Patents Issued in November 15, 2016
  • Patent number: 9492959
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for use in injection molding with the capability to have precise and adjustable control of the molten plastic flow when molding at least two (2) non-identical (i.e. with more than 50% difference in weight or form) or identical complex-shaped and intricate plastic parts at the same time, utilizing a mold with at least two (2) parting layers via a standard conventional injection machine. This invention incorporates the principle of having two (2) valve pins in which their movements are back-to-back and can be independently opened and closed as controlled by stepper, servo or linear motors linked to a separate independent tool controller. The two (2) valve pins are positioned at the floating half of the mold for sequential, stack or multi-layer mold with multiple cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Meiban International Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Pierre Louis Todesco, Carol Su Lin Goh, John Chee Beng Lim
  • Patent number: 9492960
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the rate of flow of fluid mold material comprising: a manifold, a valve pin having a pin axis, a pin connector and a stem, the valve pin being drivable into and out of open and closed positions relative to the gate, an electric actuator comprising an electric motor comprised of a motor housing that houses a drive shaft having a drive gear and a drive axis, a transmission comprised of a gear shaft, the drive gear and the transmission gear being drivably interconnected and arranged such that the drive axis and the gear axis are non-coaxially mounted or disposed relative to each other, wherein one or the other of the motor housing or the transmission housing are removably attached to a top clamping or mounting plate that is mounted upstream of the manifold and fixedly interconnected to a mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Synventive Molding Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Vito Galati
  • Patent number: 9492961
    Abstract: An acoustic tile with excellent anti-sagging properties is provided. The tile comprises a soy-protein binder selected from the group consisting of soy flour, soy protein concentrate, soy protein isolate and any combination thereof. In further embodiments, the tile further comprises polyamide-epichlorohydrin. Other tiles include those made with a thermosetting binder selected from the group consisting of an acrylic binder, a polyester binder, an acrylo-polyester binder and any mixture thereof. Energy-efficient methods for making the tiles are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: USG INTERIORS, LLC
    Inventors: Wei Xu, Brian A. Kemp, Mark H. Englert, Martin W. Brown, Terry L. Rosenstiel
  • Patent number: 9492962
    Abstract: Described are metallized biaxially oriented polylactic acid (BOPLA) films with a novel formulation that exhibits a softer feel and quieter sound, without jeopardizing film making stability. It has been found that when these films are metallized, moisture barrier properties are surprisingly improved compared to conventional metallized BOPLA films. Specifically, the moisture barrier of the films may be 2.0 g/m2/day or less at 38° C. and 90% relative humidity. The films can be used, for example, in packaging applications. The films have characteristics that are beneficial to converting processes, are economical, and maintain bio-compostability similar to typical BOPLA films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: TORAY PLASTICS (AMERICA), INC.
    Inventors: Shichen Dou, Mark S. Lee, Claudio M. Paulino, Nao Yokota, Keunsuk P. Chang
  • Patent number: 9492963
    Abstract: This invention relates to coupling of polyethylene resins, more specifically coupling of polyethylene resins for use in extruded profiles, especially extruded profiles for sheet extrusion and cut sheet thermoforming applications and geomembranes. The process involves conveying a HDPE resin through an extruder, wherein the extruder comprises a feed zone, a first melt zone downstream of the feed zone, a second melt zone downstream of the first melt zone, and a third melt zone downstream of the second melt zone. The resin is melted in the first zone, contacted with oxygen in the second melt zone, and contacted antioxidant in the third melt zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: William J. Michie, Jr., Todd A. Hogan, Felipe Martinez Barreneche, Anthony C. Neubauer, Stephane Costeux
  • Patent number: 9492964
    Abstract: The problem addressed by the invention lies in providing a method for producing an inorganic substance powder highly-oriented thin film sheet with which it is possible to produce a sheet of uniform thickness while preventing the generation of impurities, improving sheet surface properties, adjusting apparent specific gravity, and the like. The method for producing a thin film sheet comprises a step for preparing a predetermined inorganic substance powder, thermoplastic resin, and auxiliary agent, a step for exposing the starting materials mixed at a predetermined mixture ratio to high shear stress while kneading, a step for feeding the kneaded starting materials to a T die-type extrusion molding device and molding a sheet, and a step for adjusting the apparent gravity as desired by stretching under predetermined conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: TBM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Sumi, Naoyuki Kawamata
  • Patent number: 9492965
    Abstract: A multi-layer, microporous polyolefin membrane comprising a polypropylene layer and a polyethylene resin layer and having well-balanced permeability, mechanical strength, heat shrinkage resistance, shutdown properties and meltdown properties can be obtained by (1) forming a sheet comprising a gel-like polypropylene layer containing a membrane-forming solvent or a polypropylene layer containing no membrane-forming solvent and a gel-like polyethylene resin layer containing a membrane-forming solvent, stretching the sheet at two-stage temperatures, and then removing the membrane-forming solvent, or (2) forming a gel-like polypropylene sheet containing a membrane-forming solvent or a polypropylene sheet containing no membrane-forming solvent, and a gel-like polyethylene resin sheet containing a membrane-forming solvent, stretching them at two-stage temperatures, removing the membrane-forming solvent, and then laminating the resultant microporous polypropylene membrane and the resultant microporous polyethylene me
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: TORAY BATTERY SEPARATOR FILM CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kotaro Takita, Shintaro Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 9492966
    Abstract: A device (1) for embossing a predetermined pattern onto at least one flat material (4) introduced between at least two printing rollers of said device, the movements of the embossing rollers being synchronized and said rollers (2, 3) also comprise at least two embossing tracks (5, 6), wherein the movements of the embossing rollers (2, 3) are synchronized with each other by synchronization means (7, 8) associated with different embossing tracks (5, 6), which mesh with each other and are distributed over the lateral surfaces of the embossing rollers (2, 3) or are electronically and/or electromechanically synchronized together, the different embossing tracks (5, 6) of the associated synchronization means (7, 8) of the same embossing roller (2, 3) being offset in relation to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: TANNPAPIER GmbH
    Inventor: Guenter Griesmayr
  • Patent number: 9492967
    Abstract: An electronic device assembly may have electronic components enclosed within plastic and/or metal housing structures. The assembly may include first and second housing structures that are joined using heat activated thermoset polymer film. The heat activated thermoset polymer film may be heated using a metal structure such as a strip or pattern of metal that is placed along or near a joint between the first and second housing structures. The temperature of the metal and associated layers of the thermoset polymer film may be raised by heating the metal using external equipment such as an induction heater. The metal layer that is heated using electromagnetic induction may be formed on the heat activated thermoset film or may be formed in or on one of the housing structures adjacent to the heat activated thermoset polymer film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: John B. Ardisana, II, Eric S. Jol, Edward Siahaan
  • Patent number: 9492968
    Abstract: A system and a method of fabricating a complex three dimensional part are described. The system comprises a rapid prototyping machine configured to provide a disposable mold having a negative imprint of a complex three dimensional structure, a mixer, an injection molding machine, and a furnace system. A slurry comprising a powder and a binder is introduced into the disposable mold, the binder is cured, the disposable mold is removed, and the binder is removed, leaving an intact cured structure. The cured structure is sintered to fabricate the complex three dimensional part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Hsin-Pang Wang, Erin Marie Perry
  • Patent number: 9492969
    Abstract: A high-resolution P?SL system and method incorporating one or more of the following features with a standard P?SL system using a SLM projected digital image to form components in a stereolithographic bath: a far-field superlens for producing sub-diffraction-limited features, multiple spatial light modulators (SLM) to generate spatially-controlled three-dimensional interference holograms with nanoscale features, and the integration of microfluidic components into the resin bath of a P?SL system to fabricate microstructures of different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher M. Spadaccini, George Farquar, Todd Weisgraber, Steven Gemberling, Nicholas Fang, Jun Xu, Matthew Alonso, Howon Lee
  • Patent number: 9492970
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing the impeller of a centrifugal, that is, a radial compressor or radial blower, said impeller being mounted directly on the shaft of an electric motor. An essential feature of the invention is that the composite material impeller is made using an RTM process, wherein the RTM mold has a core and accurately trimmed fabrics placed therein in such a manner that the fabric layers, or preforms, are pulled onto the core thus achieving a maximally optimized use of materials in the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: RUNTECH SYSTEMS OY
    Inventor: Juha Karvinen
  • Patent number: 9492971
    Abstract: A non-fibrous, apertured membrane comprises at least one thermoplastic polymeric material and has a discrete porous structure. The membrane is soluble in the thermoset matrix polymer of a composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Hexcel Composites Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Mortimer, John Cawse
  • Patent number: 9492972
    Abstract: Provided is a composite structure having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, having a longitudinally extending fiber insertion having a plurality of fiber layers, a first surface, a second surface, a first side, and a second side; a fiber insertion first zone at the first side of the fiber insertion; a fiber insertion second zone at the second side of the fiber insertion; an intermediate zone separating the first zone and the second zone; a distribution medium adjacent at least one of the first side and the second surface of the intermediate zone, the distribution medium comprising a resin distribution network; and a cured resin impregnating at least the resin distribution network and the fiber insertion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: LM GLASFIBER A/S
    Inventors: Tommy Mikkelson, Morten Stage
  • Patent number: 9492973
    Abstract: Methods for forming rotor blades, rotor blade mold assemblies, and cores for rotor blade mold assemblies are disclosed. A method includes providing a first shell substrate on a first mold, providing a generally hollow core on the first shell substrate, providing a second shell substrate on the generally hollow core, and providing a second mold on the second shell substrate. The method further includes flowing a resin into a mold interior defined between the first mold and the second mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Madireddi Vasu Datta, Afroz Akhtar, Jacob Johannes Nies
  • Patent number: 9492974
    Abstract: A method for producing a fiber composite component, in particular for aerospace, includes the following method steps: introducing an elastic core sleeve into a prestressing mechanism; expanding the core sleeve that is introduced, for elastic prestressing of the same, by activating the prestressing mechanism; introducing a core body through an opening of the expanded core sleeve; releasing the core sleeve by deactivating the prestressing mechanism, for the snug enclosing of the core body by the core sleeve and thus for the forming of the molding core (14); and at least partly laying at least one semifinished fiber product on the molding core that is formed, for the shaping of the fiber composite component to be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Pierre Zahlen, Torben Jacob
  • Patent number: 9492975
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reworking a composite structure. A composite rework patch system comprises a composite rework patch and a plurality of adhesive layers. The composite rework patch includes a first side having a contour conforming to an inconsistent area on the composite structure. The composite re patch comprises a plurality of regions having different structural properties. The plurality of adhesive layers is on the first side of the composite rework patch. The plurality of adhesive layers change in thickness within at least one region of the composite rework patch to form tapered adhesive sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Eugene A. Dan-Jumbo
  • Patent number: 9492976
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tire repair tool and further discloses a sealant bottle for tire repair of vehicle. The sealant bottle comprises a bottle body for holding sealant and a sealant hose arranged within the bottle body. The sealant within the bottle body is led out by combination of the sealant hose and a connection tube of sealant bottle. The sealant hose is connected with a one-way valve at one end. The one-way valve includes a valve body, a sealing plug and a valve cover, while the valve cover is arranged at one end of the valve body. The one-way valve is arranged with a gravitational shell which surrounds the one-way valve. In the present invention, it is possible to make full use of the sealant inside the sealant body by virtue of the gravitational shell. Besides, the sealant bottle is easy in structure and convenient in usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Active Tools International (HK) Ltd.
    Inventor: David Ying Chi Hong
  • Patent number: 9492977
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is a method for producing a resin film, wherein in a casting step of a solution cast film-forming method, a dope is discharged from a discharge port of the casting die to cast the dope onto the support while a solvent capable of dissolving a transparent resin is flowed from the positions above the discharge port of the casting die through the outer surface of the casting die, and further from the longitudinally opposite ends of the discharge port of the casting die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Keisuke Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 9492978
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a Fresnel lens or other lens having a structured surface such as refractive and/or diffractive bi-focal or other multi-focal lenses includes press-coating the structured surface with a low or very low refractive index coating material. The coating is sufficient thick to adequately cover the structured surface so that a smooth coating surface with good optical properties is obtained, for example in the case of a Fresnel structure a thickness greater than 1.5 times and less than 5 times the Fresnel structure height, and is cured in situ. A film, e.g., of PET, PC or PU or a film stack, e.g. a TAC/PVA/TAC film stack is prepared and a heat melting adhesive is applied to the side of the film or film stack to be contacted with the coated structured surface of the lens blank. The film or film stack is then laminated to the cured coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Peiqi Jiang, Bruce Keegan
  • Patent number: 9492979
    Abstract: An apparatus for filament wrapping a composite material around an object includes a fixture onto which the object can be rotationally fixed at a selected angle from vertical designated ?, where 90°>?>0°. The fixture is secured to a rotatable planar platform. The rotatable platform permits the fixture to be rotated about an axis perpendicular to the planar platform. An eyelet is provided wherethrough a composite material filament can be released to wrap the object rotationally fixed onto the fixture. Also provided are corresponding or associated methods for filament wrapping a composite material around an object and helically wrapping a composite material filament around an inflator device subassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley W. Smith, Michael P. Jordan, Earl H. Nelson, Alan D. Van Leer, Phillip R. Anderson
  • Patent number: 9492980
    Abstract: A tire mold and tire reduce manufacturing and facilities costs and improve appearance of a product tire. The tire mold includes a tread molding body that molds a tread surface of a tire and is formed by pieces aligned in a circumferential direction of the mold. The tread molding body includes, on a mold face thereof, groove forming protrusions that form grooves on the tread surface and land forming recesses that form land portions on the tread surface and are surrounded by the groove forming protrusions. In a development view in which the pieces are connected, an air release gap in communication with the mold face of the pieces is provided along a boundary line between the pieces. At least one boundary line cuts across a plurality of the land forming recesses. Each boundary line extends through a bend, and the bend is positioned in the groove forming protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Kawagoe
  • Patent number: 9492981
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a film for a tire inner liner including a base film layer including a copolymer or a mixture of 50 wt % to 95 wt % of a polyamide-based resin and 5 wt % to 50 wt % of a polyether-based resin, and an adhesive layer including a resorcinol-formalin-latex (RFL)-based adhesive formed on at least one side of the base film layer, wherein a difference between a maximum thickness and an average thickness of the base film layer and a difference between a minimum thickness and the average thickness of the base film layer are respectively 6% or less of the base film, and a method for manufacturing the same. According to the present invention, an excellent gas barrier property may be achieved with a thin thickness, and thus the weight of a tire may become light and the mileage of automobiles may be improved, and as the inner liner film may have a uniform thickness, excellent forming stability and a tire having excellent durability may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ki-Sang Song, Yun-Jo Kim, Hyun Cho, Si-Min Kim
  • Patent number: 9492982
    Abstract: A puncture sealant laminate for prevention of a flat tire may include three layers of sealant material separated by two layers of non-sealant material. The two layers of non-sealant material may prevent the three layers of sealant material from contacting each other and they may have first and second ends that attach to rubber in the tire that is not part of the puncture sealant laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Michael Charles Ruegg, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9492983
    Abstract: A frame for hydraulic apparatus includes at least three supporting pillars, a supporting assembly mounted on the supporting pillars and including a fixed die plate fixed to the supporting pillars, an adjustable die plate slidably fixed to the at least three supporting pillars and a core plate slidably fixed to the at least three supporting pillars and located between the fixed die plate and the adjustable die plate and a link mechanism mounted on the supporting assembly and coupling the core plate to the adjustable die plate. The fixed die plate, the core plate and the adjustable die plate each have a periphery sidewall, and include a first protrusion protruded from the periphery sidewall and extended along a circumferential direction thereof, and define an indentation adjacent to the first protrusion and further define a plurality of openings on the first protrusion interconnected with the indentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: JI ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (HUI ZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tang-Quan Chen, Xiao-Bo Yuan, Yi-Min Jiang, Jun-Qi Li
  • Patent number: 9492984
    Abstract: System and methods of treating or handling cardboard sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: HIGHCON SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: David Ben-David, Yaki Stern, Yaron Smirnov, Tal Harmon
  • Patent number: 9492985
    Abstract: Process for the production of a container (1) with first a sidewall (2) which comprises at least one compressed shaping (5.1, 5.2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: HUHTAMAKI OYJ
    Inventor: Neil Roderick Marshall
  • Patent number: 9492986
    Abstract: A laminate including a supporting member which is light transmissive; a supported substrate supported by the supporting member; an adhesive layer provided on a surface of the supported substrate which surface faces toward the supporting member; and a release layer which is made of an inorganic material and is provided between the supporting member and the supported substrate, the release layer having a property that changes when the release layer absorbs light coming through the supporting layer, and the release layer having a flat surface which faces the adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Inao, Yasushi Fujii, Atsushi Matsushita, Koki Tamura, Atsushi Kubo
  • Patent number: 9492987
    Abstract: A polyester film suitable for use in battery packages, particularly for use in deep drawn packages of lithium ion secondary batteries that includes an electrolyte (in a solid state or in a liquid state), and which is also suitable for use in packages of pharmaceutical products that have various shapes. The polyester film is characterized in that the stresses at 5% elongation (F5 values) and the stresses at 10% elongation (F10 values) of the film in the longitudinal direction and in the transverse direction at 25° C., respectively, satisfy (I) and (II): 1.5?F10MD/F5MD?1??(I) 1.5?F10TD/F5TD?1??(II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Isao Manabe, Teruya Tanaka, Kozo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9492988
    Abstract: Soft touch fire retardant laminates with PVC middle layers, foamed or unfoamed, and multiblock copolymer or polyurethane or silicone top layers which meet FAA requirements are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: SCHNELLER LLC
    Inventors: Matthew A. Harthcock, Robert G. Pierson, Mark D. Tennant, Donald A. Meltzer
  • Patent number: 9492989
    Abstract: A fibrous polyurethane composite and a method for its manufacture is provided comprising a first polymer constituent further comprising a polyurethane catalyst and an active hydrogen compound possessing at least two active hydrogen functional groups, a second polymer constituent further comprising a polyisocyanate pre-polymer, and a fibrous sheet material. In another aspect the fibrous polyurethane composite further comprises a third polymer constituent further comprising at least one active-hydrogen containing fluorinated compound and a polyurethane catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Inventor: Robert A. Haupt
  • Patent number: 9492990
    Abstract: A process for room temperature substrate bonding employs a first substrate substantially transparent to a laser wavelength is selected. A second substrate for mating at an interface with the first substrate is then selected. A transmissivity change at the interface is created and the first and second substrates are mated at the interface. The first substrate is then irradiated with a laser of the transparency wavelength substantially focused at the interface and a localized high temperature at the interface from energy supplied by the laser is created. The first and second substrates immediately adjacent the interface are softened with diffusion across the interface to fuse the substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: PICOSYS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ramond Miller Karam, Georges Roussos, Mark Finkle, Daniella M. Harvey, Pascal R. Ackermann-Karam
  • Patent number: 9492991
    Abstract: In one aspect the present invention relates to a method of making an encapsulated electrically energized device, the method comprising: providing a first layer and a second layer each independently comprising a copolyester, a polycarbonate, a polyacrylate, polycarbonate/polyester miscible blends, or mixtures thereof, providing the electrically energized between the first and second layer, thermocompressively fusing the first layer and the second layer to encapsulate the electrically energized device by applying pressure at a temperature, sufficient to form the article, to a perimeter of the surface of the first and second layers, wherein the perimeter does not overlap the electrically energized device, wherein the temperature at the interface of the first and second layers is equal to or greater than Tg of the first layer and the second layer, and wherein the polyester layers have a flow during encapsulation less than the flow that induces fractures in the electrically energized device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Ryan Thomas Neill, Gary Wayne Hartley, Michael Eugene Donelson, Theodore Robert Trautman, John Walker Gilmer, James Collins Maine, Bryan Steven Bishop, Robert Erik Young
  • Patent number: 9492992
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a resin flow enhancing member, including a cavity with a first opening and a second opening as well as an resin flow adjusting arrangement for changing a resin flow cross section in a resin flow direction from the first opening to the second opening in the resin flow enhancing member by applying vacuum to the second opening. The disclosure further relates to a fiber reinforced plastic laminate including a fiber stack and at least one resin flow enhancing member as well as to a fiber reinforced plastic composite material prepared by using a resin flow enhancing member. The disclosure further relates to a vacuum assisted resin transfer molding process for injecting resin from a resin flow enhancing member into a fiber stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Erik Grove-Nielsen
  • Patent number: 9492993
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having a display area; row electrodes formed over the substrate in the display area extending in a row direction and column electrodes formed over the substrate in the display area extending in a column direction different from the row direction, the row and column electrodes overlapping to form pixels; wherein the pixels are divided into two or more separate pixel groups, each pixel group having group row electrodes and separate group column electrodes; two or more spaced column driver chiplets located in the display area, each column driver chiplet uniquely connected to a different pixel group wherein in at least one of the column driver chiplets is located between pixel groups, and the two or more spaced column driver chiplets adapted to drive the group column electrodes of the one pixel group; and one or more row driver(s) connected to the row electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventor: Ronald S Cok
  • Patent number: 9492994
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a device having multiple printing layers and a printing method thereof, wherein said method comprises: seriatim stack-printing at least one printing layer on a protective substrate in an ascending order of size, wherein the protective substrate has an open surface exposed outward and a laminating surface laminated with a plate, and wherein the printing layer is printed on a part of the laminating surface and the closer the printing layer is to the laminating surface, the smaller area the printing layer has so as to reduce height difference between printing layers and make for the following lamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Wen-Fu Huang, Yin-Miao Lin, Meng-Hsueh Wu, Chen-Hui Cheng
  • Patent number: 9492995
    Abstract: The present application relates to a roll printing apparatus and a roll printing method using the same, and the roll printing apparatus according to the present application comprises a printing roll support, a printing roll, a blanket which is provided on an outer surface of the printing roll, a coater which coats a surface of the blanket with ink, a cliche, and a printing object, in which the printing roll is provided to be fixed to the printing roll support so as to perform rotational motion, and the cliche is conveyed by the rotational motion of the printing roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Young Hwang, In-Seok Hwang, Jeseob Park
  • Patent number: 9492996
    Abstract: A method is provided which reduces substrate waste while adjusting the press parameters to obtain a satisfactory image. The method includes the steps of: supplying a web to a printing press; printing a plurality of first images on the web at corresponding printing positions; inspecting one of the first images on the web; rewinding the web to one of the printing positions; and printing a further image over one of the first images on the web. A printing press is also provided which is configured and arranged to print in accordance with the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Goss International Americas, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Bowen Clarke, Peter W. Walczak, Jr., Jeffrey S. Upchurch
  • Patent number: 9492997
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head in which liquid is ejected from a nozzle as liquid droplets using a driving signal generated by a driving signal generation unit, wherein the driving signal generation unit fits a difference between a maximum voltage and a minimum voltage, and generates a first driving signal that is transmitted when an ambient temperature is within a predetermined low temperature range, and a second driving signal that is transmitted when the temperature is within a predetermined high temperature range, further the first and second driving signals include a first element that forms a liquid column by pressurizing the pressure chamber and projecting the liquid in the nozzle, and a second element that projects the pressure chamber in a projecting direction of the liquid column from a position where a liquid surface inside the nozzle is connected to an internal surface of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Junhua Zhang, Satoru Hosono
  • Patent number: 9492998
    Abstract: In a case in which a difference between a total value of numbers of ink discharge times for a target divided region and a representative value of the numbers of ink discharge times for a plurality of divided regions adjacent to the target divided region is large, the total value of the numbers of ink discharge times for the target divided region is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinori Nakajima, Yoshinori Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 9492999
    Abstract: Drop detection are disclosed. An example liquid dispensing device includes a controller to control dispensing of a first drop from a first orifice and a second drop from a second orifice, a sensor to monitor the first orifice to detect at least one of a presence or an absence of a drop from the first orifice and, in response to the sensor detecting an absence of the first drop, the controller is to classify the first orifice as at least one of occluded or non-functioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kenneth Ward, Alexander Govyadinov
  • Patent number: 9493000
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting device includes: a piezoelectric element that is deformed by applying at least one drive waveform among a plurality of drive waveforms to the piezoelectric element, the plurality of drive waveforms including a first drive waveform and a second drive waveform; a cavity that is filled with a liquid and is increased or decreased in internal pressure due to deformation of the piezoelectric element; a nozzle that communicates with the cavity, and ejects the liquid as a liquid droplet; and a selection section that selects at least one drive waveform from the plurality of drive waveforms, the liquid droplet including a first liquid droplet ejected when the first drive waveform has been selected, and a second liquid droplet ejected when the second drive waveform has been selected, an ejection volume of the first liquid droplet being almost equal to an ejection volume of the second liquid droplet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Yamagata, Toshiki Usui, Naoki Yonekubo, Kiyoomi Mitsuki
  • Patent number: 9493001
    Abstract: An inkjet recording method includes ejecting an ink having a temperature from 28° C. to 40° C. and attaching the ink to a non-porous substrate having a temperature 5° C. to 20° C. higher than that of the ink, wherein the ink contains a colorant, resin particles, water, a hydrosoluble organic solvent, and a silicone-based surfactant, wherein the silicone-based surfactant accounts for 1% by weight to 3% by weight in the ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Naohiro Toda, Hidefumi Nagashima, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Juichi Furukawa, Ichiroh Fujii
  • Patent number: 9493002
    Abstract: A fluid printhead including at least one fluid ejection element. The fluid ejection element includes a fluid chamber, a throat portion through which fluid is provided to the fluid chamber, and a heater element disposed within the fluid chamber. The fluid ejection element also includes a printhead condition detection system. The printhead condition detection system includes a first electrode at least a portion of which is disposed within the fluid chamber, the first electrode configured to receive a step voltage, a second electrode disposed within the throat portion, and a sense circuit electrically connected to the second electrode that generates an output based on the application of the step voltage to the first electrode as an indication of printhead condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: John Glenn Edelen, Steve Bergstedt
  • Patent number: 9493003
    Abstract: An inkjet head includes a substrate having plural ink inlet holes arranged along a first direction and plural ink outlet holes arranged generally along the first direction such that adjacent ink outlet holes are offset along the first direction, a plurality of partitioning walls made of piezoelectric material that define pressure chambers therebetween, each of the partitioning walls disposed on the substrate and generally extending in a second direction that crosses the first direction between the ink inlet holes and the ink outlet holes, and a nozzle plate disposed on the partitioning walls and having a plurality of nozzles, each of the nozzles being arranged on one of the pressure chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Nobuaki Murochi
  • Patent number: 9493004
    Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus comprises a head having a discharge port surface on which a discharge port is provided for discharging a liquid, and a liquid moving unit arranged apart from the discharge port surface and configured to be movable along the discharge port surface, wherein, the liquid moving unit moves a liquid on the discharge port surface to a collection position in which the discharge port is not provided, with a moving of the liquid moving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tohru Ishibashi, Yoshimasa Araki, Akio Saito, Koichi Kitakami, Yasuyuki Tamura
  • Patent number: 9493005
    Abstract: A case includes a main receptacle body that accommodates an ink accommodating body which accommodates ink. A first tube support portion and second to fourth tube support portions that guide connection tubes that are connected to the ink accommodating bodies, respectively, are provided on an internal surface of the main receptacle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Koike, Hiroyuki Yoda
  • Patent number: 9493006
    Abstract: The printing fluid supply apparatus comprises the printing fluid cartridge and a cartridge accommodating portion. The cartridge accommodating portion comprises a casing, and an engage member. The printing fluid cartridge comprises a main body including a chamber, an ink outlet portion, an engage portion, a contact portion, and a biasing member. The contact portion allows the engage member to rotate toward the first position by contacting with the engage member and allows the biasing member to make elastic deformation while the printing fluid cartridge installing to the casing. The engage member in the first position engages the engage portion, and the printing fluid cartridge is held in an accommodated position against the biasing portion when the printing fluid cartridge is achieved to the accommodated position in the casing. The biasing portion allows the printing fluid cartridge being held in the casing to move opposite to the insertion direction when the engage member rotates to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiro Kanbe
  • Patent number: 9493007
    Abstract: A liquid consuming apparatus includes a liquid cartridge including a first liquid chamber, a second liquid chamber, and a movable member positioned in the second liquid chamber and including a detection portion and a float.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tetsuro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9493008
    Abstract: In one example implementation, a printhead assembly includes a fluid intake section, a fluid interconnect integrated with the fluid intake section to receive fluid from an ink supply assembly, and an air-permeable, fluid-resistant, fluid interconnect cover installed over the fluid interconnect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Rhonda L. Wilson, Mark A. Devries