Patents Issued in July 3, 2018
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Patent number: 10011051Abstract: Aim of the present invention is to obtain cementitious products having smooth, planar surfaces and low thickness for applications having aesthetic purpose, of integrated architecture or as substrates, for example for a thin-film photovoltaic unit, with controlled curling and surface roughness, manufactured by mold casting of a fluid composition comprising: I. a hydraulic binder; II. one or more aggregates; III. an anti-shrinkage agent; IV. a superplasticizer agent; V. water, wherein the percentage by weight of said hydraulic binder in the composition is lower than that of said aggregates, and wherein said aggregates have a maximum diameter dmax not greater than one third of the thickness of the product, the final product thus having an arithmetic mean surface roughness Ra not greater than 500 nm and curling not greater than 1500 micron.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2012Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Italcementi S.P.A.Inventors: Roberta Alfani, Claudia Cappone, Flavio Rampinelli
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Patent number: 10011052Abstract: A post-molding cooling apparatus directs a stream of cooling fluid against a concave interior surface of a molded article to cool the molded article. The apparatus includes an outlet positioned to direct the stream of cooling fluid into an open end of the molded article. The interior surface of the molded article is concave. The outlet is configured to direct the stream of cooling fluid in a helical direction such that at least a portion of the concave interior surface of the molded article acts as a curved surface relative to a direction of flow of the stream of cooling fluid to create turbulent flow of the stream of cooling fluid against the concave interior surface of the molded article along a length of the concave interior surface from the open end of the molded article toward a closed end of the molded article.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: YUDO VALUEPRO LAB CANADA INC.Inventor: Richard Matthias Unterlander
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Patent number: 10011053Abstract: A rotary molding system for molding food products, mold cavities formed when a mold shell rotates mold shapes disposed along the mold shell into a fill position between a fill plate and a wear plate. Molded food products are removed from mold cavities using knock-out cups, the use of air pressure, or the use of a vacuum source disposed below the mold cavity, without the need to slow the rotation of the mold shell. Knock-out cups may be used with a heating system to reduce accumulation of unwanted materials on the knock-out cups. The rotary molding system can also be used to form products with contoured surfaces. A smart tagging system can be used to ensure that compatible sets of mold shells and knock out cups are being used. A vacuum region may be disposed upstream of the fill position to remove air within the mold cavity prior to filling.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: FORMAX, INC.Inventors: Scott A. Lindee, David Hansen, Salvatore Lamartino, Bruce Bauer, Thomas C. Wolcott, Steve Ill, E. William Wight
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Patent number: 10011054Abstract: A cutter for trimming a tread of a tire includes a cutting plate which has a plurality of cutting slits sequentially formed at a lower end thereof to cut over-flow rubber formed on the tread of a tire, and a handle coupled to the cutting plate configured for a user to hold to cut the over-flow rubber using the cutting plate. The cutting plate has a plurality of grooves formed on a rear surface thereof to vertically guide and discharge the over-flow rubber cut by the cutting slits for trimming the tread and prevent over-flow rubber discharged in a process of trimming the tire from scattering.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Inventor: Dong Soo Lee
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Patent number: 10011055Abstract: Composite materials comprising at least one ply of dry fiber prepreg material comprising encapsulated resin-containing particles, components made from such composite materials, and methods of making such composite materials and dry fiber prepreg materials are set forth herein.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Paul D. Shaw, Raviendra S. Suriyaarachchi, Richard E. Heath
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Patent number: 10011056Abstract: The present invention provides an imprint apparatus including an amplifier configured to amplify a signal of displacement between a mold and a substrate, and a control unit configured to perform alignment between the mold and the substrate based on the amplified signal, wherein the control unit performs the alignment through a first operation of moving the substrate with respect to the mold in a first direction and a second operation of moving the substrate with respect to the mold in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and in the first operation, the control unit sets the gain of the amplifier to a first gain and changes the gain of the amplifier from the first gain to a second gain.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tetsuji Okada, Noriyasu Hasegawa, Tosiya Asano
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Patent number: 10011057Abstract: The present invention provides an imprint apparatus which forms a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate by using a mold, the apparatus comprising an image sensing unit configured to sense an image of the imprint material via the mold, and a control unit configured to, in a state in which the mold and the imprint material are in contact with each other, cause the image sensing unit to sense the image of the imprint material while scanning the image sensing unit and obtain information on forming of the pattern of the imprint material based on the image obtained by the image sensing unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroshi Sato
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Patent number: 10011058Abstract: A method of making a vehicle headrest restraint and connecting first and second molds to form a mold cavity. A first material is injected with a first density into the mold cavity. A second material is injected with a second density into the mold cavity. The first and second materials are cooled to develop an integrally formed headrest.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2011Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Jeremy Sutton
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Patent number: 10011059Abstract: A movable mold includes a movable mold main body and a gear piece attached to the movable mold main body so as to relatively movable, and having a cavity formation space for forming a cavity. In the gear piece, a piece-side coolant flow path includes an annular flow path surrounding the cavity formation space, a piece-side supply flow path introducing coolant into the annular flow path, and a piece-side discharge flow path introducing the coolant from the annular flow path. The piece-side coolant flow path is connected to a movable mold main body-side supply flow path of the movable mold main body and a movable mold main body-side discharge flow path of the movable mold main body and the coolant flows therein under negative pressure generated by a coolant circulation device, so the inside of the cavity can be cooled effectively.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: ENPLAS CORPORATIONInventor: Masaomi Hashimoto
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Patent number: 10011060Abstract: A shaped part comprises a decorative layer on a shaped-part front side, which is configured as the visible face, and a carrier on a shaped-part reverse side. The shaped-part front side is subdivided into at least two regions, a first region and a second region. The decorative layer comprises a first decorative material and a second decorative material, each having a front side and a reverse side. In the first region, the front side the first decorative material provides part of the visible face, and in the second region, the front side of the second decorative material provides part of the visible face. The method comprises preshaping the first and second decorative materials, placing the preshaped decorative materials into an opened cavity of an injection mold, closing the cavity, and configuring the carrier by injecting plastics material into the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Novem Car Interior Design GMbHInventors: Gerhard Egerer, Martin Kreutzer, Daniel Hoth
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Patent number: 10011061Abstract: An injection mold assembly for manufacturing multiple-component articles includes opposed first and second mold halves mounted for movement in reciprocal directions along an axis of reciprocation between an open position and a closed position. A stripper plate is mounted between the first and second mold halves for reciprocation between a retracted position and an extended position when the first and second mold halves are in the open position thereof. Mold cores in one of a plurality of mold core assemblies are carried by the first mold half, and each mold core is mounted for rotation between a first position and a second position about an axis of rotation for the respective mold core assembly. The stripper plate accommodates rotation of the mold cores between the first and second positions while the stripper plate is in the retracted position.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Tech Mold, Inc.Inventor: Tod M. Grimm
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Patent number: 10011062Abstract: A melt distributor has an orifice for receiving molten plastic. A plurality of melt distributor channels are in fluid communication with the orifice and each of the plurality of melt distributor channels have substantially the same length and cross-sectional volume. A plurality of injection tips terminates each of the melt distributor channels. A channel passes through each of the injection tips, a first end which is in fluid communication with a corresponding one of the melt distributor channels and a second end of which is for connecting to a corresponding injection port of a corresponding mold. Molten plastic flows at substantially equal flow rates and timing through each of the melt distributor channels and through each of the injection tips, entering each of the two injection ports of each mold at substantially the same timing, flow rate, and temperature.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Cavaform International, LLCInventors: Charles E. Doerner, David S. Massie
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Patent number: 10011063Abstract: A micro-voided film comprising high density polyethylene having a molecular weight of at least about 200,000, and low aspect ratio filler having a mean particle size from about 1 to about 25 microns. The film has a thickness of from about 10 to about 75 microns and a void fraction of from about 0.60 to about 0.75. The micro-voided film is made by a process comprising extruding the composition into a film having a thickness of from about 50 to about 300 microns, and orienting the extruded film using a high stalk, blown film process. The process produces a stabilized high stalk for increasing the production rate of blown, high molecular weight polyethylene, while increasing the film's physical and mechanical properties. The high stalk can be stabilized by application of high velocity, low volume flow rate of air over the interior and exterior surfaces of the extruded film.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: GREENROCK, LTD.Inventors: Mary Ruth Lehrter, Adam Pacelli
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Patent number: 10011064Abstract: Method for producing a plastic bottle, and preform and blowing mold suited therefore are disclosed. An exemplary process can produce a plastic bottle, for example, a PET bottle. Such a bottle can be produced from a preform which has a body which is closed on one side, which is connected to a neck section with a pour opening, in which the preform which has been produced in a plastic injection process or an extrusion process is placed in the mold cavity of a blow mold and inflated using the blow nozzle by overpressure according to the mold cavity. Sealing can take place between the blow nozzle and the preform within the preform.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: ALPLA WERKE ALWIN LEHNER GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Alwin Lehner, Johann Künz, Markus Düringer
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Patent number: 10011065Abstract: A preform configured to form a container by stretch blow molding. A finish portion is at a first end of the preform, and is a container finish. A tip portion is at a second end of the preform opposite to the first end, and is configured to form a container base and a container heel. The shoulder portion is adjacent to the finish portion and is between the finish portion and the tip portion. The shoulder portion is configured to form a container shoulder. The body portion is between the shoulder portion and the tip portion, and is configured to form a container body. The outer surface includes a flat portion at the tip portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Amcor Group GmbHInventors: Michael T. Lane, Theodore F. Eberle, Terry D. Patcheak, James Stelzer
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Patent number: 10011066Abstract: An apparatus (500) for fabricating containers (511) comprises a plurality of mold segments (501A-501I) each with two substantially opposite faces (510A-510I) that form a mold cavity (509A-509I) when abutted against another mold segment (501A-501I), and a guiding means (502) to conduct them along a closed path (503) of length greater than the total length of the mold segments (501A-501I); being characterized in that it comprises at least one injecting head configured to inject a volume of liquid into a cavity of a preform (507) disposed within the mold cavity (509A-509I) and expand it into a container (511), and being further characterized in that each mold segment (501A-501I) is conducted along the closed path (503) through at least one manipulation zone (505, 506) of said closed path (503) at an increased speed relative to the immediately adjacent mold segments (501A-501I), said apparatus (500) comprising a positioning manipulation zone (505) where the preform (507) is inserted into said apparatus (500), andType: GrantFiled: December 5, 2013Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: DISCMA AGInventors: Guillaume Chauvin, Klaus Hartwig, Damien Kannengiesser
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Patent number: 10011067Abstract: A blow molding machine for blow molding a container having an integrally formed handle; said container blow molded from a previously injection molded preform; said preform comprising a body portion and said integrally formed handle; said machine including a preform loading station at which said preform is oriented by a preform orienting apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: B & R INDUSTRIES PTY. LTD.Inventor: Glenn Robert Beale
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Patent number: 10011068Abstract: A method for producing a plastic container from a first plastic half-shell and a second plastic half-shell, with a first attachment permanently fastened to the first plastic half-shell.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: MAGNA STEYR Fuel Systems GesmbHInventors: Maris Egger, Manuel Farmer, Michael Mayrhofer, Christian Urdl
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Patent number: 10011069Abstract: A fuel tank flange section molding device including: upper and lower molds that are closed together to mold a fuel tank; a fixed section that controls an amount of molten resin flowing toward a fuel tank main body side due to the protruding portion being disposed nearer to the lower mold side than the mold face when the upper and lower molds have been closed together; a flange insert that includes a mold face capable of rotating about the fixed section to an angle sloped toward a retracting direction of the upper mold, with respect to an extension direction of the flange section; and a cut-off insert that includes a mold face that forms an end portion of the flange section at the opposite side from the fuel tank main body, and that is capable of retracting from the upper mold with respect to the lower mold.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Miki Kimura
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Patent number: 10011070Abstract: A process for forming a sheet of thermoplastic material into a three-dimensional shape comprising at least one vertex, the process comprising the steps of (i) forming the sheet by means of a former having a profile such as to produce a first formed shape in the sheet, followed by (ii) positioning a male former within the first formed shape, the male former having a profile within the first formed shape comprising at least one vertex and (iii) raising the temperature of the first formed shape above that of forming in step (i), thereby causing the first formed shape to shrink back towards its original sheet form and thereby adopting the profile of the male former.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2012Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.Inventor: Adrian Michael Woodward
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Patent number: 10011071Abstract: A method for printing a three-dimensional part with an additive manufacturing system includes providing a bitslice stack having a plurality of bitslices and printing a plurality of successive layers of the three-dimensional part with the additive manufacturing system based on the bitslices in the bitslice stack. The method includes measuring density of the three-dimensional part under construction near an intermediate build surface after one or more of the successive layers are printed. The method includes determining differences across the intermediate build surface of the measured density to a targeted density to identify one or more density error regions across the intermediate build surface, wherein the density error regions comprise low density regions, and modifying the bitslice stack to compensate for the one or more density error regions.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Evolve Additive Solutions, Inc.Inventor: J. Samuel Batchelder
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Patent number: 10011072Abstract: A plastic welding device for the automatic welding of at least three components comprises at least one first tool, at least one second tool and at least one transfer device. A first component is positionable on the first tool. The first and the second tool are movable relative to each other in order to weld the first component with a second component. The transfer device is movable relative to at least one of the tools and with it at least one third component is automatically feedable to one of the tools. In this manner, the at least one third component is weldable with the compound made up of the first and second components via the first and the second tool or via the first or the second tool in combination with the third tool.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: BRANSON ULTRASCHALL Niederlassung der Emerson Technologies GmbH & Co. OHGInventors: Franz Wacker, Silvio Fuchs
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Patent number: 10011073Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an object includes an extrusion head having an extrusion needle for extruding thermoplastic material associated with one or more fiber strands. The apparatus may further include a turn-table, a more robotic arm for moving the extrusion head and needle, thermoplastic filament and fiber strand spools and thermoplastic filament and fiber strands. A controller is provided for directing the robotic arm, extrusion head and the turn-table. Further, a method for manufacturing an object includes generating a design for the object that substantially satisfies desired structural properties of the object and generating a sequence for extruding one or more beads of thermoplastic material to manufacture the object according to the design, in which the one or more beads of thermoplastic material are associated with one or more fiber strands. The one or more beads of thermoplastic material and the associated one or more fiber strands are then extruded according to the sequence.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: AREVO, INC.Inventor: Hemant Bheda
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Patent number: 10011074Abstract: A color three-dimensional (3D) printing apparatus configured for forming a colored 3D object is provided. The color 3D printing apparatus includes a stage, a first printing unit, a second printing unit, a color inkjet printing unit, and a curing unit. The first printing unit is configured for providing the stage with a first material. The second printing unit is configured for providing the stage with a second material, and a gap remains between the first material and the second material. The color inkjet printing unit is configured for providing the gap with a colored pigment. The curing unit is configured for curing the colored pigment to form the colored 3D object, and the colored 3D object is composed of a plurality of colored object units stacked together. A color 3D printing method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Yih-Lin Cheng, Freeman Chen, Jun-Hao Chen
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Patent number: 10011075Abstract: According to some aspects, a method of additive fabrication wherein a plurality of layers of material are formed on a build platform is provided. The method comprises forming a raft structure in contact with the build platform, the raft structure formed from one or more layers of material and comprising at least one removal pocket adjacent to the build platform and forming additional material in contact with the raft structure. According to some aspects, an additive fabrication apparatus configured to form a plurality of layers of material on a build platform is provided. The apparatus comprises the build platform, and at least one controller configured to form a raft structure in contact with the build platform, the raft structure formed from one or more layers of material and comprising at least one removal pocket adjacent to the build platform, and form additional material in contact with the raft structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Formlabs, Inc.Inventors: Will Walker, Matthew Keeter
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Patent number: 10011076Abstract: An apparatus and method for making a three-dimensional object from a solidifiable material using a linear solidification device is shown and described. The apparatus includes a solidification substrate assembly that is tiltable about a tilting axis to peel a solidification substrate from a recently formed object surface and to level the solidification substrate assembly and squeeze out accumulated solidifiable material between the solidification substrate and the recently formed object surface. Intelligent peeling and leveling may also be provided by providing a tilting parameter database that is used to adjust tilting parameters based on object geometry and/or solidifiable material properties.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Global Filtration SystemsInventors: Ali El-Siblani, Alexandr Shkolnik
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Patent number: 10011077Abstract: Provided is a laminate shaping apparatus including an ultraviolet-ray source that applies ultraviolet rays a model material ejecting unit that ejects an ultraviolet curable model material a support material ejecting unit that ejects an ultraviolet curable support material which assists shaping of a three-dimensional shaped product which is shaped by the model material a driving unit that drives at least one of the ultraviolet-ray source, the model material ejecting unit, and the support material ejecting unit, and a shaping stand on which the three-dimensional shaped product is shaped, and a control unit that controls the model material ejecting unit, the ultraviolet-ray source, the driving unit, and the support material ejecting unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventor: Keishi Shimizu
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Patent number: 10011078Abstract: A three-dimensional object printer generates image data of an object being formed in the printer with a plurality of light sources and a plurality of optical sensor arrays. A controller receives the image data and identifies measurements of the object and of the features of the object. The controller compares the measurements to expected measurements and adds material or removes material from the object in response to the identified measurements being outside a predetermined range about the expected measurements.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Donald E. Thresh, James D. VanBortel, Michael N. Soures, Richard B. Gruszewski
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Patent number: 10011079Abstract: Some aspects provide a method of generating a support structure for an object, the support structure and the object to be fabricated via one or more additive fabrication techniques, comprising identifying one or more regions of the object as one or more regions to which mechanical support is to be provided, identifying one or more support points within at least a first region of the one or more regions, and generating the support structure for the object, the support structure comprising one or more support tips coupled to the object at the one or more support points, the support tips being generated based at least in part on a direction normal to the surface of the object at the respective support point.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Formlabs, Inc.Inventors: Shane Wighton, Maxim Lobovsky, Matthew Keeter, Akimitsu Hogge
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Patent number: 10011080Abstract: A system and method for forming a composite part. The method comprises positioning a prepreg material relative to a composite forming tool. The composite forming tool comprises a frame associated with a shaping system, a base comprising at least one mold, and the shaping system associated with the frame and configured to move relative to the frame, the base, and the prepreg material. The method also lowers the shaping system of the composite forming tool towards the prepreg material. The method applies pressure to the prepreg material with a centerline presser of the shaping system. The method also applies a force to the prepreg material using a number of compliant elongate members of the shaping system to uniformly apply the prepreg material to the at least one mold of the base of the composite forming tool.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Silas Lawton Studley, Matthew Ray DesJardien, James N. Buttrick
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Patent number: 10011081Abstract: A number of variations may include a product that may include a part that may include a composite material that may include a plurality of tubes that may include a plurality of fibers arranged in a generally tubular shape and having at least two sizings temporarily capping the ends of the plurality of tubes and containing a resin.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Bhavesh Shah, Joseph M. Polewarczyk, Hesham A. Ezzat
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Patent number: 10011082Abstract: A tire repair and inflation device having a housing, a cavity for receiving and removably retaining a disposable self-contained aerosol container as a source of sealant, a disposable self-contained aerosol container containing sealant under pressure and a release valve. The device also includes a compressor and a multi-way valve, the multi-way valve having a first inlet for receiving sealant from the disposable self-contained aerosol container upon actuation of the release valve and a second inlet for receiving air under pressure from the compressor and an outlet for selectively discharging sealant and compressed air to a tire under repair, wherein the sealant being delivered to the multi-way valve and the compressed air being delivered to the multi-way valve act independently of one another.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Plews, Inc.Inventors: Toby Kuntzelman, Joel R. Hemme
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Patent number: 10011083Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a rubber member includes an extruder; a mouthpiece; and a support surface which faces the mouthpiece in an opposed manner. The apparatus further includes: a rubber pool portion formed between the mouthpiece and the support surface; and a closing surface having an inclined surface shape and capable of closing a moving-direction front side of the rubber pool portion. A rubber material is ejected from an ejection port in a state where the rubber pool portion is closed by the closing surface, the support surface and the mouthpiece are moved relative to each other after the rubber pool portion is filled with the rubber material, and a lamination starting end of the rubber material is pressed to the closing surface thus molding the lamination starting end into an inclined surface and, thereafter, the closing surface is moved in a direction away from the support surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventor: Syuuichi Nishikawa
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Patent number: 10011084Abstract: The invention relates to a cycle press, in particular a short-cycle press, for producing and/or coating board-shaped materials, in particular engineered wood boards, comprising a press body having several press frames arranged next to one another in the longitudinal press direction, and further comprising an upper press plate and a lower press plate, wherein pressing cylinders supported on the press frames act on the upper press plate or the lower press plate. According to the invention, said cycle press is characterized in that the pressing cylinders are attached to the press frames by means of frame pins, wherein said frame pins engage in cut-outs of the press frames. Thus, the pressing cylinders can be prestressed against the press frames.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2012Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: SIEMPELKAMP MASCHINEN-UND ANLAGENBAU GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Klaus Schuermann, Lothar Sebastian, Horst Weiss
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Patent number: 10011085Abstract: A trifold side seamed film produce bag includes a front wall and a back wall, first and second side edges sealed together and a seamless bag bottom. The bag is joined at the side edges to additional bags by a perforation. The bag is corona treated on at least one wall and promotional material is printed on the treated surface. The bags are folded to one third of their height to fit compact bag roll dispensers. The bags are folded in a Z-fold or C-fold configuration. The method includes manufacturing the bags and winding them onto cores or forming the bags into coreless rolls. An apparatus for forming the side seamed bags includes an extruder, a tubing flattener, a perforator, a sealer, a corona treater, a printer and a slitter. The treated, printed bags may be stored on rolls for later slitting into two bag streams and folding into thirds.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Inventor: Greg Tan
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Patent number: 10011086Abstract: The present invention is directed to a peel-open package having a first film comprising an exterior sealant layer comprising a polyolefin polymer resin and a fatty acid or a fatty acid derivative, and a second film comprising an exterior layer comprising paper or a nonwoven material. The paper or nonwoven material is adhered to the sealant layer of the first film to form a peelable interface therebetween and to enclose a product, to accordance with the present invention, the polyolefin sealant layer of the first film is heat sealed directly to the paper or nonwoven material of the second film to form a peelable seal which can be readily peeled without substantial release of free fibers form the paper or nonwoven material.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Bemis Company, Inc.Inventors: Hanna-Mari Lahti, Merja H. Savola, Christopher R. Jansen
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Patent number: 10011087Abstract: Panel for soundproofing aircraft interiors comprising a first and a second layer and an intermediate layer of damping material placed between the first and second layer along a neutral axis of the soundproofing panel. The first and the second layer each comprising a structural layer and a surface layer placed on the opposite side to the intermediate layer and connected thereto, adhering continuously by means of an adhesive layer, the intermediate layer extends for the entire area of the panel and is connected to the structural layers of the first and second layer. The intermediate layer comprises a polymer foam material having a uniform thickness less than 2 mm and weight of less than 1.2 kg/m2.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: MECAER AVIATION GROUP S.P.A.Inventors: Vincenzo Massarelli, Valentina Canala
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Patent number: 10011088Abstract: A semi-finished product arrangement for producing a fiber composite component by molding a planar semi-finished fiber composite product in a molding tool is provided. The arrangement includes the semi-finished fiber composite product and multiple holding elements fixed in place thereon and each extending beyond the edge of the semi-finished fiber composite product. The holding elements are countersunk in recesses of the semi-finished fiber composite product, in order to avoid a projection in terms of height.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Premium Aerotec GmbHInventors: Klaus Edelmann, Tanja Frese, Philip Hasemann, Juergen Krone, Helmut Krumpen, Andreas Leis, Angelos Miaris, Tim Neitzel, Arnoldt Quiring
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Patent number: 10011089Abstract: Materials and methods are presented for manufacturing fiber reinforced parts. A powder material comprising a matrix material of a particular particle size distribution comprising substantially oriented fiber of a predetermined length distribution and diameter (L/D). A manufactured part that has substantially randomly oriented fiber is provided using an energy delivery system and the powder material.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2012Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Brett Ian Lyons, Christopher S. Huskamp
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Patent number: 10011090Abstract: Systems and methods for planar pressing a module are described. A module includes a first layer and a second layer coupled together by an adhesive between the first layer and second layer. The module is disposed on a planar press and the planar press is activated to apply directional pressure and heat to the module for a specified period of time.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Chin Siong Khor, Robert Zenner, Anoop Menon
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Patent number: 10011091Abstract: A laminar composite comprising a transparent or translucent cover layer, a base layer, and a layer of reptile shed sandwiched between the base layer and the cover layer. The base layer, cover layer and/or reptile shed are provided on one side with an adhesive, such as a heat-activatable adhesive, to bond the three layers together to form a flexible laminar composite.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Inventor: Mark Tovar
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Patent number: 10011092Abstract: An asphaltic sheet comprising an asphaltic component including an asphalt binder and expandable graphite.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Firestone Building Products Co., LLCInventors: Wensheng Zhou, Donald R. Kirk, James Young, Robert Anderson, Joseph Standeford, Lance Black
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Patent number: 10011093Abstract: A bonding structure of an aluminum member and a copper member includes: the aluminum member composed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and the copper member composed of copper or a copper alloy in which the aluminum member and the copper member are bonded together by solid phase diffusion bonding; an intermetallic compound layer that is made of copper and aluminum and is formed in a bonding interface between the aluminum member and the copper member; and an oxide dispersed in an interface between the copper member and the intermetallic compound layer in a layered form along the interface.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2013Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyuki Terasaki, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
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Patent number: 10011094Abstract: A modular glass panel comprising a glass structure having at least one thin glass sheet having a thickness ranging from about 0.5 mm to about 2.0 mm, a backing frame positioned adjacent the glass structure and situated along the perimeter of the glass structure, and a polymer layer intermediate the glass structure and backing frame to adhere the glass structure together with the backing frame. The glass structure can further comprise the at least one thin glass sheet and a second glass sheet having a polymer interlayer therebetween. The backing frame generally has a geometric cross-section with a rounded interior edge adjacent the glass structure to prevent breakage of the structure upon loading or impact of an exterior surface of the structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Gordon Charles Brown, Thomas Michael Cleary, Joan Deanna Gregorski
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Patent number: 10011095Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing a synthetic resin laminate that is excellent in shape stability against a high temperature and high humidity environment, surface hardness and the like. The above object is achieved by a synthetic resin laminate, comprising a substrate layer (B) containing polycarbonate; and a resin layer (A) laminated on one or both of two surfaces of the resin layer (B), the resin layer (A) containing 5 to 55% by mass of (meth)acrylate copolymer (C) and 95 to 45% by mass of polycarbonate (D), wherein the (meth)acrylate copolymer (C) contains an aromatic (meth)acrylate unit (c1) and a methyl methacrylate unit (c2) at a mass ratio (c1/c2) of 5-80/20-95, and the (meth)acrylate copolymer (C) has a mass-average molecular weight of 5,000 to 30,000; and the polycarbonate (D) has a mass-average molecular weight of 21,000 to 40,000.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2013Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignees: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC., MGC FILSHEET CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshinari Aoki, Takeshi Onishi, Kosei Hino
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Patent number: 10011096Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer-coated packaging material, a method of manufacturing the same, and products, such as a disposable drinking cup, made from the material. The packaging material comprises a fibrous base (1) of paper or board, an innermost polymer layer (2) containing a blend of (i) 10 to 25 wt-% of a low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and (ii) 75 to 90 wt-% of a second polyethylene with a higher melt viscosity, said second polyethylene being selected from linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE), and an outer layer (3) of more than 90 wt-% of HDPE. An outermost layer (4) of a polymer blend similar to that used for the innermost layer (2) may be provided for heat-sealing. The layers (2, 3 and 4) may be brought and adhered to the fibrous base (1) by coextrusion. To maximize renewability of the materials HDPE and LLDPE as used for the structure are of biologic origin.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2013Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Stora Enso OYJInventors: Kimmo Nevalainen, Ville Ribu
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Patent number: 10011097Abstract: This invention addresses the problem of eliminating the shortcomings of existing sun-blocking materials and providing a sun-blocking multilayered sheet that is highly suitable as a sun-blocking material that exhibits excellent light-blocking effect and an excellent cooling effect. In order to solve said problem, this invention provides a sun-blocking multilayered sheet that comprises at least one layer of synthetic resin film and at least one layer of textile, said synthetic resin film containing between 10% and 70% titanium oxide by mass, inclusive. A textile comprising synthetic fibers that contain between 0.1% and 10% titanium oxide by mass, inclusive, may be used as the aforementioned textile.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Mitsuru Maruyama, Tatsuro Hasegawa, Hiroto Nomura
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Patent number: 10011098Abstract: A 4D device comprises a 2D multi-core logic and a 3D memory stack connected through the memory stack sidewall using a fine pitch T&J connection. The 3D memory in the stack is thinned from the original wafer thickness to no remaining Si. A tounge and groove device at the memory wafer top and bottom surfaces allows an accurate stack alignment. The memory stack also has micro-channels on the backside to allow fluid cooling. The memory stack is further diced at the fixed clock-cycle distance and is flipped on its side and re-assembled on to a template into a pseudo-wafer format. The top side wall of the assembly is polished and built with BEOL to fan-out and use the T&J fine pitch connection to join to the 2D logic wafer. The other side of the memory stack is polished, fanned-out, and bumped with C4 solder. The invention also comprises a process for manufacturing the device.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Roy R. Yu, Wilfried Haensch
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Patent number: 10011099Abstract: A film-forming apparatus and method capable of film lamination with superior evenness and good followability regardless of the size, shape and number of articles being laminated. The film-forming apparatus provided has a first chamber that is provided with a heating means and that is capable of maintaining a vacuum or a pressurized state, a second chamber that is disposed so as to be able to be joined to, and separated from, the first chamber, that is provided with a movable supporting table on which an article is supported and that is capable of maintaining a vacuum or a pressurized state, a frame-like film holding member that is disposed between the first chamber and the second chamber and that holds a film, and an auxiliary film pressing tool having a film pressing part that inhibits lifting of the film when the film is laminated on a surface of the article.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Takashi Takenouchi, Hideki Serizawa
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Patent number: 10011100Abstract: A slit nozzle includes: a first head, a second head facing the first head; and a plurality of cores located between the first head and the second head, wherein the plurality of cores includes: a first core and a third core for coating a coating solution; and a second core located between the first core and the third core so that coating of the coating solution via the first core and the third core is achieved at different instants of time.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2013Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun-Ho Kwack, Sung-Sang Ahn, Young-Sik Kim