Patents Issued in July 24, 2018
  • Patent number: 10030290
    Abstract: A steel sheet for hot press-forming includes a zinc coating layer and a Si-containing compound layer in this order on a base steel sheet, wherein the Si-containing compound layer contains a silicone resin having an organic functional group of a carbon number of 4 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Miyoshi, Seiji Nakajima, Satoru Ando
  • Patent number: 10030291
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high-strength steel sheet having a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more and having satisfactory seam weldability. The steel sheet has a chemical composition of C: 0.12% to 0.40%, Si: 0.003% to 0.5%, Mn 0.01% to 1.5%, Al: 0.032% to 0.15%, N: 0.01% or less, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Ti: 0.01% to 0.2% or less, and B: 0.0001% to 0.01%, with the remainder including iron and inevitable impurities, has a Ceq1 (=C+Mn/5+Si/13) of 0.50% or less, and has a steel structure of a martensite single-phase structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Shiraki, Yukihiro Utsumi
  • Patent number: 10030292
    Abstract: A metal microparticle coated with metal hydride nanoparticles is disclosed. Some variations provide a material comprising a plurality of microparticles (1 micron to 1 millimeter) containing a metal or metal alloy and coated with a plurality of nanoparticles (less than 1 micron) containing a metal hydride or metal alloy hydride. The invention eliminates non-uniform distribution of sintering aids by attaching them directly to the surface of the microparticles. No method is previously known to exist which can assemble nanoparticle metal hydrides onto the surface of a metal microparticle. Some variations provide a solid article comprising a material with a metal or metal alloy microparticles coated with metal hydride or metal alloy hydride nanoparticles, wherein the nanoparticles form continuous or periodic inclusions at or near grain boundaries within the microparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: John H. Martin, Tobias A. Schaedler, Adam F. Gross, Alan J. Jacobsen
  • Patent number: 10030293
    Abstract: An aluminum material for producing light-weight components includes aluminum (Al), scandium (Sc), zirconium (Zr) and ytterbium (Yb), where a weight ratio of scandium (Sc) to zirconium (Zr) to ytterbium (Yb) [Sc/Zr/Yb] is in a range from 10/5/2.5 to 10/2.5/1.25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
    Inventor: Frank Palm
  • Patent number: 10030294
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a part including steps of providing an aluminum starting material, wherein the aluminum starting material is in an anneal temper, cold working the aluminum starting material to obtain an aluminum cold worked material, and forming the part from the aluminum cold worked material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: David H. Gane, Ryan J. Glamm, Gary R. Weber, Ricole A. Johnson, Terry C. Tomt, Azzréal Pugh, Daniel J. Kane, Peter D. Verge
  • Patent number: 10030295
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for producing new 6xxx aluminum alloy sheet products having tailored precipitate phase particle size distributions. The tailored precipitate phase particle size distributions may be produced by preparing a 6xxx aluminum alloy sheet for precipitate phase modification, and then modifying an initial precipitate phase particle size distribution of the material. The modifying may include heating the intermediate gauge strip to a temperature of from 440° C. (825° F.) to 500° C. (932° F.) and for a time sufficient to create a modified strip product having a modified (tailored) precipitate phase particle size distribution. The modified strip product may realize improved properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Arconic Inc.
    Inventors: James Daniel Bryant, Colleen Elizabeth Weller, Cyril F. Bell, II, Barbara Lucille Hyde, Dirk C. Mooy
  • Patent number: 10030296
    Abstract: Alloy for the manufacturing of jewels or clock components with minimum concentrations of gold of 75 wt %, of copper between 5% and 21%, of silver between 0% and 21%, of iron between 0.5% and 4% and vanadium between 0.1% and 2.0%, intended to increase the tarnishing-resistance of alloys with a minimum content of gold of 75 wt % under environments in which sulphur- and chlorine-compounds are present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ARGOR-HERAEUS SA
    Inventors: Sergio Arnaboldi, Marco Nauer, Stefano Ghiringhelli
  • Patent number: 10030297
    Abstract: A method for producing a hot-dip aluminum-coated steel wire, including dipping a steel wire in molten aluminum, and drawing up the steel wire from the molten aluminum, wherein at the time of drawing up the steel wire from the molten aluminum, a stabilization member is contacted with a surface of the molten aluminum and the steel wire at the boundary between the steel wire and the surface of the molten aluminum, a nozzle having a tip end of which inside diameter is 1 to 15 mm is disposed so that the tip end is positioned at a place away from the steel wire by a distance of 1 to 50 mm, and an inert gas having a temperature of 200 to 800° C. is blown out from the tip end to the boundary at a volume flow rate of 2 to 200 L/min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadaaki Miono, Shinichi Kamoshida, Yasunori Hattori, Takeshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10030298
    Abstract: A surface of an article is modified by first disposing a nickel-enriched region at the surface of a substrate, then enriching the nickel-enriched region with aluminum to form an aluminized region, and finally removing at least a portion of the aluminized region to form a processed surface of the substrate. Upon removal of this material, the roughness of the surface is reduced from a comparatively high initial roughness value to a comparatively low processed roughness value. In some embodiments, the processed roughness is less than about 95% of the initial roughness. Moreover, the sequence of steps described herein may be iterated one or more times to achieve further reduction in substrate surface roughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Laura Cerully Dial, William Thomas Carter, Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10030299
    Abstract: A surface-coated boron nitride sintered body tool includes a cubic boron nitride sintered body and a coating film formed thereon. The coating film includes an A layer and a C layer. The A layer is formed of Ti1-xaMaxaC1-yaNya (where Ma is one or more of Cr, Nb and W; 0?xa?0.7; 0?ya?1). The C layer is formed of Al1-(xc+yc)CrxcMcycN (where Mc is one or more of Ti, V and Si; 0.2?xc?0.8; 0?yc?0.6; 0.2?xc+yc?0.8). The A layer is formed on an outermost surface of the coating film or between the outermost surface of the coating film and the C layer. A distance between the outermost surface of the coating film and an upper surface of the C layer is 0.1 ?m or more and 1.0 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Nozomi Tsukihara, Makoto Setoyama, Katsumi Okamura
  • Patent number: 10030300
    Abstract: A method for coating a substrate on one or more sides having catalytically active material producible by material deposition under vacuum in a vacuum chamber, using the following steps: loading a substrate in the chamber evacuating the chamber, cleaning the substrate by introducing a gaseous reducing agent, removing the gaseous reducing agent, applying an intermediate layer by means of vacuum arc evaporation, wherein a substrate comprising the same or similar material is introduced into the vacuum chamber, controlling the chamber temperature, coating by vacuum arc evaporation, a metal taken from the group ruthenium, iridium, titanium and mixtures thereof while oxygen is supplied, in a last step the coated substrate is removed from the chamber, wherein at least 99% of the substrate coating is free of constituents originally contained in the substrate itself, and at least 99% of the coating applied on the intermediate layer is kept free of non-oxidized metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Dulle, Frank Funck, Dirk Hoormann, Stefan Oelmann, Peter Woltering, Carsten Schmitt, Philipp Hofmann, Ulf-Steffen Baeumer
  • Patent number: 10030301
    Abstract: An upright target structure includes a target main body. The target main body has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The first surface is configured to connect with a back plate. The target main body further has a third surface, a fourth surface, a fifth surface and a sixth surface. The third surface connects with the first surface and the second surface. The fourth surface is opposite to the third surface and connects with the first surface. The fifth surface is opposite to the third surface and connects with the second surface. The sixth surface connects with the fourth surface and the fifth surface. The sixth surface is away from the first surface as getting close to the fifth surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hsi-Yu Wu, Po-Hsu Tsai
  • Patent number: 10030302
    Abstract: Provided is a sintered body comprising LiCoO2 used for a sputtering target. The area A of a surface of the sintered body that corresponds to a sputtering surface is 200-1500 cm2 and the relative density of the entire sintered body is 75% or higher. When B1 represents the area of a region in which the area ratio that is occupied by pores is 10% or higher in the surface that corresponds to a sputtering surface, the ratio of B1 to the area A is 50% or higher, and the area B2 of a region having a specific resistance of 1.0×102 ?-cm or smaller in the surface that corresponds to a sputtering surface occupies 25% or more of the area A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: KOBELCO RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi Taketomi, Moriyoshi Kanamaru
  • Patent number: 10030303
    Abstract: Sputter tools are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus to support a wafer includes a pallet having a depression to receive the wafer. The pallet includes an opening below the depression, and an edge in the depression is to support the wafer over the opening. A cover at least partially covers the opening. In one example, the cover may be a plate with one or more holes, and a pipe may be located below each of the holes in the cover. In one embodiment, a wafer-processing system includes a processing chamber and a pallet with a depression to receive a wafer. The pallet has an opening below the depression, and an edge in the depression supports the wafer over the opening. In one such embodiment, a cover at least partially covers the opening. According to one embodiment, an energy-absorbing material is disposed below the opening in the pallet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: SunPower Corporation, Total Marketing Services
    Inventors: Yu-Chen Shen, Taiqing Qiu, Robert Woehl, Kieran Mark Tracy, Mukul Agrawal
  • Patent number: 10030304
    Abstract: An ion implantation apparatus in which a fluorine compound gas is used as a source gas of an ion source, includes a vacuum chamber into which the source gas is introduced; an introduction passage connected to the vacuum chamber and configured to introduce into the vacuum chamber a cleaning gas containing a component that reacts with the fluorine compound deposited inside the vacuum chamber so as to generate a reactant gas; a delivery device configured to forcibly introduce the cleaning gas into the introduction passage; a first adjustment device configured to adjust an amount of gas flow in the introduction passage; an exhausting passage connected to the vacuum chamber and configured to forcibly exhaust the reactant gas along with the cleaning gas; and a second adjustment device configured to adjust an amount of gas flow in the exhausting passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES ION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Nagai, Masateru Sato
  • Patent number: 10030305
    Abstract: A method can include applying a mask to a CMC structure, and subjecting the structure having an applied mask to a process for repair. In one embodiment, the applying a mask to a CMC structure can include applying a mask to a feature of a CMC structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Jared Hogg Weaver, Gregory Scot Corman, Anteneh Kebbede, Daniel Gene Dunn, Jerome Geoffrey Magnant
  • Patent number: 10030306
    Abstract: Apparatus and method of processing a substrate according to a PECVD process is described. Temperature profile of the substrate is adjusted to change deposition rate profile across the substrate. Plasma density profile is adjusted to change deposition rate profile across the substrate. Chamber surfaces exposed to the plasma are heated to improve plasma density uniformity and reduce formation of low quality deposits on chamber surfaces. In situ metrology may be used to monitor progress of a deposition process and trigger control actions involving substrate temperature profile, plasma density profile, pressure, temperature, and flow of reactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Nagarajan Rajagopalan, Xinhai Han, Michael Tsiang, Masaki Ogata, Zhijun Jiang, Juan Carlos Rocha-Alvarez, Thomas Nowak, Jianhua Zhou, Ramprakash Sankarakrishnan, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Amit Kumar Bansal, Jeongmin Lee, Todd Egan, Edward Budiarto, Dmitriy Panasyuk, Terrance Y. Lee, Jian J. Chen, Mohamad A. Ayoub, Heung Lak Park, Patrick Reilly, Shahid Shaikh, Bok Hoen Kim, Sergey Starik
  • Patent number: 10030307
    Abstract: In an apparatus for producing thin layers on substrates for solar cell production, wherein the thin layers are applied by an APCVD process at temperatures of more than 250° C., the substrates are conveyed on a horizontal conveyor path and coated by means of an APCVD coating in continuous operation. The conveyor path has conveyor rollers, which consist of a temperature-resistant, non-metallic material, preferably of ceramic. A heating device and/or a purge gas feeding device is/are arranged on that side of the conveyor path which is remote from the coating apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Gebr. Schmid GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Schmid, Dirk Habermann, Jurgen Haungs, Chuck Attema, Tom Stewart, Kenneth Provancha
  • Patent number: 10030308
    Abstract: A plating method can improve adhesivity with an underlying layer. The plating method of performing a plating process on a substrate includes forming a first plating layer 23a serving as a barrier film on a substrate 2; baking the first plating layer 23a; forming a second plating layer 23b serving as a barrier film; and baking the second plating layer 23b. A plating layer stacked body 23 serving as a barrier film is formed of the first plating layer 23a and the second plating layer 23b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Tanaka, Yuichiro Inatomi, Nobutaka Mizutani, Yusuke Saito, Mitsuaki Iwashita
  • Patent number: 10030309
    Abstract: A chemical engraving machine to engrave a plate of stainless steel moved along an horizontal direction, said machine comprising a base, an acid liquid circuit adapted to chemically attack said plate of stainless steel at locations where it is not protected by a protection mask, a lower guiding device, an upper guiding device, the lower and upper guiding devices being configured to maintain said plate of stainless steel substantially vertically, and a nozzle support bearing a plurality of spraying nozzles projecting horizontally the acid liquid toward the plate of stainless steel. A method chemically engraves a plate of stainless steel in a vertical position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: THE DILLER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Franck Dupuy, Joël Harmand, Inocencio Marcos, François Lapeyre
  • Patent number: 10030310
    Abstract: A method of preparing and decontaminating a substrate surface to remove contaminants including the steps of applying a first dry or fluid composition having a pH of 4 or less comprising an acidifier and an oxidizer, allowing the first composition to remain on the substrate surface for a predetermined period of time, and rinsing the first composition from the substrate surface with a second composition having a pH of 8 or more comprising an alkaline material liquid mixture formed utilizing activated carbon filtered potable water to achieve a neutral pH condition on the surface, and then applying a nanotubes coating on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Clean Metal Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Loren L. Hatle
  • Patent number: 10030311
    Abstract: A hydrogen generation electrode is used for an artificial photosynthesis module that decomposes an electrolytic aqueous solution into hydrogen and oxygen with light. The hydrogen generation electrode has a conductive layer, an inorganic semiconductor layer that is provided on the conductive layer and has a pn junction, and a functional layer that covers an inorganic semiconductor layer. The steam permeability of the functional layer is 5 g/(m2·day) or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation, Japan Technological Research Association of Artificial Photosynthetic Chemical Process, The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Naotoshi Sato, Kazunari Domen
  • Patent number: 10030312
    Abstract: Power pulsing, such as current pulsing, is used to control the structures of metals and alloys electrodeposited in non-aqueous electrolytes. Using waveforms containing different types of pulses: cathodic, off-time and anodic, internal microstructure, such as grain size, phase composition, phase domain size, phase arrangement or distribution and surface morphologies of the as-deposited alloys can be tailored. Additionally, these alloys exhibit superior macroscopic mechanical properties, such as strength, hardness, ductility and density. Waveform shape methods can produce aluminum alloys that are comparably hard (about 5 GPa and as ductile (about 13% elongation at fracture) as steel yet nearly as light as aluminum; or, stated differently, harder than aluminum alloys, yet lighter than steel, at a similar ductility. Al—Mn alloys have been made with such strength to weight ratios. Additional properties can be controlled, using the shape of the current waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shiyun Ruan, Christopher A. Schuh
  • Patent number: 10030313
    Abstract: Provided are a plating apparatus and a container bath, which have a simpler structure than a conventional system and are capable of improving uniformity of a plating thickness. The plating apparatus includes a plating tank which stores a plating liquid, an anode member arranged inside the plating tank, a plating object arranged inside the plating tank to face the anode member, a cathode jig which contacts with the plating object, and a space formed between the anode member and the plating object to be a flow passage to which the plating liquid flows from the plating tank. The plating liquid flows into the space from above relative to the space, and is sucked by a pump from below relative to the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: YAMAMOTO-MS., Co. Ltd., KIYOKAWA Plating Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Yamamoto, Fumio Harada, Hajime Kiyokawa
  • Patent number: 10030314
    Abstract: This invention involves a plasma oxidation method for making an oxide coating containing air pockets. The encapsulated air, which has minimal thermal conductivity and capacity, allows the coating to adapt quickly to changes in the surrounding temperature. The thermal diffusivity and conductivity of the coated metal can be tailored to provide various thermal functions for internal combustion engine parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Inventors: Jingzeng Zhang, Yining Nie, Xueyuan Nie
  • Patent number: 10030315
    Abstract: A non alpha controlled Tin including Tin and a trace amount of Polonium is utilized as a plating anode to selectively plate Tin upon a plating cathode. Tin may be selectively plated by pulse plating the non alpha controlled Tin with current control to suppress plating of Polonium upon the plating cathode. Tin may also be selectively plated by pulse plating the non alpha controlled Tin with potential control to suppress plating of Polonium upon the plating cathode. Tin may also be selectively plated by pulse and reverse plating to plate out Polonium upon a filtering cathode. Tin may also be selectively plated by plating out Polonium upon a filtering cathode within a concentrate. Tin may also be selectively plated by plating out purified Tin upon a filtering cathode, separating the purified Tin from the filtering cathode, and utilizing the purified Tin to plate Tin upon the plating cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles L. Arvin, Michael S. Gordon
  • Patent number: 10030316
    Abstract: There is provided a production method for a stainless steel containing member, including the steps of: blasting a surface of a hollow starting member having a long side direction and a short side direction, the surface being composed of stainless steel; and electropolishing the surface having been blasted, in the step of electropolishing, the starting member being immersed in an electropolishing solution with the long side direction of the starting member being inclined relative to a horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ARAYA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujita, Yu Imada
  • Patent number: 10030317
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a crucible configured to contain the melt, the melt having an exposed surface separated from a floor of the crucible by a first distance, a housing comprising a material that is non-contaminating to the melt, the housing comprising a plurality of sidewalls and a top that are configured to contact the melt, and a plurality of heating elements isolated from the melt and disposed along a transverse direction perpendicular to a pulling direction of the crystalline sheet, the plurality of heating elements being individually powered, wherein the plurality of heating elements are disposed at a second set of distances from the exposed surface of the melt that are less than the first distance, and wherein the plurality of heating elements are configured to vary a heat flux profile along the transverse direction when power is supplied individually to the plurality of heating elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter L. Kellerman, Frederick M. Carlson, David Morrell, Brian Mackintosh, Nandish Desai
  • Patent number: 10030318
    Abstract: A composite substrate includes a polycrystalline ceramic substrate, a silicon substrate directly bonded to the polycrystalline ceramic substrate, a seed crystal film formed on the silicon substrate by vapor phase process and made of a nitride of a group 13 element, and a gallium nitride crystal layer grown on the seed crystal film by flux method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Kuraoka, Yasunori Iwasaki, Takashi Yoshino
  • Patent number: 10030319
    Abstract: A silicon carbide substrate is composed of silicon carbide, and when a main surface thereof is etched with chlorine gas, the overall length of linear etch-pit groups observed in the main surface is equal to or less than the diameter of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsubasa Honke, Kyoko Okita
  • Patent number: 10030320
    Abstract: The invention relates to anti-sigma factors (“anti-sigmas”) that bind to sigma factors and block activation of transcription. Anti-sigmas and their cognate sigma factors provide a highly effective mechanism for regulating gene expression in genetic circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Virgil A. Rhodius, Christopher Voigt, Carol A. Gross
  • Patent number: 10030321
    Abstract: An extrusion die includes a die body with two mating die halves, at least one of which is engraved with a die cavity system. The die cavity system includes a melt inlet, a first-stage melt reservoir in fluid communication with the melt inlet, a plurality of melt channels extending from the first-stage melt reservoir, and an extrusion trough in fluid communication with the melt channels and extending across the die half. Multiple stages of reservoirs and channels may be used. The melt channels in each stage have an equal length and cross-sectional area. Some of the melt channels may have a curved portion to maintain an equal length with other melt channels in the same stage. The die halves are secured by a plurality of fasteners. A method for extruding a fluid using the die is also provided. The die may be used to create films or fibers, including nano-fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Inventor: Thomas M. Tao
  • Patent number: 10030322
    Abstract: A continuous filament spun-laid web includes a plurality of polymer fibers within the web, the web having a first thickness and the web being free of any thermal or mechanical bonding treatment. Activation of the web results in at least one of an increase from the first thickness prior to activation to a second thickness post activation in which the second thickness is at least about two times greater than the first thickness, a decrease in density of the web post activation in relation to a density of the web prior to activation, the web being configured to withstand an elastic elongation from about 10% to about 350% in at least one of a machine direction (MD) of the web and a cross-direction (CD) of the web, and the web having a tensile strength from about 50 gram-force/cm2 to about 5000 gram-force/cm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: HILLS, INC.
    Inventors: Arnold Wilkie, James Brang, Jeffrey Haggard, Angel Antonio De La Hoz
  • Patent number: 10030323
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of polysaccharide fibers having increased fibrillation tendency, which, as a fiber-forming substance, comprise a mixture of cellulose and ?(1?3)-glucan, as well as to the fibers made thereof and to their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Franz Dürnberger, Sigrid Redlinger, Christoph Schrempf, Hartmut Rüf, Heinrich Firgo, Gert Kroner
  • Patent number: 10030324
    Abstract: An apparatus for compacting a fiber sliver on a spinning machine, has a carrier which has a receptacle for a bolt. A rotatably mounted suction drum has a closed end face and an open end face. A bearing element is disposed in the region of the closed end face. The suction drum is rotatably mounted on an end section of the bolt by the bearing element so that the bolt protrudes out of the open end face of the suction drum. To permit assembly and/or disassembly of the suction drum during the entire running time of the compaction apparatus, the suction drum is affixed axially by means of the bearing element with the bolt, as seen in its axial direction, so that the suction drum and the bolt form a separate unit of the apparatus. A fastening means by means of which the bolt is releasably fastened in the receptacle is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Gabriel Schneider, Robert Nägeli
  • Patent number: 10030325
    Abstract: Protective coverings are disclosed that have a scrim made up of warp and weft members that define a plurality of interstices coated on only a first major surface thereof by a multi-layer coating with a first layer of the multi-layer coating juxtaposed to the first major surface, and penetrating into the interstices of the scrim to co-define, with the warp and weft members, an opposing second major surface of the scrim. The first layer of the multi-layer coating has a melting point below 100° C. and comprises a copolymer of ethylene, and provides the co-defined opposing second major surface of the scrim with a coefficient of friction of at least 0.5 when tested with dry leather and at least 0.7 when tested with dry rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Intertape Polymer Corp.
    Inventor: Trevor Arthurs
  • Patent number: 10030326
    Abstract: Lightweight fabrics with a balance of high thermal properties, especially arc resistance and flash fire resistance, on the one hand, and durability and comfort properties, on the other hand, are disclosed. Articles, such as garments and linen, made from the lightweight fabrics are also disclosed. Spun yarns made with an intimate blend of fibers including flame resistant fiber, fire-resistant hydrophilic fibers, and a low level of anti-static fibers are described. The lightweight fabrics are particularly useful in garments for utility workers, industrial workers, military personnel, and firefighters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: DRIFIRE, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Winfred Hines, Jr., James Jonathan Bailey
  • Patent number: 10030327
    Abstract: An elastic knitted fabric comprising an elastic yarn and a non-elastic yarn, the elastic knitted fabric being characterized in that: the elastic yarn content is 20-60 g/m2; when the knitted fabric is stretched to 80% and then returned to the original length and the forward-movement stress and the return-movement stress at the 50% point during the stretching and contracting are measured, the stress ratio measured using the following relationship: stress ratio=(return-movement stress (N) at the 50% point)/(forward-movement stress (N) at the 50% point) is 0.40-0.80; and the instantaneous temperature rise caused by heat generation during stretching in the warp and/or weft direction is at least 1.0° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI FIBERS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Yoshida, Kenji Ooya
  • Patent number: 10030328
    Abstract: A process for production of knitted articles is disclosed. The process may be performed using, for example, a linear knitting machine including a first needle bed, a second needle bed, a first jacquard bar with odd thread guides, a second jacquard bar with even thread guides, a third jacquard bar with odd thread guides, and a fourth jacquard bar with even thread guides. The process includes producing at least a portion of a knitted article by means of a base movement of the jacquard bars, in which: the first and the third jacquard bar are each moved with an identical shog movement; the second and the fourth jacquard bar are moved with a respective shog movement identical to one another; and the second and the fourth jacquard bar are moved with a respective shog movement identical to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: KARL MAYER TEXTILMASCHINENFABRIK GMBH
    Inventors: Ettore Lonati, Fausto Lonati, Andrea Lonati, Mauro Alghisi, Giovanni Vignoni
  • Patent number: 10030329
    Abstract: The device (1) comprises: a casing (2-4) in which there is clamped a diaphragm (5) which, together with a portion of the casing (2-4), defines at least one chamber (6, 7) having a variable volume; a winding (14); an interaction member (13), adapted to magnetically interact with the winding (14) as a consequence of a displacement of the diaphragm (5), in such a way that the inductance of the winding (14) varies as a function of the relative position of the interaction member (13) with respect to the winding (14), and a processing unit (17) coupled to the winding (14), in order to supply electric signals having a parameter which is variable as a function of the inductance of the winding (14) and thus as a function of the relative position of the interaction member (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ELBI INTERNATIONAL S.P.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Da Pont, Paolo Ravedati, Massimo Davi, Giorgio Carrer, Nicola Grieco, Francesco Palmisano, Giuseppe Tarantino
  • Patent number: 10030330
    Abstract: A method for washing articles in a wash chamber of the washing machine appliance is provided. The method includes providing a tub and a basket, the basket rotatably positioned within a tub, with an amount of wash water for washing one or more articles positioned in the basket. After the wash cycle, the method initiates a spin cycle while maintaining at least a minimum amount of wash water from the wash cycle in the basket and tub. Maintaining the wash water during the initiation of the spin cycle can assist in preventing an imbalance of the wash load. For example, the wash load may be more evenly distributed during the draining of the wash water, as the wash basket is spinning during such draining of the wash water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Boris Leibman, Paul Owen Davis, Mark William Thomas Worley
  • Patent number: 10030331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a steam iron, including: a body part in which a water tank for storing water and a steam generating device for converting water supplied from the water tank into steam are installed; a main hot plate part which is installed at one side of the body part and formed with a plurality of main steam outlets for discharging steam generated by the steam generating device; and a hot plate cover part which includes an auxiliary hot plate formed with an auxiliary steam outlet through which steam discharged from the plurality of main steam outlets is discharged, and detachably coupled with the body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: NEXT UP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jung Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 10030332
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for making phenolic fatty acid compounds having a reduced phenolic ester content. The invention also relates to method for chemically bonding a phenolic resin with a non-phenolic polymer (e.g., a synthetic fabric). The method comprises contacting a phenolic fatty acid compound with a non-phenolic polymer to introduce a hydroxy phenyl functional group into the non-phenolic polymer; and reacting the hydroxy phenyl functional group contained in the non-phenolic polymer with a phenolic resin or a phenolic crosslinker composition capable of forming a phenolic resin, to chemically bond the phenolic resin with the non-phenolic polymer. The invention is particularly useful for making a synthetic fabric-reinforced article, such as synthetic fabric-reinforced rubber article, circuit board substrate, or fiberglass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SI Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Edward Banach, Daniel Bode, Guy Stella, Gary Craun
  • Patent number: 10030333
    Abstract: Fibers sized with a coating of amorphous polyetherketoneketone are useful in the preparation of reinforced polymers having improved properties, wherein the amorphous polyetherketoneketone can improve the compatibility of the fibers with the polymeric matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Arkema Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Bertelo, Gregory S. O'Brien
  • Patent number: 10030334
    Abstract: A fluorinated compound comprising: (i) a fluorochemical oligomeric portion comprising an aliphatic backbone comprising polymerized (meth)acrylate monomeric units, each having a perfluorinated terminal C4-C6 aliphatic group, and an organic residue obtained by removing a hydrogen atom from a functionalized chain transfer agent, wherein: the polymerized (meth)acrylate units are present in a molar ratio of at least 6:1 relative to the functionalized chain transfer agent; and the (meth)acrylate units comprise 0-30 mole-% acrylate units and 70-100 mole-% methacrylate units; (ii) a fluorine-free hydrocarbon moiety; (iii) a di-, tri-, or polymeric isocyanate-derived linking group; and (iv) a group that imparts a durable property when the compound is applied to a fibrous substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Dirk M. Coppens, Rudolph J. Dams, Chetan P. Jariwala
  • Patent number: 10030335
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a filler aggregate composition comprising filler particles of ground calcium carbonate (GCC); a pretreatment agent selected from polyvinylamine (PVAM) and cationic polyacrylamide (CPAM), or a mixture thereof; and a nanofibrillar cellulose (NFC); wherein said filler aggregate composition is in the form of a slurry, wherein said pretreatment agent has an average molecular weight below 6000000 g/mol and a has a charge density below 7 meq/g, determined at pH 7, and the nanofibrillar cellulose is present in an amount of about 0.1-40% of the dry weight of the filler particles. Further it also relates to its method of production, and its use in stocks, paper and paper board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: KEMIRA OYJ
    Inventors: Matti Hietaniemi, Mikko Virtanen
  • Patent number: 10030336
    Abstract: A conveyor system for transporting articles, comprising a rail system that comprises a plurality of track sections and at least one switch point, by which, via a switch point drive, a first track section can be connected to a second track section or to a third track section of the rail system. At least one drivable transport trolley can be driven along a path of movement on the rail system. A communications system with comprises at least one communications line that extends along the path of movement of the at least one transport trolley. A trolley communications unit disposed on the at least one transport trolley interacts with the communications line. The switch point drive can be controlled by means of a switch point control system, which is connected to the at least one communications line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: EISENMANN SE
    Inventor: Juergen Roeckle
  • Patent number: 10030337
    Abstract: A multifunctional synthetic resin block for roads. The synthetic resin block includes a water permeable sheet configured as a synthetic resin block having a flat sheet shape so as to be laid on a ground, a block frame configured as a synthetic resin body taking a form of a rectangular frame, which is divided into multiple rectangular areas each having open top and bottom sides, so as to be installed on the upper surface of the water permeable sheet, the rectangular areas being filled with filler stones, and multiple corrugated plates each configured as a synthetic resin having a rectangular plate shape and arranged so that corrugations thereof are oriented perpendicular to each other so as to cover the rectangular areas of the block frame. The synthetic resin block provides almost all functions, such as a rainwater retention function, water permeation function, and anti-slippage function, at low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Inventor: Yongho Kim
  • Patent number: 10030338
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to recycled asphalt shingle pellets having a soft center with a biofuel or bio-oil diluent, and a harder, water-resistant shell coating. It is believed that by using a biofuel, more recycled asphalt shingles material may be used in the formulation of asphalt cement without compromising the performance grade of the asphalt cement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Inventors: William P. Dempsey, William R. Bailey
  • Patent number: 10030339
    Abstract: A road paver comprises a screed assembly for laying a mat of paving material, and a tank for storing a coolant. The road paver further comprises a nebulizer device configured to receive the coolant from the tank and to nebulize the coolant into a coolant fog in an environment of the road paver. By cooling the environment of the road paver, the amount of harmful fumes emitted by hot paving material can be substantially reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventor: Guido Martin