Patents Issued in October 11, 2018
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Publication number: 20180290379Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional modeling apparatus including a stage, a constraining body, a supply nozzle, an irradiation unit, and a movement mechanism. The constraining body includes a surface including a linear region along a first direction, and is opposed to the stage so that the linear region is the closest to the stage. The supply nozzle supplies a material curable by energy of an energy ray into a slit region between the stage and the linear region. The irradiation unit irradiates the supplied material with the energy ray through the constraining body. The movement mechanism moves the stage relative to the constraining body along a second direction for forming a cured layer of the material for one layer, and moves the constraining body and the stage relative to each other along a stacking direction for stacking the cured layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Hiroyuki Yasukochi
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Publication number: 20180290380Abstract: A method for continuously forming a three-dimensional body from a mixture, the mixture comprising at least 15 vol % solid particles and a radiation curable material. The method allows the continuous production of three-dimensional bodies comprising to a high content ceramic particles at a forming speed of at least 25 mm/hour.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2016Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Paul W. REHRIG, Matthew GACEK, Bojana LANTE, Michael SENDER, Jean-Marie LEBRUN
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Publication number: 20180290381Abstract: The invention relates to the field of the additive manufacturing of components, which are formed by the direct deposition of a substance, in the form of granules of a metal or non-metal, which passes from a reservoir into a melt bath, produced by the thermal energy of a laser or electron beam, and subsequently crystallizes. The granules enter the melt bath without the intervention of a gas stream, the path and rate of travel of said granules changing while they are in flight under the effect of an electromagnetic field. The granules travel within a chamber, falling into the melt bath from above from a reservoir, from which they are fed at a set speed by the rotation of an adjustable screw feed, and passing through a system of electromagnetic devices, which control the path of the granules by means of electromagnetic fields.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2016Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventor: Anatoly Evgenievich VOLKOV
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Publication number: 20180290382Abstract: A method for printing a model for a 3D printer includes: perform a slicing process on an outer-frame object for generating multiple slicing-route files of multiple printing layers; perform the slicing process on a modeling object for generating multiple inkjet graphic files of the multiple printing layers; print a slicing object of one printing layer according to corresponding one of the slicing-route files; perform a filling process to the inside of the printed slicing object; perform a coloring process on the inside of the printed slicing object according to one of the inkjet graphic files corresponding to the same printing layer; and re-execute the above printing steps until all the printing layers are printed. The inside of the 3D model is colored via the inkjet graphic files generated after processing on the modeling object generating the visual effect that the modeling object is accommodated within the 3D model.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Kwan HO, Yu-Chuan Chang, Hsin-Ta Hsieh
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Publication number: 20180290383Abstract: A nozzle follower assembly is provided which is co-operable with a 3D printer. The nozzle follower assembly includes a surface portion modification apparatus. The follower assembly is co-operable with a 3D printer head nozzle assembly and is operable to cause the surface portion modification apparatus to modify at least a portion of a surface of a material most recently printed by the head nozzle assembly of the 3D printer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Alan B. Dawson, Gordon D. Hutchison
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Publication number: 20180290384Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to printing systems and methods of printing three-dimensional objects. The printing systems disclosed herein are configured to print three-dimensional objects. The printing systems include a barrier configured to at least partially define an internal region, which can at least partially isolate the internal region from an external region. The printing systems also include a printing device configured to print the three-dimensional object on the region of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Jordin T. Kare, Elizabeth A. Sweeney
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Publication number: 20180290385Abstract: An article of manufacture formed by a three-dimensional printing process that uses multiple build materials with different optical properties (e.g., color, opacity, and the like) at different surface depths to achieve grayscale-rendered images on exterior surfaces thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Nathaniel B. Pettis, Adam G. Mayer, Anthony James Buser
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Publication number: 20180290386Abstract: A method includes steps for creating safe and accurate pharmaceutical products with a 3D printer. A 3D printer is set up and a set of printer instructions are created, the instructions being designed to print a desired final product having at least one desired attribute. A product is printed based on the instructions. At least one attribute of the product is measured and compared with the desired attributes of the desired final product. If there is a difference between the product attributes and desired attributes, changes are made to the instruction set and a new product is printed. When there is a match between product attributes and desired attributes, a safe and accurate medical product has been created.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Daniel John DeCiccio, Jeanine Sinanan-Singh, Francisco Schunk
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Publication number: 20180290387Abstract: A three-dimensional processing device includes a printing head that discharges a resin material based on three-dimensional data of a three-dimensional object, a scan head that measures a surface shape of the three-dimensional object printed with the resin material, a processing head that processes a surface of the printed three-dimensional object, and a controller that includes a printing head controller that controls the printing head, a scan head controller that controls the scan head, a specifier that specifies an extra portion, which is a difference between the measured surface shape of the three-dimensional object and a surface shape of a three-dimensional object theoretically printed based on the three-dimensional data, and a processing head controller that controls the processing head such that the processing head cuts the extra portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Makoto YOSHIDA, Kazutoshi FUNAKOSHI, Akihiro SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20180290388Abstract: A fiber placement system including a compaction roller rotatable about an axis of rotation, the compaction roller at least partially defining a compaction nip region, and a laser heating assembly including a laser that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation and a scan head defining a scan field, the scan field being aligned with the compaction nip region, wherein the scan head scans the beam within the scan field.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Stephen G. Moore, Alexandra K. Dillon
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Publication number: 20180290389Abstract: A cover for a housing of a vehicle and a method of sealing a cover to the housing, where in at least one example, the cover comprises a cover body configured to cover an opening of the housing and to engage the housing at an interface around the opening. The cover may comprise a heating element embedded within the cover body and operable to at least partially melt a portion of the cover body as a part of a process for sealing the cover to the housing. The portion of the cover body may deform and conform to an interface feature at the mating surface of the housing due to the at least partial melting of the portion of the cover body, and, in some examples, the heating element may be configured to fail and be inoperable.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventor: William John Mallard
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Publication number: 20180290390Abstract: An adaptor for anchoring a second object with respect to a first object includes an anchoring part and an adjustment part. The anchoring part includes a distally facing anchoring surface and a proximally facing first control surface, and the adjustment part includes a distally facing second control surface positioned to abut against the first control surface. The anchoring part and the adjustment part define a common axis, and the first control surface or the second control surface or both is/are helical with respect to the axis, whereby a relative z position of the adjustment part with respect to the anchoring part is adjustable by rotating the adjustment part relative to the anchoring part around the axis while the second control surface abuts against the first control surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Joakim Kvist, Philipp Bernhard, Martin Sigrist, Laurent Torriani, Mario Weiss, Hannes Merz, Antonino Lanci, Samuel Malzach, Nicholas Aldersley
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Publication number: 20180290391Abstract: Various methods and assemblies are provided for producing composite components having formed in features. For example, a method may comprise depositing a composite material on a base tool; aligning an aperture forming tool with a tooling aperture in the base tool; inserting the aperture forming tool through the composite material to form an aperture in the composite material; deploying a feature forming tool to press the composite material into one or more recesses; and processing the composite material with the feature forming tool in contact with the composite material. In some embodiments, the feature forming tool includes a stem extending through the composite material and into the base tool, as well as a feature forming head that is brought into contact with and processed with the composite material. In other embodiments, a tooling assembly holds a pin in place during processing to fix the pin in the composite component.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventor: Donald Michael Corsmeier
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Publication number: 20180290392Abstract: A method for manufacturing a hydraulic accumulator bladder includes the following steps: bonding a rubber sheet to the gas-filled air bladder to form a bladder blank; placing the bladder blank in a vulcanization device for vulcanization to form an initial bladder product; and releasing the gas in the gas-filled air bladder of the initial bladder product, taking the air bladder out, and naturally cooling the initial bladder product to a room temperature to form a finished bladder product. The bladder manufactured by the manufacturing method is integrally formed by one-step vulcanization, and has the advantages of uniform wall thickness, smooth inner and outer surfaces, long fatigue lifetime, a simplified process, high quality and good stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Huijiang ZHAO, Tengyu ZHAO
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Publication number: 20180290393Abstract: Multifunction end effector apparatus and methods for assembling thermoplastic composite articles are disclosed. An example apparatus for assembling a thermoplastic composite article includes a robot and an end effector coupled to the robot. The end effector includes a cutting head, a vacuum head, and a welding head.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Daniel D. Bloch, Randall D. Wilkerson, Camille D. Carter, Zachary L. Green, Nicole R. Williams, Eric Moyes, Gregory J.S. Hickman, Scott E. Martin
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Publication number: 20180290394Abstract: A color three-dimensional printing method and three-dimensional printing equipment are provided, which are adapted to present a color pattern on a three-dimensional object. The method includes following steps. A color image including the color pattern is obtained, and the color image includes a plurality of pixels. An inkjet depth of each of the pixels is determined based on a color feature of each of the pixels. A three-dimensional model of the three-dimensional object is sliced to generate layer information of a plurality of layer objects. A plurality of inkjet pictures corresponding to the layer objects are obtained based on the inkjet depths of the respective pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicants: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Kwan Ho, Yu-Ting Huang, Ko-Wei Shih
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Publication number: 20180290395Abstract: An additively manufactured component and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The additively manufactured component includes a cross sectional layer having a surface surrounding the cross sectional layer. The cross sectional layer is formed by moving a focal point of an energy source over a bed of additive material. A surface irregularity is formed on the surface by manipulating the energy level of the energy source. The surface may include a datum feature positioned at a predetermined location relative to the surface irregularity and the surface irregularity may be greater than a surface roughness of the surface but less than one millimeter.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Scott Alan Gold, Thomas Graham Spears
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Publication number: 20180290396Abstract: A method for additively manufacturing a component is provided. The method includes additively manufacturing an identifying region of the component including localized density variations that define a component identifier of the component. The localized density variations may be formed using two materials having different densities, by manipulating an energy source to underexpose or overexpose a layer of powder, or by laser shock peening the component during the additive manufacturing process. This method generates a three-dimensional unique component identifier that may be invisible to the naked eye and detectable only through interrogation by a scanning device, such as an x-ray computed tomography device. The component identifier may be stored in a database as a reference identifier and may be used for authenticating components.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Scott Alan Gold, Thomas Graham Spears, David Henry Abbott
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Publication number: 20180290397Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, user input to generate a three dimensional projection of an object in physical space; generating, using a projection source, a plurality of perspective views of the object, wherein each of the plurality of perspective views is associated with a different angle of the object; and providing, using the plurality of perspective views, the three dimensional projection of the object at a predetermined location in the physical space using at least one reflective surface. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Aaron M. Stewart, Lincoln Penn Hancock
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Publication number: 20180290398Abstract: An additive manufacturing system for printing a 3D part includes a build platen and a starter piece supported by the build platen. The starter piece comprises a build surface having a plurality of channels and wherein the build surface has a void fraction due to an open surface area of the channels ranging from about 0.5 to about 0.95. The print head includes a nozzle configured to extrude a molten material in a print plane and wherein the extruded material is configured fill a space between the build surface and the print plane and at least partially fill a portion of the plurality of channels such that a base layer of material is printed having a substantially planar surface upon which a 3D part can be printed along a print axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Dominic F. Mannella, William J. Swanson
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Publication number: 20180290399Abstract: A method and a system of three-dimensional (3D) printing are provided. The method of 3D printing is adapted to a 3D printing apparatus and includes following steps: slicing a 3D object model into a plurality of sub-slicing layers according to a printing plane; merging a default number of adjacent sub-slicing layers into a plurality of grey-scale slicing layers; and, printing a 3D object according to the grey-scale slicing layers. The thickness of each sub-slicing layer is thinner than the thickness of a default layer used whenever the 3D printing apparatus performs a single printing process. The thickness of each of the grey-scale slicing layers is equal to the thickness of the default layer used whenever the 3D printing apparatus performs the single printing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicants: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Ting-Yu Lu, Ching-Hua Su
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Publication number: 20180290400Abstract: A 3D printing device and a method for 3D printing are provided. The 3D printing device comprises a first printing head and a second printing head. The first printing head is used to print a desired article with a first material. The second printing head is used to print support structures for supporting the desired article during printing with a second material. The method comprises the following steps: printing a desired article with a first material; printing support structures for supporting the desired article during printing with a second material; and detaching the desired article from the support structures. The first material has a first surface cooling time of the temperature drop from 170° C. to 70° C., the second material has a second surface cooling time of the temperature drop from 170° C. to 70° C., and the second surface cooling time is less than the first surface cooling time by at least 15 seconds.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Yih-Lin CHENG, Freeman CHEN, Yu-Kai YANG
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Publication number: 20180290401Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of finished parts made of at least one multilayer, fiber-reinforced, flat semifinished-product structure, comprising the following steps: a) heating of the at least one multilayer, fiber-reinforced, flat semifinished-product structure at ambient pressure to a first temperature Ta, where the at least one multilayer, fiber-reinforced, flat semifinished-product structure comprises at least two mutually superposed polymer layers and the individual polymer layers respectively have fiber-reinforcement and do not have coherent bonding to one another or have only partial coherent bonding to one another, and in the event that at least one of the polymer layers comprises a semicrystalline polymer the first temperature Ta is higher than a melting point Tm of the crystalline polymer in accordance with DIN EN ISO 11357-3:2013-04, and in the event that the at least two polymer layers comprise no semicrystalline polymer the first temperature Ta is higher than a glassType: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2015Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Andreas RADTKE, Dagmar BUERCKEL, Andreas NIXDORF, Oliver KRAEMER
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Publication number: 20180290402Abstract: A fiber placement system including a fiber placement station at a first location, the fiber placement station including a tool and a fiber placement assembly configured to construct a reinforcement layup on the tool, the first fiber placement assembly including a compaction roller rotatable about an axis of rotation, the compaction roller at least partially defining a nip, a thermoplastic composite ply extending through the nip and a heating unit positioned to heat the thermoplastic composite ply proximate the nip, and a consolidation station at a consolidation location, the consolidation location being different from the first location, the consolidation station including a consolidation tool and a consolidation system configured to consolidate a reinforcement layup assembly that includes the reinforcement layup.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Marc R. Matsen, Mark A. Negley, Jeffery L. Marcoe, Stephen G. Moore, Brice A. Johnson, Alexandra K. Dillon, Megan M. Petersen
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Publication number: 20180290403Abstract: A method and apparatus for a composite structure manufacturing system. The system comprises a heating system and one or more smart bladders that encompass the heating system. The heating system and the one or more smart bladders form a curing tool defining a volume for the composite structure when one or more smart bladders in the one or more smart bladders is in a rigid state.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Zeaid F. Hasan, Michael Palmore Matlack, Emily E. McDonald
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Publication number: 20180290404Abstract: The disclosure discloses an application of an HSM (Heat Self Molding) process in wing molding and a wing molding method. Specific application steps include: cutting a core-type thermal expansion compound, a cladding-type thermal expansion compound and a fiber pre-preg fabric according to the shape and dimensions of a wing; cladding the core-type thermal expansion compound with the cladding-type thermal expansion compound, then cladding the fiber pre-preg fabric on the cladding-type thermal expansion compound; placing a pre-formed product in a wing die, closing a die cover, and heating the die, wherein a thermal expansion HSM compound is molded by the effect of a heating program while the fiber pre-preg fabric is cured at a high temperature, and then wing molding is completed; cooling the die, opening the die, and taking out the wing. A light and smooth wing product with high strength and a streamlined shape is obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: JinYun CAI, BuLong LI, RongQuan XIE, WeiPing LI
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METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PART MADE OF A COMPOSITE MATERIAL, INCORPORATING COMPONENTS AND MARKING MEANS
Publication number: 20180290405Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a method for producing a part made of a composite material. The method can include arranging at least two reinforcing plies on a first molding face of a mold; impregnating the reinforcing plies with a hardenable resin. A preform is provided between the reinforcing plies, and the preform includes at least two components and a marker for defining or marking the position of the preform and the components in the part.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2016Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Rémy LACHAT, Yann MEYER -
Publication number: 20180290406Abstract: A puncture repair liquid holding container formed from a container main body provided with a holding portion and opening portion, and a cap attached to the opening portion, includes: a first flow channel for the cap to introduce compressed air from outside the container, where the first flow channel is configured from a straight portion and branched portion, a closing plug having a shape that blocks the straight portion is slidably inserted in the straight portion, and switching is possible between a closed condition where the closing plug is positioned above the branched portion or closer to an opening end side of the straight portion than the branched portion such that the first flow channel is closed, and an opened portion where the closing plug is positioned more to a closing end side of the straight portion than the branched portion such that the first flow channel is opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2016Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventor: Masahiro Naruse
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Publication number: 20180290407Abstract: A method to produce a compound for a tyre sealant layer, comprising a swelling step, during which a crumb rubber is immersed in a process oil chosen among the ones belonging to the families of paraffin process oils, naphthene process oils or natural process oils, so as to obtain a crumb rubber that swells due to the absorption of the process oil; and a following mixing step, during which said swollen crumb rubber is mixed with at least one polymer base consisting of an essentially saturated polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2016Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Pasquale AGORETTI, John Nazareno HOUSE, Francesco MADAU
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Publication number: 20180290408Abstract: A method of making an optical article having a gradient tint and a gradient polarization. The method includes contacting one or more dye compositions including at least one of a dichroic dye, a photochromic-dichroic dye, or any combination thereof, with an optical element having a continuous coating including at least one alignment zone. At least a portion of the dye composition diffuses into the coating at a predetermined concentration gradient along at least a portion of the coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2015Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: David John Park, Delwin S. Jackson, Anil Kumar, John S. Ligas, Philip Miller, Brian Smyth
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Publication number: 20180290409Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optical fiber of the invention includes: preparing one or more direction changers; drawing the bare optical fiber from an optical fiber preform; providing a coated layer on a periphery of the bare optical fiber; obtaining an optical fiber by curing the coated layer; changing the direction of the bare optical fiber at the position between the bare-optical-fiber formation position and the coated-layer provision position; detecting the position of the bare optical fiber in at least one of the direction changers; and adjusting the introduction flow rate of the fluid into the direction changer based on positional information obtained by the detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.Inventor: Kenji OKADA
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Publication number: 20180290410Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a rubber crawler capable of suppressing deformation of tension members which probably occurs during the manufacture. The method for producing a rubber crawler 1 comprises: obtaining rubber protrusions 4, 5 having half-vulcanized surfaces 4a, 5a by vulcanizing an unvulcanized rubber RR while keeping a half-vulcanized state; obtaining a main body 2 having half-vulcanized surfaces 2c, 2d by vulcanizing an unvulcanized rubber RR with tension members 3 embedded therein while keeping a half-vulcanized state; and arranging the rubber protrusions 4, 5 on the main body 2, and then integrating the rubber protrusions 4, 5 and the main body 2 by vulcanizing the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2016Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Mitsuhiro IWASA
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Publication number: 20180290411Abstract: An anti-collapse collar is provided that has a body that has an axis. The body has a convex outer surface and defines an interior space. The body has a holding configuration for holding a tire carcass. The body is deformable to a release configuration to move a portion of the outer surface closer to the axis in a radial direction of the body. A release mechanism is spaced from the convex outer surface in the radial direction of the body. Force applied to the release mechanism causes the body to deform to the release configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2016Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventor: E Derek FLEMING
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Publication number: 20180290412Abstract: A method is provided for forming an impermeable barrier layer on an inner tire surface of a tire. An assembly is also provided along with a kit for forming an impermeable barrier layer on an inner tire surface of a tire accordingly.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicants: Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, The Texas A&M University SystemInventors: Jaime C. Grunlan, Paul Winston, John J. McHugh, Charlie Wen
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Publication number: 20180290413Abstract: A process and an apparatus for labelling tyres for vehicle wheels. The apparatus includes an application head with a support surface for a label to be applied, at least one label holder feeder and movement devices connected to the application head. The movement devices are configured for moving the application head between the label holder feeder for picking up a label, and an application zone of the label to a green tyre. The apparatus further includes a guide device located at the application zone. The guide device includes a guide extending along a predefined path and a support movable along the guide.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2016Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Maurizio MARCHINI, Marco FABBRETTI, Stefano BORACCO, Graziano FREGOLENT
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Publication number: 20180290414Abstract: A press system includes: a measurement unit configured to measure a press load applied for pressing a workpiece; a calculation unit configured to calculate a workload based on the press load measured by the measurement unit; a determination unit configured to make a determination about whether the workload calculated by the calculation unit exceeds an allowable value; and a notification unit configured to provide notification of an abnormality based on a result of the determination by the determination unit. Accordingly, in response to pressing with an overload higher than an allowable value, notification of an abnormality can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2016Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: KOMATSU INDUSTRIES CORPORATIONInventor: Takahiko KUROKAWA
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Publication number: 20180290415Abstract: A powder compaction mold includes a die and upper and lower punches configured to fit into the die and is configured to compress a powder between the upper and lower punches to manufacture a powder compact. Of the members forming the powder compaction mold, at least one of two members in sliding contact with each other has therein a vent passage through which gas is vented from a filling space for the powder surrounded by the die and the lower punch to an outside of the powder compaction mold. The vent passage has a gas intake port that is open to a clearance section formed between the two members and connecting to the filling space.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2016Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Hijiri Tsuruta, Tomoyuki Ueno, Kazunari Shimauchi
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Publication number: 20180290416Abstract: A single-ply liner label combination and liner-label combination roll are provided. Each liner label combination including a liner substrate and a label substrate. The label substrate including at least one inner and partially perforated second label. The backside of the label substrate including adhesive but a first portion of an area of the backside that corresponds to the inner and partially perforated second label including an adhesive deadener applied over the adhesive within the first portion. A second portion of the area retains the adhesive in a pattern along a periphery of the backside that corresponds to the inner and partially perforated second label.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Roger Francoeur, Timothy Darren Livingston, James L. Wilkins
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Publication number: 20180290417Abstract: A tool-holder head for a carriage for transporting rotary tools of a unit for converting a flat substrate, which includes an upper port (29) and a lower port (30) arranged one above the other and intended to receive a front end of an upper rotary tool (10) and a front end of a lower rotary tool (11), respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2015Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventor: Pierre ROBADEY
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Publication number: 20180290418Abstract: A panel assembly includes a multilayer load bearing panel configured to enclose an opening to an interior compartment by positioning the panel in the opening. The panel has opposing first and second appearance layers and is reversible in the opening between first and second positions. In the first position, the first appearance layer is outwardly facing in the opening and the second appearance layer faces inwardly to the compartment. In the second position, the second appearance layer is outwardly facing in the opening and the first appearance layer faces inwardly to the compartment. One of the appearance layers is made of a protective polymeric coating such as a thermosetting polyurethane-based coating or thermoset polyurea coating. The other appearance layer is made of one of a laminate structure which can include a wood veneer, a textile, or a carpeting material. A method for making the multilayer panel is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: Century Plastics, LLC d/b/a CIE USAInventor: Jeffery M. Nelson
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Publication number: 20180290419Abstract: Provided is a panel, an article including such a panel and method of its manufacture, where the panel includes a base layer having a first face and a second face, integrally sandwiched between a first exterior layer applied over the first face, and a second exterior layer applied over the second face. In addition, the bulging portions of the base layer projecting from the first face and the second face are exposed through respective openings at the first exterior layer and the second exterior layer, extending in register with said bulging portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2016Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: KETER PLASTIC LTD.Inventors: Nimrod VIZEN, Nisim ELIYAHU
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Publication number: 20180290420Abstract: Light weight fibrous veils are incorporated into the uncured composite face sheets of a honeycomb sandwich structure in order to reduce the lateral crushing of the honeycomb (core crush) that occurs during curing of the uncured structure in an autoclave or vacuum bag system. The light weight fibrous veils act as friction-promoting layers to reduce the relative movement of the uncured face sheets that leads to core crush during the curing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Elizabeth Olk, Olivia Niitsoo
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Publication number: 20180290421Abstract: Disclosed is a tile unit (10) that includes a resin net (20), a plurality of tiles (30) disposed on a front side of the resin net, and a magnet sheet (40) disposed on a back side of the resin net, with the tiles being bonded and fixed to the magnet sheet with the resin net interposed therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventor: Hiroshi Ide
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Publication number: 20180290422Abstract: An apertured polymeric film web and a composite structure web are disclosed. These webs may be utilized as a topsheet in an absorbent article and can provide fluid handling and softness benefits.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Yann-Per Lee, Saeed Fereshtehkhou, Keith Joseph Stone
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Publication number: 20180290423Abstract: A method of joining polymer components includes additively manufacturing first and second mating features on first and second polymer components such that a mechanical lock is created through undercut geometric features of an adhesive material when the polymer components are joined. Adhesive is added between the mating components to strengthen the joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Wendell V. Twelves, JR., Evan Butcher
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Publication number: 20180290424Abstract: Bags for storing granular material are disclosed, the bags having an inner woven polymeric layer, an outer nonwoven polymeric layer, and an extruded polymer layer bonding the inner layer to the outer layer. Methods for forming the bags are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventor: SONG-HYUK BANG
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Publication number: 20180290425Abstract: A multi-ply knit fabric containing a first knit ply and a second knit ply. The first knit ply contains a plurality of first yarns and forms the upper surface of the fabric. The second knit ply forms the lower surface of the fabric and contains a plurality of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) yarns having a density of about 2 to 2.25 g/cm3, a transmission in the IR region of 8-10 ?m at least about 60%, and a thermal conductivity of at least about 0.2 W/(m.K). The plies are integrated through combined portions formed by at least one of the following methods: interlacing first yarns among the PTFE yarns of the second knit ply, interlacing PTFE yarns among the first yarns of the first knit ply, and interlacing a plurality of third yarns among the first yarns of the first knit ply and the PTFE yarns of the second knit ply.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Rajib Mondal, Thomas C. Wiles, Emily W. Michaels, Petr Valenta, Robert D. Miller, James A. Rogers
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Publication number: 20180290426Abstract: A 0° unidirectional yarn prepreg and a preparation method are disclosed. The 0° unidirectional yarn prepreg has high-strength filaments which are arranged in parallel to each other in an axial direction X of a winding roller around which unidirectional yarn prepregs are wound and a resin is impregnated. The method includes steps of: (i) weaving a fabric using a thermoplastic film tape as a warp and using high-strength filaments as wefts; and (ii) performing thermal compression on the woven fabric at a temperature in which the warp is melted. Also, a multiaxial prepreg composite material is prepared by simultaneously and continuously supplying the 0° unidirectional yarn prepreg A prepared as described above method and a 90° unidirectional yarn prepreg B prepared by a conventional warping method to a thermal compression roller, and performing thermal compression thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2016Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Joon Young YOON, Hyun Chul LEE, Eun Jeong CHO
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Publication number: 20180290427Abstract: Disclosed is waterproofing sheeting that uses a polyester layer that provides high lateral stability and puncture resistance. The waterproof sheeting can be used in many applications including waterproof roof underlayments waterproof sheeting for foundations, underlayment for tile and flooring and various other applications. The waterproof sheeting can be manufactured without many of the problems associated with the granular coatings of existing waterproof sheeting that create excessive wear and environmental hazards.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: David C. Humphreys, Michael Shifferd
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Publication number: 20180290428Abstract: This invention relates to a washable floor mat comprising a reinforcement layer. The floor mat includes a textile component and a base component. The textile component contains a reinforcement layer which dramatically reduces and/or eliminates edge deformation that often occurs as a result of the washing process. The textile component and the base component may be joined together to form a single piece floor mat. Alternatively, the textile component and the base component may be releasably attachable to one another by at least one surface attraction means to form a multi-component floor mat. The floor mat is designed to be soiled, washed, and re-used, thereby providing ideal end-use applications in areas such as building entryways.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: Milliken & CompanyInventors: Padmakumar Puthillath, Mark Holbrook, Ty G. Dawson, Daniel T. McBride, Kirkland W. Vogt, Franklin S. Love, Dale S. Kitchen