Patents Issued in September 20, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180264768
    Abstract: A method for the three-dimensional shaping of flat material made from in particular, natural fibers, such as for example, paper or cardboard, using a deep-drawing piston and a die, through which or into which the material is drawn. The diameter of the deep-drawing piston plus the material thickness of the deep-drawn material corresponds at least approximately to the diameter of the die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Pester Pac Automation GmbH
    Inventor: Hans HAUG
  • Publication number: 20180264769
    Abstract: A method can be used to produce a component from a sandwich material in sheet or strip form, which sandwich material comprises at least two metallic surface layers and a plastic layer disposed between the metallic surface layers. The method may involve at least partially heating the sandwich material along an edge region to soften the plastic in the edge region. The plastic may then be substantially completely displaced out of the edge region by exerting a force on at least one of the metallic surface layers. In this way a plastic-free edge region is produced in which the metallic surface layers are in contact in sub-regions or at points. Further, a component comprised of a sandwich material may include at least two metallic surface layers and a plastic layer disposed between the metallic surface layers. The sandwich material may have, at least along one edge, a plastic-free region in which the metallic surface layers are in contact in sub-regions or at points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventor: Hans-Joachim SIEG
  • Publication number: 20180264770
    Abstract: An exemplary method of bonding of silicon carbide and objects having a hermetic silicon carbide-iridium-silicon carbide bond. The method includes the steps of inserting an iridium foil between two SiC layers; heating the iridium foil and SiC layers at a temperature of 1500° C. in a vacuum of <10-5 torr; applying a pressure between 1 ksi and 7 ksi to the iridium foil and SiC layers; maintaining the temperature and pressure for 6-10 hours; and forming a hermetic seal having a leak rate <3×10-9 cm3/sec between the iridium foil and the two SiC layers. The SiC-iridium bonds lack cracks and are hermetic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: United States Department of Energy
    Inventor: Brian V. Cockeram
  • Publication number: 20180264771
    Abstract: A hose includes a fluorothermoplastic tube layer, a nitrile rubber friction layer disposed over the tube layer, a reinforcement layer disposed over the friction layer, the reinforcement layer comprising braided steel wire, and a cover layer disposed over the reinforcing layer, where the cover layer may comprise chlorinated polyethylene. The tube layer defines a lumen in the hose, and a vapor return line may further be disposed within the lumen of the hose. Hose embodiments of the disclosure may be useful in fueling applications for vehicles using fuels such as gasoline, gasohol, diesel, biodiesel, avgas or jet fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Veyance Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Speidel, Anh Burrowes, Lance Miller, Ramon J. Dimascio, Robert Kozak, Jenny Zhaoxia Yu
  • Publication number: 20180264772
    Abstract: A rubber composition of the present technology includes: a diene polymer containing a butadiene rubber; and a polyhydric alcohol, a content of the polyhydric alcohol being from 0.5 parts by mass to 14 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the diene polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Koki Sugihara
  • Publication number: 20180264773
    Abstract: A method for producing a mesh including a resin mesh main body, and a resin reinforcing member configured to reinforce the mesh main body includes: a step of forming a plurality of through-holes using a laser beam in a mesh formation region of a first film material made of resin; a step of forming an opening portion in a second film material made of resin; a step of layering the first film material and the second film material so that the mesh formation region and the opening portion are arranged at positions that conform to each other; and a step of joining the first film material and the second film material to each other through laser welding at a portion surrounding the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicants: OMRON Corporation, OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi HIRONO, Yuka TANIOKA, Junji KAWAMOTO, Makoto TABATA, Akio SUMIYA
  • Publication number: 20180264774
    Abstract: Auxetic structures, low porosity auxetic sheets, systems and devices with auxetic structures, and methods of using and methods of making auxetic structures are disclosed. An auxetic structure is disclosed which includes an elastically rigid body with a plurality of apertures extending through the elastically rigid body and a plurality of protrusions projecting from the elastically rigid body. The apertures and protrusions are arranged in an engineered pattern, such as an array of rows and columns. The apertures are cooperatively configured with the protrusions to provide a predefined porosity while exhibiting stress reduction through negative Poisson's Ratio (NPR) behavior under macroscopic planar loading conditions. In some embodiments, the protrusions, which are elliptical or semispherical dimples, are interposed in square or hexagonal patterns with the apertures, which are S-shaped through slots or circular boreholes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Katia Bertoldi, Fabian Enrique Sanchez Guerrero, Farhad Javid, François Jette, Minh Quan Pham, Megan Schaenzer, Ali Shanian
  • Publication number: 20180264775
    Abstract: In at least some aspects, an auxetic structure includes a first sheet defining therein a plurality of a plurality of structural elements projecting from the first sheet, the plurality of structural elements being arranged to provide a negative Poisson's ratio, and a second sheet disposed adjacent the first sheet to define a first internal cavity between the first sheet and the second sheet. In yet other aspects, one or more additional sheets may be advantageously provided to provide a multi-layered structure having auxetic properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Katia Bertoldi, Matthew Christopher Innes, Farhad Javid, Minh Quan Pham, Megan Schaenzer, Ali Shanian
  • Publication number: 20180264776
    Abstract: Decorative laminates having an open-cell foam layer are disclosed herein. An example decorative laminate includes a decorative layer, an open-cell foam layer coupled to the decorative layer and an adhesive layer coupled to the open-cell foam layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Xiaoxi Wang, Jason W. Drexler, John Christopher Wilde
  • Publication number: 20180264777
    Abstract: A method of forming a skin-foam-substrate type structure particular suitable as an automobile trim component. The method comprises supplying a polymer resin containing a chemical foaming agent and including metal particles capable of inductive heating, that is positioned between a polymeric skin and substrate, followed by inductive heating to cause foaming of the polymeric resin. The foamed polymer resin adheres to the skin and substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Douglas E. REDMOND, Giachinno G. BEDOGNE, Matt STARLING, Rose A. RYNTZ
  • Publication number: 20180264778
    Abstract: The present invention is aimed at providing a laminated base material capable of conveniently attaining the enhancement in lightness of a decorating layer without requiring a thickened film thickness and an increased number of complicated steps. The present invention provides a laminated base material including a substrate (A), and a layer (B) and a layer (C) sequentially laminated on a surface of the substrate (A), wherein a refractive index nA of the substrate (A) and a refractive index nB of the layer (B) satisfy the relationship of 0.6?nA?nB?0.1, and the layer (C) contains a pigment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Akihiro Ishikawa, Mitsuhito Suwa, Chika Hibino
  • Publication number: 20180264779
    Abstract: The invention is a laminate having a resin layer containing a crystalline alicyclic structure-containing resin and a metal layer in direct contact with the resin layer, wherein an average linear expansion coefficient of the resin layer at 60 to 100° C. is 5 to 50 ppm/° C., and a ten-point average roughness (Rz) on an interface between the resin layer and the metal layer is 2.0 ?m or less, and a method for producing the laminate, and a flexible printed circuit board using the laminate. One aspect of the invention provides a laminate which has a resin layer and a metal layer in direct contact with the resin layer and is suitably used as a substrate material, and a production method therefor, as well as a flexible printed circuit board using the laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsuteru ENDO
  • Publication number: 20180264780
    Abstract: A porous paper sheet includes a first base material; and paper pieces laminated on the first base material, and adhered to each other or adhered to the first base material using an adhesive such that the paper pieces have predetermined pores therebetween. The paper pieces are shredded in a predetermined size. A device for manufacturing the porous paper sheet, includes: a first base material feeder feeding a first base material; a conveyor unit including a conveyor belt on which the first base material is placed and rollers driving the conveyor belt; an adhesive nozzle positioned above the conveyor belt and applying an adhesive to the first base material; and a paper piece feeder positioned above the conveyor belt and feeding paper pieces to the first base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Cheol-Soo KIM
  • Publication number: 20180264781
    Abstract: Applique, self-adhesive patches for repairing clothing, inflatable sleeping pads, tents, and other fabric articles, and methods for manufacturing and applying the patches. The patch includes a layer of fabric laminated to a layer of adhesive, the layer of adhesive being thicker than the layer of fabric. The patch is cut by a laser or heat punch, forming an edge portion wherein the backing protecting the adhesive, the adhesive, and the fabric are more closely bonded than the rest of the patch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Kelli Marie Jones
  • Publication number: 20180264782
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a product excellent in corrosion resistance and abrasion resistance. In order to achieve the above object, a laminated body according to the invention includes a substrate and a coating formed on the surface of the substrate, in which the coating includes repeated unit structures each composed of a first layer whose main component is Ni and a second layer whose main component is a metal whose electrode potential is baser than that of Ni.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi KANEMOTO, Katsumi MABUCHI, Hiroshi NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20180264783
    Abstract: Such a metal foil is provided that a release layer is provided on a metal foil to enable physical release of a resin substrate, to which the metal foil is adhered, and thereby in the step of removing the metal foil from the resin substrate, the metal foil can be removed with good cost without damaging the surface profile of the metal foil transferred to the surface of the resin substrate, and also resins having different resin components can be adhered with good adhesion. A metal foil containing, on at least one surface of the metal foil, surface unevenness having a root mean square height Sq of from 0.25 to 1.6 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Terumasa Moriyama, Masafumi Ishii
  • Publication number: 20180264784
    Abstract: A laminated glass includes, in the following order, a first glass plate, a first transparent adhesive layer, a transparent heat-insulating layer having interconnected pores, a second transparent adhesive layer, and a second glass plate. The laminated glass has a value of A in the expression (1) of 7.0×105 or smaller and a value of B in the expression (2) of 35 or larger. In the expressions, D is a pore diameter (nm) of the interconnected pores of the transparent heat-insulating layer, P is a porosity of the transparent heat-insulating layer, di is a thickness (mm) of the transparent heat-insulating layer, dg is a sum (mm) of a thickness of the first glass plate and a thickness of the second glass plate, and da is a sum (mm) of a thickness of the first transparent adhesive layer and a thickness of the second transparent adhesive layer; [ Math . ? 1 ] A = D 3 ? Pd i ( 1 ) B = d g + 3.3 ? d e + 0.75 ? d i ? ( D + 260.8 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Chieko MUROFUSHI, Hidenobu MUROFUSHI
  • Publication number: 20180264785
    Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which the visibility can be made uniform over the whole area of laminated glass. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention contains a thermoplastic resin and a heat shielding compound and has one end and the other end being at the opposite side of the one end and having a thickness thicker than the one end, the absolute value of a difference between the thickness of a thickest portion and the thickness of a thinnest portion is 0.1 mm or more, and in a sheet of laminated glass prepared by sandwiching the interlayer film between two sheets of heat ray-absorbing plate glass with a thickness of 2.1 mm, the absolute value of a difference between the visible light transmittance at the thickest portion of the interlayer film and the visible light transmittance at the thinnest portion of the interlayer film is 4% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuusuke Oota, Masaki Matsudou, Daizou Ii, Ryuta Tsunoda
  • Publication number: 20180264786
    Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for a laminated glass having improved appearance which has a MD and TD direction; and one end, and another end being opposite side of and thicker than the one end. The one end and other end are positioned on both sides of the interlayer film in the TD direction. When the distance between the one end and other end is X, the absolute value for the difference between the largest and smallest thermal shrinkage ratios from among three thermal shrinkage ratios is 15% or less. The three thermal shrinkage ratios are positioned from the one end towards the other end in MD direction with a first thermal shrinkage ratio at 150° C. at a first position at 0.05X, a second thermal shrinkage ratio at 150° C. at a second position at 0.5X, and a third thermal shrinkage ratio at 150° C. at a third position at 0.95X.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Yuusuke Oota, Ryuta Tsunoda, Hiromitsu Nishino
  • Publication number: 20180264787
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multilayer biaxially oriented sheet- or tube-type food casing or food packaging film comprising in order from outside to inside an outside surface layer preferably comprising polyester; a gas barrier layer preferably comprising ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer positioned so that at least 60% of the total film thickness is to the inside of the gas barrier layer with respect to a package prepared from the film; an optionally shrinkable forming layer comprising polyolefins or ethylene copolymers; and an inside surface layer comprising polyethylene homopolymer or an ethylene alkyl (meth)acrylic acid copolymer or ionomer thereof. The casing or film can be produced by a blown film process and biaxially oriented by a triple-bubble process or by cast film process and biaxially oriented by a tenter frame process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Karlheinz Hausmann, Yves M. Trouilhet, Camille Olry, Heiko E. Schenck
  • Publication number: 20180264788
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a laminate excellent in interlayer adhesion properties. The present invention relates to a laminate comprising: a fiber layer formed of cellulose fibers having a fiber width of 1000 nm or less; a resin layer; and an adhesive layer provided between the fiber layer and the resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: OJI HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu SUNAGAWA, Hayato FUSHIMI, Go BANZASHI
  • Publication number: 20180264789
    Abstract: A decorative, nonwoven laminate and a method of forming, including a first side of a first nonwoven affixed to one or both of a) a first side of a polymeric sheet or b) a second nonwoven, wherein the first nonwoven exhibits a basis weight of 15 g/m2 to 500 g/m2 and the second nonwoven exhibits a basis weight of 15 g/m2 to 1200 g/m2; and a colorant deposited on a second side of the first nonwoven. A topical coating may or may not be applied to improve durability of the printed surface layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Kenneth Mitchell WHITESELL, JR., Sean Bracken SIMMONS, Ernest Franklin WILSON, Tyler HEATH
  • Publication number: 20180264790
    Abstract: A display film includes a transparent polymeric substrate layer having a 0.2% offset yield stress greater than 110 MPa and a transparent aliphatic cross-linked polyurethane layer having a thickness of 100 micrometers or less disposed on the transparent polymeric substrate layer. The transparent aliphatic cross-linked polyurethane layer has a glass transition temperature in a range from 11 to 27 degrees Celsius and a Tan Delta peak value in a range from 0.5 to 2.5. The display film has a haze value of 2% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Catherine A. Leatherdale, David Scott Thompson, Michael A. Johnson, John J. Stradinger, Evan L. Breedlove, Steven D. Solomonson, Joseph D. Rule
  • Publication number: 20180264791
    Abstract: To provide a decorative sheet including a transparent resin layer having excellent post-processing resistance and high transparency. A decorative sheet (1) according to one aspect of the present invention has a transparent resin layer (4) containing a crystalline polypropylene resin as the main component. A value of a peak intensity ratio x represented by the following expression (1) of the transparent resin layer (4) is x?0.65. Herein, I997, I938, and I973 in the following expression (1) are peak intensity values calculated from the absorption spectrum obtained by Fourier infrared spectrometry of the transparent resin layer, and I997 is the peak intensity value at a wavenumber of 997 cm?1, I938 is the peak intensity value at a wavenumber of 938 cm?1, and I973 is the peak intensity value at a wavenumber of 973 cm?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Shinichi MIYAMOTO, Masashi HATTORI, Masamitsu NAGAHAMA, Akira SATO, Masatoshi TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20180264792
    Abstract: There is described a hot-stamping press (10; 10?; 10??) comprising a foil application unit (2; 2*) designed to allow transfer or lamination of foil material (FM) by hot-stamping onto a substrate (S) supplied in the form of successive sheets or successive portions of a continuous web, which foil material (FM) is fed to the foil application unit (2; 2*) in the form of a foil carrier (FC) supplied by means of a foil feeding system (3). The hot-stamping press (10; 10?; 10??) further comprises at least one UV-curing unit (61; 62; 63) located along a path (A) of the substrate (S) downstream of the foil application unit (2; 2*) to subject the foil material (FM) transferred or laminated onto the substrate (S) to a UV- curing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Aurélie BERTHON, Ana DIMITRIJEVIC, Emmanuel THONY
  • Publication number: 20180264793
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a composite sheet comprising an aerogel sheet, which comprises: a step (S10) of preparing a fiber sheet (10); a step (S20) of laminating the aerogel sheet (30) on each of both surfaces of the fiber sheet (10); and a step (S30) of applying heat and a pressure to the aerogel sheet (30) and the fiber sheet (10), which are laminated, to bond the sheets to each other and to manufacture the composite sheet (40) in which the aerogel sheet (30), the fiber sheet (10), the aerogel sheet (30) are laminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Ye Hon KIM, Je Kyun LEE, Kyoung Shil OH
  • Publication number: 20180264794
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for the full-surface connection of contact surfaces, which form a cavity between them and extend in an antiparallel manner, of a first, transparent joining partner and a second joining partner, comprising the steps of: providing and arranging the first joining partner, the second joining partner and a blank made of an elastic material, such that the blank is disposed in the cavity formed between the contact surfaces extending in an antiparallel manner, and wherein the blank has an outer adhesive layer; heating the blank by irradiation with microwave radiation and/or infrared radiation (IR); curing or cross-linking the adhesive layer of the blank in order to form a layer structure of the first joining partner, the blank and the second joining partner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: PREH GMBH
    Inventor: Michael MARTIN
  • Publication number: 20180264795
    Abstract: Adhesive sheet material application squeegees are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Calman, Kathryn S. Calman
  • Publication number: 20180264796
    Abstract: Crosslaminates of thermoplastic films have at least one of the films formed as a fluted structure, and two films are laminated to one another in such a manner that pockets are formed which contain gas. The pockets allow passage of gas between at least two adjacent flutes, whereby the product has an improved handle, and bags formed of the laminate have good stacking properties when filled with coarse particulates. The flute pitch is generally no more than 3 mm, while the pocket length is less than 50 mm. The bonding method involves spot bonding between the films, achieved by adhering the films together between crown portions of bosses on one film with molten material on the other film under a low pressure process, for instance achieved by provision of air pressure through adaptation of production apparatus, for instance die portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Ole-Bendt Rasmussen
  • Publication number: 20180264797
    Abstract: In debonding a temporarily adhesive-bonded carrier-workpiece pair by a combination of chemical and mechanical methods, solvents or chemicals are used to remove the adhesives primarily through dissolution, and a thin wire, filament, or blade is used to exert a cutting or wedging action between the carrier and workpiece. The two methods are used together during the debonding process. In the carrier-workpiece pair, the workpiece can be a semiconductor wafer that has been thinned and processed. The carrier and the workpiece are temporarily bonded using an adhesive dissolvable in a selected chemical or solvent. The chemical and mechanical debonding (CMDB) method can be carried out in solvent immersion or in solvent spray to provide high throughput debonding. The dissolved adhesives can be recycled and later reused, thus lowering the cost of the whole bonding and debonding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Chunbin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180264798
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a capsule 12 for holding a substance 14 including providing a capsule body 2 having a closed end 5, an opposed open end 6 and a predetermined length defined between the ends 5, 6; providing a diaphragm 4 having a closed end 7, an opposed open end 8 and a predetermined length defined between the ends 7, 8; partially filling the body 2 with substance 14; inserting the closed end 7 of the diaphragm 4 into the open end 6 of the body 2 such that regions of the body 2 and the diaphragm 4 overlap one another with the open ends of the capsule body 2 and the diaphragm 4 being flush, thereby closing off the open end 6 of the body 2 and defining a chamber 104 within which the substance 14 is held; and heat welding the flush ends of the body 2 and the diaphragm 4 to one another to hermetically seal the chamber 104.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Jacques VAN ROOYEN, Duncan E. B. MILLER
  • Publication number: 20180264799
    Abstract: Provided is a printing plate, containing: a screen plate having an opening pattern; and, a frame body to which the screen plate is fixed, in which the screen plate includes at least one curved part and is relatively movably fixed to the frame body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun ITO, Hidenobu WATANABE, Nobuyuki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20180264800
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a curved surface screen printing apparatus performing printing on a surface to be printed of a base material having a curved surface, including: a screen plate formed with a pattern and arranged above the base material; a squeegee which is disposed above the screen plate and applies an ink to the surface to be printed of the base material through the screen plate; and a base material moving mechanism which moves the base material along a vertical plane and is capable of swinging the base material with respect to an axis orthogonal to the vertical plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun ITO, Tomoya WATANABE, Hidenobu WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20180264801
    Abstract: Implementations described herein are directed to depositing a magnetic ink onto a substrate. The magnetic ink is deposited on a portion of a substrate such that the amount of magnetic ink is divided into a plurality of sections where individual sections of the plurality of sections can be spaced at substantially regular intervals. Additionally, individual sections of the plurality of sections can have a common shape. A plurality of substrates having magnetic ink deposited on surfaces of the plurality of substrates as described according to implementations herein can be used to form objects having a number of shapes and structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Masaaki FUKUMOTO, Masayasu OGATA
  • Publication number: 20180264802
    Abstract: A print media holder device has first and second grip members. Permanent magnets are attached to the first and second grip members. An electromagnet is disposed between the first and second grip members, where when the electromagnet is selectively energized the permanent magnets attached to the first and second grip members are repelled in a manner that increases the outer dimension of the print media holder device to grip a media core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Wai Kit Ho, Harry Nicholas Makabali Lansangan, Ling Siong Chwa
  • Publication number: 20180264803
    Abstract: A dryer for drying a drying object includes a hot air generator to generate hot air to be blown onto the drying object, a contact heater to contact and heat the drying object, and a controller to control a heating temperature of the contact heater and a temperature of the hot air. The controller controls the heating temperature of the contact heater to be above a first predetermined temperature from a start of generation of the hot air by the hot air generator until the temperature of the hot air reaches a second predetermined temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Hoshino, Ken Onodera, Toshihiro Yoshinuma
  • Publication number: 20180264804
    Abstract: Provided is a method of correcting printing misalignment in a printing apparatus that performs registration by using a printing misalignment inspection mark. This method is capable of improving registration accuracy and is capable of correcting the printing misalignment with higher accuracy. An image processor has printing misalignment value measurement means that measures a misalignment value with respect to a set position of the printing misalignment inspection mark that has been printed on an object. A printing misalignment inspection mark A is a hollow circle that is white inside, and the printing misalignment value measurement means measures the misalignment value with respect to the set position by using a white portion W of the printing misalignment inspection mark A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: I. MER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitomu CHISHIKI, Masayuki IZUME
  • Publication number: 20180264805
    Abstract: A printing system capable of accurately positioning a lenticular array in registration with a rectilinear raster includes a printer that is capable of printing onto a printable surface. The printer has a main support surface on which the printable surface rests. The system further includes a series of raised parallel relief features being spatially formed along a printable substrate that is supported by the main support surface. The raised parallel relief features are raised to a sufficient height above the printable substrate such that when the lenticular array is disposed upon the raised parallel relief features, each raised parallel relief feature fits and is disposed within a valley formed between two respective adjoining lenticules of the lenticular array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Stephen S. Daniell, Steven M. Spiro, Daniel L. Lau
  • Publication number: 20180264806
    Abstract: Selecting nozzles can include selecting nozzles of a plurality of nozzles to print a portion of a print job based on content of the print job and assigning firing reservations to the selected nozzles, where a total number of the firing reservations assigned to the selected nozzles is comparatively less than a total number of the plurality of nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Michael W. Cumbie, Garrett E. Clark, Mark H. MacKenzie
  • Publication number: 20180264807
    Abstract: A liquid jetting head includes a flow channel substrate formed with pressure chambers, an actuator covering the pressure chambers, and a temperature sensor. A dummy pressure chamber is formed in a surface, of the flow channel substrate, in which the pressure chambers are open. The actuator includes: a vibration plate which covers the pressure chambers and the dummy pressure chamber and which has a first surface facing the pressure chambers and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a piezoelectric body arranged on the second surface of the vibration plate to face the pressure chambers. The temperature sensor is arranged on the second surface of the vibration plate at a position facing the dummy pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichi ITO, Keita HIRAI, Taisuke MIZUNO, Hideki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180264808
    Abstract: A printhead including an address line for communicating a set of addresses and a number of primitives, each primitive including a plurality of controllable activation devices coupled to the address line, each switch corresponding to at least one address of the set of addresses, each address corresponding to one of a number of primitive functions. A buffer receives a series of data packets, each data packet including address bits representative of one address of the set of addresses. Address logic receives the address bits PULSE POWER GROUND from the buffer, wherein for each data packet the address logic encodes the address represented by the address bits onto the address line, and wherein the at least one switch corresponding to the address activates the primitive function corresponding to address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Chris Bakker, Eric T Martin, Adam L Ghozeil
  • Publication number: 20180264809
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles from which a liquid is discharged, a plurality of pressure chambers communicating with the plurality of nozzles, respectively, a substrate in which the plurality of pressure chamber is arranged in a predetermined direction, a diaphragm provided on a first side of the substrate opposite a second side of the substrate facing the plurality of nozzles, the diaphragm forming walls of the plurality of pressure chambers, and a plurality of electromechanical transducer elements provided on the diaphragm corresponding to the plurality of pressure chambers, respectively. A groove is formed in the substrate on an end side of the plurality of pressure chambers in the predetermined direction, and the groove includes an opening that opens toward a direction opposite to the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Satoshi MIZUKAMI
  • Publication number: 20180264810
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ink jet head includes an actuator configured to cause ink to be discharged from a pressure chamber associated with the actuator, and a control unit configured to apply to the actuator in a droplet ejection process an auxiliary signal that does not cause ink to be discharged from the pressure chamber, and a discharge signal that causes ink to be discharged from the pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Sota HARADA
  • Publication number: 20180264811
    Abstract: In a printer, when a pressed member that is movable together with a movable table pressed by an ink head causes a movement mechanism to move the movable table and the pressed member slides on the ink head, caps are moved from a separate position to a cap position by changing relative positions of nozzle surfaces and the caps in a vertical direction without changing the relative positions of the nozzle surfaces and the caps in a main scanning direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Hideyuki HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180264812
    Abstract: A liquid jetting head includes: a channel substrate having a nozzle surface in which nozzles are open, the channel substrate being formed with pressure chambers communicating with the nozzles respectively; and an actuator covering the pressure chambers. The pressure chambers include first pressure chambers arranged in an arrangement direction to form a first pressure chamber row. The nozzles include first nozzles communicating with the pressure chambers respectively. Any two first nozzles that are adjacent in the arrangement direction are arranged at different positions in the channel substrate with respect to an orthogonal direction which is parallel to the nozzle surface and orthogonal to the arrangement direction and different in a first distance. The first distance is a distance in the orthogonal direction between each first nozzle and an end on one side in the orthogonal direction of the first pressure chamber communicating with the first nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazunari MATSUURA, Keita HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20180264813
    Abstract: Examples include a glass-based support substrate and at least one fluid ejection die coupled thereto. The at least one fluid ejection die comprises nozzles for dispensing printing material. The glass-based support substrate has a fluid communication channel formed therethrough, where the fluid communication channel is in fluid communication with the nozzles of the at least one fluid ejection die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Chien-Hua Chen, Michael W. Cumbie
  • Publication number: 20180264814
    Abstract: A liquid jetting device includes a common liquid chamber having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface and including an upstream portion and a downstream portion, a plurality of outflow holes are arranged along a direction, and a plurality of projections disposed between the first surface and the second surface transverse to the direction and disposed between the upstream portion and the downstream portion. The plurality of the projections define a plurality of the fluid flow paths therebetween from the upstream portion to the downstream portion. The fluid flow paths rejoin at the downstream portion. The plurality of projections are arranged along the direction. The plurality of projections are on an opposite side of a plane orthogonal to the second direction and extending through the outflow holes than the pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Yasuo KATO
  • Publication number: 20180264815
    Abstract: A piezoelectric actuator includes a first piezoelectric layer, a second piezoelectric layer, individual electrodes, a first conductor and an auxiliary electrode. The first piezoelectric layer and the second piezoelectric layer are joined to each other at a surface of the first piezoelectric layer. The individual electrodes are disposed on the first piezoelectric layer. The first conductor is spaced apart from the individual electrodes in a direction orthogonal to the surface of the first piezoelectric layer. The first conductor includes electrode portions and a connecting portion. The electrode portions each overlap a first portion of a corresponding one of the individual electrodes. The connecting portion connects at least two of the electrode portions to each other. The auxiliary electrode is connected to the connecting portion, overlaps the connecting portion, and is spaced apart from the first conductor in the direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Keiji KURA
  • Publication number: 20180264816
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a liquid ejection unit, a flexible substrate, and a case member. The liquid ejection unit includes a drive element, a pressure chamber, and a nozzle. The flexible substrate is electrically connected to the drive element. The case member includes a flow channel configured to supply the liquid to the pressure chamber and an opening portion through which the flexible substrate is inserted. The flexible substrate has a straight portion and a wide portion having a width more than that of the straight portion. The case member has a side wall surrounding the opening portion, and a cutout portion formed in the side wall and configured to release the opening portion outward from the side wall. Portions of the side wall across the cutout portion are positioned outside the straight portion of the flexible substrate disposed in the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Shingo TOMIMATSU, Shunsuke WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20180264817
    Abstract: Provided is a print bar. The print bar comprises a reference element to align the print bar with a mounting structure of a printer. The print bar further comprises a flat elongate sheet metal portion with constant height whose length is larger than its width and whose width is larger than its height. Moreover, the print bar comprises a plurality of plastic members detachably mounted to a mounting surface of the flat elongate sheet metal portion. The plurality of plastic members is spaced apart from each other in the length direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Joaquim Brugue Garvi, Rafael Ulacia Portoles, Daniel Gonzalez Perello, Eduardo Ruiz Martinez, Francesc Roure Pastor