Patents Issued in July 13, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170197359
    Abstract: This invention relates to a product and a method of preparing ceramic and/or ceramic hybrid materials through the construction of a printed die. The printed die being made by three dimensional printing or additive manufacturing processes possesses both an external geometry and an internal geometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Xi YANG, Brian PETERSON
  • Publication number: 20170197360
    Abstract: A method to form a part in an additive manufacturing system includes providing a melt pool configured to retain and dispense an electrically resistive consumable material and an array of channels in fluid communication with the melt pool. The method includes providing an array of channels in fluid communication with the melt pool, where each of the array of channels have a hollow electrically conductive nozzles wherein each of the array of nozzles is coupled to a distal end of one of the array of channels such that the consumable material can flow from the melt pool to each of the nozzles. The method includes providing a grid spaced from of the array of nozzle array wherein the grid defines a uniform ground potential, wherein the ground potential of the grid is substantially the same as a potential of the part being printed and the consumable material spaced from the grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: J. Samuel Batchelder
  • Publication number: 20170197361
    Abstract: A system for forming one or a plurality of dimensionally stable objects by selective section-by-section solidification of a dimensionally unstable mass. The system includes a main body which is arranged so as to be stationary, a trough configured for connection to the main body to receive the mass, one or a plurality of controllable radiation source(s) to emit radiation which is suitable to solidify the mass, a base body on which the object to be formed may be constructed, a holding device to receive or hold the base body, a housing which surrounds at least the trough and the radiation source, and a moving device connected or coupled to the main body and the holding device. The moving device includes a drive, so that the holding device is capable of movement relative to the main body by activating the drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Way to Production GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus STADLMANN
  • Publication number: 20170197362
    Abstract: A method of making a part including a solid portion with an internal passage includes building the part using an additive manufacturing process that builds the part on a layer-by-layer basis. The solid portion of the part is formed. A solid core is formed within at least a portion of the internal passage. Forming the solid core includes forming an attachment feature and forming a shearing feature. Material that is not fused, either semi-sintered or un-sintered, is positioned between the solid portion and the solid core. A force selected from the group consisting of a tensile, compressive, vibratory, and torsional force is applied to the solid core at the attachment feature. The material is then shorn with the shearing feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Evan Butcher, Thomas J. Ocken, Kiley James Versluys, Wendell V. Twelves, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170197363
    Abstract: According to some aspects, a method of additive fabrication is provided wherein a plurality of layers of material are formed on a build platform, the method comprising forming a layer of material in contact with a substrate and further in contact with either a previously formed layer of material or the build platform, the substrate being an actinically transparent, flexible, composite material, and subsequent to the forming of the layer of the material, actively separating the layer of material from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Formlabs, Inc.
    Inventor: BEN FRANTZDALE
  • Publication number: 20170197364
    Abstract: A method of making a part including a solid portion with an internal passage includes building the part using an additive manufacturing process that builds the part on a layer-by-layer basis. The solid portion of the part is formed. Forming the solid portion includes fusing the solid portion. A solid core is formed within at least a portion of the internal passage. Forming the solid core includes fusing the solid core and forming an attachment feature on the solid core. Material that is not fused, either semi-sintered or un-sintered, is positioned between the solid portion and the solid core. At least a tensile, compressive, vibratory, or torsional force is applied to the solid core at the attachment feature. The solid core is then removed from the part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Evan Butcher, Wendell V. Twelves, JR., Thomas J. Ocken, Kiley James Versluys
  • Publication number: 20170197365
    Abstract: Provided are constituent particles containing a water-soluble material with high flowability in the form of powder, the constituent particles being capable of forming a support member that can be removed with a water-containing solvent in a process for producing a three-dimensional object. The constituent particles used for the production of a three-dimensional object each include a core and a shell that covers at least part of a surface of the core, the core containing a water-soluble material most abundantly, and a material contained in the shell most abundantly having a lower water solubility than the water-soluble material contained in the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Akira Sugiyama, Yukio Hanyu, Naotake Sato, Masahiko Takahashi, Tomohiro Saito
  • Publication number: 20170197366
    Abstract: In one example, a non-transitory processor readable medium with instructions thereon that when executed cause an additive manufacturing machine to consolidate powdered build material in a volume of a substrate of powdered build material to form a consolidated volume of substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: James Elmer ABBOTT, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170197367
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing three-dimensional objects based on computer data by repeated application in layers of a medium containing particulate material and selective solidification of the medium, whereby a feedstock made of medium in a build space is provided and a layer application of the medium takes place on a surface of the feedstock bordering the build space at an angle ? and a solidification cording to computer data occurs by use of a solidification unit, characterized in that the feedstock is not moved during build-up of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Johannes Günther, Daniel Günther, Andreas Hartmann
  • Publication number: 20170197368
    Abstract: A schematic for an object to print using a 3D printer is received. Based on the schematic, at least one customizable characteristic of the object that is licensed to a user identified. The at least one customizable characteristic of the object is modified to adjust the print instructions customized for the object. The modified object is printed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Lydia M. Do, Christopher J. Hardee, Adam Roberts, John M. Weber
  • Publication number: 20170197369
    Abstract: A schematic for an object to print using a 3D printer is received. Based on the schematic, at least one customizable characteristic of the object that is licensed to a user identified. The at least one customizable characteristic of the object is modified to adjust the print instructions customized for the object. The modified object is printed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Lydia M. Do, Christopher J. Hardee, Adam Roberts, John M. Weber
  • Publication number: 20170197370
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for enhancing edge breathers for composite manufacturing. One exemplary embodiment is an apparatus that includes an edge breather to facilitate manufacturing of a composite part. The edge breather includes a body, ridges disposed along a length of the body that each define an arc which is perpendicular to a lengthwise axis of the body, and openings disposed along the body that enable air to enter a hollow interior that runs along the length of the body. The arcs defined by the ridges resist compressive loads applied to the edge breather and prevent the hollow interior from collapsing under pressure applied to the edge breather by a vacuum bag during manufacturing of the composite part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin Jeffrey Stephenson, Jake Adam Reeves, William H. Ingram, JR., Charles W. Thomas, Karl M. Nelson, Cameron Bunch
  • Publication number: 20170197371
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to methods and apparatuses for forming composites. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of making a composite. The method can include placing a resin-impregnated fiber on a tooling surface. The method can include at least partially curing the resin-impregnated fiber. The method can also include placing a material in contact with the resin-impregnated fiber, to provide a composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Konstantine Fetfatsidis, Christopher John Hansen, Bradford Olson, Richard Poillucci, Andrew Burke
  • Publication number: 20170197372
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for bi-directional cutters for Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) machines. One embodiment includes a bi-directional cutter for Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) manufacturing. The cutter includes a cutter body that has an upper edge and a lower edge, and has an opening placed between the upper edge and the lower edge that is dimensioned to enable passage of a tow of fiber through the cutter body. The cutter also includes a first blade disposed on the lower edge of the cutter body that is oriented to cut the tow when the cutter is driven downward, and a second blade disposed on an edge of the opening in the cutter body that is oriented to cut the tow when the cutter is driven upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew Elmer Modin, Allen Halbritter, Tu N. Hoang
  • Publication number: 20170197373
    Abstract: A method for processing a fiber-reinforced resin material is disclosed. A fiber-reinforced resin material is disposed between an upper die having a projection and a lower die having a recess corresponding to the projection. The fiber-reinforced resin material includes reinforced fibers having alternately intersecting warp yarns and weft yarns and are impregnated with a thermoplastic resin. The fiber-reinforced resin material is then heated to soften the thermoplastic resin, and the upper die and the lower die are placed close to each other in order to insert the projection into a gap between the warp yarns and the weft yarns of the reinforced fibers such that the gap between the warp yarns and the weft yarns is expanded to form a through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: TSUNENORI YANAGISAWA
  • Publication number: 20170197374
    Abstract: Mould (22) for vulcanizing a tire comprises a lining (2) for moulding the tread of this tire and a mobile valve (1) intended to vent the mould (22). The valve is of a single piece and is guided in a guide part (200) belonging to the lining and in abutment on each side of this guide part to limit the movement of the valve in the lining. This valve and this guide part are made from the same material. The mobile valve thus produced is of one piece and non-removable from the guide part, and is therefore quicker and more accurate. It is held in the guide part by two abutments and, because it is made from the same material as the guide part, these can be produced at the same time. The mould in general comprises several valves to remove the air trapped during the moulding of the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Romain CALVEL, Anthony GUEUGNEAU
  • Publication number: 20170197375
    Abstract: The invention relates to a press device for manufacturing compacted tablets from at least one mixture in powder form, comprising at least one compaction assembly comprising a lower punch (3) and an upper punch (4) each having an active compaction surface and placed on either side of a die, in which the lower punch has a longitudinal recess open on the side of the die, inside of which is mounted a central rod which is translatably mobile relative to the lower punch, characterised in that the central rod is coupled to the lower punch by means of a resilient link provided so as to hold, in an inoperative position, the central rod in a maximum deployed position in which the central rod protrudes relative to the active surface of the lower punch. The invention also relates to a specific compaction method and to a multi-layer compacted tablet with a recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Jacques BROSSE, Valerie VENET, Jean-Louis ESPEIT, David MALARTRE
  • Publication number: 20170197376
    Abstract: A carton flap gripping arrangement includes an operating panel, pin holder and movable dome arrangement. The movable dome can be selectively urged into a grip position for holding a carton flap and can move to a non-grip position to facilitate insertion of the pins into the edge of the carton flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: David S. Porteous
  • Publication number: 20170197377
    Abstract: System for handling dies with a rectangular and/or arched transverse cross-section that comprises a support for placing in a removable manner dies having a rectangular transverse cross-section, the support being designed to be coupled in a sliding manner to a fixed structure, in which at least said support has fastening means for holding at least one die with a rectangular transverse cross-section vertically in the air; and a handler provided with hooking means designed to be coupled to the support to place and/or remove the support with respect to the fixed structure, the handler having coupling means to be coupled to a transelevator or similar. This system is designed to facilitate the operations of placing and removing the dies during their storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Ramon SERRA OBIOL, Jordi PUIG VARGAS
  • Publication number: 20170197378
    Abstract: A composite sheet includes heat-insulating sheet (13) including a fiber sheet (11) made of fibers and a xerogel (12) held between the fibers, and a first electrical-insulation film (14) disposed on surface (31) of heat-insulating sheet (13). Fiber sheet (11) is fusion-bonded to surface (31) of first electrical-insulation film (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: YUUICHI ABE, TAKESHI FUJII
  • Publication number: 20170197379
    Abstract: Coated nonwoven fibrous mats, building panels, and methods for making the same are provided. A coated nonwoven fiber mat includes a nonwoven fibrous mat having a continuous barrier coating on a surface thereof. The continuous barrier coating includes a set composition of gypsum and a binder. A building panel includes a panel core associated with a coated nonwoven fiber mat. A method of making a coated nonwoven fibrous mat includes depositing a composition of water, gypsum stucco, and a binder onto a surface of a nonwoven fibrous mat and setting the composition to form a continuous barrier coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC
    Inventors: Yi-Hsien Harry Teng, Andrew W. Tricker
  • Publication number: 20170197380
    Abstract: A metal composite including an oxidized base metal and a fibrous composite material coupled by a self-assembled monolayer and adhesive is described. Additionally, a method of constructing a metal composite is described, wherein the method includes oxidizing a metal, depositing a self-assembled monolayer, and adhering a fibrous composite to the monolayer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Sean R. WALSH, Christopher L. HARRIS
  • Publication number: 20170197381
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of displaying images with a high luminous intensity when irradiated with a light beam and having excellent durability, and a laminated glass including the interlayer film for laminated glass. The present invention relates to an interlayer film for laminated glass, including a light-emitting layer that contains a polyvinyl acetal resin and a lanthanoid complex as light-emitting particles, the light-emitting layer containing not more than 100 ppm in total of a nitric acid-derived component and a carbonate component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuusuke OOTA, Yasuyuki IZU, Daisuke NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20170197382
    Abstract: The present invention is a laminate where a carbon nanotube-containing layer composed at least of carbon nanotube and resin is laminated above a substrate. The laminate is a laminate where a clear layer is further laminated above a laminated surface of the carbon nanotube-containing layer. The laminate has L* being equal to or less than 2.5, a* being in a range of ?2 to 2, and b* being in a range of ?2 to 0.3, each measured from the laminated surface. The carbon nanotube-containing layer above the substrate is formed by coating. The clear layer is transparent resin or glass. Note that L*, a* and b* indicate values in L*a*b* color system specified in JIS Z8729.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Yu MORITA, Katsumi WATANABE, Nobuyuki NAHATA, Motoki MASUDA, Toshiaki HIRAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170197383
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an interlayer film for laminated glass which has a laminated structure including a plastic layer with a high Young's modulus and a resin layer, which is excellent in impact resistance and penetration resistance, which has high adhesiveness between the plastic layer and the resin layer, and which prevents blocking of the resin layer, and a laminated glass including the interlayer film for laminated glass. The present invention relates to an interlayer film for laminated glass, having a multilayer structure including: a plastic layer with a Young's modulus of 1 GPa or more; and a first resin layer on a first surface of the plastic layer, the first resin layer having a glossiness of 10 to 40 on the surface on the side to be in contact with the plastic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Etsurou HIROTA, Hiroshi KAWATE, Michiko MORI, Koji KIDO
  • Publication number: 20170197384
    Abstract: Embodiments of thermally and chemically strengthened glass-based articles are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the glass-based articles may include a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface defining a thickness (t), a first CS region comprising a concentration of a metal oxide that is both non-zero and varies along a portion of the thickness, and a second CS region being substantially free of the metal oxide of the first CS region, the second CS region extending from the first surface to a depth of compression of about 0.17·t or greater. In one or more embodiments, the first surface is flat to 100 ?m total indicator run-out (TIR) along any 50 mm or less profile of the first surface. Methods of strengthening glass sheets are also disclosed, along with consumer electronic products, laminates and vehicles including the same are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: John Philip Finkeldey, Linda Gaskill, Timothy Michael Gross, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Richard Orr Maschmeyer, Charlene Marie Smith, John Christopher Thomas, Kevin Lee Wasson
  • Publication number: 20170197385
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an interlayer film for laminated glass, which does not protrude from between glass plates during preliminary pressure bonding in production of laminated glass, and a laminated glass including the interlayer film for laminated glass. The present invention relates to an interlayer film for laminated glass showing an expansion coefficient in a width direction of 10% or less as measured after immersion in hot water at 80° C. for 10 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Etsurou HIROTA, Hiroshi KAWATE, Koji KIDO, Michiko MORI
  • Publication number: 20170197386
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of displaying images with a high luminous intensity when irradiated with a light beam, and a laminated glass including the interlayer film for laminated glass. The present invention relates to an interlayer film for laminated glass, including a light-emitting layer that contains a thermoplastic resin and a lanthanoid complex with a polydentate ligand containing a halogen atom, the light-emitting layer containing not more than 50 ppm in total of potassium, sodium, and magnesium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuusuke OOTA, Yasuyuki IZU, Daisuke NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20170197387
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an intermediate film for laminated glass which, in the case of being used for constituting a laminated glass, enables to improve the sound-insulating property of a laminated glass to be obtained; and a laminated glass. The intermediate film 1 for laminated glass of the present invention comprises a first layer 2 which contains a polyvinyl acetal resin and a plasticizer and the degree of acetylation of the polyvinyl acetal resin contained in the first layer 2 exceeds 30 mol %; and The laminated glass of the present invention comprises first and second components for laminated glass, and the intermediate film 1 for laminated glass sandwiched between the first and second components for laminated glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Michio Shimamoto, Shota Matsuda, Sinyul Yang, Kohei Kani, Tatsuya Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20170197388
    Abstract: An acoustic material is provided which includes a plurality of wood veneers laminated via an adhesive, in which the veneer is impregnated with the adhesive, and the adjacent veneers are substantially in contact with one another. The adjacent veneers are impregnated with the adhesive in an amount of preferably no less than 1 g/m2 and no greater than 50 g/m2 per unit area in and around a boundary region of the adjacent veneers. The adhesive may be a water-soluble adhesive or a water-based emulsion adhesive. The veneer may be a rotary veneer, a sawn veneer or a sliced veneer. A musical instrument is further provided which includes a sound board, in which the acoustic material is used as the sound board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Toshihisa YAMAZAKI, Eri HIRAI, Hidefumi YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170197389
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a laminate including a fluororubber layer and an acrylic rubber layer which are firmly bonded to each other and are not separated even at high temperatures. The laminate of the present invention includes a fluororubber layer and an acrylic rubber layer. The fluororubber layer is formed from a fluororubber composition containing a fluororubber that contains a polyol-crosslinkable vinylidene fluoride unit, a polyol crosslinker, and a crosslinking accelerator. The crosslinking accelerator is a quaternary phosphonium salt free from a chlorine atom. The fluororubber has an acid value of 0.20 KOHmg/g or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicants: ZEON CORPORATION, DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi EMORI, Takanori ARAKAWA, Kouhei TAKEMURA, Sadashige IRIE
  • Publication number: 20170197390
    Abstract: In a gas barrier film having a laminated structure of an organic layer and an inorganic layer, an identification mark is formed on a forming surface of the organic layer. Accordingly, the gas barrier film having the laminated structure of the organic layer and the inorganic layer includes the identification mark which is used for preparing an electronic device, or the like, and can prevent a breakage of the inorganic layer due to the identification mark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi YAKUSHIJI
  • Publication number: 20170197391
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel films for application on materials as protective film in respect of weathering effects. In particular, the present invention relates to a novel film composite which has at least three layers and which features particularly good adhesion on the substrate and particularly good optical properties. The outermost layer here is a layer comprising a fluoropolymer, the middle layer is a PMMA layer comprising at least one UV absorber and/or UV stabilizer, and the innermost layer is a PMMA layer comprising at least one adhesion promoter which improves adhesion on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: EVONIK ROEHM GmbH
    Inventors: Markus PARUSEL, Michael ENDERS, Claude GUENANTEN, Michael GOLDER
  • Publication number: 20170197392
    Abstract: A product for use in fire protection includes a laminate including a first layer of insulation and a second layer of hydrogel includes a first network of covalent crosslinks and a second network of ionic or physical crosslinks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Widusha Illeperuma, Zhigang Suo, Joost J. Vlassak
  • Publication number: 20170197393
    Abstract: A component comprises a first part and a second part, wherein said second part is in contact with said first part, wherein: (i) said first part comprises a polymer having a repeat unit of formula —O-Ph-O-Ph-CO-Ph-??I and a repeat unit of formula —O-Ph-Ph-O-Ph-CO-Ph??II wherein Ph represents a phenylene moiety; and (ii) said second part comprises a metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: VICTREX MANUFACTURING LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher CRAWLEY, Paul CORSCADDEN, Laurie CROUCH, Jason Paul BELL
  • Publication number: 20170197394
    Abstract: Provided are a thermoplastic resin composition whereby gum formation is suppressed during manufacturing of a matte fluororesin molded article such as a film, and a fluorine-based matte film having excellent matte properties and chemical resistance, and a layered film. A thermoplastic resin composition (?) for a chemical-resistant matte film, comprising a fluorine-based resin (A), a matting agent (B) which is a thermoplastic resin insoluble in the fluorine-based resin (A), and a thermoplastic resin (C) soluble in the fluorine-based resin (A). A thermoplastic resin composition (?) containing the fluorine-based resin (A) and an acrylic matting agent (D) which is a thermoplastic resin, the content ratio of alkyl acrylate units with respect to 100% by mass of monofunctional monomer units in the monomer units constituting the matting agent (D) being 50-100% by mass, and the content ratio of other monofunctional monomer units being 0-50% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori KAWASE, Yuji KAWAGUCHI, Koichiro SANEFUJI
  • Publication number: 20170197395
    Abstract: An interlayer film for laminated glass includes a first layer containing a polyvinyl acetal resin, a plasticizer, and silica particles; and a second layer containing a polyvinyl acetal resin and a plasticizer, wherein the second layer is disposed on a first surface side of the first layer and wherein a concentration of hydroxyl groups of the polyvinyl acetal resin in the second layer is higher than a concentration of hydroxyl groups of the polyvinyl acetal resin in the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Iwamoto, Nami Minakuchi, Yuuma Takeda
  • Publication number: 20170197396
    Abstract: Provided are retort inks containing binder, colorant and carrier, where the cured ink has a bond strength to a layer of retort material of at least about 500 g/2.54 cm before retorting and/or the binder has an endotherm of 0.6 J/g or less or after retorting a bond strength of at least about 375 g/2.54 cm or destruct strength. Laminate plies carrying the ink and retorts using the ink also are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Mathew C. Mathew, Ralph F. Arcurio, William Ford Wilson, Richard J. Czaenecki, Maura Mostowy-Gallagher, Christopher Sommer, Josie M. Rosen, Sonia E. Barreto, Mark Schneider
  • Publication number: 20170197397
    Abstract: A heat-curable structural adhesive includes a non-rubber-modified epoxy resin, a reaction product of a carboxyl- or amine-terminated butadiene polymer or copolymer and a bisphenol F-based epoxy resin, a elastomeric toughener containing capped isocyanate groups, one or more epoxy curing agents a moisture scavenger and a heat activatable catalyst comprising a mixture of a solid or liquid tertiary amine compound that has a boiling temperature of at least 130° C. and a novolac resin. The structural adhesive develops excellent bonding properties when cured at moderate temperatures, especially from 120 to 170° C., and in addition performs very well in environmental aging stress testing. The adhesive is particularly good for bonding aluminum to another metal, or bonding aluminum to aluminum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Gary L. Jialanella, Glenn G. Eagle, Dakai Ren, Andreas Lutz
  • Publication number: 20170197398
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for bonding a member to a substrate is disclosed. A surface of the member is prepared by applying an element to the surface. The element includes a dye agent that changes color when exposed to a level of plasma radiation consistent with preparing the surface for bonding. The surface is exposed to the plasma radiation and is inspected to see whether or not a change in a color of the dye agent occurs. After the dye agent changes color; the surface is bonded to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: Jonathan K. Garhart
  • Publication number: 20170197399
    Abstract: A process to create composite preforms and parts by stacking layers of two-dimensional fiber material (e.g., fiber cloth, fiber reinforced fabric, etc.) having pin-receiving holes and/or gaps disposed between the fibers of the fiber material is described. The stack is pinned together using a subset of pins, such as fiber reinforcing pins, inserted into a subset of the pin receiving holes and/or gaps, leaving at least some of the pin receiving holes and/or gaps available for pinning other layers, as layers of fiber material are added to the stack. As additional layers are added to the stack, different subsets of pins connect the additional layers to the stack, thereby building up the stack. Each layer of fiber material may have a different shape than the other layers and any arbitrary topology, potentially including non-convex and/or disjoint shapes. Furthermore, implementations may produce composite preforms having an arbitrary number of interconnected layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Seriforge, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Worthy Hollander, Eric Gregory
  • Publication number: 20170197400
    Abstract: Provided are a planographic printing plate precursor for furnishing a planographic printing plate in which edge stain does not occur, adhesion to interleaving paper is prevented, and the water width with respect to edge stain at the time of printing is wide; a method of producing the same, and a printing method using the same. The planographic printing plate precursor including: a support; an image recording layer formed on the support; and a water-soluble compound having a molecular weight in a range of 60 to 300 and a solubility of 10 g/L or greater in water at 20° C., in which a content of the compound per unit area in a region on the image recording layer side from an end portion of the planographic printing plate precursor to a portion inside the end portion by 5 mm is greater than a content of the compound per unit area in a second region other than the first region by an amount of 50 mg/m2 or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Koji WARIISHI
  • Publication number: 20170197401
    Abstract: Provided is a conveyance device capable of reducing the speed of conveyed objects, with the interval therebetween being narrowed substantially, while arranging the conveyed objects, which have been carried in one row, in a plurality of rows. The present invention includes a conveyance turret (110) that holds and conveys conveyed objects (K) and a carrying-out turret (120) that holds the conveyed objects (K) and transfers the same to a carrying-out conveyor (130), wherein the carrying-out conveyor (130) is configured to hold the conveyed objects (K) in a plurality of rows and carry out the same, the carrying-out turret (120) is provided in plurality so as to correspond to the plurality of rows of the carrying-out conveyor (130), and the conveyance turret (110) and the carrying-out turret (120) have an interval adjustment mechanism that changes radial positions of the held conveyed objects (K) according to rotation angles thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Endou, Osamu Hatano, Nobuhiro Sasajima
  • Publication number: 20170197402
    Abstract: A device for printing on hollow bodies has a plurality of printing units each having a printing cylinder. At least one of the printing units has an inking unit having a chambered doctor blade that provides printing ink. The chambered doctor blade system has at least one ink pan and a doctor blade holder in a single assembly. The single assembly of the chambered doctor blade system is retained in the inking unit only on one side. The assembly of the chambered doctor blade system forms a cantilever arm on a side frame of the inking unit. The assembly of the chambered doctor blade system can be moved axially parallel to the anilox roller and can be removed from the inking unit by that movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Stephan BEHNKE, Wolfgang REDER, Ewald RÖTHLEIN, Karl SCHÄFER, Wolfgang ZINK
  • Publication number: 20170197403
    Abstract: A printing unit has a printing forme cylinder. A plate changer is arranged in a manner which is allocated to the printing forme cylinder. The plate changer has a bearing surface on which a printing forme, which is arranged or is to be arranged on the printing forme cylinder, can be laid. That bearing surface is arranged such that it can be moved to and fro between at least two defined positions longitudinally with respect to the rotational axis of the printing forme cylinder. The printing forme is arranged and registered on the bearing surface of the plate changer. At least two edges of a carrier for the relevant printing forme, which are arranged at a right angle with respect to each other, are brought into physical contact with register pins which are arranged on the bearing surface of the plate changer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Lars KEIL, Bernd MASUCH, Wolfgang REDER, Karl SCHÄFER
  • Publication number: 20170197404
    Abstract: An inking unit of a printing unit and a device for printing on hollow bodies each have a cylindrical lateral surface. The device comprises the inking unit. The inking unit has an anilox roller which receives a printing ink from an ink reservoir and has an inking roller placed against a printing cylinder of the printing unit. A rider roller is arranged axially parallel to the anilox roller in a region between the ink reservoir and the inking roller, that region being located subsequent to the ink reservoir in a direction of rotation of the anilox roller. The ink reservoir interacts with the anilox roller. The rider roller is placed against the anilox roller. The rider roller is rotationally driven by the anilox roller by friction. The inking roller is rotationally driven by the anilox roller by friction. The plate cylinder and the anilox roller are each independently rotationally driven by a motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Stephan BEHNKE, Bernd MASUCH, Wolfgang REDER
  • Publication number: 20170197405
    Abstract: A system for depositing a fluid on a substrate is disclosed. The system can include a sleeve having a sleeve exit and an inner region and a rotating roll disposed within the inner region. A vascular network can be disposed within the rotating roll, the vascular network being configured for transporting the fluid in predetermined paths from the interior region to the exterior surface through a substantially radial path, the substantially radial path ending at an exit point of a fluid exit, wherein the exit point is associated with a sleeve exit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Timothy Byrne, Michael Scott Prodoehl, Kevin Benson McNeil, Gustav Andre Mellin, Haibin Chen, Matthew Alan Russell
  • Publication number: 20170197406
    Abstract: A continuous ink jet print head, including: a droplet generator (32, 32?, 32?) for generating ink droplets (64); a charging electrode (22, 22?, 22?) having a passageway (74, 74?, 74?) through which the ink droplets travel to receive a charge; a deflection electrode (60, 60?, 60?) for deflecting the charged ink droplets; a gutter (50, 50?, 50?, 50??) having a gutter entrance (52, 52?, 52?, 52??); wherein the passageway is aligned with the gutter entrance through which uncharged droplets enter; and a mounting deck (10, 10?, 10?) configured to secure the gutter entrance into a fixed, nonadjustable gutter entrance position (56, 56?, 56?, 56??) and to secure the charging electrode into a fixed, nonadjustable charging electrode position (24, 24?, 24?) relative to the gutter entrance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Robert SMITH, Omer SALHADIN
  • Publication number: 20170197407
    Abstract: In a printing apparatus including a circulation system circulating a liquid, a volatile component included in the liquid evaporates from an ejection opening and thus characteristics of the liquid involving with concentration or viscosity change. The invention provides a printing apparatus that uses a liquid ejection head including an ejection opening ejecting a liquid, a print element generating energy for ejecting a liquid, and a pressure chamber having the print element provided therein, the printing apparatus including: a circulator configured to circulate the liquid so that the liquid passes through the pressure chamber; and a concentration adjustment unit configured to adjust a concentration of a liquid inside a liquid circulation system by discharging the liquid from the inside of the liquid circulation system and replenishing the liquid into the liquid circulation system from the outside of the liquid circulation system in response to the amount of the discharged liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Seiichiro Karita, Shuzo Iwanaga, Kazuhiro Yamada, Takatsuna Aoki, Shingo Okushima, Zentaro Tamenaga, Yumi Komamiya, Noriyasu Nagai, Tatsurou Mori, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Akira Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20170197408
    Abstract: In a control device, a controller is configured to perform: determining whether to print a target unit image according to J number of index values respectively corresponding to J number of target partial images; in response to determining to print the target unit image, controlling a printer to execute ejection processing and movement processing for printing a band image constituted with H number of successive unit images arranged in a sub-scanning direction and including the target unit image, the ejection processing ejecting a droplet of coloring material onto a printing medium while moving a print head in a main scanning direction, the movement processing moving the printing medium in the sub-scanning direction with respect to the print head; and in response to determining not to print the target unit image, controlling the printer to execute the movement processing but not execute the ejection processing for printing the target unit image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Shingo SAITO, Masaki KONDO