Patents Issued in June 27, 2017
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Patent number: 9688027Abstract: A method and system for printing a three-dimensional part, which includes rotating a transfer belt with a developed layer, scanning the developed layer on the rotating transfer belt, pressing the developed layer into contact with an intermediate build surface of the three-dimensional part retained on a moveable build platform, scanning the pressed layer on the three-dimensional part, comparing the scanned layers to detect an overlay error, and adjusting a position of the moveable build platform relative to the transfer belt to reduce the overlay error for a subsequent developed layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Stratasys, Inc.Inventors: J. Samuel Batchelder, Zeiter Farah
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Patent number: 9688028Abstract: A three-dimensional geometry is received, and sliced into layers. A first anisotropic fill tool path for controlling a three dimensional printer to deposit a substantially anisotropic fill material is generated defining at least part of an interior of a first layer. A second anisotropic fill tool path for controlling a three dimensional printer to deposit the substantially anisotropic fill material defines at least part of an interior of a second layer. A generated isotropic fill material tool path defines at least part of a perimeter and at least part of an interior of a third layer intervening between the first and second layers.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: MARKFORGED, INC.Inventors: Gregory Thomas Mark, Rick Bryan Woodruff, David Steven Benhaim, Abraham Lawrence Parangi, Benjamin Tsu Sklaroff
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Patent number: 9688029Abstract: Techniques for improving flexural strength in 3D-printed object. The techniques generally include identifying a portion of a 3D model corresponding to the 3D-printed object to which one or more support posts should be added and adding support post descriptors to the 3D model within such a portion. The support post descriptor defines a position and at least one dimension of a support post cavity and a position and at least one dimension of a support post, both having a height corresponding to at least two layers of 3D-printable material. The model, including the support post descriptors are transmitted to a 3D printer to print the 3D model, which includes a support post cavity and a support post having a height of at least two layers.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventor: Ryan Michael Schmidt
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Patent number: 9688030Abstract: A method of manufacturing a structural member includes preheating a plurality of fibers to a first temperature, moving the preheated fibers along an assembly line, applying a binder to at least one of the preheated fibers, providing a die shaped to receive the preheated fibers, wherein the die moves together with the preheated fibers along at least a portion of the assembly line, maintaining a temperature of the plurality of fibers at a temperature substantially similar to the first temperature, and compressing the plurality of fibers within the die while maintaining a temperature.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Neuvokas CorporationInventors: Erik John Kiilunen, Kenneth Brian Keranen, Matthew Paul Kero
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Patent number: 9688031Abstract: The invention relates to an appliance for repairs of local damage of laminated glasses consisting of a body with a base fitted with circumferential elastomer gasket for underpressure suction to the glass. The substance of the invention is that a closing member of an overflow valve for underpressure supply to a repair compartment is arranged so that when closing, it moves in the underpressure suction direction and pushed to a seat by generated pressure. The repair compartment is connected directly with the underpressure source via the overflow valve. A fixing compartment is connected, with the underpressure source independently. To interconnect underpressure/pressure, a lid with boreholes is used as well as a flat gasket with holes and a shape groove.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Inventor: Vladimir Hauser
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Patent number: 9688032Abstract: Thermoplastic components may experience local damage, including cracks and decohesion of fiber reinforcements, among others. Such thermoplastics may be repaired by heating them to a suitable softening/melting temperature under pressure and maintaining them under pressure and at elevated temperature until the damage is healed. This may be done in-place using custom-fabricated, suitably-shaped die portions maintained under pressure by magnetic attraction. Various heating methods and die portion fabrication methods are described.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Hamid G. Kia, Xiaosong Huang
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Patent number: 9688033Abstract: An apparatus and a method for processing an optical lens, whereby a block piece for the lens is first processed by cutting and then is provided with markings for positioning the lens on the block piece.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2011Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Schneider GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Gunter Schneider, Helwig Buchenauer
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Patent number: 9688034Abstract: A light assembly including two light sources through a single inner lens made of two separate materials includes a first light source that is operable to emit light for a position light function of the vehicle, and a second light source that is operable to emit light for a Daytime Running Light function of the vehicle. The light assembly further includes an inner lens having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is formed from a mixture of polymethyl methacrylate and polyetheresteramide, and is operable to receive light from the first light source adjacent a light receiving edge of the first portion and reflect the light to provide the position light function. The second portion of the inner lens is formed from polymethyl methacrylate without polyetheresteramide, and is operable to receive light from the second light source and direct the light to provide the DRL function.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Jay H. Ovenshire, Daniel E. Schmeckpeper, Catherine A. Ostrander
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Patent number: 9688035Abstract: A method of forming an optical article includes the step of applying a silicone composition to a surface, wherein the silicone composition is a solid and has a glass transition temperature greater than room temperature. The silicone composition is heated to a temperature at or above the glass transition temperature such that the silicone composition flows. The silicone composition forms a light transmitting sheet upon cooling following the heating.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignees: Dow Corning Corporation, Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd.Inventors: Steven Swier, Masaaki Amako
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Patent number: 9688036Abstract: A post cure tire inflator is provided for use with a tire press to inflate and cure vulcanized tires. The post cure inflator includes a frame fixed between a pair of outer support columns, a first movable beam that is linearly movable relative to the frame, and a second movable beam that is linearly movable relative to both of the frame and the first movable beam. A pair of inflator stations is arranged in a vertically separated formation with each inflator station including a pair of axially aligned, vertically separable tire inflating chuck rings. One of the tire inflating chuck rings from each pair of inflator stations is secured to the frame, and the other tire inflating chuck ring from each pair of inflator stations is secured to one of the first and second movable beams.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: MCNEIL & NRM, INC.Inventors: Anand Pal Singh, Daniel Zaklanovich, Jeffrey Bercsik
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Patent number: 9688037Abstract: A tire layer application assembly and a method for applying a tire layer around a substantially circular circumferential surface of an object. The assembly is provided with a drive which, during application, is coupled to the object for driving the object in a driven rotation about a concentric axis of rotation with respect to the circumferential surface, wherein the assembly includes a tracking device which, during application, is arranged to be fixed to a part of the tire layer that is applied to the circumferential surface, wherein the tracking device is rotatable in a tracking rotation about the axis of rotation of the object, independent of the driven rotation of the object about the same axis of rotation.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: VMI HOLLAND B.V.Inventors: Florian Fischer, Cornelis Wouteres Janszen
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Patent number: 9688038Abstract: A dual tire buffing apparatus includes a turntable having a first end and an opposite second end. The turntable is rotatable about a central axis between first and second positions. A first expandable hub is rotatably coupled to the turntable proximate the first end. The first expandable hub is configured to receive a first tire casing. A second expandable hub is rotatably coupled to the turntable proximate the second end. The second expandable hub is configured to receive a second tire casing. A rasp head is positioned to operatively engage the first tire casing on the first expandable hub when the turntable is in the first position to perform a buffing operation on the first tire casing, and to operatively engage the second tire casing on the second expandable hub when the turntable is in the second position to perform a buffing operation on the second tire casing.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Bridgestone Bandag, LLCInventors: John S. Lindsay, Jeremy D. Gray, James A. Kendall, Jr.
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Patent number: 9688039Abstract: The tire has a tread with a tread surface and at least one groove which has a bottom wall and two lateral walls. At least one flexible wall is arranged in the groove in such a way that as liquid flows, the flexible wall flexes to allow the liquid to pass. After molding, the tire has a connecting element with a thickness which is equal to that of the bottom wall so that, after vulcanizing, the connecting element connects the lateral walls to the bottom wall over a given depth. The connecting element is then cut at its junction with each of the lateral walls of the groove so as to obtain the flexible wall.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE, S.A.Inventor: Frederic Pialot, Jr.
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Patent number: 9688040Abstract: A method of preparing a closure for a product retaining container is disclosed along with the closure that is obtainable by the method. The present disclosure also relates to a use, in the manufacture of a closure, of a knife blade comprising a cutting edge region having a discontinuous cutting edge.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: NOMACORC LLCInventors: Damon James Bost, Nisha Amol Keskar
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Patent number: 9688041Abstract: A drive device for a bending press, in particular a press brake, with a press frame includes a stationary press beam and has a press beam which can be displaced relative to the press beam by a beam adjusting device formed by a closed hydraulic system including a hydraulic pump with a controllable drive motor, at least one control valve and at least one hydraulic linear actuator. The linear actuator includes a first piston arrangement with a first piston dividing a cylinder chamber into a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber and, in another cylinder chamber, a second piston arrangement with another piston and at least one other pressure chamber. The first piston arrangement and the second piston arrangement are coupled with one another.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2010Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: TRUMPF Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG.Inventors: Rudolf Scheidl, Karl Ladner, Peter Ladner
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Patent number: 9688042Abstract: A format adjustment device (1) is used to adjust the format of at least one functional element (7) on a packaging machine. The format adjustment device (1) comprises at least one bearing element (2), at least one format gauge (3) comprising at least one mounting section (4) and at least one position element (5) having a stop section (6), and at least one functional element (7) having a connecting section (8). The format gauge (3) can be connected to the bearing element (2) via the mounting section (4). The stop section (6) of the position element (5) can be connected to the connecting section (8) of the functional element (7), such that the position of the at least one functional element (7) relative to the bearing element (2) can be adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Alexander Frank
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Patent number: 9688043Abstract: An uninterrupted bag making machine includes a conveyance unit, a conveyance unit driving means, a sealing unit having sealing assemblies, a sealing unit driving means, a perforating unit having a cutting device, a perforating unit, a perforating unit driving means, a breaking unit, and a control unit. With the conveyance unit, a film tube is conveyed to pass through the sealing unit, the perforating unit, and the breaking unit. Furthermore, with the control unit in cooperation with various driving means, the sealing assemblies can be moved in the direction of the film tube being moved, and the cutting device of the perforating unit is rotated in synchronous with the film tube being moved. As such, the film tube can be processed with sealing operations, perforating operations, and breaking operations at predetermined locations along the film tube without an interruption, so that the production rate and capacity can be increased.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: COSMO MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventor: Chun Liang Lin
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Patent number: 9688044Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a cushioning product (88), comprising the following steps: providing a flat, longitudinal, two- or multilayered paper strip (10), wherein the individual layers (12, 14) of the paper strip (10) are connected to one another in at least some sections in a middle area (18) extending in the longitudinal direction, and wherein the individual layers (12, 14) of the paper strip (10) comprise marginal areas (20, 21, 22, 23) which are not connected to one another, opening adjacent marginal areas (20, 21, 22, 23) to form a paper strip (10) having a star-shaped cross section, and crumpling the paper strip (10) along the middle area (18).Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Storopack Hans Reichenecker GmbHInventors: Paul Deis, Jean-Marc Slovencik
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Patent number: 9688045Abstract: A reinforced liner and methods of manufacturing the liner are disclosed. The liner includes a glass veil layer as an innermost layer in combination with an outer reinforcing layer that includes glass fibers. The glass veil layer and the reinforcing layer are joined together, such as by an elastic yarn. Inclusion of the glass veil layer imparts desirable surface finish characteristics to the reinforced liner.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: OCV Intellectual Capital, LLCInventors: Corneilis Den Besten, Jerome Francois
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Patent number: 9688046Abstract: An elongated structural article, having a continuous profile extrusion with spaced apart layers defining a portion of a cavity filed filled with thermoplastic pre-expanded beads expanded with steam in-situ causing the beads to securely bond together and to the profile extrusion. The article is cut to a length forming ends having an exposed foam core. A system for manufacturing the article is also disclosed having a profile extrusion die for forming an axially profile defining a wall surrounding a cavity, a tubular shaping mold located axially downstream of the extrusion die sized to support a length of the profile as it passes there through. A bead dispenser is oriented to introducing pre-expanded beads into the profile cavity while within the shaping fixture and a steam tube is oriented downstream of the introduction of pre-expanded beads. Control valves regulate the flow of pre-expanded beads and steam into the profile cavity.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Inventor: Richard W. Roberts
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Patent number: 9688047Abstract: A hemmed structure includes a first member and a second member. The first member is a sheet-like member including a thermoplastic resin and includes an inner bent portion formed at a position at which an end portion of the first member is bent. The second member is a sheet-like member a metal material and includes an outer bent portion formed at a position at which an end portion of the second member is bent. The outer bent portion is disposed so as to wrap around the inner bent portion, and the end portion of the second member is disposed inside the inner bent portion. A brittle portion is formed on an inner surface of the inner bent portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akiko Inami, Keiji Nakamura, Kensuke Sakai, Noboru Sakamoto
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Patent number: 9688048Abstract: The invention relates to a film-coated vacuum insulation panel comprising at least one inner core, at least one outer film which encloses the inner core, an inner film situated between the inner core and the outer film, and from which the outer film is raised at least in areas, preferably on all sides, by means of a shell material, the inner film and/or outer film being designed as an air-tight barrier film, wherein a) at least the inner film includes at least one ply made of an ethene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, preferably metallized, in particular having a permeation value of 0.003 cm3/(m2*d) or less under standard conditions (23° C., 50% external relative humidity), and b) wherein the shell material includes a drying agent which is present with a surface density of at least 100 g/m2 relative to the base area of the vacuum insulation panel, and whose water vapor adsorption isotherm ?H2O=?H2O(PH2O)|T=23° C. at a temperature of T=23° C.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: va-Q-tec AGInventor: Roland Caps
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Patent number: 9688049Abstract: A formed building element or “log” comprising a top filler section and a bottom filler section affixed on opposite sides of a center reinforcement member. The center reinforcement member may be a steel or metal rod or tube. The reinforcement member, which may be of approximately the same length of the filler sections, has one end extending out from the end of the building element. The extended end may have a vertical hole extending from top to bottom, adapted to accept a rod pin, which may or may not be threaded. Matching holes extend from the top to bottom of the filler section at the opposite end of the building element, so adjacent building elements may be attached end-to-end.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2012Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Inventor: Steve Bryan
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Patent number: 9688050Abstract: A panel structure and a method of forming the panel structure are disclosed. The panel structure typically includes at least one panel associated with a material. The panel structure has been found particularly advantageous for use as an interior panel of an airplane.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2011Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: ZEPHYROS, INC.Inventors: David Carlson, Brandon Madaus, Matthew Harthcock, Kearney Barton, Charles L. Taylor, Jason Walker
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Patent number: 9688051Abstract: A window member includes flexible base films and a protective film. The flexible base films are stacked upon one another. Each flexible base film is substantially transparent. The protective film is disposed on the flexible base films and is substantially transparent. Each of the flexible base films includes protrusions and grooves disposed between adjacent protrusions. Corresponding protrusions of the flexible base films at least partially overlap one another.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gui Nam Min, Kyu taek Lee, Kyung Woo Han, Soyeon Han, Kyu-young Kim
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Patent number: 9688052Abstract: A thermal protection system that reduces a mismatch of thermal expansion coefficients CTE between a first material layer (CTE1) and a second material layer (CTE2) at a first layer-second layer interface. A portion of aluminum borosilicate (abs) or another suitable additive (add), whose CTE value, CTE(add), satisfies (CTE(add)?CTE1)(CTE(add)?CTE2)<0, is distributed with variable additive density, ?(z;add), in the first material layer and/or in the second material layer, with ?(z;add) near the materials interface being relatively high (alternatively, relatively low) and ?(z;add) in a region spaced apart from the interface being relatively low (alternatively, relatively high).Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Adminstrator of the National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationInventors: David A. Stewart, Daniel B. Leiser
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Patent number: 9688053Abstract: A method includes depositing a thin film on a first surface of a first substrate and moving a second surface of a second substrate into contact with the thin film such that the thin film is located between the first and second surfaces. The method further includes generating electromagnetic (EM) radiation of a first wavelength, the first wavelength selected such that the thin film absorbs EM radiation at the first wavelength. Additionally, the method includes directing the EM radiation through one of the first and second substrates and onto a region of the thin film until the first and second substrates are fused in the region.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: David A Ruben, Michael S Sandlin
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Patent number: 9688054Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-layered composite panel. The multi-layered composite panel comprises at least two sheets of thin plates with continuous waveform patterns having the same pitch and different heights in one direction are overlapped. In the multi-layered composite panel, an air layer is formed between the overlapping thin plates, orthogonal pressing portions, which divide the waveform patterns on the top and the bottom of the thin plates into the unit of triangle-patterned cell by being pressed orthogonally to cross each other on the top and the bottom of the thin plates overlapping in the orthogonal direction crossing the direction of the waveform patterns, are formed and an undercut portion is formed by pressing the centers of both sides connecting a groove and a ridge of each cell on the top and the bottom of the thin plates with opposite orthogonal pressing portions.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Saehan Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Gi Sim, Sung Jin Park, Sung Hoon Yoon
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Patent number: 9688055Abstract: An absorbent composite sheet for domestic use includes a first ply of paper, with a degree of absorption of liquids equal to or greater than around 5 (g/g CEN standard), and a second superposed ply composed of a metal-containing layer, the thickness of the second ply being equal to or less than around 10 microns (?m).Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2010Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: SA TISSUE FRANCEInventors: Pierre Graff, Nicolas Pommier, Pierre Probst, Gregory M. Fike
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Patent number: 9688056Abstract: Various examples are provided for polymer reinforced composite plywood and laminates. In one example, among others, polymer reinforced composite plywood includes a multilayer polymeric film bonded to a first ply of wood veneer and a second ply of wood veneer. A second multilayer polymeric film can be bonded to the second ply of wood veneer and to a third ply of wood veneer. In another example, polymer reinforced composite plywood includes a monolayer polymeric film bonded to a first ply of wood veneer and to a second ply of wood veneer. A second monolayer polymeric film can be bonded to the second ply of wood veneer and to a third ply of wood veneer. In another example, low pressure laminate includes a polymeric film layer bonded to a base layer that forms a protective lamination layer over the base layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: ENGINEERED COMPOSITE SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: Daniel Peter Beuchel, Rustom Sam Kanga
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Patent number: 9688057Abstract: A multilayered biodegradable film comprising at least one first resin layer and at least one second resin layer, wherein the first and second resin layers are alternately layered; the first resin layer comprises a polylactic acid-based polymer; the second resin layer comprises an aliphatic polyester-based resin or an aliphatic-aromatic copolymerized polyester-based resin; and the film has a coloring peak value of 0.3 or less, a haze of 10% or less, and an elastic modulus of 300 kgf/mm2 or less, exhibits improved flexibility and transparency, which is useful for environmentally friendly packaging.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2011Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: SKC CO., LTDInventors: Deuk-Young Lee, Sang Il Kim
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Patent number: 9688058Abstract: Methods and apparatus for supporting radio frequency identification tags are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a face layer that includes a tag seat, a first extension extending from a first edge of the tag seat, and a second extension extending from a second edge of the tag seat, a third extension extending from a third edge of the tag seat, and a fourth extension extending from a fourth edge of the tag seat. The example apparatus includes an adhesive layer applied to at least a portion an inner surface of the face layer. The example apparatus includes an RFID tag coupled to the tag seat. The RFID tag is to be spaced apart from a surface when outer portions of the first extension and the second extension are coupled to the surface and inner portions of the first extension and the second extension are flexed away from the surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: R.R. Donnelley & Sons CompanyInventor: Brad Hull
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Patent number: 9688059Abstract: An inflatable or gas-filled insulation panel comprises an envelope having two outer sheets sealed together along edges of the sheets and at least one of the sheets has an outer reflective surface. The envelope encases a plurality of internal films that include a polymeric film having a plurality of reflective stripes disposed thereon and spaced apart on the films. Seals are formed along the gaps or areas between the reflective stripes on the films by application of heat and pressure, which causes the films to seal to each other and the outer sheets at spaced apart intervals. A channel is formed between the outer edges of the films and the outer sheets, and a valve, disposed at an end of the panel, is in fluid communication with the channel for the injection of a fluid, such as an inert gas or air, to inflate panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: FI-FOIL COMPANY INC.Inventors: William A. Lippy, Addric E. Bassham, Douglas F. Kinninger, Craig T. Price, Robert L. Swanson
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Patent number: 9688060Abstract: A composite is produced by providing a first and a second joining partner, a connecting means, a sealing means, a reactor having a pressure chamber, and a heating element. The two joining partners and the connecting means are arranged in the pressure chamber such that the connecting means is situated between the first joining partner and the second joining partner. A gas-tight region is then produced, in which the connecting means is arranged. Afterward, a gas pressure of at least 20 bar is produced in the pressure chamber outside the gas-tight region. The gas pressure acts on the gas-tight region and presses the first joining partner, the second joining partner and the connecting means together. The joining partners and the connecting means are then heated by means of the heating element to a predefined maximum temperature of at least 210° C. and then cooled.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2012Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Reinhold Bayerer, Olaf Hohlfeld
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Patent number: 9688061Abstract: A device for punching labels from a substrate web having a carrier layer and a label layer includes a punching installation for punching labels. The punching installation has a delaminating installation for separating the label layer from the carrier layer, a metallic non-suction revolving counterpunching belt for conveying the label layer during a punching operation, and a relaminating installation for reconnecting the label layer, provided with punchings, to the carrier layer. A method for punching self-adhesive labels is also provided. In this way, a thin carrier layer can be used, and it is ensured that the carrier layer is not damaged during punching.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Gallus Druckmaschinen AGInventors: Andreas Boedeker, Dieter Bangel
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Patent number: 9688062Abstract: A method of fabricating a device includes providing a process substrate on a carrier substrate, where the process substrate has a rectangular shape with a pair of long sides and a pair of short sides, providing a device on the process substrate, and continuously peeling the process substrate from the carrier substrate along a curve passing through a starting point which is one of vertices the process substrate, where the curve substantially perpendicularly passes through one of the short sides spaced apart from the starting point.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Yukinori Asakawa
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Patent number: 9688063Abstract: The invention refers to a method for forming an article having a decorative surface comprising: a) screen printing an ink composition comprising a curable composition onto at least one major surface of a thermoformable polymeric sheet; b) curing said curable composition to obtain a printed sheet having on at least one major surface an ink comprising a cured composition; and c) thermoforming the printed sheet to obtain a decorated article, wherein said curable composition comprises a polyisocyanate and a component comprising isocyanate reactive groups and wherein said ink composition contains a solvent or solvent blend in which said curable composition is soluble or miscible.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventor: Carlo A. Muller
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Patent number: 9688064Abstract: A screen printing apparatus comprises print executing parts 20A, 20B, first and second substrate loading parts En1, En2 and a substrate unloading part Ex, and first and second substrate support tables 10A, 10B for supporting a substrate W to enable printing thereon by the print executing parts 20A, 20B. The first substrate support table 10A moves between a first receiving position where the substrate W loaded from the first substrate loading part En1 is received, and a sending position where the substrate W is unloaded from the substrate unloading part Ex. The second substrate support table 10B moves between a second receiving position where the substrate W loaded from the second substrate loading part En2 is received, and the sending position. The print executing parts 20A, 20B are respectively placed at positions on the substrate support tables 10A, 10B where printing on the substrate W is enabled.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Toshimichi Satou
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Patent number: 9688065Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of forming, using a sublimation ink, an image that is free of outline blurring on a transfer medium even when the thickness of an ink fixation layer is increased. In order to solve this problem, a transfer film 10 is provided with a base material film 11, a transfer binder layer 12, a sublimation ink layer 13, and a mask layer 14 which is provided in a region where sublimation ink is not transferred to media 100, the transfer binder layer 12 being configured from a material which is permeated by sublimation of the sublimation ink.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuyuki Takeuchi, Katsumi Nakayashiki
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Patent number: 9688066Abstract: A plurality of recording elements included in a printed head are grouped into a plurality of groups, a test order is set in units of groups, and a test of the recording elements is periodically performed in units of groups in the set test order. In a case where an abnormality is detected in the recording element as a result of the test, the recording element in which an abnormality is detected is recognized as a retest target, an order of tests is changed through interruption, and a retest of a group including the recording element recognized as a retest target is performed. In a case where an abnormality is detected again in the recording element that is a retest target as a result of the retest, the recording element that is a retest target is recognized as an abnormal recording element.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Jun Yamanobe, Tadashi Kyoso, Katsuto Sumi
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Patent number: 9688067Abstract: An element substrate capable of suppressing occurrence of electromagnetic noise upon driving printing elements on an element substrate with long wiring lengths, preventing an operation error, and printing a high-quality image is provided. In the element substrate, plural element substrates each including printing elements are arrayed in an arrayed direction of the printing elements. Each element substrate including a wiring for supplying a driving power to drive the printing elements, and a ground wiring from the printing elements is configured as follows. Each element substrate includes a delay circuit for delaying a heat enable signal to drive the printing elements and supplying it to each printing element, and a switchover circuit for switching over, in accordance with a control signal, a delay sequence when supplying the heat enable signal to each printing element.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kengo Umeda, Nobuyuki Hirayama
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Patent number: 9688068Abstract: Disclosed is a method of determining line feed error in an image forming apparatus for printing an image, said image forming apparatus comprising a print head having a head sensor configured to sense information from the image printed on a print medium, said method comprising the steps of printing a first swath of the image on the print medium, repositioning the print head relative to the print medium by at least one line feed distance, determining a line feed error based upon information sensed from the printed first swath by the head sensor, and printing, using the determined line feed error, a second swath of the halftone image on the print medium.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Jumpei Ashida, Hisashi Ishikawa
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Patent number: 9688069Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus including a liquid discharge head having a substrate, plural pressure chambers two-dimensionally provided on one surface of the substrate, a discharge port, a pressure generating unit to discharge liquid through the discharge port and a flow path connected to the pressure chamber which are provided correspondingly to each pressure chamber, a common liquid chamber provided on the other surface of the substrate, and plural supply paths provided between adjacent pressure chambers and connected to the common liquid chamber; a moving unit to relatively move the liquid discharge head and a recording object; and a driving unit to drive the pressure generating unit. Flow paths respectively corresponding to the pressure chambers adjacent to the supply paths are connected to the supply paths. The driving unit outputs drive signals to the pressure generating units respectively corresponding to the pressure chambers connected to the supply paths at different timings.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuyuki Tamura, Masato Yajima, Yasuto Kodera, Naoto Sasagawa
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Patent number: 9688070Abstract: A channel member 4 for a liquid ejecting head according to the present invention includes plates 4a to 4m that are stacked together. The plates include a first plate 4c including a first hole 7c, a second plate 4d including a second hole 7d, and a third plate 4e including a third hole 7e. In plan view, an opening 7cb at the bottom side of the first hole 7c and an opening 7ea at the top side of the third hole 7e have a region in which the openings 7cb and 7ea overlap and a region in which the openings 7cb and 7ea do not overlap, and the opening at the bottom side of the first hole 7c and the opening 7ea at the top side of the third hole 7e are inside the second hole 7d.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Wataru Ikeuchi, Chisako Fukuda
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Patent number: 9688071Abstract: A line head array includes an array base, a bendable thin sheet-shaped plate, and a plurality of heads. The array base has a plurality of inclined surfaces. The bendable thin sheet-shaped plate has a bend and is positioned and mounted on the array base in a bent state. The heads are alternately arranged in a staggered manner on and secured to both sides of the bend of the sheet-shaped plate.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventor: Akira Saito
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Patent number: 9688072Abstract: The aim is to provide a low cost and highly reliable head cleaning technique. As a solution, a cleaning device 20 includes a cleaning tank 21 for immersing a head 10 in cleaning solution and cleaning the head; and liquid level height adjusting means for adjusting a liquid level height of the cleaning solution in the cleaning tank 21, wherein the liquid level height adjusting means includes a supply chamber 25 that stores the cleaning solution to be supplied to the cleaning tank 21, and communicates with the cleaning tank 21, and a driving section 23 for adjusting relative heights of the cleaning tank 21 and the supply chamber 25 by moving the supply chamber 25.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventor: Masaru Ohnishi
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Patent number: 9688073Abstract: A liquid supply device and an image forming apparatus in which the maintenance of a concentration detecting device is improved are obtained. The liquid supply device includes a flow passage through which liquid to be imparted to paper flows; a case including an inlet that is fixed to the flow passage and introduces a liquid from the flow passage, and an outlet that leads the liquid out to the flow passage; and a concentration detecting device that is openably and closably or attachably and detachably attached to the case and includes a detection unit, which detects the concentration of the liquid, at a position that faces the case.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Tsutomu Masuo
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Patent number: 9688074Abstract: A fluidic dispensing device includes a housing having an exterior wall and a fluid reservoir. The exterior wall has a chip mounting surface defining a first plane, and has an opening in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir. An ejection chip is mounted to the chip mounting surface of the housing and is in fluid communication with the opening. The ejection chip has a plurality of ejection nozzles oriented such that a fluid ejection direction is substantially orthogonal to the first plane. A plurality of stir bars are moveably confined within the fluid reservoir. Each of the plurality of stir bars has a respective plurality of paddles, each having a free end tip. The free end tip of the respective plurality of paddles of at least one stir bar intermittently faces toward the opening as the plurality of stir bars rotate.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Inventors: William D. Hall, Jr., Steven R. Komplin
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Patent number: 9688075Abstract: Disclosed is an ink cartridge, ink cartridge chip, and short-circuit detection method of chip. The ink cartridge chip comprises: a short-circuit detection terminal, which is disposed between a connecting terminal to be detected and one or more connecting terminals other than the connecting terminal to be detected; a short-circuit detection and processing unit, which is connected to a voltage division and power supply unit and one or more connecting terminals other than the connecting terminal to be detected; and a voltage division and power supply unit, which is connected to the short-circuit detection and processing unit and the connecting terminal to be detected, for dividing voltage from the connecting terminal to be detected and transmitting an obtained low voltage to the short-circuit detection and processing unit. The present disclosure is able to reduce costs and satisfy long-term use of short-circuit detection in the ink cartridge chips.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: APEX MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Zuo Wang, Weichen Liu
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Patent number: 9688076Abstract: A liquid ejecting head, including a flow-path unit that includes: first and second nozzle groups disposed alongside each other in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction in which nozzles are arranged; first and second common liquid chambers respectively communicating with the first and second nozzle groups, the first and second common liquid chambers being disposed alongside each other in the second direction; a liquid supply opening communicating with the first common liquid chamber and a liquid discharge opening communicating with the second common liquid chamber, on one side of the flow-path unit in the first direction; and a connecting path connecting the first and second common liquid chambers on the other side of the flow-path unit in the first direction, wherein the first common liquid chamber is disposed nearer to an outer periphery of the flow-path unit in the second direction than the second common liquid chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroto Sugahara, Shohei Koide, Taisuke Mizuno