Patents Issued in December 1, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160347084
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing panels having a decorative surface, wherein the panels at least comprise a substrate and a top layer, wherein the top layer comprises a paper layer having a printed pattern, and wherein the method at least comprises the step of providing the paper layer with thermosetting resin by transporting the paper layer through a resin application device in a resin application direction, and the step of providing the paper layer with at least a portion of the printed pattern by means of a digital inkjet printer, wherein the printed pattern comprises a wood motif having wood nerves extending generally in a nerve direction substantially corresponding to the resin application direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicants: UNILIN, BVBA, AGFA GRAPHICS, NV
    Inventors: Benjamin CLEMENT, Laurent MEERSSEMAN, Patrick VAN DEN BERGEN, Rudi VANHOOYDONCK
  • Publication number: 20160347085
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing decorative workpieces includes the step of nesting a set of decorative patterns digitally printed on a decoration layer to reduce the waste of decoration layer. To perform a corresponding relief for the nested decorative patterns on a nested decorative workpiece, the relief provided by a digital relief apparatus is in a correct match with the nested decorative workpiece. If the printing zone of the digital printer has a failure zone, the nesting method prevents arranging of the decorative patterns in this failure zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: AGFA Graphics NV
    Inventors: Tom CLOOTS, Laurent MEERSSEMAN, Joris VAN GARSSE
  • Publication number: 20160347086
    Abstract: A printing system for an article of apparel includes an article receptacle device for receiving an article to be printed. The printing system includes a receptacle receiving system for receiving an article receptacle device with an article to be printed. The printing system can include an article positioning system for positioning an article receptacle device with an article to be printed. The printing system can include a printhead for printing an indicia portion on an article that corresponds to a design element on the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Travis K. Ernst, Christopher L. Andon, Joseph J. Bevier
  • Publication number: 20160347087
    Abstract: A transportation apparatus comprises: a transportation section that transports continuous paper in a transportation direction intersecting with a shaft direction of a transportation roller by operating the transportation roller; an imaging section that includes plural photoreceptor elements and captures an image of the continuous paper transported by the transportation section, the photoreceptor elements being arranged in a first direction and a second direction, the first direction intersecting with the shaft direction, the second direction intersecting with the first direction; and a transportation amount acquisition section that acquires a transportation amount of the continuous paper in the transportation direction on the basis of the image captured by the imaging section, wherein the transportation amount acquisition section acquires the transportation amount of the continuous paper by correcting a movement amount of the continuous paper in the first direction with a correction value that changes in acco
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Takahiro ABE, Tomoya MUROTANI, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20160347088
    Abstract: A media sheet router moves sheets from a digital printer through the router and selectively to a plurality of finishers at full process speed. A router inlet path is aligned with the printer outlet path. Two router outlet paths are disposed at ninety degrees to the left and right of the router inlet path. The router outlet paths are each aligned with a finisher inlet path or another router. First and second turning elements are each mounted at forty-five degrees to the router inlet path and at ninety degrees to each other. Each turning element directs the sheets in a helical path to the router outlet paths. Transfer belts hold the sheets against each turning element. A bypass transfer moves the sheet to a bypass outlet path aligned with a bypass finisher inlet path. Diverters selectively direct the sheets onto the turning elements or the bypass transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Douglas K. Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20160347089
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a dual purpose printer has a housing, a printing medium supporting section, a first printing section, and a second printing section. The housing has a discharge port and an entrance port. The printing medium supporting section is arranged inside the housing, and rotatably supports a rolled printing medium. The first printing section is configured to print on a top surface of a first continuous sheet printing medium drawn from the rolled printing medium supported on the printing medium supporting section, and to print on a second printing medium carried in through the entrance port. The second printing section is arranged inside the housing, and is configured to print on the bottom surface of the first continuous sheet printing medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Toshiharu SEKINO, Kenji EOKA
  • Publication number: 20160347090
    Abstract: A medium transport unit includes an upstream route in which a print sheet is transported, a first switchback route, a second switchback route, a first guide route, a second guide route, a guide flap configured to switch the route so that the print sheet in the upstream route is transported either toward the first guide route or toward the second guide route, a first discharge route from which the print sheet in the first switchback route is discharged, a second discharge route from which the print sheet in the second switchback route is discharged, and a downstream route passing between the first switchback route and the second switchback route and having an upstream end connected to a junction of downstream ends of the first discharge route and the second discharge route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Hidetoshi KODAMA, Yuichi SEGAWA, Kazuyoshi OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20160347091
    Abstract: A platen includes: a plurality of supporting portions capable of supporting a sheet; negative pressure chambers, to which a negative pressure is supplied, so as to suck a sheet facing the supporting portions to the supporting portions; and ink receiver and that receive ink ejected from a printhead to the outside of the sheet supported by the supporting portions. The plurality of supporting portions are arranged in a sheet width direction (i.e., an X direction) transverse a sheet conveyance direction. The plurality of negative pressure chambers are disposed in a manner corresponding to the plurality of supporting portions, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Takahide Onuma, Tetsuji Kurata, Seiji Ogasawara, Masakazu Tsukuda, Yasunori Saito
  • Publication number: 20160347092
    Abstract: A platen includes: a supporting portion that can support a sheet; a suction unit that sucks the sheet in such a manner as to attach the sheet to the supporting portion; a first ink receiver that receives ink ejected downstream of the leading end of the sheet passing the supporting portion; and a second ink receiver that receives ink ejected upstream of the trailing end of the sheet passing the supporting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Tetsuji Kurata, Seiji Ogasawara, Masakazu Tsukuda, Takahide Onuma, Yasunori Saito, Arihito Miyakoshi, Masahiko Kubota, Yusuke Imahashi, Nobuhito Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Arimizu, Yoshinori Itoh
  • Publication number: 20160347093
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a suction unit configured to allow a negative pressure, by which a sheet is sucked to a supporting portion, to act on the sheet; and ink receivers and configured to receive ink ejected to the outside of the sheet. Waste ink ejected to the ink receiver is guided to a waste ink discharge port formed on an outer peripheral wall of a platen through waste ink channels. A sheet sucking mechanism configured to apply the negative pressure is disposed adjacent to the suction unit. A discharging mechanism configured to forcibly discharge waste ink outside of the platen is connected to the waste ink discharge port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Seiji Ogasawara, Tetsuji Kurata, Masakazu Tsukuda, Takahide Onuma, Yasunori Saito
  • Publication number: 20160347094
    Abstract: A recording material feeding device includes a stacking portion, a driving source, a holding member, a torque limiter for limiting transmission of a driving torque from the driving source to the stacking portion in a case that the driving source rotates in a state in which the holding member holds the position of the stacking portion; a storing portion for storing information on a holding state of the holding member; and a controller for controlling the driving source to rotate at a rotational speed slower when the information is information indicating that the holding member holds the position of the stacking portion than when the information is information indicating that the holding member does not hold the position of the stacking portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Hironobu Nihei
  • Publication number: 20160347095
    Abstract: Marginless printing is performed by using a printhead which ejects ink. Information on an inclination of a sheet to be conveyed is obtained, and in performing the marginless printing at a leading end of the sheet, an image region with respect to which ink is discarded to an outside of the sheet is set based on the obtained information. Further, a platen which supports the sheet by sucking in a manner facing the printhead which ejects the ink is provided and control is performed such that in performing printing sequentially from the leading end to a trailing end of the sheet, suction force of the platen is decreased upon approach of a portion to be printed to the trailing end of the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Seiji Ogasawara, Tetsuji Kurata
  • Publication number: 20160347096
    Abstract: A small, compact multifunction printing device provides excellent ease of use with little possibility of slips and continuous paper jamming inside. The multifunction printer has a check processing unit and a continuous paper processing unit. The check processing unit has a U-shaped check conveyance path P1 that opens to the front of the printer and enables handling slips to be processed and the processed slips from the front of the printer. A continuous paper conveyance path P2 that conveys continuous paper fed from a paper roll in the roll paper compartment from the back to the front of the printer is formed on the inside of the check conveyance path P1, enabling replacing roll paper and removing processed continuous paper from the front. The conveyance paths P1 and P2 are independent of each other, the printing positions thereof are separated, and conveyed slips and continuous paper will not interfere with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sasaki, Yoshiki Kinoshita, Shogo Mizuyama
  • Publication number: 20160347097
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a power source unit configured to supply electric power to an electric load, a capacitor connected to a power supply line extending from the power supply unit to the electric load, a charge circuit configured to charge the capacitor while restricting a current value of the electric power supplied from the power source unit, a specifying unit configured to specify a voltage value of the capacitor, a first determination unit configured to determine whether the charge of the capacitor is completed in accordance with the voltage specified by the specifying unit, and a second determination unit configured to determine whether the voltage specified by the specifying unit is equal to or smaller than an error threshold value after the first determination unit determines that the charge of the capacitor is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Yasufumi Ogasawara, Takashi Sakai, Hisao Okita, Shinya Ishikawa, Toru Oshika
  • Publication number: 20160347098
    Abstract: A fluid ejection module mounting apparatus, including a module mount having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion, a fluid ejection module mounted to the module mount, and a clamp assembly including a recessed portion, a clamp along a wall of the recessed portion, and a lever coupled to the clamp and configured to move the clamp from an open position to a closed position. The horizontal portion has an opening configured to receive a fluid ejection module and the vertical portion has a protruding portion. The protruding portion of the module mount is configured to mate with the recessed portion of the clamp assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Kevin Von Essen, Paul A. Hoisington, Michael Rocchio
  • Publication number: 20160347099
    Abstract: A printing system for an article of apparel includes an article receptacle device for receiving an article to be printed. The printing system includes a receptacle receiving system for receiving an article receptacle device with an article to be printed. The printing system can include an article positioning system for positioning an article receptacle device with an article to be printed. The printing system can include a linear actuating assembly for positioning an article receptacle device with an article to be printed. The printing system can include a printhead for printing an indicia portion on an article that corresponds to a design element on the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Travis K. Ernst, Christopher Andon
  • Publication number: 20160347100
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a printer includes a housing that has an outlet, a drawer unit, first, second and third print medium support units and a printing unit. The drawer unit slides in the outlet between an open position and a closed position. The first supporting unit is disposed in the drawer unit and supports a roll of printable media when the drawer unit is in the open position so that an outer surface of the roll of printable media does not extend above the height of the outlet. The second supporting unit is disposed in the housing and rotatably supports the roll of printable media when the drawer unit is in the closed position so that a portion of the outer surface of the roll of printable media extends above the height of the outlet. The printing unit prints on printable media fed from the roll of printable media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Toshiharu SEKINO, Hiroyuki TAKI
  • Publication number: 20160347101
    Abstract: An erasing apparatus includes a path configured to carry a sheet, and an erasing unit arranged on the path and configured to erase an image on the sheet by heating the sheet. The erasing apparatus further includes a fan configured to blow air downstream from the erasing unit in a sheet carrying direction, and a shutter disposed between the fan and the erasing unit and movable to control the amount of air blown by the fan from reaching the erasing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Hiroyuki SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160347102
    Abstract: When performing printing for every M columns, a print buffer stores printing data by dividing the data into M groups. When data is multilevel data or when performing no column thinning printing, the print buffer stores the data without dividing it. When data to be stored in the print buffer is binary data and printing is to be performed for every M columns, printing data is stored as it is divided into M groups, and these data groups are read out as they are switched for each scan of the printhead. When data to be stored in the print buffer is multilevel data or when performing no column thinning printing, data is read out without switching readout regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Hisanori Inayoshi
  • Publication number: 20160347103
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a power source unit supplying power to an electric load through a power supply line, a capacitor connected to the power supply line, a charge circuit charging the capacitor while restricting a current value of the power supplied from the power source unit, a detection unit detecting a voltage value of the capacitor, a controller which switches, after the charge of the capacitor is completed, a current value of the charge circuit to a first current value smaller than a current value supplied before the charge of the capacitor is completed, a first determination unit determining whether a first condition is satisfied based on the voltage value detected by the detection unit after the charge of the capacitor is completed, and a second determination unit determining whether an error process is to be performed based on a determination result of the first determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Hisao Okita, Yasufumi Ogasawara, Takashi Sakai, Toru Oshika, Shinya Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20160347104
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a supporting member, a printing section, an image capturing section, and a receiver. The supporting member is configured to support a continuous form. The printing section is configured to cause ink to adhere to the continuous form supported by the supporting member, thus performing printing. The image capturing section is disposed in the supporting member, with a gap between the image capturing section and the supporting member. The image capturing section is configured to capture an image of the continuous form. The receiver is configured to receive ink. The receiver is disposed below the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Hideyuki KATAOKA, Takahiro ABE, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20160347105
    Abstract: An ornament piece includes a base and a pattern layer formed on at least one surface of the base. The pattern layer includes at least one pattern. The at least one pattern is formed on the surface of the base by carbon powder with colors different from that of the base and infiltrating into the surface of the base. A manufacture method of the ornament piece is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: YU-TSAI WANG, XIAO-FAN ZHANG, LING MA
  • Publication number: 20160347106
    Abstract: A transfer plate and an orientation film generation system are provided. The transfer plate includes a bottom plate and a plurality of relief plates, wherein, the bottom plate is disposed on a printing cylinder and is distributed with a plurality of engagement holes, each of the engagement holes has a plurality of stopper locations configured to provide different engagement depths; and the plurality of relief plates and the plurality of engagement holes are disposed in one-to-one correspondence, and each of the relief plates is provided with an engagement pin cooperated with the stopper locations of a corresponding engagement hole, wherein the relief plate is made of permeable materials. The orientation film generation system includes the above transfer plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Jing WANG, Jinbo DING, Ying ZHANG, Changjiang WANG, Xuchen YUAN, Xin LI
  • Publication number: 20160347107
    Abstract: An arm motor control section controls the operation of an arm motor that drives an arm section for turning a page of a book by pressing an adhesion roller against the page, and a current detection section outputs a current limit notice upon detecting an overcurrent in the arm motor which is limited by a limiter. When a current limit notice is outputted in a page turning operation, a CPU drives and controls the arm motor to perform reverse rotation by the arm motor control section, and thereby controls a pressing period that is a locking period during which the adhesion roller is pressing the page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160347108
    Abstract: Devices and methods are described that can allow or are configured to allow a user to attach and remove or interchange different stationery articles to a binding mechanism, for example, a substantially cylindrical binding mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Erin Condren, Danielle Bourret, Carmen Moncayo
  • Publication number: 20160347109
    Abstract: A set of sheet dividers comprises a first plurality of sheet dividers, each divider comprising a sheet with a tab extending therefrom at a different location along the same side as all other dividers in the first plurality and to a first extent from the opposite side of the sheet, and a second plurality of sheet dividers, each divider comprising a sheet with a tab extending therefrom at a different location along the same side as all other dividers in the second plurality and to a second extent from the opposite side of the sheet that is greater than the first extent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Tara M. Green, Regina A. Reichert, Monica L. Brox, Ronald Ugolick
  • Publication number: 20160347110
    Abstract: A pen track has an outer shell, a transmitting group, a rotating group, and a linking group. The transmitting group is mounted in the outer shell and has a portion rotatably abutting a drawing surface. The rotating group is mounted in the outer shell and has a modeling block. The modeling block is mounted in the outer shell, is rotated with the transmitting group, and has an outer surface and a modeling segment annularly formed on the outer surface of the modeling block and having multiple curved surfaces connecting each other. The linking group is mounted in the outer shell and has a pushing protrusion pressed against the modeling segment of the modeling block to move the linking group reciprocally relative to the outer shell along the curved surfaces of the modeling segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Yung-Peng CHIU
  • Publication number: 20160347111
    Abstract: A cap connector is provided. The cap connector includes an elongated cord. The present invention further includes a plurality of caps. Each cap may include a first end having a rim forming an opening leading into the cap and a second end. An aperture is formed through the second end of the cap. The elongated cord runs through each of the apertures of each of the caps, thereby securing the caps together and to the cord.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Florina Sferle
  • Publication number: 20160347112
    Abstract: A dry erase board, comprising a platy main body and a PVC adhesive tape mounted on the main body, wherein the main body includes a white board and a corrugated paper board affixed on a rear surface of the white board; a fore end portion and an aft end portion of the PVC adhesive tape mounted on the main body are connected to each other to form a plastic frame. Since the corrugated paper board is adopted to serve as the support body of the main body of the dry erase board, the weight of the dry erase board can be reduced greatly to make the dry erase board convenient to carry. The present application has a simple structure and strong practicality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: MAX CREATIVE INDUSTRIAL LIMITED
    Inventor: Chick Ting Eddie Chow
  • Publication number: 20160347113
    Abstract: A stationery box with a rotary calendar consists of: an rectangular-shaped adhesive note box on one side to accommodate adhesive notes; an adhesive note box cover to cover the aforesaid adhesive note box; an ink pad box adjacent to the aforesaid adhesive note box to accommodate ink pad; an ink pad box cover to cover the aforesaid ink pad box; a business card holder to organize a variety of business cards; a pencil vase to hold writing articles; a rotary calendar provided on the front; and a turning button attached on one side to change the date of the rotary calendar. The stationery box with a rotary calendar enables a neat organization of stationery items carelessly scattered on the desk to increase the efficiency in the business processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: HAECHEOL KIM
  • Publication number: 20160347114
    Abstract: A process for duplicating in series an object having a decorative three-dimensional surface comprising a plurality of ridges, or protrusions. The process comprises, in particular the steps of introducing the object in a hollow container body having an side containing side that extends, in use, beyond the object. A step follows of distribution on said object of a setting material to cover the decorative three-dimensional surface of the object. Once the setting material sets, a mould is obtained having at the face oriented towards the object a three-dimensional surface that reproduces in negative the object's three-dimensional surface. The process provides then distributing a thermoplastic material on a first face of a support obtaining a layer having a predetermined height. Then, the support and the mould are overlapped to one another to obtain a system consisting of the support and of the mould, where the first face of the support is arranged in contact with the three-dimensional surface of the mould.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Leonardo PANETTIERI
  • Publication number: 20160347115
    Abstract: An ornament piece includes a base, a middle layer formed on the base and a surface layer formed on the middle layer. The middle layer includes a priming layer and a metal layer, the priming layer includes a matted metal texture, the metal layer includes a bright metal texture, the middle layer defines at least one groove. The at least one groove extends to the metal layer, a portion of the priming layer aligned to the groove is visual from the surface layer. A manufacture method of the ornament piece is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: MEI-HUI NIU, YU-TSAI WANG
  • Publication number: 20160347116
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a picture using salt, the picture making up for the disadvantages, of salt, of having weak moisture resistance and being easily broken, by using excellent adhesive strength, waterproofness and corrosion resistance of polyurethane, thereby widening the application of salt by allowing salt to have strong moisture resistance and to be firmly adhered to a manufacturing plate; and a manufacturing method therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Tae Eun KIM
  • Publication number: 20160347117
    Abstract: A chalk reel has a housing defining a chalk chamber and an opening for accessing the chamber. A door is movable between an open position for allowing access through the opening to the chalk chamber and a closed position preventing access to the chamber. A lock assembly is provided on the door and is movable with the door. The lock assembly rotates relative to the door between a locked position and an unlocked position and reciprocates to secure and release a lock member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Gregory David Parker, Norman John LeBlanc, Robin E. Smith, Anthony DeLeo, Michael H. Reedy, Brian Butler, Douglas Johnson
  • Publication number: 20160347118
    Abstract: A bicycle rear wheel quick release structure includes a rear hub, hub connector, quick release holder, quick release bolts and fixing element. Flanked by an end plate and an opening, the rear hub receives a rear wheel transmission member. The end plate has a central hole and first positioning holes surrounding the central hole which corresponds in position to the rear wheel transmission member centrally. Received in the rear hub and coupled to rear wheel transmission member, the hub connector has second positioning holes and an axial post with a fixing hole. The axial post is coaxial with the rear wheel transmission member and penetrates the central hole. Having a coupling hole, the quick release holder is mounted on the end plate and engaged with the quick release bolts inserted into the communicated first and second positioning holes. The fixing element penetrates the coupling hole and the fixing hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: HSIN-LIN CHENG, CHING-CHUNG TENG
  • Publication number: 20160347119
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wheel device including bonding a hub portion with lug holes and center bore hole, a spokes portion, and a barrel portion to generally form a mandrel or an inner frame of the wheel device. The inner frame is a scaled down size of the wheel device, in which a composite skin is wrapped around the inner frame to form an uncured wheel device. The uncured wheel device is encased inside a mold apparatus to cure. A cured wheel device of this method provides a wheel device with barrel, spokes, hub, lug holes and center bore hole molded into said wheel device without the use of a machine to carve out the spokes, hub, log holes or center bore hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Joshua Quiroz
  • Publication number: 20160347120
    Abstract: A rolling bearing providing an outer ring, an inner ring, and a plurality of rolling bodies disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring, and a sealing device held by the outer ring and consisting of a first and second annular shield and an elastomeric sealing element held by one of the shields. The second shield extends axially and radially to protrude on the outside of the outer ring and cooperates with a radially outer lateral surface of the outer ring, to delimit a radial annular gap therewith. An annular tooth is formed on the radially outer lateral surface of the outer ring in front of the radial gap to shield the radial gap in axial direction. An annular groove formed in a position immediately adjacent to the annular tooth and on the side opposite to the second shield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Giorgio Barberis, Fausto Morello
  • Publication number: 20160347121
    Abstract: An elastomeric laminate for tires comprises at least two superimposed layers of elastomer. The first layer is composed of a composition based on at least one thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), said thermoplastic elastomer being a block copolymer comprising at least one optionally hydrogenated butadiene/styrene random copolymer-type elastomer block and at least one styrene-type thermoplastic block, at a content within a range extending from more than 50 to 100 phr (parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of elastomer). The second layer is composed of a composition based on at least one diene elastomer, the content of diene elastomer being within a range extending from more than 50 to 95 phr, and on at least one thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), said thermoplastic elastomer being a block copolymer comprising at least one optionally hydrogenated butadiene-styrene random copolymer-type elastomer block and at least one styrene-type thermoplastic block, at a content within a range extending from 5 to less than 50 phr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: MARC GREIVELDINGER, EMMANUEL CUSTODERO, CHRISTOPHE CHOUVEL
  • Publication number: 20160347122
    Abstract: A tire includes a tire carcass and a tread extending circumferentially about the tire carcass. The tread includes a plurality of tread elements disposed in a tread pattern. The plurality of tread elements have one of two different pitch lengths and are disposed in a noise-reducing pitch sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Akiko G. Neil, Jon I. Stuckey
  • Publication number: 20160347123
    Abstract: A winter tire includes a tread portion with a designated rotational direction. The tread portion is provided with at least one central block on a tire equator. The central block includes a first tapered portion. The first tapered portion includes an axial width gradually decreasing toward the rotational direction and a leading edge extending along an axial direction of the tire. The first tapered portion is provided with a hole for installing a stud pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shotaro ABE
  • Publication number: 20160347124
    Abstract: A winter tire includes a tread portion provided with first inclined main grooves extending from a first tread edge near a tire equator, second inclined main grooves extending from a second tread edge near the tire equator, a first inner longitudinal groove connecting a pair of first inclined main grooves at the vicinity of the tire equator and a second inner longitudinal groove connecting a pair of second inclined main grooves at the vicinity of the tire equator. Each of the first inclined main grooves includes an axially first inner end portion extending along an axial direction of the tire to the second inner longitudinal groove, and each of the second inclined main grooves includes an axially second inner end portion extending along the axial direction of the tire to the first inner longitudinal groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shotaro ABE
  • Publication number: 20160347125
    Abstract: This pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion, sidewall portions, and bead portions, wherein the tread portion includes five main grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction that partition six rows of ribs, a plurality of first sipes is formed in each edge portion of center ribs, intermediate ribs, and shoulder ribs, a plurality of first narrow grooves is formed in each of the center ribs and the intermediate ribs so as to form a connection between the main grooves, a plurality of second narrow grooves is formed in each of the center ribs and the intermediate ribs so as to connect the first narrow grooves, an interval Pg1 of the first narrow groove is from 20 mm to 60 mm, and an interval Ps1 of the first sipe is from 15% to 45% of the interval Pg1 of the first narrow groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Takanori Itou
  • Publication number: 20160347126
    Abstract: A tire with a new internal structure including automatic inflatable gas-chambers, assembly includes a connection arrangement comprising, sequentially, a rubber tire, a gas-chamber layer, a hollow layer and a metal wheel hub, from outside to inside, wherein a check valve is installed at a connection position between each gas-chamber of the gas-chamber layer and the hollow layer to inflate the connected gas-chamber automatically, meanwhile, prevent a backflow of the gas from the gas-chamber. The check valve described in the present application is a rubber valve, including a rubber valve body and a rubber valve plate, wherein, a center hole and an inflation hole are opened at the center of the rubber valve body, and a plane of the rubber valve body and a plane of the rubber valve plate are arranged in parallel, and meanwhile a center valve spindle contained by the rubber valve plate inserts the center hole of the rubber valve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Rongping WANG
  • Publication number: 20160347127
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sealant tire with excellent noise reducing properties and high productivity. The present invention relates to a sealant tire including a porous sound-absorbing material attached to the inner side of an innerliner through a sealant layer, the sealant layer containing 1 to 30 parts by weight of an inorganic filler per 100 parts by weight of butyl rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki YUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160347128
    Abstract: Visco-elastic tyre balancing compositions comprising 1) 85 to 97% by weight of a glycol ether component comprising one or more ethylene/propylene glycol copolymer ethers of the general formula (I) or the general (II) or mixtures thereof R-O{[CH(CH3)CH2—O—]m[CH2—CH2—O—]n}H (I) R1—(O—{[CH(CH3)CH2—O—]m[CH2—CH2—O—]n}H)2 (II) wherein R is hydrogen or an alkyl group of 2-8 carbon atoms; R1 is an alkylene moiety of 2-8 carbon atoms in which the two substituents are not carried on the same carbon atom; m is the mole percentage of propylene glycol in the ethylene/propylene glycol copolymer moiety or moieties; and n is the mole percentage of ethylene glycol in the ethylene/propylene glycol copolymer moiety or moieties, wherein the ratio n:m is in the range from 35:65 to 80:20; each glycol copolymer compound having a number average molecular weight in the range of 2000-10000; and 2) 3 to 15% by weight of a fumed silica gel former; said balancing compositions being visco-elastic and having a Storage Modulus (G?) between
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Bertil CARNEHAMMAR
  • Publication number: 20160347129
    Abstract: Provided is a device for detecting a low-pressure state of a predetermined tire, comprising an index value calculation unit, a resonance frequency calculation unit and a low-pressure detection unit. The index value calculation unit calculates a low-pressure index value from wheel speed information of front and rear tires, the low-pressure index value being obtained by comparing rotation speeds of the front and rear tires. The resonance frequency calculation unit calculates a resonance frequency from wheel speed information of a tire. The low-pressure detection unit eliminates an influence of an imposed load on a vehicle and detects the low-pressure state of the predetermined tire based on: a predetermined parameter that indicates a linear relationship between the resonance frequency and the low-pressure index value under a low-pressure condition of the predetermined tire; the low-pressure index value thus calculated; and the resonance frequency thus calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kento YAMASHITA, Mitsuhiro WADA, Yusuke MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20160347130
    Abstract: A vehicle tire pressure control system includes a road sensor configured to acquire road data regarding a road at an advanced location ahead of a current location of a vehicle; a pressure regulator configured to control the air pressure within a tire of the vehicle during operation of the vehicle; and a controller configured to control operation of the pressure regulator and vary the air pressure within the tire based on the road data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Alistair K. Chan, Geoffrey F. Deane, William D. Duncan, Philip A. Eckhoff, Bran Ferren, William Gates, W. Daniel Hillis, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Edward K.Y. Jung, Jordin T. Kare, John Latham, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Robert C. Petroski, Clarence T. Tegreene, David B. Tuckerman, Thomas A. Weaver, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, JR., Victoria Y.H. Wood
  • Publication number: 20160347131
    Abstract: A vehicle axle assembly is provided having a hub which is mounted on a cylindrical axle body by way of a ball bearing so as to be rotatable about a central longitudinal axis, wherein the ball bearing has an inner race connected to the axle body and has an outer race connected to the hub. The vehicle axle assembly includes an axially inner shaft sealing ring and an axially outer shaft sealing ring which are sealingly arranged between the two races and which delimit a ring-shaped chamber between the two races, a first pressure medium line which extends through the inner race or one of the two shaft sealing rings and which opens into the ring-shaped chamber; and a second pressure medium line which extends from the ring-shaped chamber through the outer race and which is configured to be connected to a wheel fastened on the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Konstantinos TSIBERIDIS
  • Publication number: 20160347132
    Abstract: A tire inflation system including an axle housing and a sealing ring disposed on the axle housing. The sealing ring has a conduit formed therethrough. A hub is rotatably disposed on the axle housing. The hub is disposed adjacent the sealing ring and has a conduit formed therethrough which is in fluid communication with a conduit formed through a fastener engaged with the hub. The tire inflation system also includes an inner rotary seal disposed between the sealing ring and the hub and an outer rotary seal disposed between the sealing ring and the hub. The conduit formed through the hub is in fluid communication with the conduit formed through the sealing ring through an area between the inner rotary seal and the outer rotary seal. A bearing seal is disposed between the hub and the axle housing and outboard of the outer rotary seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Brian V. Knapke, Lloyd G. Racine
  • Publication number: 20160347133
    Abstract: A TPM sensor measures the pressure of a tire and determines whether the measured pressure is greater than a predetermined threshold. When the measured pressure is greater than the predetermined threshold, an adjustment to the sensitivity is determined by the sensor. The adjustment to the sensitivity is applied to the sensor to yield an adjusted sensitivity. The TPM sensor is operated to make receptions according to the adjusted sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew D. McIntyre, Jean-Christophe Deniau, Brian Farrell, Yasser Gad, Dhivya Vijayan