Patents Issued in August 16, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180229422
    Abstract: The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film which has sufficient heat shrinkage properties in the main shrinkage direction that is the longitudinal direction without containing a monomer component that can form an amorphous component in a large amount, and which has a low heat shrinkage and a low shrinkage stress in the width direction orthogonal to the main shrinkage direction. The film has a heat shrinkage of 15-50% in a main shrinkage direction of the film and 0-12% in a direction orthogonal to the main shrinkage direction of the film, when treated for 10 seconds in hot water of 90° C., and a maximum shrinkage stress of 2-10 MPa in the main shrinkage direction of the film when measured under hot air of 90° C. The film contains 7-30 mol % of a constituent unit derived from diethylene glycol in 100 mol % of the whole polyester resin component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi INOUE, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20180229423
    Abstract: A fillet for a composite panel may be formed by pulling a prepreg slit tape from a spool and winding the slit tape into a fillet mold around the perimeter of a wheel. The tension, heat, and speed may all be adjusted during the winding process. A guide may guide the slit tape to specific locations in the fillet mold. The fillet may be removed from the wheel and coupled to the composite panel and cured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: ROHR, INC.
    Inventor: Bryan Thai
  • Publication number: 20180229424
    Abstract: A resin system for impregnating a liner element made of a resin-absorbing material for rehabilitating a pipeline. In addition, the invention relates to a method for lining a pipeline by means of a liner element of resin-absorbing material and a rehabilitation device for performing the method. The resin system according to the invention comprises three components (A), (B) and (C) wherein component (A) is a reactive resin, wherein component (B) is an additive, wherein component (C) comprises nanoscale bodies, and wherein component (C) can be excited by ultrasound, UV radiation or microwave radiation to trigger the curing of the resin system. In the method according to the invention and the rehabilitation device according to the invention, a mobile curing device is used, which is passed through the inverted liner element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas Bichler, Ashokanand Vimalanandan
  • Publication number: 20180229425
    Abstract: A direct inkjet printing system for fabricating a part by an additive manufacturing process includes an ink delivery system operative to circulate the ink, a printhead associated with the ink delivery system, the printhead operative to dispense ink from the ink delivery system through a plurality of nozzles and based on a defined pattern, a building table for receiving the dispensed ink one layer at a time based on the defined pattern, wherein the part is formed from a plurality of layers of the ink dispensed from the printhead and a drying station operative to perform a drying process on layers of the ink dispensed from the printhead on a per layer basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Stratasys Ltd.
    Inventor: Yehoshua Sheinman
  • Publication number: 20180229426
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of manufacturing a stent (12) using a three dimensional (3D) printer. The invention also extends to 3D printed stents and second medical uses of such stents. The invention also extends to electric signals carrying computer-executable instructions adapted to cause a 3D printer to print a stent, computer-readable programs and computer-readable mediums.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: The University of Greenwich
    Inventors: Dionysios DOUROUMIS, Michael S.A. BRADLEY, Nicolaos SCOUTARIS
  • Publication number: 20180229427
    Abstract: Even when dots of ink for forming layers that constitute a three-dimensional object are reduced in size to produce a gap therebetween, the present disclosure suppresses an adverse effect caused by the gap. A control part in a manufacturing device for a three-dimensional object controls a head, such that the center of an ink droplet ejected for forming a segment layer does not overlap the center of an ink droplet that forms another segment layer immediately below, and that the ink droplet is ejected at a resolution different from the resolution of the other segment layer immediately below the segment layer being formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: KAZUHIRO OCHI, KAZUYUKI TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180229428
    Abstract: A three-dimensional printing device includes a reservoir that stores a powdery material, a powder heater provided in the reservoir and capable of heating the powdery material, a printing table that allows the powdery material to be put thereon, an injection head that injects a curing liquid binding the powdery material, and a conveyor that moves the printing table and the injection head with respect to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Takafumi TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20180229429
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for additively manufacturing a composite structure. The system may include a print head configured to receive a continuous reinforcement, and at least one of a matrix jet and a matrix bath configured to wet the continuous reinforcement with a liquid matrix during passage through the print head. The system may also include a coating mechanism configured to dispense at least one of metallic and ceramic particles onto the wetted continuous reinforcement during passage through the print head, and at least one cure enhancer configured to at least one of cure the liquid matrix and cause the at least one of metallic and ceramic particles to coalesce around the continuous reinforcement. The system may further include a support configured to move the print head in multiple dimensions during discharging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: CC3D LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Lyle Tyler, Ryan C. Stockett
  • Publication number: 20180229430
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system is disclosed. The additive manufacturing system may include a first print stage configured to discharge a first type of composite structure. The additive manufacturing system may also include a second print stage configured to discharge a second type of composite structure. The additive manufacturing system may further include a support configured to move the first and second print stages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: CC3D LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Lyle Tyler, Ryan C. Stockett
  • Publication number: 20180229431
    Abstract: The stop time of a whole apparatus caused by planning of shaping, maintenance, replacement of a material, or the like is shortened. A three-dimensional laminating and shaping apparatus includes a plurality of shaping chambers, at least one material supplier that supplies a material of a three-dimensional laminated and shaped object onto a shaping table in each of the shaping chambers, at least one light beam irradiator that irradiates the material with a light beam, and a controller that controls the material supplier and the light beam irradiator. If the material supplier supplies the material onto one of the shaping tables, the controller controls the light beam irradiator to perform irradiation of the light beam onto the other one of the shaping tables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION FOR FUTURE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
    Inventors: Koichi AMAYA, Toshihiko KATO, Hideto MATSUBARA, Mitsuyoshi YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20180229432
    Abstract: A three dimensional printing system includes a print engine, a fluid processing station, a fixture, a transport mechanism, and a controller. The fluid processing station includes a fluid injector port coupled to a fluid source. The fixture has a lower portion with a lower face and a first fluid conduit coupled to the lower face. The controller is configured to: (a) Operate the print engine to form a three dimensional article of manufacture onto the lower face and thereby defining an internal cavity and an inlet port that couples the internal cavity to the first fluid conduit of the fixture. (c) Transfer the fixture to the fluid processing station. (d) Couple the fluid injector port of the fluid processing station to the first fluid conduit of the fixture. (e) Operate the fluid source to inject fluid out of the fluid injector port and into the internal cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Ben Wynne, Andrew Enslow, Evan Kuester
  • Publication number: 20180229433
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a 3D printing apparatus and method of using a single-printhead to achieve multi-material and multi-scale printing. The apparatus comprises a base, a worktable, a wafer stage, a substrate, a power source, a printhead, and a support. The printhead is provided with a plurality of material inlets, each of which is connected to a different micro-feeding pump; and multiple materials are thoroughly mixed under the action of an agitator after being fed into the printhead, thereby achieving multi-material printing. In the present invention, a macroscopic geometrical shape of a printed object, microstructures in the interior and on the surface of the object are reasonably controlled, and integrated manufacturing of multi-scale structures is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Hongbo LAN
  • Publication number: 20180229434
    Abstract: A head is disclosed for use with an additive manufacturing system. The head may include a nozzle configured to discharge multiple fiber strands oriented transversely adjacent each other relative to a travel direction of the head. The head may also include a matrix supply separately associated with each of the multiple fiber strands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: CC3D LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth Lyle Tyler
  • Publication number: 20180229435
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system is disclosed. The additive manufacturing system may include a plate having a plurality of print heads arranged in a grid and each configured to discharge a curable material, and at least one shuttle having a plurality of print heads arranged in a row and each configured to discharge a curable material. The additive manufacturing system may also include at least one cure enhancer associated with at least one of the plate and the at least one shuttle. The at least one cure enhancer may be configured to cure the curable material as the curable material is being discharged. The additive manufacturing system may further include at least one actuator configured to move at least one of the plate and the at least one shuttle during discharge of the curable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: CC3D LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Lyle Tyler, Ryan C. Stockett
  • Publication number: 20180229436
    Abstract: A method of forming a three-dimensional object is carried out by: (a) providing a carrier and an optically transparent member having a build surface, the carrier and the build surface defining a build region therebetween; (b) filling the build region with a polymerizable liquid, the polymerizable liquid comprising a mixture of (i) a light polymerizable liquid first component, and (ii) a second solidifiable component that is different from the first component; and (c) irradiating the build region with light through the optically transparent member to form a solid polymer scaffold from the first component and also advancing the carrier away from the build surface to form a three-dimensional intermediate having the same shape as, or a shape to be imparted to, the three-dimensional object and containing the second solidifiable component carried in the scaffold in unsolidified and/or uncured form; then (d) supporting the three dimensional intermediate with a separate support media; then (e) solidifying and/or curi
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Xinyu GU, Justin Poelma, Jason P. Rolland
  • Publication number: 20180229437
    Abstract: A method of assessing cure rate of an adhesive adhering a windshield to a flange includes, by a controller, operating a terahertz beam generator to direct a terahertz beam at a windshield-flange interface, periodically measuring the light from the beam reflected from the adhesive, and outputting a cure rate of the adhesive based on a refractive index associated with the light from the beam reflected from the adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Tony Misovski, Mark Edward Nichols
  • Publication number: 20180229438
    Abstract: A method for producing a multi-component part (200) of a vehicle includes inserting an air-guiding device (10) having at least one contact portion (40) into a cavity (310) of a tool (300). The method then includes heating a composite part (100) having at least one mating contact portion (140) to a melting point of at least one material of the composite part (100), and heating the contact portion (40) of the air-guiding device (10) to a melting point of at least one material of the contact portion (40). The method further includes inserting the heated composite part (100) into the cavity (310) of the tool (300) and pressing the heated composite part (100) into a geometry of the part while simultaneously forming an integrally bonded connection between the mating contact portion (140) of the composite part (100) and the contact portion (40) of the air-guiding device (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Steffen Hoelzel, Fuat Kayadere, Markus Paulitsch, Joerg Russ, Matthias Baier
  • Publication number: 20180229439
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mounting device for the simultaneous welding of a plurality of sensor holders along a horizontal line of a bumper. Said mounting device can be adapted to different dimensions of bumpers and has one or two freely radiating diode lasers for each sensor holder. A holding-down element is arranged downstream thereof in the direction of emission, which includes a gripper for receiving the sensor holder and a holding-down element for introducing a contact pressure, said holding-down element being permeable in partial areas for the laser radiation of the diode laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas BUECHEL, Wilfried KRAEMER, Christon MANZELLA
  • Publication number: 20180229440
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the integral bonding of two workpieces made from different types of thermoplastic polymers with the help of a preferably thermoplastic polymer primer as bonding layer, comprising the following steps: providing a first workpiece made from a thermoplastic polymer having a first edge layer; providing a second workpiece made from a thermoplastic polymer having a second edge layer, said thermoplastic polymer being of a different type to the thermoplastic polymer of the first workpiece; preheating the first edge layer; applying the primer on the preheated first edge layer, wherein, during the application of the primer, the preheated first edge layer has a temperature in the range between the extrapolated onset of the glass transition temperature for amorphous plastics or the peak starting temperature of the melting region for partially crystalline plastics and the step starting temperature of the disintegration of the thermoplastic polymer of the first edge layer; bringing the
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Pablo Walter, Norman Friedrich, Hendrik Luetzen, Lina Gonzalez, Thomas Haertig
  • Publication number: 20180229441
    Abstract: A printing material for a three-dimensional (3D) printing apparatus is provided. The printing material includes a core and a shell covering the core, wherein the Shore hardness of the core is A45-A90, the Shore hardness of the shell is D40-D85, the Shore hardness of the shell is higher than the Shore hardness of the core, the volume percentage of the shell is 10% to 30%, and the volume percentage of the core is 70% to 90%. Since the printing material has a specific structure, feed abnormality during the printing material passing through a narrow inlet hole and guide tube may be prevented in the use of low-hardness material as the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicants: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsiung Wang, Chun-Wei Peng
  • Publication number: 20180229442
    Abstract: A method for producing a bonded permanent magnet, comprising: (i) incorporating a solid precursor material comprising a thermoplastic crosslinkable polymer and magnetic particles into an additive manufacturing device, wherein the crosslinkable polymer has a delayed crosslinking ability; (ii) melting the precursor material by heating it to a temperature of at least and no more than 10° C. above its glass transition temperature; (iii) extruding the melt through the additive manufacturing device and, as the extrudate exits from the nozzle and is deposited on a substrate as a solidified preform of a desired shape, exposing the resultant extrudate to a directional magnetic field of sufficient strength to align the magnetic particles; and (iv) curing the solidified preform by subjecting it to conditions that result in crosslinking of the thermoplastic crosslinkable polymer to convert it to a crosslinked thermoset. The resulting bonded permanent magnet and articles made thereof are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Huseyin UCAR, Mariappan Parans PARANTHAMAN, Orlando RIOS, Belther Mojoko MONONO, Brian K. POST, Vlastimil KUNC, Cajetan I. NLEBEDIM, R. William MCCALLUM, Scott K. MCCALL
  • Publication number: 20180229443
    Abstract: A component, including a part, comprising a honeycomb-like structure formed from at least a seamless resin-infused fiber composite material. The honeycomb-like structure includes a first plurality of honeycomb-like cells, and a second plurality of honeycomb-like cells, different than the first plurality of honeycomb-like cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Doan Dinh Pham, William Brent Harlow
  • Publication number: 20180229444
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system includes a laser array including a plurality of laser devices. Each laser device of the plurality of laser devices generates an energy beam for forming a melt pool in a powder bed. The additive manufacturing system further includes at least one optical element. The optical element receives at least one of the energy beams and induces a predetermined power diffusion in the at least one energy beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Jason Harris Karp, Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov
  • Publication number: 20180229445
    Abstract: A printer is configured with an actuator to rotate a platen about an axis perpendicular to the surface of the platen and an encoder that generates angular data corresponding to the rotation of the platen. A controller operates the actuator to rotate the platen while monitoring the angular data generated by the encoder to ensure accurate rotation of the platen after each layer of an object is printed. By forming successive layers at different angles to one another, the structural integrity of the object is improved over previously known printed objects and the effects of defective ejectors are mitigated without having to substitute operational ejectors for the defective ejectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Joseph M. Ferrara, JR., Mark A. Atwood
  • Publication number: 20180229446
    Abstract: Methods and systems, including medium-encoded computer program products, for generating internal structures usable in additive manufacturing include: obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) model of an object to be created by a 3D printer; determining a first slice of the 3D model; and generating first slice data that represents a portion of an internal structure in the first slice of the 3D model of the object, the slice data being usable for fabricating the first slice of the object during a 3D printing process, wherein the portion of the internal structure (i) includes cell structures corresponding to a respective point of a plurality of points with corresponding locations within the interior region, wherein each of the cell structures include an empty space inside the cell structure and (ii) includes a determined quantity of the cell structures based on an analysis of the 3D model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas Linas Bastian, Gregory David Meess
  • Publication number: 20180229447
    Abstract: A three-dimensional object printer has a controller that operates pluralities of ejectors ejecting drops of different materials having different colors, at least one color of which is white, to produce objects with different levels of color saturation. The controller operates the pluralities of ejectors with reference to a function of a sum of an average number of drops per voxel in each layer, a target value of an average number of drops per voxel of colorants other than white in each layer, and a distance from a closest surface of the object for each material ejected by the ejectors. At a predetermined distance from a closest surface and greater, the controller operates the pluralities of ejectors to form voxels in layers of the object with only clear and white drops. At distances less than the predetermined distance, the number of clear drops increases and the number of white drops decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: David A. Mantell, Stuart A. Schweid
  • Publication number: 20180229448
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for working with three-dimensional object models for printing. One of the methods includes determining a plurality of infill structures in a slice of an object; and determining a path for the tool-head to create the plurality of infill structures including: determining a first portion of the path for deposition of a first infill structure during a first time period; determining a second portion of the path for deposition of one or more second infill structures that are not adjacent to the first infill structure during a second time period; and determining a third portion of the path for deposition of a third infill structure that is adjacent to the first infill structure, wherein the second time period is determined to allow the first infill structure to cool before deposition of the third infill structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas Linas Bastian, Gregory David Meess
  • Publication number: 20180229449
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a gas tank comprises: a step (a) of preparing a liner having a hollow cylindrical shape; a step (b) of forming a first layer by winding a first fiber bundle impregnated with resin around the liner; a step (c) of forming a second layer by winding a second fiber bundle impregnated with resin around the liner with the wound first fiber bundle in such a manner that portions of the second fiber bundle overlap each other in a direction parallel to a center axis of the liner; a step (d) of causing a section where the portions of the second fiber bundle overlap each other to get into the first layer; and a step (e) of curing the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki UEDA, Katsuki IMAI
  • Publication number: 20180229450
    Abstract: The method for forming from a round shaped cylinder to a square shaped cylinder which can be inserted in a square or rectangular shape metal container (shipping container and frac tanks) includes initiating turning of a heated mandrel, extruding heated polymer, wrapping while compressing a first layer of heated polymer, disposing a mesh layer over the cylinder encapsulating the cylinder on the turning mandrel while simultaneously laying a second layer of heated polymer over the turning mandrel and compressing the layer of heated polymer into the mesh layer and the mesh layer into the first layer of heated polymer simultaneously, and repeating the layering of the heated polymer and mesh layer until a desired wall is reached. The method forms a hybrid polymer square or oval tank or a hybrid polymer round, which achieves over 95 percent of the total volume of the metal container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Ron Elkana
  • Publication number: 20180229451
    Abstract: A method of forming a pre-form ceramic matrix composite mold for a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) component including providing pieces of CMC remnant scrap material and randomly arranging the pieces of CMC remnant scrap material relative to one another. The method further includes debulking the pieces of CMC remnant scrap material into a rigidized shape, the rigidized shape having gaps between adjacent pieces of CMC remnant scrap material of about 10 microns and about 10 mm and a gap spacing between about 50 microns and about 50 mm, and forming the rigidized shape into a mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Jason Robert PAROLINI, John McConnell DELVAUX, Canan Uslu HARDWICKE, Glenn Curtis TAXACHER, James Joseph MURRAY
  • Publication number: 20180229452
    Abstract: A thermoplastic composite structure is produced by consolidating and forming a composite preform to a desired shape. The preform comprises plies of a high melt temperature thermoplastic prepreg that are tacked together by a low melt temperature thermoplastic adhering the plies together in fixed registration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Amol Ogale
  • Publication number: 20180229453
    Abstract: A method for assembling a composite wall assembly edge joint including laying up a first composite face sheet, laying up a first composite buildup pad having a first tapered section onto the first composite face sheet and positioning a composite flute core member, including a tapered first portion with a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface. First inclined surface is positioned onto the first tapered section of the first composite buildup pad and a second portion of the composite flute core member extends from the tapered first portion along first composite face sheet. The method also includes laying up a second composite buildup pad having a second tapered section with the second composite buildup pad spaced apart from the first composite buildup pad and having at least a portion of the second tapered section overlying the second inclined surface of the tapered first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Guzman, Michael Leslie Hand, Douglas McCarville
  • Publication number: 20180229454
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a method of forming a masking layer on at least a portion of an object. The method may include providing a plurality of mould pieces. The method may include forming an assembled mould using the plurality of the mould pieces. The assembled mould may include one or more inner surfaces to define a cavity for holding the portion of the object. The method may include providing a masking fluid in said cavity. The method may include providing electromagnetic waves to cure the masking fluid to form the masking layer on the portion of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Yau Yen Ooi
  • Publication number: 20180229455
    Abstract: A method is provided for making an annular reinforcement structure having inner and outer reinforcement bands maintained in concentric alignment by a resilient spacing element positioned between the bands. The method includes the steps of placing the spacing element against the inside face of the outer reinforcement band and compressing the spacing element with a jig, adjacent the top edge of the outer reinforcement band. The spacing element is sufficiently compressed to allow the inner reinforcement band to slide into concentric alignment with the outer reinforcement band, with a minimum of deflection and/or distortion of the inner reinforcement band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: MILLIKEN & COMPANY
    Inventors: Patrick A. PETRI, Kirkland W. VOGT, Michael Edward DOTSON, Rush W. MARLER
  • Publication number: 20180229456
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing pressurized air and/or tire sealant from a pressurized can. The apparatus comprising a nozzle and a locking element for the nozzle and/or a cap including a free length of hose that is positioned within the cap. The locking element locks the nozzle in the non-dispensing position for safety during non-use or in a dispensing position for ease of use. The hose provides an extension for the nozzle for hard to reach places, and stores fully wound within the cap, such as along the inner circumference of the cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Carey Christopher Costle, Stephen Edward RICHEY
  • Publication number: 20180229457
    Abstract: Disclosed in this specification is a process for manufacturing a thermochromic contact lens. The process includes (1) selecting a photoinitiator that absorbs at a first wavelength and at least one thermochromic dye that displays substantial absorption at the first wavelength when the dye is at a first temperature and exhibits at least an 80% reduction in absorbance at the first wavelength at a second temperature, (2) maintaining the reaction mixture at the second temperature and (3) providing cure light that includes the first wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Donnie J. Duis, Nayiby Alvarez-Carrigan, Holly L. Grammer, Ture Kindt-Larsen, Frank F. Molock, JR., Jaqunda Patton, Kim Sander Pedersen, Eric R. George
  • Publication number: 20180229458
    Abstract: A method for producing a microlens with a carrier wafer, in which a lens in one opening of the carrier wafer is molded into the carrier wafer by stamping of the lens and to a corresponding device for executing the method and to a microlens which has been produced using the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: EV Group GmbH
    Inventors: Erich Thallner, Markus Wimplinger, Michael Kast
  • Publication number: 20180229459
    Abstract: A system/method allowing personalized ex vivo customization of a generic ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) or ophthalmic lens with known diopter (OKD) based on localized field-measured patient characteristics is disclosed. The OLB is composed of a clear material that contains an ultraviolet (UV) absorbing compound. The refractive index of a portion of the clear material may be customized by spatial modification (CSM) of its refractive index via the use of pulsed laser radiation (PLR). The customization of clear material (i) creates a lens which cannot be created otherwise, or (ii) eliminates the need for remote laboratory fabrication of a customized intraocular lens (IOL) for the patient. The OLB is retained within a secured lens container (SLC) providing for precise physical orientation of the OLB haptics and OLB lens structure with respect to the application of PLR to the OLB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: PERFECT IP, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Edward Smathers, Ruth Sahler
  • Publication number: 20180229460
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a quick mold clamping device, including a base and a cross beam, wherein a first hot plate, a lower mold, an upper mold and a second hot plate are arranged successively between the base and the cross beam; the lower mold is connected with the first hot plate, and the upper mold is connected with the second hot plate, both by connecting pieces; the connecting pieces include substrates and U-shaped plates connected with the substrates; the first and second hot plates are both provided with grooves, and the substrates are clamped in the grooves. According to the quick mold clamping device of the present invention, the first and second hot plates are connected with the upper and lower molds through the grooves and the connecting pieces to drive the mold to realize tire vulcanization. The operation is simple, and the working efficiency is high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Zhengluo ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20180229461
    Abstract: A footwear article is formed according to a process that includes the steps of: forming a sheet including a rubber outsole material; forming an outsole component by passing the sheet through an extruder or calendar machine; applying a vulcanizing accelerant to the outsole component by dipping the outsole component in a liquid bath; forming a plurality of rubber outsoles from the outsole component by cutting the outsole component into the plurality of rubber outsoles; incorporating each of the plurality of rubber outsoles into the footwear article; and vulcanizing the footwear article. The vulcanizing accelerant includes a dithiocarbamate compound. The footwear article includes the rubber outsole, an insole and an upper. The vulcanizing accelerant allows the step of vulcanizing the footwear article to be performed substantially faster as compared to conventional footwear vulcanization methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Pairush Sermpongs
  • Publication number: 20180229462
    Abstract: A powdery-material feeding device is configured to feed a powdery material to a compression-molding machine configured to obtain a molded product by filling a die bore with the powdery material and to compress the powdery material with punches. The powdery-material feeding device includes a detector configured to detect a biologically-originated foreign matter mixedly contained in the powdery material to be fed to the compression-molding machine, and a controller configured to control to remove the powdery material mixedly containing the biologically-originated foreign matter detected by the detector to avoid feeding of the powdery material mixedly containing the biologically-originated foreign matter to the compression-molding machine, or to control to stop the feeding of the powdery material to the compression-molding machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi SHIMADA, Naoshige KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180229463
    Abstract: A method includes a first electrode exhibiting a first Seebeck coefficient, a second electrode exhibiting a second Seebeck coefficient greater than the first Seebeck coefficient, and particles between the first and second electrodes exhibiting a third Seebeck coefficient between the first and second Seebeck coefficients. Heat is generated due to the Peltier effect at a junction between the first electrode and the particles and at a junction between the second electrode and the particles. Heat is removed due to the Peltier effect at the junction between the first electrode and the particles and at the junction between the second electrode and the particles. The particles are densified due to heating and cooling phase transitions between a higher-temperature solid phase and a lower-temperature solid phase while compressing the particles. An apparatus includes the first and second electrodes and an alternating current power supply electrically connected to the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: John R. Hull, Marc R. Matsen
  • Publication number: 20180229464
    Abstract: The device for cooling an adhesive applied to a surface of bag bodies includes a transfer conveyor and a cooling conveyor. The transfer conveyor conveys the bag bodies at a transfer speed to the cooling conveyor, and the cooling conveyor conveys the bag bodies taken over from the transfer conveyor at a cooling conveyor speed. The transfer speed is higher than the cooling conveyor speed, which is why the bag bodies are arranged overlapping each other on the cooling conveyor. Due to this higher packing density, there is achieved a long dwell time of the bag bodies in the cooling conveyor at simultaneously a high flow-rate of bag bodies through the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Norbert Neumüller
  • Publication number: 20180229465
    Abstract: An apparatus for coiling a paper strip is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing, a pin and a plunger. The pin having an end positioned external to the housing and an axis of rotation, the end having a slot elongated along the axis of rotation, the slot being sized to receive the paper strip. Further, the plunger is disposed on the housing and configured to translate away from the pin, the plunger having a plunger head positioned proximate to the slot of the pin, the plunger head having a surface aligned to press the paper strip against the pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Ravi KUMAR, Disha KATHARANI
  • Publication number: 20180229466
    Abstract: An interior/exterior covering member for an automobile having excellent sound-absorbing performance is provided. The interior/exterior covering member includes an air-permeable fiber layer 2 and a thermoplastic resin layer 3 laminated on one surface of the fiber layer 2. The melt flow rate of the thermoplastic resin is in a range of 2 g/10 min to 500 g/10 min, and a plurality of through-holes 11 penetrating the resin layer in the thickness direction is formed in the thermoplastic resin layer 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Suminoe Textile Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko HATA, Taro HATTORI, Osamu TOMITA
  • Publication number: 20180229467
    Abstract: A tool can include a substrate with a support surface and at least one mechanical registration feature. The tool can also include a removable wear material including a matrix material. The removable wear material can include a matrix material shaped to be received by the at least one mechanical registration feature of the substrate. The removable wear material can be attached to the substrate so that the at least one mechanical registration feature registers the removable wear material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart David Dixon Walker, Fabio Cappi, Are Funderud
  • Publication number: 20180229468
    Abstract: In some examples, the disclosure relates to a layered fabric assembly comprising a fabric substrate; a plurality of plates affixed to a top surface of the fabric substrate and arrayed in a pattern such that continuous gaps are defined between adjacent plates; and an embossing support layer affixed to a bottom surface of the fabric substrate, wherein the thickness of the embossing support layer varies to define a plurality of raised portions separated by lower portions. The raised and lower portions each contain multiple plates and define a coarse-grained structure that varies on a size scale larger than the size scale of the plurality of plates and gaps of the flexible substrate. In some examples, the fabric assembly combines the superior abrasion, wear, stain, and/or cut resistance afforded the plurality of plates and gaps on the fabric, with a coarse-grained structure that provides such additional attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Richard D. Olmsted, Peter Charles Cooper
  • Publication number: 20180229469
    Abstract: A reinforced composite comprises: a reinforcement material comprising one or more of the following: a carbon fiber based reinforcing material; a fiberglass based reinforcing material; a metal based reinforcing material; or a ceramic based reinforcing material; and a carbon composite; wherein the carbon composite comprises carbon and a binder containing one or more of the following: SiO2; Si; B; B2O3; a metal; or an alloy of the metal; and wherein the metal is one or more of the following: aluminum; copper; titanium; nickel; tungsten; chromium; iron; manganese; zirconium; hafnium; vanadium; niobium; molybdenum; tin; bismuth; antimony; lead; cadmium; or selenium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Lei Zhao, Zhiyue Xu
  • Publication number: 20180229470
    Abstract: A compressible liquid retaining berm having a plurality of wall members, the wall members composed of a compressible, resilient material such that the wall members will rebound to a neutral state after being compressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Cary Winters, Tim McGrath
  • Publication number: 20180229471
    Abstract: Disclosed are multilayered aerogel nanocomposite materials, and methods of making and using them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Hongli Zhu, Lei Yang