Patents Issued in January 30, 2018
  • Patent number: 9878462
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for inserting an interleaving paper between a first and a second food slice, or a second and third food slice, a third and fourth food slice, etc., wherein the interleaving paper is guided in a channel and, in a time interval between the slicing of the first food slice and the slicing of the second food slice, exits the channel and enters a slicing region, wherein the channel is designed in such a way that the channel shapes the flat cross-section of the interleaving paper. The invention further relates to a slicing device and an interleaving paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Winfried Hörberg, Alois Bochtler
  • Patent number: 9878463
    Abstract: A chain saw includes a housing, a sprocket wheel which is provided in the housing for driving a saw chain, and a chain guide for guiding the movement of the saw chain. The chain guide extends out longitudinally from the housing and is movable longitudinally relative to the housing. The chain saw includes a chain tensioning device. The chain tensioning device comprises a driven member arranged on the chain guide and a driving member which drives the driven member to move the chain guide longitudinally and a rotating device rotating the driving member. A stepless clutch device is arranged between the rotating device and the driving member. The chain tensioning device presses the chain guide while it tensioning the saw chain. Thus it prevents effectively the chain guide from loosing after the saw chain is tensioned. The operation of the chain tensioning device is labor-saving. The chain tensioning device has a stable structure and it is hard to be worn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: POSITEC POWER TOOLS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xi Yu, Wei Deng, Xiulian Chen
  • Patent number: 9878464
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to compositions for preservation of cellulosic materials and methods of applying compositions for preservation of cellulosic materials. The compositions comprise a pre-polymer and optional nonionic surfactants and other additives. Compositions of optional nonionic surfactant mixtures and pre-polymers can be used advantageously in methods to preserve cellulosic materials by application of the material with preservatives at ambient atmospheric pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Apinee, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Stark, Forrest S. Schultz
  • Patent number: 9878465
    Abstract: A mold for making dry cast concrete blocks includes a pair of vertical shoulder forming sections, one along each of the opposite sides of the mold to form vertical front shoulders of a block. Each shoulder forming section has a shoulder roughening arrangement to result in molded, roughened shoulders of the block. Methods of making such blocks and the resulting block are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Anchor Wall Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Johnson, Wally Hernandez, Paul Johnson, Mike Lidbom
  • Patent number: 9878466
    Abstract: A shrinkable core (100) for inserting in a mold (200) for forming a precast load bearing wall panel having a cavity, the shrinkable core (100) comprises a first wall (110) and a second wall (120), a first side element (112) and a second side element (122), and a spacing element (130). The first wall (110) and second wall (120) are spaced from each other by a first distance (d1) to define an internal region (115) in-between. The first side element (112) and the second side element (122) are arranged to close opposite edge portions of the spaced first wall (110) and second wall (120) such that fluid concrete cannot pass the opposite edge portions to get into the internal region (115), the first side element (112) and second side element (122) being spaced by a second distance (d2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: ALWATAN UNITS CO., LLC
    Inventor: Abdullatif Saleh Abdullah Alshaikh
  • Patent number: 9878467
    Abstract: An apparatus and process for forming particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Albert Huddleston, Lisa Grace Frentzel, Robert Richard Dykstra
  • Patent number: 9878468
    Abstract: A method of recycling plastic e-waste material and products made from recycled e-waste involves one or more separate streams of different plastic waste which are reduced to small granular form, blended together or separately or used separately before insertion into a compounder which reduces the small sized plastic particles to a semi-molten emulsion. The emulsion is placed in a press and molded to a final product shape. The final product is finished and inspected. The products from the recycled plastic e-waste can be used as substrates on road signs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Microstate Manufacturing
    Inventors: Alex Abadi, Michael Terry McMullen, Jr., Dan Michael Adams, Robert Gallagher
  • Patent number: 9878469
    Abstract: The improved mold assembly for cultured marble molding is provided. The mold assembly can comprise a male mold portion and a female mold portion. The assembly can further comprise a molding tool. The molding tool can have a side wall having an upper curved portion and a lower curved portion. The molding tool can have a bowl portion and an apron portion spaced from the bowl portion by a gap. The molding tool can be constructed from a flexible and/or soft material. The molding tool can facilitate molding of a countertop having at least one seamless curved edge and/or an at least partially seamless sink portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: RSI HOME PRODUCTS MANAGEMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Damian J. Le Duff, Manuel Alvarez
  • Patent number: 9878470
    Abstract: According to some aspects, a storage unit for storing a photopolymer resin is provided. The storage unit may comprise a photopolymer resin, a bottom face comprising at least one region of actinically transparent material, the actinically transparent material being actinically transparent with respect to the photopolymer resin, at least one wall extending upwards from said bottom face comprising at least one region of actinically opaque material, the actinically opaque material being actinically opaque with respect to the photopolymer resin, and a lid comprising the actinically opaque material and removably connectable to the at least one wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Formlabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Livingston, Yoav Reches
  • Patent number: 9878471
    Abstract: A polymer sheet includes a polyurethane core. The polyurethane core has a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface. The polymer sheet can have at least one functional layer overlying a major surface. The polymer sheet has a thickness tps. The polyurethane core has a thickness tpc. In embodiments tpc can be at least 0.3 tps. The polyurethane core can have at least one of the following property: (i) a Scratch Resistance Rating, as further described herein, of not greater than about 10 wt %, (ii) an elongation at break of at least 200%, (iii) a tensile strength at break of at least 0.3 MPa, (iv) a loss of tensile strength of not greater than about 30% when exposed to UV light according to standard SAE J1960 (Rev. August 2003). The polymer sheet can be used for gaskets or bonding tapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jing Guan, Yue Dong, Georges Moineau
  • Patent number: 9878472
    Abstract: A method for forming an ultra-low density three-dimensional thin film structure made of a solid thin film, including: radiating ultraviolet rays of different patterns in respective predetermined directions to a liquid photosensitive resin bulk so as to harden a portion of the resin bulk; removing the liquid photosensitive resin which is not hardened so as to form a solid photosensitive resin structure; coating the surface of the solid photosensitive resin structure with a thin film; removing the thin film from the outermost surface of the resin bulk so as to expose the solid photosensitive resin; and removing the solid photosensitive resin structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: INDUSTRY FOUNDATION OF CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ki Ju Kang, Seung Cheul Han, Min Geun Lee
  • Patent number: 9878473
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a contact lens having a multilayer structure using a mold, includes: (a) charging a first polymerizing composition into a space formed by combining a first mold with a second mold, and polymerizing a first semi product having a thinner thickness and a smaller outer diameter than those of a contact lens immediately before being removed from the molds after all polymerizing processes; (b) opening the first and second molds; and (c) charging a second polymerizing composition into a space formed by combining a third mold with one of the first and second mold, the first semi product fixed onto the one of the first and second molds, and polymerizing the second polymerizing composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: MENICON NECT CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yasuhiko Katou
  • Patent number: 9878474
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for making hollow foam balls and other molded objects. A mold is provided that is moveable between an open position and a closed position. A raw material is loaded into a plurality of molding cavities of the mold when the mold is in its open position, and a first alternating electric field is applied across the mold to heat the raw material in the molding cavities and thereby form a plurality of molded pieces. The mold is then moved from its open position to its closed position whereby a first group of molded pieces is aligned with a second group of molded pieces. A second alternating electric field is applied across the mold to heat bond the first group of molded pieces with the second group of molded pieces and thereby form a plurality of molded objects. Finally, the mold is moved from its closed position to its open position to enable unloading of the molded objects from the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: NOVATION IQ LLC
    Inventor: Michel Marc
  • Patent number: 9878475
    Abstract: There is provided a molding method for efficiently and accurately molding a hollow part of a thermosetting resin with a simple mechanism, a mold, and a molded article. A mold used for molding of a thermosetting resin includes an upper mold, an intermediate mold, and a lower mold which can be stacked with each other. Primary molding for molding segment parts and secondary molding for bonding the segment parts are sequentially performed by placing or retracting the intermediate mold to switch between a runner for primary molding and a runner for secondary molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shogo Kawamura
  • Patent number: 9878476
    Abstract: A system and process for injection molding polymer articles is described. The system and process are designed to reduce gate blush. In one embodiment, an injection molding device injects a molten polymer composition into a runner that extends from an injection point to a gate. The gate is positioned adjacent to an opening leading into a mold cavity. In accordance with the present disclosure, the system includes one or more overflow passages that divert flow of the polymer composition so as to temporarily reduce the flow rate and pressure of the polymer composition entering the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Ticona LLC
    Inventors: Michael P. Kowalski, Robert A. Felster, Scott A. Klingler
  • Patent number: 9878477
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing an injection molding cycle comprising drivably interconnecting a valve pin to an electric motor actuator and controllably operating the electric motor to drive the valve pin at one or more reduced rates of upstream or downstream travel based on either detection of the position of the pin or actuator or on a preselected length of time at which to drive the valve pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Synventive Molding Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Moss, Vito Galati
  • Patent number: 9878478
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a roller device for treating sheet-form material, in particular for smoothing films (F*) or sheets, comprising a first roller unit 1 and a second roller unit 2, wherein each roller unit (1, 2) comprises: at least one drive motor with a motor moment of inertia JM, a roller (10, 20) with a roller moment of inertia JW, and at least one gear for the kinematic coupling of the roller (10, 20) to the at least one drive motor with a transmission ratio iMW between the at least one drive motor and the roller (10, 20), wherein the roller (20) of the second roller unit (2) is rotatable in the opposite direction to the roller (10) of the first roller unit (1), and wherein there is formed between the roller (10) of the first roller unit (1) and the roller (20) of the second roller unit (2) a first roller gap (40) through which the sheet-form material (F) is guided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: COVESTRO DEUTSCHLAND AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Flecke, Alexander Paulus, Jörg Nickel, Andreas Weistroffer
  • Patent number: 9878479
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and processes of manufacturing irradiation crosslinked polypropylene foam. In some embodiments, this includes extrusion of all material components, including a liquid crosslinking agent, to manufacture extruded structures for production of irradiation crosslinked polypropylene foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: TORAY PLASTICS (AMERICA), INC.
    Inventors: Jesse Baldwin, Pawel Sieradzki, Paul Geibler
  • Patent number: 9878480
    Abstract: A method of making synthetic polymer pellet feedstock having a high concentration of an anti-microbial agent includes the steps of: introducing a polymer into a mixing vessel; introducing a polysiloxane dispersant into the mixing vessel; introducing an anti-microbial agent comprised of a powdered metal material into the mixing vessel; heating and mixing the polymer, the polysiloxane dispersant and the anti-microbial agent to form a molten blend that exhibits a generally homogenous dispersal of the anti-microbial agent; extruding the molten blend to form filaments; and cutting the filaments to form metalized synthetic polymer pellet feedstock. The powdered metal material includes particles of silver in metallic or salt form measuring between about 2 micrometers and about 12 micrometers and particles of copper in metallic or salt form measuring between about 2 micrometers and about 12 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: PurThread Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lisa Thomas Grimes, David John Reed, Martin Wade Beasley, Alan Fenner Boyd, Lloyd Walter Frick
  • Patent number: 9878481
    Abstract: An extrusion head of an extruder is configured to move along a feedpath independently from a heating element so that the extrusion head can yield to extrusion-related forces. Specifically, the extruder may include an extrusion head movably coupled to a thermal core to permit axial displacement of the extrusion head relative to the thermal core. In use, the extrusion head may be displaced within the thermal core when the extruder is subject to extrusion-related forces (e.g., an upward force created by a refraction of build material or a downward force created by an advance of build material). This motion can facilitate better transitions by the extruder between different layers or z-axis positions in a model during fabrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Michael C. Pappas, Isaac S. Anderson
  • Patent number: 9878482
    Abstract: An apparatus for conveying a container made of plastic material comprising a supporting frame (3), sliding along a predetermined path; a longitudinal rod (20), defining an axis (X), adapted to translate along axis (X) and/or to rotate about axis (X) through guide-holes (24?, 25?) provided in the supporting frame; a gripping device (22), fixed to the longitudinal rod, for picking and withholding an end of the container to be conveyed; wherein the translation strokes of the longitudinal rod (20) and of the gripping device (22) can be adjusted along axis (X) so that the gripping device (22) can operate at three working levels or positions: a resting position (L0), a gripping position (L1) and a releasing position (L2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: S.I.P.A. SOCIETA' INDUSTRIALIZZAZIONE PROGETTAZIONE E AUTOMAZIONE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Matteo Zoppas, Ernesto Eusebione, Franco Cavallini, Matteo Segat
  • Patent number: 9878483
    Abstract: Clamp (9) for gripping a hollow body (2), which includes a clamp body (12), a pair of jaws (13) mounted articulated relative to the clamp body (12) around respective axes (A1, A2) of rotation that are parallel, and a magnetic return device (17) of the jaws (13), including a pair of magnets (18, 19) in magnetic opposition, with magnetic axes that are parallel to the axes of rotation of the jaws (13), able to draw, by opening or by closing, the clamp (9), thus having two stable positions, open and closed, in which the magnets (18, 19) are off-axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Sidel Participations
    Inventor: Julien Leroux
  • Patent number: 9878484
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a thermoforming machine, which can include a horizontal intermittent motion thermoforming machine, and a mold, wherein the mold contains a plurality of pocket forming cavities in a 2-dimensional array. These cavities can each be defined by side walls and a base, and each cavity can be surrounded by a planar surface of the mold on all sides. Further, the cavities can be positioned in the array so as to provide a plurality of continuous strips of uninterrupted planar surface of the mold from a leading to a trailing edge of the mold. These cavities can have rounded bottom corners, formed where the side walls meet the base, and rounded edges, formed where side walls meet an upper surface of the mold. The thermoforming machine can be further configured to be able to draw a web of water-soluble film down into the cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Geoffrey Robert Hammond, Richard Rogers
  • Patent number: 9878485
    Abstract: For the production of embossed microstructures in radiation-curing materials, use is made of a micro embossing form fixed to a reflective or scattering cylinder surface. Via a press nip, the micro embossing form comes into contact with the substrate guided over a cylinder or a deflection roller. The radiation-curing material is acted on in one or both pockets, before or after the press nip, with radiation which penetrates into the press nip by reflection or scattering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Edgar Doersam, Thorsten Euler, Immanuel Fergen, Martin Haas, Evgeny Kurmakaev, Martin Schmitt-Lewen, Joachim Sonnenschein
  • Patent number: 9878486
    Abstract: An in situ method to deploy and/or plasticize a shape-memory material in order to change the material's physical dimensions and/or mechanical properties, includes a method for deploying a shape memory polymer having a deformed or compressed shape in an environment at a first temperature, the shape memory polymer having a first glass transition temperature which is greater than the first temperature. The method also includes contacting the shape memory polymer with an activation fluid in an amount effective to decrease the glass transition temperature of the shape memory polymer from the first glass transition temperature to a second glass transition temperature which is less than or equal to the first temperature, where the activation fluid comprises a sugar present in an amount effective to raise a flash point of the activation fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Bairu Liu, Anil Sadana, James B. Crews
  • Patent number: 9878487
    Abstract: Multi-shape products of the present disclosure comprise two components: a matrix component and a fiber component that is embedded or otherwise disposed in the matrix component. The matrix component exhibits certain shape memory properties. The fiber component interpenetrates the matrix component to facilitate fixing of the multi-shape product in various temporary shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Patrick Mather, Xiaofan Luo
  • Patent number: 9878488
    Abstract: A vacuum heat insulation material includes outer covering material which has a gas barrier property and a core material that is provided in an inside of outer covering material, the inside of the outer covering material being vacuum sealed, in which a sealed portion that is configured by sealing the peripheral edge of outer covering material, fin that is formed on the peripheral edge of outer covering material, and compressed portion which is formed by a protrusion being compressed, the protrusion is generated when the peripheral edge of outer covering material is folded back toward the core material are provided. Thereby, it is possible to provide a vacuum heat insulation material that is able to suppress reduction of a heat insulation property when a plurality of sheets are disposed lined up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Miyamoto, Shinya Kojima, Shuuichi Yakushi, Noriyuki Miyaji
  • Patent number: 9878489
    Abstract: Friction-weld assemblies and methods of spin-welding are provided, where the components being joined are polymeric components. Designs provided for the polymeric components enable the use of relatively low speeds and pressures to achieve superior friction weld joints between the components. Further, large surface area polymeric components can be successfully friction welded with such designs. In certain variations, at least one polymeric component has a weld surface with a plurality of surface features that are concave (e.g., grooves) or convex. In other variations, the first component in the weld region has a distinct non-complementary shape from the second component, thus creating a progressive advancing weld line that avoids high temperatures that might incur damage to the polymeric component and weld joint. Such component designs additionally provide for improved flash management at the weld joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Ingrid A. Rousseau, Yuhei Konagai, Yutaka Yagi
  • Patent number: 9878490
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for laser welding two plastic components A, B brought into contact at least in the joining area, wherein component B facing away from the laser radiation consists of a plastic matrix with a white pigmentation of 1.5 5-20 wt.-%, and component A facing the laser radiation, through which the laser beam passes in the welding process, exhibits a plastic matrix. For a given laser wavelength the travel distance of the laser beam through the component A measures at most 10 mm, and given a white pigmentation of the component A in wt.-%, the product of the travel distance of the laser 10 beam through the component A in mm and white pigmentation in wt.-% is less than 1.25, and the travel distance of the laser beam through the component A measures at most 1 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: EMS-PATENT AG
    Inventors: Jens Butzke, Stefan Würthner, Nikolai Lamberts, Pierre Dübon, Sabine Bertram, Heinz Caviezel
  • Patent number: 9878491
    Abstract: A seal carving apparatus includes a thermal head having a plurality of heat generating elements disposed in lines, and thermal drive control means that performs a control process of selectively and thermally driving the individual heat generating elements while moving the thermal head and a porous material in relative to each other with the thermal head being in abutment with the porous material, thereby forming a seal face on the porous material. The thermal drive control means controls a pulse time width for thermally driving the individual heat generating elements of the thermal head under pulse width modulation control based on gradation image data having a gradation value, thereby forming a seal with a gradation on the porous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Shachihata Inc.
    Inventors: Eiji Abe, Masayoshi Uchida
  • Patent number: 9878492
    Abstract: The problem to be solved is, when printing a 3D object by using a 3D printer of fused-deposition-modeling type or another type, to enable printing it even when the filament is not supported from underneath by avoiding filament drop by generating force to push the extruded filament to the neighbor filament, and to enable arraying the filaments to a horizontal direction. To avoid filament drop, force that pushes the newly extruded filament to the neighboring filament is generated, and filament drop is avoided. To do so, compression or extension power is generated by controlling the filament cross section by controlling the filament cross-section (i.e., the extrusion amount) and stiffness of the filament is controlled by controlling the temperature or light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Inventor: Yasusi Kanada
  • Patent number: 9878493
    Abstract: The disclosed spray deposition systems and methods use spray charging and discharging techniques to assist with digital deposition of spray droplets on a substrate. For example, the disclosed systems and methods have a charging system that generates spray droplets from a spray generator and charges the droplets. Focusing electrodes help to collimate the droplets into a tight droplet stream and, optionally, steering electrodes help direct the tight droplet stream. A charge removal system neutralizes or removes the charge from the droplets, either during the deposition of the droplets on a substrate or after the droplets have been deposited on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: John Steven Paschkewitz, Eric Shrader, Victor Beck
  • Patent number: 9878494
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for constructing models in layers. A region for constructing models, preferably a construction platform, and a material applying device (4, 5) for applying material onto the region are provided. The material applying device (4, 5) is arranged in a movable manner over the region. The material applying device (4, 5) is designed as a portal (1, 1?) such that the material applying device can be moved over the region at least via two linear guides (2) arranged at opposite sides of the region, and the material applying device is arranged around the region such that a portal (1, 1?) is formed by at least two portions that extend laterally with respect to the region. At least one additional material applying device (4, 5) for applying an additional material onto the region is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: VOXELJET AG
    Inventors: Andreas Dominik Hartmann, Ingo Ederer
  • Patent number: 9878495
    Abstract: A variety of techniques are disclosed for visual and functional augmentation of a three-dimensional printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Ariel Douglas, Theodore Brandston
  • Patent number: 9878496
    Abstract: The invention is a package (1) for stereolithography comprising a container (2) filled with stereolithography resin (3), provided with an access opening (4), and a mixer element (5) arranged in a removable manner in the container (2) and provided with at least one magnet (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: DWS S.R.L.
    Inventor: Sergio Zenere
  • Patent number: 9878497
    Abstract: A method for controlling an irradiation system (20) for use in an apparatus (10) for producing a three-dimensional work piece and comprising a plurality of irradiation units (22a, 22b) a first and a second irradiation area (18a, 18b) as well as an overlap area (26) arranged between the first and the second irradiation area (18a, 18b) is defined on a surface of a carrier (16) adapted to receive a layer of raw material powder. A first irradiation area (22a) of the irradiation system (20) is assigned to the first irradiation area (18a) and the overlap area (26), and a second irradiation unit (22b) of the irradiation system (20) is assigned to the second irradiation area (18b) and the overlap area (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: SLM Solutions Group AG
    Inventors: Dieter Schwarze, Andreas Wiesner
  • Patent number: 9878498
    Abstract: Provided is a method and device for removing chemically dissolvable support material from objects created by a three-dimensional printing process. In one exemplary embodiment a tank for holding a cleaning solution has a cleaning section and a fluid handling section, and a full level below a top rim thereof. A generally box-shaped parts basket configured to be removeably installed within the cleaning section of the tank has four fluid impermeable walls, a bottom panel perforated throughout with an array of holes, and an openable top cover, wherein the openable top cover is below the full level of the tank and the bottom panel of the parts basket is supported above a floor of the tank when the parts basket is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Phoenix Analysis and Design Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kou-Rey Chu, Solomon Pena, Mark C. Johnson
  • Patent number: 9878499
    Abstract: The invention relates to an elastic composite structure, which is intended for use as a flexible, pliable and thin film structure in the manufacture of a 2- or 3-dimensional product, particularly for providing mechanical protection against cutting, puncturing and/or the like. The composite structure comprises firstly an elastomer system (1), which is constituted by at least one PUR- (polyurethane resin), PUD- (polyurethane dispersion), SI- (silicone) based elastomer material and/or the like, and secondly by a mechanically durable reinforcer system (2), such as a fabric, weave or knit structure (2a) made from one or more flexible hybrid yarns, an oriented flake reinforcement structure (2c) made from laminated flakes (y), and/or the like. The invention relates also to an elastic composite structure, which is intended for the above application and which comprises a reinforcement system (2) for reinforcing the same mechanically against cutting, puncturing and/or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: OY OMS OPTOMEDICAL SYSTEMS LTD
    Inventors: Leo Hatjasalo, Kari Rinko
  • Patent number: 9878500
    Abstract: Provided is a prepreg composed of a fibrous substrate impregnated with a reactive or highly reactive polymer composition as a matrix material. The reactive or highly reactive polymer composition contains a (meth)acrylate-based resin comprising at least one of a hydroxyl group, an amine group, a thiol group, an initiator and/or accelerator, and a di- or polyisocyanate which has been internally capped, capped with a capping agent, or a combination thereof. The (meth)acrylate-based resin contains from 20% by weight to 70% by weight of at least one (meth)acrylate monomer and from 1% by weight to 50% by weight of at least one prepolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Schmitt, Sandra Reemers, Emmanouil Spyrou, Heike Heeb, Stephan Kohlstruk, Friedrich Georg Schmidt, Elke Gollan
  • Patent number: 9878501
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a frangible laminate is provided. The method comprises constructing a reinforced polymer matrix, cutting the reinforced polymer matrix into a plurality of laminae, forming a laminate via stacking the plurality of laminae and at least one energy dissipating member, and consolidating the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Darek Tomasz Zatorski, Ian Francis Prentice, Randy M. Vondrell, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow
  • Patent number: 9878502
    Abstract: In a method for processing a fiber compound structure, an unhardened fiber layer is arranged on a surface section of the fiber compound structure. A pressure cushion is arranged above the surface section. The pressure cushion has a pressure cap and a pressure-tight cap mat pressure-tightly connected to a circumferential border of the pressure cap such that the cap mat limits a pressure area together with the pressure cap. An overpressure in the pressure area is generated. The pressure cushion is pressed onto the fiber compound structure such that the overpressure presses the cap mat against the fiber layer while supporting the fiber compound structure on a side of the fiber compound structure that is opposed to the surface section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Felix Caspar Helfrich, Hans Marquardt
  • Patent number: 9878503
    Abstract: Methods, a consumable assembly, and a tool for preparing a composite structure from a laminate disposed on a surface of a mold. The method involves preparing consumable materials, such as a breather sheet and a vacuum bag, and preparing an inflatable tool, outside of the mold. These prepared consumable materials and the inflatable tool are then inserted into the mold, and the inflatable tool is inserted into a folded assembly of the breather and vacuum bag. Once inserted into the mold, the inflatable tool is inflated, which deploys the consumable materials against the laminate. A vacuum can be generated, which maintains the deployed consumable materials against the laminate. This can be done for many hours. Finally, the laminate is cured inside the mold so as to form the composite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER INC.
    Inventors: Alain Charbonneau, Jérôme Ferland, Jacques André, Jose Alberto Urbiola
  • Patent number: 9878504
    Abstract: A supporting rod holding arrangement for manufacturing a root section of a rotor blade of a wind turbine is provided. The supporting rod holding arrangement includes an assembly of a plurality of supporting rods, each having an interface section for connecting to a hub interface of the wind turbine in an essentially circular shape such that there are gaps between the supporting rods, a plurality of first fibers in the gaps which plurality of first fibers are physically and/or chemically compatible with an injection material, and a holding device which holds the supporting rods in the essentially circular shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Kristian Lehmann Madsen, Karsten Schibsbye
  • Patent number: 9878505
    Abstract: A tool for forming a C-section beam made of carbon fiber includes a straight elongated mandrel with a rectangular or trapezoidal cross-section. The mandrel has three consecutive outer faces, with a planar face configured to form a surface of the web of the C-section beam, and two opposing lateral faces, configured to form two respective surfaces of the flanges of the C-section beam. The mandrel has a distributed perforation on at least one of the three outer faces and an inlet/outlet connection to connect the mandrel to an external source of vacuum and/or compressed air. Passages are formed inside the mandrel to establish a fluid communication between the distributed perforation and the inlet/outlet connection. Through the distributed perforation, a vacuum is applied to the interface between the mandrel and the C-section beam to retain the C-section beam on the mandrel while lifted and turned by 180° for coupling to a similar C-section beam to assemble an H-beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: ALENIA AERMACCHI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Daniela Carretti, Gianni Iagulli, Gianpiero Lembo, Alberto Russolillo, Carmine Suriano
  • Patent number: 9878506
    Abstract: Method for making a tough and compliant hydrogel. A precursor hydrogel is made of a first polymer selected to maintain high elasticity and a second polymer selected to dissipate mechanical energy. The precursor hydrogel is stretched to a multiple of its original length to form a pre-stretched hydrogel. The pre-stretched hydrogel is allowed to relax and is soaked in a biocompatible solvent to reach equilibrium swelling of the pre-stretched hydrogel whereby shear modulus of the hydrogel is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Xuanhe Zhao, Shaoting Lin, Hyunwoo Yuk
  • Patent number: 9878507
    Abstract: The present application relates generally to retroreflective sheeting and the tools and methods used to make retroreflective sheeting. Microreplication tools and sheeting include controlled surface structure or haze. The surface structure or haze can be introduced, for example, by chemical etching of the tool surface and/or electroplating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Smith, James R. Imbertson, John C. Kelliher, John A. Worrell, Sidney A. Ellingstad
  • Patent number: 9878508
    Abstract: A tire tread may be formed by simultaneously extruding a tread cap formed of a first material and a tread base formed of a second material having a substantially different stiffness property than the first material. One tread element may have a strip of the second material extending from the tread base into the tread cap and, a second tread element may also have a strip of the second material extending from the tread base into the tread cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Paul Harry Sandstrom
  • Patent number: 9878509
    Abstract: A shoe mold structure contains: a base, a lower part, an upper part, a mold core, and two connecting rod assemblies. The base includes a movable space, and the lower part includes a lower cavity, a through orifice, and two guiding slots. The upper part includes an upper cavity and at least one feeding orifice, and a connecting face of the upper part and the lower part flushes with a connection section of a body and a sole of a shoe. The mold core includes a molding portion, an extension, a holding plate, and two guide plates, wherein the extension extends to the movable space from the molding portion via the through orifice. Each connecting rod assembly couples with each of the two side surfaces of the upper part and said each guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Inventor: Chia-Hung Wu
  • Patent number: 9878510
    Abstract: A pressing apparatus includes a driving device, a platform configured to support a workpiece, a movable support mounted to the driving device, a pressing member rotatably mounted to the movable support, and a limiting block mounted on the platform. The movable support is movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the platform. The limiting block rotates the pressing member down pressing the workpiece between the platform and the pressing member when the movable support moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: ScienBiziP Consulting(Shenzhen)Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Wu, Chieh-Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 9878511
    Abstract: Improved bales may be formed using methods that include baling equipment with multi-component bolster assemblies that may ease installation and removal, reduce wear and tear and maintenance, and/or improve efficiency by reducing material waste, imperfections, and/or contamination. The bolster assemblies may include a plurality of coupling portions that engage a hydraulic rod and may enable the bolster assembly to self-center within a press chamber during normal baling operations. The bolster assemblies also may include an island portion that may be attached to the coupling portions and to a bolster cap, and the latter may be attached using retainer bolts having substantially flat, non-circular heads. The bolts may reduce irregularities in the bale and/or prevent material seepage into the bolster assemblies. During maintenance, an operator may remove only the bolster cap island assembly for cleaning, substantially reducing the time and strength needed to clean and/or repair the baler and reduce downtime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Karltex Machine, Inc.
    Inventors: Sig Fragstein, Donnie L. Cobb, Carl Johnson, Paul Sozzi