Patents Issued in September 27, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180272554
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an arrangement for transferring fluid to a guide bar in a chain saw. A channel can extend from a chain saw body to the fastening arrangement of the guide bar. The channel can include a cavity through the entire channel, a first end of the cavity being connected to a feed channel provided in the chain saw body and a second end thereof to a counter channel provided in the fastening arrangement. The counter channel, in turn, is arranged to extend to the guide bar. The channel is thus arranged to guide fluid flowing in the feed channel provided in the chain saw body through the channel and further through the counter channel provided in the fastening arrangement to the guide bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Ponsse Oyj
    Inventor: Toni Kohio
  • Publication number: 20180272555
    Abstract: An adjustable featherboard device includes an elongated bar having a shape and size that is suitable for engaging the miter slot of a table saw. An elongated featherboard body is pivotally secured onto the top of the bar and rotates 360 degrees along a horizontal plane. The featherboard body includes a first end for imparting a lateral force onto a side section of a piece of stock located on the table saw. An anti-kickback member is pivotally secured along one side of the featherboard body adjacent to the first end. The anti-kickback member includes a cam body having a notch section and a protruding section for engaging a top surface of the piece of stock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Dennis Mas
  • Publication number: 20180272556
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a power tool separation device, in particular a hand-held power tool separation device, comprising at least one cutting unit which comprises at least two interconnected cutter support elements. At least two cutter support elements are interconnected by means of at least one connecting element of the cutting unit, and the connecting element is essentially flush with at least one outer surface of the at least two cutter support elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Rudolf Fuchs, Petr Grulich, Uwe Engelfried
  • Publication number: 20180272557
    Abstract: The invention relates to a machining device, in particular for machining workpieces made from wood, wood materials, plastic or the like, having at least one workpiece table with a first workpiece holder for holding at least one workpiece, furthermore with a second workpiece holder for holding at least one workpiece, wherein the workpiece can be positioned in at least two dimensions, advantageously in three dimensions, during a re-clamping operation from the first workpiece holder into the second workpiece holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: HOMAG GMBH
    Inventor: Volker SCHMIEDER
  • Publication number: 20180272558
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wooden material panel, in particular a wood-plastic composite material, including particles of wood and at least one plastic that is functionalized with at least one organic compound. At least one decorative layer is provided on at least one side of the wooden material panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Norbert Kalwa, Jens Siems, Ingo Lehnhoff
  • Publication number: 20180272559
    Abstract: A modular press suitable for use in the manufacture of EWC products may include a plurality of frame modules coupled together and aligned along a feed path axis. Each frame module may have a generally planar body supported on a corresponding pair of bases, an elongate aperture, an upper and a lower platform within the aperture, and a platen between the platforms. Optionally, the ends of the aperture may be curved. A first actuator system may be operable to move the platen from a raised position to an intermediate position, and a second actuator system may be operable to press the platen downwardly from the intermediate position onto a workpiece within the aperture. Some modular presses may include conveyor rolls and a third actuator system to raise and lower the conveyor rolls. In some embodiments, the actuator systems may be pneumatic actuator systems. Corresponding methods and systems are also described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Samuel Taylor Pope, Laura Hart Meeker, Conrad Bullion, Kevin K. O'Connell
  • Publication number: 20180272560
    Abstract: In an example of a three-dimensional (3D) printing method, a ceramic build material is applied. A detailing agent fluid is applied to a portion of the ceramic build material. The detailing agent fluid includes a cationic polymer. A liquid functional material, including an anionically stabilized susceptor material, is applied to another portion of the ceramic build material that is in contact with the portion of the ceramic build material having the detailing agent fluid thereon, such that at least some of the anionically stabilized susceptor material reacts with at least some of the cationic polymer that is in contact therewith to prevent spreading of the anionically stabilized susceptor material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: James Elmer Abbott, Jr., Vladek Kasperchik
  • Publication number: 20180272561
    Abstract: In a three-dimensional printing method example, build material granules are applied. Each of the build material granules includes uncoated, primary ceramic particles agglomerated together by a binder that is soluble in a primary solvent of a fusing agent. The fusing agent is selectively applied on at least a portion of the build material granules. The binder dissolves and a green body including a slurry of the uncoated, ceramic particles is created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Vladek Kasperchik, Michael G. Monroe, Pavel Kornilovich, David A. Champion
  • Publication number: 20180272562
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a part, including providing a green body made of powder injection molding material and connected to a solid support member partially contained in the green body. The support member is engaged with a retaining fixture of a machine tool. While supporting the green body through the engagement between the support member and the retaining fixture, the green body is machined to obtain a machined green part. The machined green part is debound and sintered. A method of forming a powder injection molding part in a green state including machining a molded body using a machine tool while supporting the blank with a retaining fixture, and a machining blank having a green body and a solid support member including one locating feature of a pair of complementary locating features snuggly engageable with one another are also discussed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Marc Lorenzo CAMPOMANES, Orlando SCALZO, Jean FOURNIER, Guillaume POITRAS
  • Publication number: 20180272563
    Abstract: Provided are a molding step (A) of preparing an alumina molded body 11 from a molding raw material which contains an alumina raw material powder having an average particle size of 2 ?m to 5 ?m and a molding additive, and a sintering step (B) of preparing an alumina molded body 12, which becomes a spark plug insulator 1, by sintering the alumina molded body 11. At the sintering step (B), the alumina molded body 11 is conveyed to a continuous furnace 100 provided with a heating zone Z1 which is heated to 700° C. to 1600° C. by a heating means 401, followed by introducing oxygen gas to control the heating zone Z1 to have a high oxygen atmosphere with an oxygen concentration exceeding 20 mol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Katsumasa KOEDA, Hiroshi ARAKI
  • Publication number: 20180272564
    Abstract: A method of curing concrete beginning with the acquisition of seedless hydro mulch material and incorporating the material into a material spraying device, mixing the material with water in the spraying device and spraying the material and water onto the surface of curing concrete. The spraying device includes a spray nozzle and pressurized air is introduced into the spray nozzle prior to the spraying of the material and water onto the curing concrete. The pressurized air may be provided to the spray nozzle at an air pressure of equal to or greater than 35 psi and less than or equal to 75 psi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Flex-Cure LLC
    Inventors: Tom Sloan, Ryan Haglund, Morgan J. Lloyd
  • Publication number: 20180272565
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing pellets of a graphene-polymer composite, the method comprising: (a) mixing multiple particles of a graphitic material and multiple particles of a solid polymer carrier material to form a mixture in an impacting chamber of an energy impacting apparatus; (b) operating the energy impacting apparatus with a frequency and an intensity for a length of time sufficient for peeling off graphene sheets from the graphitic material particles and transferring the graphene sheets to surfaces of the solid polymer carrier material particles to produce graphene-coated polymer particles inside the impacting chamber; and (c) feeding multiple graphene-coated polymer particles into an extruder to produce filaments of an extruded graphene-polymer composite and operating a cutter or pelletizer to cut the filaments into pellets of graphene-polymer composite. The process is fast (hours as opposed to days of conventional processes), environmentally benign, cost effective, and highly scalable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Nanotek Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Aruna Zhamu, Chia-Jen Hsu, Bor Z. Jang
  • Publication number: 20180272566
    Abstract: A closed impregnation device (200) for impregnating a fiber reinforcement material with a thermosetting resin composition including a housing, an entry means adapted for feeding a dry fiber reinforcement material into the housing, a means for feeding a dry fiber reinforcement material through, and into, the housing, a passageway from the entry means into the housing, an injection means disposed in the housing adapted for injecting a thermosetting resin composition into the housing and contacting and wetting the dry fiber reinforcement material, a means for feeding a thermosetting resin composition through, and into, the housing via the injection means, an exit means adapted for discharging a wetted fiber reinforcement material from the housing, and a passageway from the inside of the housing to the outside of the housing adapted for allowing the wetted fiber to exit the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin J. Meyer, Douglas L. Potts, Todd Werth
  • Publication number: 20180272567
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a molding element for a mold used for manufacturing a tread of a tire having a plurality of contacting element, a plurality of grooves and a connecting member connecting two side faces of adjacent contacting elements, the molding element having a molding surface and a rib for forming the groove between adjacent contacting elements and at least two rib side faces, the rib having a notching portion, a guiding member made of a material different from a material of the molding element being received in the notching portion and has two opposite side faces and a top face configured to form a part of a bottom of the groove, a distal end of the rib projecting member has a chamfered surface facing to an obliquely upward direction for guiding the connecting member toward the guiding slit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE GENERAL DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Romain CALVEL, Khotchakom PENGSALOONG, Supradit KHAOYABUT
  • Publication number: 20180272568
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for forming a passage in a composite component. The method includes forming a cavity in a fiber preform. The cavity forms a portion of the passage. The method also includes inserting a core into the cavity and placing one or more fiber plies onto the fiber preform to form a fiber preform assembly. The method further includes thermally processing the fiber preform assembly and densifying the fiber preform assembly to form the composite component. The method also includes removing the core from the composite component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Jason Robert Parolini, Matthew Troy Hafner, James Joseph Murray, Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam, Canan Uslu Hardwicke, John McConnell Delvaux
  • Publication number: 20180272569
    Abstract: Provided are a pneumatic tire with improved air dispersibility in a reinforcing layer including steel cords during vulcanization and with effectively suppressed blistering, and a method of manufacturing the same. In the pneumatic tire according to the present technology including a reinforcing layer (10) including a plurality of aligned steel cords (11) coated with coating rubber (12), at least one thread (13) for extending in a longitudinal direction of the steel cords (11) is disposed between the steel cords (11) in the coating rubber (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Kazuaki Kishihata
  • Publication number: 20180272570
    Abstract: A method for selectively producing a first or a second variant of a multi-layer plastic component, where both variants have a substrate part, a decorative layer, and a foam layer between the substrate part and the decorative layer, includes producing the foam layer in a foaming mold which has a first mold half, into which the substrate part is inserted before the foaming process. To produce the first variant, the decorative layer is inserted into a second mold half of the foaming mold before the foaming process. To produce the second variant, a spacer layer is inserted into the second mold half before the foaming process where, after the foaming process, the spacer layer is removed from the foam layer and the decorative layer is applied to the foam layer. The foam layer includes at least one first portion having a higher contour stability than a second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Florian DIETL, Ralph KURZ
  • Publication number: 20180272571
    Abstract: An applicator (200) for applying a material (104) over a fastener head (112), protruding from a non-horizontal surface (116) of a part (114), comprises an enclosure (210) and a daubing lever (220). The daubing lever (220) passes through the wall (213) of the enclosure (210) and is movably coupled to the enclosure (210). The daubing lever (220) comprises an actuation end (222a), located on the outer side (216) of the wall (213) of the enclosure (210), a working end (222b), located opposite the actuation end (222a) on the inner side (214) of the wall (213) of the enclosure (210), and an abutment portion (228), located at one of the actuation end (222a), the working end (222b), or between the actuation end (222a) and the working end (222b). The applicator (200) further comprises means (240) for imparting a moment on the daubing lever (220) to bias the abutment portion (228) of the daubing lever (220) toward the enclosure (210).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: John W. Pringle, IV
  • Publication number: 20180272572
    Abstract: The present subject matter is directed to methods for manufacturing rotor blades and/or components thereof of a wind turbine. In one embodiment, the method includes forming the rotor blade component and covering at least a portion of the rotor blade component with at least one coating material. In addition, the coating material includes at least one additive having a changeable pigment. After the component is formed, the method includes inspecting the rotor blade component for defects. After inspection, the method further includes activating the additive to change the pigment from a transparent finish to a colored finish.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Stephen Bertram Johnson, Xiomara Irizarry-Rosado, Arunkumar Natarajan
  • Publication number: 20180272573
    Abstract: Circuit feature casting for manufacture observation is disclosed herein. According to an aspect, a method includes applying a molding material to a feature of a circuit to substantially cover the feature with the molding material. The method also includes curing the molding material. Further, the method includes separating the molding material from the feature to reveal a cast of the feature of the circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Sarah K. Czaplewski, Joseph F. Doman, Joseph Kuczynski
  • Publication number: 20180272574
    Abstract: A system of retaining wall blocks, a method of assembling a retaining wall block assembly, and a mold for manufacturing retaining wall blocks having adjustable engagement configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: PAVESTONE, LLC
    Inventor: William H. Karau
  • Publication number: 20180272575
    Abstract: A mold used in the production of plastic materials includes a fixed element and a moving element forming a mold cavity in the closed position of the mold, at least one of the elements including at least a sealing system of the mold cavity, the sealing system being provided with at least one deformable surface made from elastic material in order to produce a sealing contact with a closure surface of the mold cavity, and the deformable surface being mounted to slide in a wall of the mold in such a way as to adjust the sealing contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventor: Olivier TORRES
  • Publication number: 20180272576
    Abstract: Provided is a foamed resin molded article integrally having a mounting section formed as a dense resin section having suppressed resin foaming, the mounting section having sufficiently improved mounting strength. A foamed resin molded article 1 including: a base body 2; and a mounting section 3 formed integrally with the base body 2 and protruding from the base body 2, wherein the mounting section 3 includes: a body section 31 having a mounting hole 31a allowing a counterpart member 9 to be inserted therein; and a leg section 32 having one end thereof continuous with the body section 31 and the other end thereof continuous with the base body 2, and a thickness of a portion 33 at the base body side of the leg section 32 is smaller than a thickness of the body section 31.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshinori Masatsugu, Hitoshi Fujisawa, Shuji Inui
  • Publication number: 20180272577
    Abstract: A foamed article is made by infusing the article of thermoplastic elastomer with a supercritical fluid, then removing the article from the supercritical fluid and either (i) immersing the article in a heated fluid or (ii) irradiating the article with infrared or microwave radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Hossein A. Baghdadi, Yihua Chang, Charles R. Edwards, Richard L. Watkins
  • Publication number: 20180272578
    Abstract: An expansion device, including: an irradiation unit configured to irradiate the thermally expandable sheet placed on a placing unit with light; a conveyance unit configured to reciprocably convey the irradiation unit between a first position and a second position; an exhaust fan fixed to a housing and configured to discharge air from the housing; and an air supply fan which is movable with the irradiation unit and configured to supply outside air into the housing, wherein the exhaust fan is provided at a position where air can be discharged from the second position side when the irradiation unit is returned from the first position to the second position after being moved from the second position toward the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youichi USHIGOME, Minoru SAITO
  • Publication number: 20180272579
    Abstract: It is described a method and an apparatus for injection co-mould and assemble plastic material objects having a first part provided with a hinge pin, and a second part provided with an annular element suitable to be coupled in an articulated manner. The apparatus includes a mould having separated moulding impressions for the two parts to be moulded; a first moulding pin element defining the pin impression and a second moulding pin element defining the annular element impression are provided. The apparatus includes cooling means; particularly the first pin element is internally provided with a channel and a tubular element, being coaxially arranged and defining a cooling gap. A cooling fluid flows through the tubular element and the gap. Cams are provided which axially move the pin elements to cause the automatic assembly of the object during the mould opening and then to allow extracting the moulded object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Abate Basilio & C.S.N.C.
    Inventor: Davide ABATE
  • Publication number: 20180272580
    Abstract: A molded part and methods of forming the part are provided by the present disclosure. The molded part defines adjacent outer surfaces and includes at least one weld line extending between the adjacent outer surfaces. The molded part includes an insert disposed at the weld line and extending at an angle between the adjacent outer surfaces. The insert functions to reduce the visibility and/or mechanical impact of weld lines in molded parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Kloberdanz, Liying Qi
  • Publication number: 20180272581
    Abstract: An insert member includes a bending portion, a first portion, and a second portion. The bending portion is interposed between the first portion and the second portion. A device for integrally molding the insert member and resin includes a holding portion configured to securely hold the first portion, a surface configured to contact a bottom surface of the second portion, and a gate configured to inject resin from a position nearer to the first portion than to the second portion, into a cavity. The cavity has a shape which causes a flow speed of the resin in a space above the second portion to be higher than a flow speed of the resin in a space at a side of the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Yutaka Uematsu
  • Publication number: 20180272582
    Abstract: A method of producing a molded product includes preparing a mold for insert molding, setting an insert member, forming a cavity in a condition in which the insert member is disposed by closing the mold and injecting a molten resin into the cavity. The mold for insert molding includes first and second molds, and the first mold has a guide surface provided at a part corresponding to a trunk portion of the molded product within a wall surface defining a groove portion which constitutes a part of the cavity. The insert member is set at the groove portion of the first mold while the projecting portion being guided by the guide surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Masaaki Udagawa, Yohei Doi, Daigo Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20180272583
    Abstract: A method of injection molding parts, including: injecting a first thermoplastic polymer into a first cavity; forming a ribbed structure comprising ribs in the first cavity, wherein each rib in the ribbed structure includes a microstructure on an outer portion of a rib; and reducing the surface imperfections in the part by overmolding a layer formed in the second cavity onto a portion of a rib by injecting a second thermoplastic polymer into the second cavity, wherein the overmolding occurs at an interface between the layer and the ribbed structure; or injecting a first thermoplastic polymer into a first cavity; forming a layer in the first cavity; and overmolding a ribbed structure comprising ribs formed in the second cavity onto a portion of the layer formed in the first cavity. In further variations gas is injected into a microchannel formed at the interface or a foaming agent is applied in the first thermoplastic polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Peter Neerincx, Ruud Heerkens
  • Publication number: 20180272584
    Abstract: A full-automatic wireless die change cart and system for a press. The full-automatic wireless die change cart includes an upper working table and a lower working table which are connected together up and down of driving devices. The lower working table is driven by a driving device I to move back and forth, while the upper working table is driven by a driving device II to move rightwards or leftwards. Baffles, die lifting arms, and guide rails, all in parallel to one another, are disposed in order from outside to inside at two opposite ends of the upper working table, and push-and-pull devices, baffles, and fixed supporting plate assemblies are disposed in order from outside to inside at the other two ends perpendicular to the two ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Sanyi ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20180272585
    Abstract: A method of producing a molded product includes preparing a mold for insert molding in which a cavity corresponding to a molded product including a trunk portion and an arm portion is defined, disposing an insert member including a bent portion and a first extending portion extending from the bent portion in a state in which one side of the insert member is supported in the cavity such that the first extending portion is downstream of the bent portion in a flow direction of molten resin, wherein the mold includes, on a wall surface defining a space corresponding to the arm portion in the cavity, a first projecting portion that supports a part of a surface of the first extending portion positioned on a major angle side of the bent portion, and injecting molten resin into the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kochi, Daigo Kobayashi, Masaaki Udagawa, Yohei Doi, Masaru Nabeshima, Haruyasu Ishikawa, Akihiro Baba, Daisuke Sannohe
  • Publication number: 20180272586
    Abstract: A method for determining an actual volume Vr of an injection-moldable compound during an injection-molding process is disclosed. The injection-moldable compound is introduced into at least one cavity of the mould. The method includes the steps of: a) determining a theoretical volume Vt from process variables at least during a filling phase of the injection-molding process, b) determining and/or measuring at least one value for at least one compound pressure pM, c) selecting a material-specific compression k (p), corresponding to the value of pM, of the injection-moldable compound, and d) calculating an actual volume Vr by taking into account the compression k (p).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: KRAUSSMAFFEI TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: REINHARD SCHIFFERS, STEFAN MOSER, STEFAN KRUPPA, MATTHIAS BUSL
  • Publication number: 20180272587
    Abstract: An injection molding apparatus (10) comprising a signal converter (1500) interconnected to a machine controller (MC) of an injection molding machine (IMM) that generates standardized signals (VPS), the signal converter (1500) receiving and converting the standardized signals (VS) to a command signal (MOPCS, PDCVS) that is compatible with a signal receptor or interface of an electrically powered actuator (940e, 941e, 942e) or a signal receptor, interface or driver of a proportional directional control valve (V, V1, V2) that drives a fluid driven actuator (940p, 941p, 942p) to respectively operate the electrically powered actuator (940e, 941e, 942e) or the proportional directional control valve (V, V1, V2) to move in a direction that operates to either begin an injection cycle and to end an injection cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Vito Galati, Lin Yang, Ling Feng, Sergio Ribeiro de Oliveira Antunes
  • Publication number: 20180272588
    Abstract: Issues with pleat walled honeycombs are solved by replacing polygonal creases with curved creases. As with a conventional straight-walled honeycomb, these strips can be combined into a space-filling honeycomb structure. The benefits of these curved creases are threefold. First, the stress concentrations mentioned above with pleat-walled honeycombs are mitigated. The stress due to finite material thickness is spread more evenly over the crease line, instead of being concentrated at a point, as with pleat walled honeycombs. As a result, the maximal value observed is lower and the adverse effects are reduced. Second, the curved creases also serve to give better control over material properties, and third, the curved crease honeycombs do not require any of the horizontally-running creases. The curves are typically mathematical curves that can be computed algebraically or by solving a differential equation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Samuel E. Calisch, Neil A. Gershenfeld
  • Publication number: 20180272589
    Abstract: A micro-voided film comprising high density polyethylene having a molecular weight of at least about 200,000, and low aspect ratio filler having a mean particle size from about 1 to about 25 microns. The film has a thickness of from about 10 to about 75 microns and a void fraction of from about 0.60 to about 0.75. The micro-voided film is made by a process comprising extruding the composition into a film having a thickness of from about 50 to about 300 microns, and orienting the extruded film using a high stalk, blown film process. The process produces a stabilized high stalk for increasing the production rate of blown, high molecular weight polyethylene, while increasing the film's physical and mechanical properties. The high stalk can be stabilized by application of high velocity, low volume flow rate of air over the interior and exterior surfaces of the extruded film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Mary Ruth LEHRTER, Adam PACELLI
  • Publication number: 20180272590
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to extrusion die systems. In particular, the present disclosure relates to the cyclical extrusion of materials to generate small sized grain features, generally in the range of nanosized grain features, in a tubular or profile shape, in which the individual nanolayers possess pores and/or polymer crystals oriented parallel to the extrusion flow direction and including products with enhanced permeation properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Richard Guillemette, Robert Peters, Christopher Hummel
  • Publication number: 20180272591
    Abstract: A device for producing plastic pipes may include an extruder with a die head and a corrugator, into which a molten plastic tube is introduced by means of the die head to mold the plastic pipe. The corrugator has a molding section, in which molding jaws are guided in pairs in the production direction; in an inlet section of the corrugator, the molding jaws are brought together to form molding jaw pairs towards the start of the molding section; and in an outlet section of the corrugator, the molding jaw pairs are moved apart from each other from the end of the molding section. Each molding jaw has a first and second guide pins and the molding jaws are guided in the guiding apparatus in that the first and second guide pins engage, with respective free ends, in first and second guide grooves of the guiding apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Unicor GmbH
    Inventor: Günther Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20180272592
    Abstract: A filament winding system includes a storage unit that stores in advance a reference shape of a winding object, and winding conditions including a winding position and a winding angle at which a fiber is wound around the winding object having the reference shape, a guide that is movable relative to the winding object, and feeds the fiber onto the winding object, a rotating device that rotates the winding object, such that the fiber fed from the guide is wound around the winding object, a measuring unit that measures a shape of the winding object, and a controller. When there is a difference between the reference shape stored in the storage unit, and the measured shape of the winding object, the controller corrects the winding conditions so as to reduce or eliminate the difference, and controls the guide according to the corrected conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomoyoshi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180272593
    Abstract: A phase difference film includes a liquid crystal layer in which a disk-like liquid crystal compound is fixed in a homeotropic alignment state, in which an in-plane retardation Re of the liquid crystal layer satisfies 200 nm?Re?300 nm and a retardation Rth in a thickness direction satisfies ?30 nm?Rth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koji IIJIMA, Jun TAKEDA, Katsufumi OHMURO
  • Publication number: 20180272594
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyester film, wherein an arbitrary direction on the film surface is defined to have an angle of 0°, and three directions are defined to have angles of 45°, 90°, and 135°, respectively, clockwise from the 0° direction, and the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the stresses at 5% elongation in the four directions is 50 MPa or less, the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the stresses at 15% elongation i,n the four directions is 70 MPa or less, and the modulus of elasticity in any one of the four directions falls within a range from 2.0 to 3.5 GPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Akamatsu, Masami Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20180272595
    Abstract: An inkjet printing method and inkjet compositions are disclosed. The method includes selectively depositing by inkjet printing, layer by layer, a first composition and a second composition onto a receiving media from different dispensers to form polymerizable deposited layers. The first composition includes one or more free-radical polymerizable compounds and a cationic photoinitiator and is devoid of compounds able to undergo cationic photopolymerization within the first composition. The second composition includes one or more cationic polymerizable compounds and is devoid of cationic photoinitiators. At least one of the compositions includes a radical photoinitiator. The method further includes exposing the deposited layers to actinic radiation to initiate polymerization of the free-radical polymerizable compounds and the cationic polymerizable compounds within the deposited layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: STRATASYS LTD.
    Inventors: Ira YUDOVIN-FARBER, Eduardo Napadensky, Avi Levy, Daniel Dikovsky
  • Publication number: 20180272596
    Abstract: A fabrication process and apparatus for producing three-dimensional objects by depositing a first polymer layer, printing a first ink layer on to the first polymer layer, depositing a second polymer layer on to the first ink layer, and printing a second ink layer on to the second polymer layer. The deposition and printing steps may be repeated until a three-dimensional object is formed. The inks used to form at least one of the first and second ink layers may include dyes or pigments so that the three-dimensional object may be a colored three-dimensional object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Eugene Giller
  • Publication number: 20180272597
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a printed three-dimensional optical component built up from layers of printing ink characterized in that the three-dimensional optical component comprises at least one foil between two consecutive layers. The present invention further relates to a corresponding manufacturing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Joris Biskop
  • Publication number: 20180272598
    Abstract: A continuous additive fabrication system comprises a bath of photopolymer resin and a light source assembly having a light source and a motorized variable aperture. The light source assembly is operable to generate a focus point in the bath of photopolymer resin, the shape of the focus point at a curing plane within the bath of photopolymer resin corresponding to the shape of the motorized variable aperture. The continuous additive fabrication system further comprises a platform configured to support a build object and a drive mechanism (coupled to at least one of the platform and the light source assembly) configured to continuously move the curing plane through the bath of photopolymer resin. A size and/or shape of the motorized variable aperture is changed while the curing plane in continuously moved through the bath of photopolymer resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Brian Craig Cox, Fernando Enrique Ortiz, Austin Xavier Rodeheaver
  • Publication number: 20180272599
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes an additive manufacturing print head and a nozzle that receives a bio-based shape memory polymer material and a bio-based material. The nozzle extrudes the bio-based shape memory polymer material and the bio-based material onto a substrate to form a bio-based shape memory polymer part or product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Jennifer Nicole Rodriguez, Eric B. Duoss, James Lewicki, Christopher Spadaccini, Thomas S. Wilson, Cheng Zhu
  • Publication number: 20180272600
    Abstract: In a three-dimensional printing method example, a liquid functional agent is selectively applied. The liquid functional agent includes i) an energy source material or ii) an energy sink material. A metallic or ceramic build material is applied. The liquid functional agent is selectively applied any of before the metallic or ceramic build material, after the metallic or ceramic build material, or both before and after the metallic or ceramic build material. The liquid functional agent patterns the metallic or ceramic build material to form a composite layer. At least some of the metallic or ceramic build material is exposed to energy. A reaction involving i) the energy source material or ii) the energy sink material is initiated to alter a thermal condition of the composite layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mohammed S. Shaarawi, Vladek Kasperchik, James McKinnell, David A. Champion
  • Publication number: 20180272601
    Abstract: In an example of a method for forming three-dimensional (3D) printed electronics, a build material is applied. A fusing agent is selectively applied on at least a portion of the build material. The build material is exposed to radiation and the portion of the build material in contact with the fusing agent fuses to form a layer. An electronic agent is selectively applied on at least a portion of the layer, which imparts an electronic property to the at least the portion of the layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kristopher J. Erickson, Thomas Anthony, Howard S. Tom, Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Lihua Zhao, Krzysztof Nauka
  • Publication number: 20180272602
    Abstract: In a three-dimensional printing method example, a polymeric or polymeric composite build material is applied. A fusing agent is applied on at least a portion of the build material. The fusing agent includes an aqueous or non-aqueous vehicle and a plasmonic resonance absorber having absorption at wavelengths ranging from 800 nm to 4000 nm and having transparency at wavelengths ranging from 400 nm to 780 nm dispersed in the aqueous or non-aqueous vehicle. The build material is exposed to electromagnetic radiation, thereby fusing the portion of the build material in contact with the fusing agent to form a layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen G. Rudisill, Alexey S. Kabalnov, Keshava A. Prasad, Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Jake Wright, Vladek Kasperchik
  • Publication number: 20180272603
    Abstract: A desktop printing apparatus (100) for 3-D printing an object comprising: a print module (200) and a build module (300) provided in-line in a unitary housing. The print module comprising one or more print heads (230, 230?) for printing a portion of a medium (500) to define a media layer (701) of the object. The build module a build plate (310), and cutting means (321), bonding means and adhesive dispensing means (320) for building the 3D object from a plurality of media layers. The apparatus further comprising a medium transport passage defined in the housing between a medium input and medium output, and a transport means (160) to continuously transport the medium from the medium input along the medium transport passage through the print module for printing and subsequently to the build module for profiling and bonding to define a media layer of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Conor MacCormack, James Travers, Fintan MacCormack