Patents Issued in July 24, 2018
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Patent number: 10029436Abstract: Provided are an electrolytic cathode structure that can suppress the degradation of an activated cathode even if a reverse current flows upon the stoppage of operation of an electrolyzer in an electrode structure allowing the distance between the electrode and an electrode current collector to be maintained at an approximately constant value, and an electrolyzer using the same. The electrolytic cathode structure includes a metal elastic cushion member 1 compressed and accommodated between an activated cathode 2 and a cathode current collector 3. At least a surface layer of the cathode current collector 3 consumes a larger oxidation current per unit area than the activated cathode. The electrolyzer is partitioned by an ion exchange membrane into an anode chamber for accommodating an anode and a cathode chamber for accommodating a cathode. The electrolytic cathode structure is used for the cathode.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2012Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Daio Paper CorporationInventor: Akira Hirasawa
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Patent number: 10029437Abstract: In one example embodiment, a laminated film includes an extruded ribbed first film portion that includes multiple ribs, where consecutive ribs are separated by webs that are integral with the ribs. The laminated film also includes an un-ribbed second film portion, and a region of discontinuous lamination between the first film portion and the second film portion. The region of discontinuous lamination includes multiple regions where the first and second film portions are bonded together, and multiple regions where the first and second film portions are not bonded together.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: The Glad Products CompanyInventors: Michael G. Borchardt, Theodore J. Fish, Kenneth E. Cisek, Robert T. Dorsey
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Patent number: 10029438Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermosetting resin composition, which comprises: (A) cyanate ester compound and/or cyanate ester prepolymer; and (B) polyphosphonate ester and/or phosphonate-carbonate copolymer. The thermosetting resin composition provided by the present invention has low dielectric constant and dielectric loss tangent. The prepreg and copper clad laminate made from the above-mentioned thermosetting resin composition have excellent dielectric properties and wet-heat resistance, UL94 V-0 flame resistance, and good processability.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2014Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: SHENGYI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Xianping Zeng, Nana Ren
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Patent number: 10029439Abstract: A non-rigid composite sheet comprising in order (i) a first component comprising at least one first fabric of continuous filament yarns having a tenacity of at least 11 g/dtex and a first polymeric layer, (ii) a second component comprising at least one second fabric of continuous filament glass yarns, the at least one second fabric being adjacent to the at least one first fabric of the first component, and (iii) a third component comprising a second polymeric layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventor: Dariusz Wlodzimierz Kawka
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Patent number: 10029440Abstract: A method is provided of fabricating a three-dimensional object by laminating layered fabrication objects. Each layered fabrication object includes bonded powder of a powder layer. The method includes forming a sacrificial fabrication object separable from the three-dimensional object via the powder below a fabrication area of a layered fabrication object having a lower surface in contact with the powder, in forming the lower surface in contact with the powder.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventor: Shinichiroh Satoh
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Patent number: 10029441Abstract: A device for absorbing kinetic energy for an aircraft structural element undergoing a dynamic impact. The device includes an outer enclosure made from a braided composite material configured to preserve its integrity after an impact, and a foam core contained in the outer enclosure and to at least partially fill the outer enclosure. The foam core configured to at least partially absorb the kinetic energy generated by the impact. Reinforcing elements include at least one dry composite fiber preform integrated into the foam core to dissipate, in combination with the foam core, the kinetic energy generated by the impact. A method for integrating the device for absorbing kinetic energy.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2013Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: AIRBUSInventors: Caroline Petiot, Michel Bermudez, Didier Mesnage
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Patent number: 10029442Abstract: A system that receives nanomaterials, forms nanofibrous materials therefrom, and collects these nanofibrous materials for subsequent applications. The system include a housing coupled to a synthesis chamber within which nanotubes are produced. A spindle may extend from within the housing, across the inlet, and into the chamber for collecting nanotubes and twisting them into a yarn. A body portion may be positioned at an intake end of the spindle. The body portion may include a pathway for imparting a twisting force onto the flow of nanotubes and guide them into the spindle for collection and twisting into the nanofibrous yarn. Methods and apparatuses for forming nanofibrous are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: NANOCOMP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: David S. Lashmore, Joseph J. Brown, Jared K. Chaffee, Bruce Resnicoff, Peter Antoinette
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Patent number: 10029443Abstract: Provided is a glass fiber fabric-resin composition laminate which is thinner than the conventional glass fiber fabric-resin composition laminates and has a strength equal to or higher than that of the conventional laminates. In the glass fiber fabric-resin composition laminate 1, one or more layers of first glass fiber fabrics 2 to 5 have a total thickness of 50 to 100% with respect to the overall thickness. The glass composition of the first glass fiber fabrics 2 to 5 is 57 to 70 mass % of SiO2, 18 to 30 mass % of Al2O3, 5 to 15 mass % of MgO, 0 to 12 mass % of CaO, 0 to 1 mass % of at least one of Li2O, Na2O, and K2O, 0 to 1 mass % of TiO2, and 0 to 1 mass % of B2O3.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2014Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dai Sakuma, Noriyoshi Sato, Toshihiro Tashiro
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Patent number: 10029444Abstract: Multilayer nonwoven fabrics for foam molding that have excellent resistance to the separation of layers, have reinforcing effects and urethane leakage prevention performance, and are producible without the occurrence of fiber dust on the surface. In the multilayer nonwoven fabric for foam molding, a reinforcing layer is stacked on at least one side of a dense layer, the dense layer includes a meltblown nonwoven fabric layer (A) and spunbonded nonwoven fabric layers (B) that are stacked on both sides of the layer (A), and the meltblown nonwoven fabric layer (A) and the spunbonded nonwoven fabric layers (B) are partially thermocompression bonded with each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Taro Ichikawa, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Hidenori Yoshizawa
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Patent number: 10029445Abstract: An environmentally-friendly composite foil that includes a first biocompostable and/or biorenewable cellulose-based film comprising a moisture barrier coating; a second biocompostable and/or biorenewable cellulose-based film comprising a thin metallized surface, disposed adjacent to the first biocompostable and/or biorenewable cellulose-based film, having a bio-adhesive disposed between the first biocompostable and/or biorenewable cellulose-based film and the second biocompostable and/or biorenewable cellulose-based film; and a third biocompostable and/or biorenewable film comprising a sugar and/or a corn-based film, disposed adjacent to the biocompostable and/or biorenewable cellulose-based second film.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Lifestyles Healthcare Pte. Ltd.Inventors: KC Nguyen, Chayaporn Pongthanomsak, Phuttatida Tanjaroon, Chayapon Ngowprasert, Cauvathur Seethapathy Rajendran
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Patent number: 10029446Abstract: A flexible display device including a first flexible member including a bending part and a non-bending part, a window on a top surface or a bottom surface of the first flexible member, and a first adhesive member between the first flexible member and the window, and including a first adhesive part overlapping the bending part, a second adhesive part overlapping the non-bending part, a first adhesive material, and a plurality of first non-adhesive elastic materials dispersed in the first adhesive material, wherein at least one of the first non-adhesive elastic materials may be partially exposed on at least one of the top surface or the bottom surface of the first adhesive member.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jihwa Lee, Jinkyu Kim
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Patent number: 10029447Abstract: A process and system for making a laminated surface covering and the surface covering itself are described. The covering includes several layers bonded to each other. The system performs the process. One example of the process includes passing a first material across a first conveyor, passing a second material across a second conveyor, passing a bonding material across a third conveyor, contacting the first material and the second material to the bonding material, and heating at least one of the first material and the second material. The process also includes introducing the first material, the second material, and the bonding material into a pressure zone such that the bonding material is introduced between a bottom surface of the first material and a top surface of the second material. The process applies pressure to bond the first material and second material together via the bonding material to produce a laminated material.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Ecore International Inc.Inventors: Arthur B. Dodge, John McFalls
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Patent number: 10029448Abstract: A laminate contains a layer A and a layer B. The layer A includes a polyvinyl acetal (A), a plasticizer (Ap), and a dispersant (Ad). The layer B includes a polyvinyl acetal (B) and a plasticizer (Bp) and optionally a dispersant (Bd). A mass ratio of (Ad) to (Ap) is larger than a mass ratio of (Bd) to (Bp). The plasticizer (Ap) and the plasticizer (Bp) are an ester compound of an m-valent alcohol with m molecules of a monovalent carboxylic acid having 8 to 16 carbon atoms, where m is a number of 2 to 4; and an ester compound of an n-valent alcohol with n molecules of a monovalent carboxylic acid having 8 to 16 carbon atoms, where n is a number of 2 to 4, respectively. The dispersant (Ad) and the dispersant (Bd) are obtained by hydrolyzing the plasticizer (Ap) and the plasticizer (Bp), respectively.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2013Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoshiaki Asanuma
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Patent number: 10029449Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a single-faced thin polarizing plate, including: supplying a process film to one surface of a polarizer having a thickness of 50 ?m or less; supplying a protection film to the other surface of the polarizer; forming an adhesive layer by supplying an adhesive composition between the polarizer and the protection film; pressing a laminate of the process film/the polarizer/the protection film by disposing a pair of pressing units on a surface of each of the process film and the protection film; and stripping the process film, in which stripping force between the polarizer and the process film is 1.0 N or less.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Hae-Sung Cho, Sung-Hyun Kim, Hyun-Hee Son, Dong-Kyun Ha, Kwang-Seung Park, Nam-Jeong Lee, Jun-Wuk Park, Tae-Jun Hwang
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Patent number: 10029450Abstract: The present invention relates to a peeling bar, apparatus, and method for peeling a polarizing film from a panel. This invention can minimize friction between the peeling bar and the polarizing film since the peeled polarizing film is in contact with a tip of a front part of the peeling bar. The radius of a curved surface at the tip of the front part and an inclined upper surface of the front part are designed to minimize the Z-axis component of a shearing force applied to the polarizing film. Also, in order to equalize tension applied to the polarizing film in a peeling process, this invention makes both ends of the polarizing film closely adhere to the peeling bar. According to this invention, fracture of the polarizing film is prevented, and thereby the polarizing film can be stably peeled from the panel without fracture.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: San Park, Bong Su Jeung, Jea Han Ryoo, Cheon Ho Park, Suk Jae Lee, Kyoung sik Kim
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Patent number: 10029451Abstract: A transfer printing process that exploits the mismatch in mechanical or thermo-mechanical response at the interface of a printable micro- or nano-device and a transfer stamp to drive the release of the device from the stamp and its non-contact transfer to a receiving substrate are provided. The resulting facile, pick-and-place process is demonstrated with the assembling of 3-D microdevices and the printing of GAN light-emitting diodes onto silicon and glass substrates. High speed photography is used to provide experimental evidence of thermo-mechanically driven release.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of IllinoisInventors: John A. Rogers, Placid M. Ferreira, Reza Saeidpourazar
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Patent number: 10029452Abstract: A method for producing decorative prints having identical quality on at least two carrier materials includes the following steps: providing at least one print motif; converting the at least one print motif into at least one high resolution electronic data set; reducing the resolution of the at least one high resolution electronic data set; creating at least one first print decor on at least one first carrier material by means of the at least one resolution reduced electronic data set; creating at least one print cylinder for a gravure printing process by using at least one resolution reduced electronic data set, with the resolution reduced electronic data set identical to or different from the resolution reduced electronic data set used for the digital printing; and creating at least one second print decor on at least one second carrier material by using the at least one print cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Flooring Technologies Ltd.Inventor: Ingo Lehnhoff
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Patent number: 10029453Abstract: A printing press for printing on metal cans includes a plurality of inkers. Each inker prints a different color ink on the cans, and includes a first module, a second module, a roller and a support member. The first module has motors to drive output shafts. The second module has ink displacement units, an ink inlet to provide ink to the ink displacement units, ink channels to transfer ink from the ink displacement units to ink outlets of the second module and input shafts to removably couple to the output shafts of the first module. The roller receives ink from the ink displacement units and transfers the ink toward the cans. The support member supports the first and second modules in at least one position relative to the roller. The support member facilitates removal of the second module by a press operator for cleaning the ink channels.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Baldwin Americas CorporationInventor: John Kitscha
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Patent number: 10029454Abstract: Systems and methods for aligning preprinted images on a roll of substrate to the moving components of a web press are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment includes determining the speed of the moving components of the press, determining the speed of the web of preprinted images and adjusting the speed of the web of preprinted image to match the speed of the web. In particular embodiments, a press which produces rolls of preprinted material can be modified to change the equivalent cutoff length of the press. In further embodiments, a method of pasting new rolls of material to expiring rolls of material is accomplished by modulating the drive speed of the new roll of material to match the expiring roll of material while at the same time aligning the images on the new roll with the expiring roll.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Inventors: Russell Charles Crozier, Daniel O'Leary
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Patent number: 10029455Abstract: A printing apparatus comprising a support plane on which a substrate to be printed can be positioned and a plurality of printing units provided with at least one printing head; each of the printing units is housed on at least one support plate positionable in proximity to the substrate to be printed and crossed by the printing head of the printing units; the apparatus also comprises removable positioning devices of each printing head and therefore of each of the printing units on the support plate; the removable positioning devices are able to hold the printing head on the support plate and allow their possible removal from the support plate; the printing units are configured to be aligned in a modular manner in at least a determinate direction, so as to form at least a printing battery.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Jet-Set S.R.L.Inventor: Sergio Ferrari
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Patent number: 10029456Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, a method is disclosed for a droplet positioning method. The method can include determining an amount of the droplet required in each of a first region, determining a total amount of the droplet, determining a total number of the droplets, determining a provisional positioning of the droplets based on a template contact form, redividing the face for forming the base body pattern again using the second regions, and determining an evaluation value for each second region. If the distribution of the evaluation values is out of the target range, a repositioning at least any of the droplets, redividing the face for forming the base body pattern again using the second regions, and determining an evaluation value for each second region are repeated until distribution of the evaluation values is in the target range.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventors: Yasutada Nakagawa, Satoshi Tanaka, Yoko Takekawa
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Patent number: 10029457Abstract: A nozzle firing cell may comprise a firing transistor and a pre-charge transistor having a source and drain coupled between a pre-charge line and a gate of the firing transistor wherein the pre-charge line is routed over the gate of the pre-charge transistor. A fluid ejection device may comprise a circuit comprising a nozzle firing cell, the nozzle firing cell comprising a firing transistor and a pre-charge transistor having a source and drain coupled between a pre-charge Sine and a gate of the firing transistor in which the pre-charge line is routed over the gate of the pre-charge transistor. A circuit may comprise a number of firing transistors and a number of pre-charge transistors each having a source and drain coupled between a pre-charge line and a gate of one of the firing transistors in which the pre-charge line is routed over each of the gates of the pre-charge transistors.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2014Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Boon Bing Ng, Thida Ma Win, Ning Ge, Jose Jehrome Rando
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Patent number: 10029458Abstract: A method of generating print data for an inkjet printhead having a plurality of ink planes. The method includes the steps of: receiving image data for a print job in a printer controller; retrieving keep-wet pattern data for each ink plane of the printhead, the retrieved keep-wet pattern data being determined using one or more input parameters; generating first print data for each ink plane in the printer controller based on the received image data; merging the first print data with the keep-wet pattern data to provide second print data for each ink plane; and sending the second print data from the printer controller to the printhead, thereby causing the printhead to print an image together with a keep-wet pattern. The keep-wet pattern is defined by a plurality of dots printed at a frequency sufficient to maintain hydration of each nozzle in the printhead.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Memjet Technology Ltd.Inventors: Julie Hogan, Angus North, Philip Palma, John Sheahan, Brian Brown, David Keeshan, Rodney Hardy, Peter Allworth, Colin Pickup, Caitriona Forbes, Kieran Roughan, William Jacob
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Patent number: 10029459Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes an actuator substrate that includes a plurality of piezoelectric element rows having a plurality of piezoelectric elements, and a wiring substrate that is disposed so as to face the actuator substrate. The piezoelectric element rows include a common electrodes common to the plurality of the piezoelectric elements. The actuator substrate includes a plurality of first common wirings connected to each of the common electrodes of the plurality of the piezoelectric element rows. The wiring substrate includes a plurality of second common wirings connected to each of the first common wirings of the plurality of piezoelectric element rows, and a plurality of auxiliary wirings buried in a groove portion formed in the wiring substrate. The auxiliary wirings are connected to each of the second common wirings, and the plurality of auxiliary wirings are not connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Eiju Hirai, Motoki Takabe, Katsutomo Tsukahara, Yoichi Naganuma, Munehide Saimen
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Patent number: 10029460Abstract: An inkjet head includes a substrate having plural ink inlet holes arranged along a first direction and plural ink outlet holes arranged generally along the first direction such that adjacent ink outlet holes are offset along the first direction, a plurality of partitioning walls made of piezoelectric material that define pressure chambers therebetween, each of the partitioning walls disposed on the substrate and generally extending in a second direction that crosses the first direction between the ink inlet holes and the ink outlet holes, and a nozzle plate disposed on the partitioning walls and having a plurality of nozzles, each of the nozzles being arranged on one of the pressure chambers.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba TEC Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Nobuaki Murochi
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Patent number: 10029461Abstract: Provided is an ink discharging apparatus configured to discharge an active-energy-ray-curable ink from an ink discharging head of which members to contact the ink are joined using an epoxy adhesive, wherein the ink contains at least any one selected from the group consisting of an acrylamide compound and an N-vinyl compound, and wherein an elastic modulus decreasing rate represented by a formula (1) below is 50 percent or less, Elastic modulus decreasing rate (%)={(E1?E2)/E1}×100?? formula (1) where E1 represents an elastic modulus (GPa) of a cured product obtained by curing the epoxy adhesive at 90 degrees C. for 4 hours, and E2 represents an elastic modulus (GPa) of an immersed product obtained by immersing the cured product in the ink at 60 degrees C. for 4 weeks.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Hiroaki Yamada
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Patent number: 10029462Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric layer, a first moisture resistant layer, and a second moisture resistant layer stacked in this order. The first moisture resistant layer has a flexibility higher than that of the second moisture resistant layer, and the second moisture resistant layer has a moisture permeability lower than that of the first moisture resistant layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Satoshi Kimura, Hitoshi Matsumoto
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Patent number: 10029463Abstract: The liquid discharge apparatus is provided with a first flexible flat cable and a head unit, the head unit includes a discharge section which discharges a liquid due to driving signals being applied, a discharge surface which is provided with a discharge opening for discharging the liquid, and a first connection section which is connected to the first flexible flat cable, the first flexible flat cable includes a first surface, a second surface which is on the reverse side of the first surface, a driving signal line which transfers the driving signals, and a driving signal output terminal which is provided in the first surface and which outputs the driving signals to the head unit, and the first flexible flat cable is connected to the first connection section so that the second surface faces toward the same side as the discharge surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Hiroki Hayashi
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Patent number: 10029464Abstract: An example provides a fluid ejection apparatus including a fluid feed slot along a length of a print head die of the fluid ejection apparatus to supply a fluid to a plurality of drop ejectors, control circuitry adjacent to at least one side of the fluid feed slot to control ejection of drops of fluid from the plurality of drop ejectors, and a single power supply connector at an end of the print head die to supply power to the control circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Adam L. Ghozeil, David Maxfield, Peter James Fricke
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Patent number: 10029465Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles, a plurality of individual liquid chambers, a plurality of liquid delivery channels, and a deformation unit. The plurality of nozzles discharges liquid. The plurality of individual liquid chambers is communicated with the plurality of nozzles. The plurality of liquid delivery channels is communicated with the plurality of individual liquid chambers. Each of the plurality of liquid delivery channels includes a channel portion at a partition wall between adjacent individual liquid chambers of the plurality of individual liquid chambers. The deformation unit deforms at least a portion of the channel portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventor: Ryuji Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 10029466Abstract: An ink-jet recording head includes a plurality of recording element substrates each having an ejection pressure generating element configured to generate pressure for ejecting ink from an ink discharge port. The plurality of recording element substrates each include a first surface on which the corresponding ejection pressure generating element is disposed and a second surface, serving as an end surface intersecting with the first surface, being at least partially formed by etching.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hirotaka Miyazaki
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Patent number: 10029467Abstract: In one example, a printhead includes: a printhead die having a front face along which fluid may be dispensed from the die, the die molded into a monolithic molding having a channel therein through which fluid may pass directly to a back part of the die, the front face of the die exposed outside the molding and the back part of the die covered by the molding except at the channel; an electrical contact exposed outside the molding to connect to circuitry external to the printhead; a printed circuit board molded into the molding, the printed circuit board having an exposed front face co-planar with and surrounding the exposed front face of the die and a conductor electrically connected to the contact; and an electrical connection between the die and the printed circuit board conductor fully encapsulated in the molding.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Silam J. Choy, Michael W. Cumbie, Devin Alexander Mourey, Chien-Hua Chen
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Patent number: 10029468Abstract: A liquid ejection device includes an ejection head with at least one nozzle on an ejection surface, a cap, and a liquid receiver having a first side in a first direction parallel to the ejection surface and a second side opposite to the first side in the first direction. The liquid ejection device includes a movement mechanism configured to move at least one of the cap and the ejection head between states where the cap covers the ejection head and where the cap does not cover the ejection head. In the state that the cap is separated from the ejection head, the support structure supports the liquid receiver to be inclined such that the first side is positioned lower than the second side in the second direction. The liquid receiver includes an outlet disposed on the first side.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Shuichi Tamaki
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Patent number: 10029469Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a supporting portion that supports a sheet of paper transported and a recording head fixedly disposed at a position opposing the supporting portion, for recording. The recording head has nozzle rows for ejecting ink, and the nozzle rows are arranged side by side in the recording head in a direction intersecting a transport direction of the sheet. The supporting portion has a dumping portion including a position opposite the nozzle rows of the recording head, and the dumping portion is capable of receiving the ink ejected from the nozzle rows when the recording head performs flushing. The supporting portion has a supporting surface capable of supporting the sheet at a position not opposite the nozzle rows of the recording head. A slope inclining relative to the supporting surface is disposed in at least part of the boundary region between the dumping portion and the supporting surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kazunori Mori
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Patent number: 10029470Abstract: An ink-jet printer with a print assembly includes an ink jet print head, the print assembly configured to be movable between a first position in which print head is positioned over a substrate to be printed upon and a second position in which the print head is positioned away from the substrate. The print head purges ink at the second position. A wiper assembly is positioned between the first position and the second position of the print assembly. The wiper assembly has a first orientation in which the wiper assembly does not contact the print head when the print assembly moves between the first position and the second position. The wiper assembly has a second orientation in which the wiper assembly contacts the print head when the print assembly moves between the second position and the first position. A fluid distribution device provides fluid to clean the wiper assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Dover Europe SàrlInventor: Sven Kerpe
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Patent number: 10029471Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a flow channel through which liquid is supplied to a liquid ejecting head, a gas permeable film that constitutes a wall surface of the flow channel, an air chamber that is separated from the flow channel through intermediation of the gas permeable film, and a pressure regulating section for changing an air pressure inside the air chamber with respect to a reference pressure. The gas permeable film is configured to change a volume of the flow channel through a change in the air pressure inside the air chamber with the pressure regulating section, and allow permeation of an air bubble when the pressure regulating section decreases the air pressure inside the air chamber.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Katsuhiro Okubo
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Patent number: 10029472Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes: a casing including a liquid chamber; a liquid supply portion; a deformable member; a movable member; and a support member. The liquid chamber is configured such that an internal pressure of the liquid chamber is reduced as liquid flows out of the liquid chamber. The liquid supply portion allows liquid in the liquid chamber to flow out of the liquid chamber. The deformable member protrudes further upward relative to an upper surface of the casing. The deformable member has an internal space in communication with the liquid chamber. The deformable member is elastically deformable such that a volume of the internal space is reduced as the internal pressure of the liquid chamber is reduced. The movable member includes a detection portion movable in upward and downward directions in accordance with the elastic deformation of the deformable member. The support member supports the movable member.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoya Okazaki, Tetsuro Kobayashi, Suguru Tomoguchi, Akihito Ono, Kosuke Nukui, Hiroaki Takahashi
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Patent number: 10029473Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes: a plurality of recording element boards each having a plurality each of discharge orifices configured to discharge liquid, liquid supply channels configured to supply liquid to the discharge orifices, and liquid recovery channels configured to recover liquid supplied from the liquid supply channels; a common supply channel communicating with at least one liquid supply channel of the recording element boards and configured to supply liquid to the plurality of recording element boards; and a common recovery channel communicating with at least one liquid recovery channel of the recording element boards and configured to recover liquid from the plurality of recording element boards.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akira Yamamoto, Shuzo Iwanaga, Seiichiro Karita, Kazuhiro Yamada, Takatsuna Aoki, Shingo Okushima, Akio Saito, Zentaro Tamenaga, Noriyasu Nagai, Tatsurou Mori
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Patent number: 10029474Abstract: A liquid storage unit including a first liquid storage chamber having a constant volume and being capable of holding liquid supplied from a liquid tank; a second liquid storage chamber communicating with the first liquid storage chamber; a pressure control chamber configured to change a pressure of the pressure control chamber through actuation of a pressure control unit; and an elastic member being configured to tightly partition the second liquid storage chamber and the pressure control chamber from each other and being deformable so as to increase and decrease a volume of the second liquid storage chamber in accordance with the pressure of the pressure control chamber. The elastic member is capable of removing bubbles in the first liquid storage chamber by increasing and decreasing the volume of the second liquid storage chamber through the deformation.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hitoshi Takada, Yasuo Kotaki, Tetsuya Ohashi, Ryoji Inoue, Takatoshi Kitagawa, Hironori Murakami, Takeho Miyashita, Hiroki Hayashi, Hironori Fukuchi, Norihiro Ikebe, Takashi Fukushima
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Patent number: 10029475Abstract: A light blue ink discharge opening array unit is located between cyan ink discharge opening array units, between the magenta ink discharge opening array units, and not between the black ink discharge opening array unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Fumiko Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Tsukasa Doi
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Patent number: 10029476Abstract: A micro cold spray printer system having: a printer housing having a longitudinal axis; a transfer tube defining an optical chamber oriented parallel and coaxial to a the longitudinal axis of the housing the optical chamber having an exit; a particle supply inlet fluidly connected to the optical chamber, the particle supply inlet in operation supplying particles to flow through the optical chamber along the longitudinal axis and out the exit; and a laser that in operation emits a laser beam into the optical chamber to heat the particles to a selected temperature. The laser beam is directed at an angle that is not parallel to the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Sameh Dardona, Vijay Narayan Jagdale, Wayde R. Schmidt
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Patent number: 10029477Abstract: A nail printing apparatus is provided, which does not require a user to manipulate button operation to set user's finger or user's toe or start an image drawing operation. The apparatus provided with an image drawing unit for drawing an image on a nail of a finger or a nail of a toe and an elevation mechanism having a placing unit on which the finger or the toe is placed. The elevation mechanism moves the placing unit from a stand-by position up to an image drawing position. When the placing unit is at the stand-by position, the user can insert user's finger or user's toe into or remove user's finger or user's toe from the apparatus. When at the image drawing position, the image drawing unit can draw an image on the nail of the finger. An elevation controlling unit controls the operation of the elevation mechanism in response to an operation of the finger or the toe placed on the placing unit, pressing the same downward.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Shuichi Yamasaki
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Patent number: 10029478Abstract: A printer includes a discharge unit, a first printing unit disposed along a sheet conveying path extending from the discharge unit and configured to print an image on a first sheet while the first sheet is conveyed from the discharge unit to the first printing unit and then to the discharge unit, a second printing unit disposed farther from the discharge unit than the first printing unit along the sheet conveyance path and configured to print an image on a second sheet while the second sheet is conveyed towards the discharge unit therethrough, using a printing method that is different from a printing method of the first printing unit, and a control unit configured to determine whether or not each of the first and second printing unit is in use and control only one of the first and second printing units to print the image, based on the determination.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Toshiba TEC Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hiroyuki Inaba
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Patent number: 10029479Abstract: The present invention is to provide a transfer apparatus which can effectively correct a curl of a card and prevent deterioration of the card. The transfer apparatus transfers a transfer layer of a transfer film with a transfer roller to both faces of a card, a transfer unit which includes the transfer roller is structured to perform transfer processing for a plurality of times on at least one face of the card. A controller performs control to perform decurl processing with a decurl mechanism when determining that a transfer face on which the current transfer processing is performed and a transfer face on which the subsequent transfer processing is to be performed are the same and that the card is curled after the current transfer processing is performed.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: CANON FINETECH NISCA INC.Inventor: Yuichi Aihara
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Patent number: 10029480Abstract: The present invention is to provide a transfer apparatus which can effectively correct a curl of a card and prevent deterioration of the card. The transfer apparatus transfers a transfer layer of a transfer film with a transfer roller to both faces of a card, a transfer unit which includes the transfer roller is structured to perform transfer processing for a plurality of times on at least one face of the card. A controller controls transfer sequence of transfer processing so that transfer processing is performed alternately on a first face (front face) and a second face (back face) of a card and so that the number of times of decurl processing with a decurl mechanism is smaller than the number of times of transfer processing.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: CANON FINETECH NISCA INC.Inventors: Yuichi Aihara, Kota Hihara
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Patent number: 10029481Abstract: A method for producing a porous body for use in an ink jet recording apparatus including an image forming unit configured to form a first image including a first liquid and a coloring material on an ink receiving medium, and a liquid absorbing member including the porous body that contacts with the first image to absorb part of the first liquid from the first image. The method includes laminating a first porous layer that contacts with the first image and includes a first resin, and a second and a third porous layer including a second and a third resin; and heating the laminated first to third porous layers, wherein the second porous layer has a void when viewed in a thickness direction, and softening temperatures T1 through T3 of the first to third resins and heating temperature T in heating the first to third porous layers satisfy T2<T, T<T1, T<T3.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toru Ohnishi, Noboru Toyama, Hiroe Ishikura, Osamu Yoshitake
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Patent number: 10029482Abstract: An ultraviolet curing ink can be sufficiently leveled, and attachment of, for example, dust can be prevented. In an ink-jet printer, a carriage capable of reciprocating in a scanning direction is mounted with an ink-jet head for ejecting a color ink and a clear ink and ultraviolet irradiation devices for emitting ultraviolet rays. A control unit performs control so that in the forward movement of the carriage, a color ink is ejected and applied to a medium, and in the backward movement of the carriage, ultraviolet rays are irradiated to the color ink deposited on the medium and the color ink is cured. Subsequently, the medium is fed in a feed direction, and the clear ink is ejected and applied to the surface of the cured color ink in the forward movement of the carriage. In the backward movement of the carriage, the clear ink applied to the medium is irradiated by ultraviolet rays and is cured.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Mimaki Engineering Co., LTDInventors: Masakatsu Okawa, Yuko Hishida, Tomotaka Furuhata
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Patent number: 10029483Abstract: An ink jet recording method includes ejecting an ultraviolet-ray curable ink of which a viscosity at 28° C. is 8 mPa·s or more from a head to a recording medium, and curing the ultraviolet-ray curable ink attached to the recording medium, wherein, in the ejecting of the ultraviolet-ray curable ink, the ultraviolet-ray curable ink is heated such that a temperature of the ejected ultraviolet-ray curable ink becomes 28° C. to 40° C., and a viscosity of the ultraviolet-ray curable ink at the temperature is 15 mPa·s or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2013Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro Kobayashi, Yusuke Mizutaki, Toshio Kumagai, Masaaki Ando, Hiroaki Kida, Kaoru Koike, Mitsuaki Yoshizawa
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Patent number: 10029484Abstract: A method of forming a digital embossing (17) on a surface (2) by bonding hard press particles (67) to a carrier (68). A liquid binder pattern (P) is applied on the carrier by a digital drop application head. Hard press particles (67) are applied on the carrier (68) and the binder pattern such that some hard press particles are bonded to the carrier (68) by the liquid pattern and non-bonded press particles (67) are removed. The carrier (68) with the bonded hard press particles (67) is pressed to the surface (2) and an embossing is formed when the carrier (68) with the hard press particles (67) is removed.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: CERALOC INNOVATION ABInventors: Darko Pervan, Tony Pervan
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Patent number: 10029485Abstract: An ink jet recording method uses an ink jet recording apparatus including a plurality of heads arranged in parallel in a first direction, each of which ejects droplets of a different radiation-curable ink composition onto a recording medium, and first light sources provided for corresponding heads so as to be disposed at a predetermined side of the corresponding heads. The first light sources emit active radiation to irradiate the droplets on the recording medium. The method includes ejecting droplets of the ink compositions from the heads onto the recording medium, and performing a first irradiation by irradiating the droplets of each ink composition with the active radiation from the corresponding first light source at an irradiation energy within 500 ms after the droplets have landed. The irradiation energy is in the range of 5% to 10% of the energy E90 at which the ink composition is 90% cured.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Taketoshi Kagose, Satoru Miura