ejection device. The method includes forming a drive circuitry layer on a substrate. The method further includes fabricating at least one fluid ejection element on the substrate. Furthermore, the method includes forming at least one slot within a top portion of the substrate, and forming at least one fluid feed trench within a bottom portion of the substrate. Each fluid feed trench of the at least one fluid feed trench is in fluid communication with one or more slots of the at least one slot. Additionally, the method includes laminating a flow feature layer and a nozzle plate over the substrate having the at least one slot and the at least one fluid feed trench formed therewithin. Further disclosed is a fluid ejection device fabricated using the aforementioned method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: DAVID BERNARD, ANDREW MCNEES, JAMES MRVOS
  • Publication number: 20160325547
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a method of fabricating a thermal ink jet printhead including depositing a first metal layer having a thickness to form a power bus, deposing a first dielectric layer, forming a via in the first dielectric layer to connect the first metal layer to a second metal layer, depositing the second metal layer, depositing a resistive layer, forming a thermal resistor in the resistive layer, depositing a second dielectric layer, and removing a portion of the second dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Lawrence H. White, Anthony M. Fuller, Huyen Pham
  • Publication number: 20160325548
    Abstract: When cleaning is performed to remove kogation, which is deposited on a heat acting portion, by causing an electrochemical reaction through application of a voltage between an upper electrode and an opposing electrode, a wiring located at a periphery of the opposing electrode occludes hydrogen generated during the cleaning, thereby causing hydrogen embrittlement. A unit configured to heat the wiring connected to the opposing electrode is provided, and is driven during the cleaning or after the cleaning, to thereby force hydrogen out of the wiring. Thus, the hydrogen embrittlement of the wiring is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Maki Kato, Ichiro Saito, Yoshinori Misumi, Takahiro Matsui, Yuzuru Ishida, Norihiro Yoshinari, Akio Goto, Atsushi Koike
  • Publication number: 20160325549
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a pressure chamber that communicates with a nozzle which has an opening at a nozzle formation surface; a communication plate where a common liquid chamber which supplies a liquid to the pressure chamber is formed; a liquid ejecting head having a flexible film which seals the opening surface at the nozzle formation surface side of the common liquid chamber in the communication plate; and a sealing member which has a cavity-shaped sealing hollow section and can be sealed by the nozzle formation surface being confronted in the sealing hollow section. The sealing member is configured so as to be sealable by at least a portion of the flexible film being confronted in the sealing hollow section in a sealed state of the nozzle formation surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventor: Shunya FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20160325550
    Abstract: A liquid ejector includes a head having a plurality of nozzles arranged along a first direction of a nozzle surface of the head to eject a droplet from the nozzles, and an ejection detector to detect whether or not a droplet is ejected from the plurality of nozzles of the head by detecting an electrical change generated when the droplet lands onto the ejection detector. The ejection detector includes a droplet landing surface arranged opposed to the nozzle surface, a wiper to wipe the droplet off the droplet landing surface along the first direction, and a cleaner having a contact surface to remove the droplet adhered to the wiper after the wiper wipes the droplet landing surface. The contact surface has a curvature such that side ends of the wiper contacts with the contact surface at first, and then a center part of the wiper contacts the contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Masaoka, Shotaro Takeuchi, Masahiko Hisada, Kenta Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20160325551
    Abstract: A liquid supply device is adapted to supply liquid to a liquid ejection section configured and arranged eject the liquid. The liquid storing device includes a plurality of liquid storage sections and a plurality of tubes. The liquid storage sections are configured and arranged to store the liquid. The tubes are connected to the liquid storage sections so that the liquid stored in the liquid storage sections flows out through the tubes. At least one of the tubes is respectively connected to a corresponding one of the liquid storage sections. At least one of the liquid storage sections includes a support section supporting at least two of the tubes in a state in which the at least two of the tubes are aligned in a direction perpendicular to one surface of the at least one of the liquid storage sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Syarif MOKHAMAD, Dian HERDIANSYAH
  • Publication number: 20160325552
    Abstract: A printing fluid cartridge includes a front face oriented toward a first direction, a printing fluid supply portion positioned at the front face, a rear face positioned opposite the front face and oriented toward a second direction opposite the first direction, at least one electrical interface positioned between the front face and the rear face, and an engagement surface facing in the second direction. The at least one electrical interface is offset from the printing supply portion with respect to a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. The at least one electrical interface is positioned closer to the front face than the engagement surface is, and the at least one electrical interface and the engagement surface intersect a plane which is parallel with the first direction, the second direction, and the third direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiro KANBE, Hirotake NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160325553
    Abstract: Liquid supply or reservoir therefore having multiple compartments, each compartment to hold a distinct liquid, comprising multiple liquid outlets, each fluidically connected to one of the compartments, multiple clearance cut outs disposed at a pitch equal to a pitch of the compartments to accommodate protrusions of a dispenser, and at least one latch protruding outwards from a supply wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: John McNeilly, Fiona Coyle, Patrick Lynch, William S. Osborne, David B. Novak, John Breen, Kevin Rourke, Declan Coyne, James Mannion, Bryan Murphy, John Doran, Eugene Cahill
  • Publication number: 20160325554
    Abstract: A liquid circulation device includes a housing having an outlet and an inlet, a circulation unit configured to convey liquid out of the housing through the outlet and recover liquid into the housing through the inlet, a liquid supplying unit configured to supply liquid into the housing, an air conveying unit configured to convey air into and out of the housing, a level detecting unit configured to detect a level of the liquid in the housing, a pressure sensing unit configured to detect a pressure of the air in the housing, and a control unit configured to control a pressure of the liquid in the housing by controlling the liquid supplying unit or the air conveying unit, based on the level and the pressure of the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventor: Hiroyuki ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160325555
    Abstract: The invention is focusing on an inkjet printer as well as on a method for operating an inkjet printer, in which for at least one color at least two inks of the of the same color, but of varying color intensity are used, namely one ink of a lighter color intensity Jh and an ink of a darker color intensity Jd, where preferably to following applies: Jd=2x*Jh, with x for example being 2, 3 or 4. Then 2x is in these case 22=4, or 23=8, or 24=16; whereat several ink drops are printed on one pixel on top of one another in quick succession, namely 0 . . . (2x?1) ink drops so that with the darker ink 2x brightness levels can be accomplished, and with the lighter ink likewise 2x brightness levels, what from altogether 2x*2x=22x different brightness levels are resulting; and where the individual drops unite together during their flight or do not come loose from each other, resulting in only one single color drop per pixel on the printing substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventor: Jan FRANCK
  • Publication number: 20160325556
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a platen roller, an ink ribbon, a transfer target, a thermal head, and a controller. When continuous n-spot transfer regions set on the transfer target are named as first to n-th (n is an integer of 2 or more) transfer regions in a reverse direction to an alignment sequence of first to n-th ink layers, the controller executes transfer operations of transferring inks of first to k-th (1?k?n) ink layers to the n-spot transfer regions by using first to n-th ink sets from k=1 to k=n. By the transfer operations, a color image to which n-color inks are transferred is formed on the first transfer region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Keiji IHARA, Yuji OKADA
  • Publication number: 20160325557
    Abstract: A thermal head capable of reducing a possibility of separation of a connector is provided. A thermal head includes a substrate; a plurality of heat generating portions disposed on the substrate; a plurality of electrodes which are disposed on the substrate and are electrically connected to the plurality of heat generating portions, respectively; and a connector including a plurality of connector pins which pinch the substrate and are electrically connected to the plurality of electrodes, respectively, and a housing for containing the plurality of connector pins. The housing is disposed adjacent to the substrate in a sub-scanning direction, and the housing includes a support portion disposed under the substrate. This can reduce a possibility of separation of the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuna OOKUBO, Yasumitsu YAMAMOTO, Masafumi HIRAYAMA, Shouji HIROSE, Takumi HATANAKA, Hisatoshi TAKADA, Youichi MOTO, Yui TANAKA, Yousuke IWAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160325558
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing decorative laminates includes the steps of a) inkjet printing a first decorative layer by a first multi-pass inkjet printer and delivering the inkjet printed first decorative layer to a laminate heating press where it is heat pressed into a decorative laminate; and b) inkjet printing a second decorative layer by a second multi-pass inkjet printer and delivering the inkjet printed second decorative layer to the same laminate heating press where it is heat pressed into a decorative laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventor: Hans STRIJCKERS
  • Publication number: 20160325559
    Abstract: Building panels, especially floor panels, and a method of forming embossed in register surfaces with a digital ink head that applies a curable ink on the panel surface or on an upper side of a foil as a coating and forms an ink matrix that is used to create a cavity in the surface by applying a pressure on the ink matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: CERALOC INNOVATION AB
    Inventors: Darko PERVAN, Tony PERVAN