Patents Issued in October 16, 2018
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Patent number: 10099420Abstract: Systems and methods for uniformly expanding and heat setting medical devices. One method can include expanding a medical device by advancing the medical device over a preheated expander, the medical device being uniformly expanded as the medical device is advanced over the preheated expander; and heat setting the expanded medical device while the medical device is positioned over the expander, the preheated expander being maintained at a predetermined heat-setting temperature. The preheated expander can be positioned within a thermal chamber that maintains the preheated expander at the predetermined heat-setting temperature. The medical device can be physically separated from the preheated expander when the medical device is positioned over the expander and can be comprised of a shape-memory material. The preheated expander can remain heated during the expansion and heat setting of a plurality of medical devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASULAR SYSTEMS, INC.Inventor: Michael L. Green
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Patent number: 10099421Abstract: 3-D printing transfers build material and support from an intermediate transfer belt (ITB) to a platen. The build material is the same as the support material, except that the build material includes a photoinitiator and the support material does not. The platen moves to make contact with the ITB, and the ITB transfers successive layers of build material and support material each time the platen contacts the ITB. The platen and a portion of the ITB that is adjacent the platen are heated prior to the platen contacting the ITB, and the same is exposed so as to crosslink polymers of build material, without crosslinking polymers of support material. The polymers of build material being crosslinked and the polymers of support material not being crosslinked makes the support material selectively soluble in a solvent.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: John S. Facci, David C. Craig, David S. Derleth, Eliud Robles Flores, Varun Sambhy
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Patent number: 10099422Abstract: A method of solid free form fabrication (SFF) is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving SFF data collectively pertaining to a three-dimensional shape of the object and comprising a plurality of slice data each defining a layer of the object. The method also comprises, for each of at least a few of the layers, dispensing a building material on a receiving medium, straightening the building material, and selectively ablating the building material according to respective slice data.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: IO TECH GROUP LTD.Inventors: Michael Zenou, Ziv Gilan
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Patent number: 10099423Abstract: The present technology discloses methods for joining a first workpiece and a second workpiece through a heat stake, and products formed thereby. The first workpiece has an aperture configured to receive a stud positioned on a second workpiece. The system is formed by applying energy to the first workpiece using electrodes, which indirectly heats the stud, at least partially softening material of the stud. Pressure is then applied to the softened material of the stud, and causing the material to form according to a predetermined geometry. After pressure is released, the stud forms a stake forming an interlocked joint connecting the workpieces.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Pei-Chung Wang, Bradley J. Blaski
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Patent number: 10099424Abstract: An air adsorbing and sound absorbing structure with a first portion comprising a first material comprising an open-celled foam with an air-adsorbing material coupled to the foam, where the first portion has a first air adsorption capacity and a first density. There is a second portion fixed to or integral with the first portion, wherein the second portion comprises one or more of: a different material than the first material, a second air adsorption capacity that is different than the first air adsorption capacity, and a second density that is different than the first density.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Lifun Lin, Jason Loureiro, Michael Tiene
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Patent number: 10099425Abstract: A papermaking belt including zones of material laid down successively using a 3D printing process. The zones include at least a pocket zone configured to form three dimensional structures in a paper web by applying vacuum to pull the paper web against the pocket zone. In at least one exemplary embodiment, the zone also include at least one vacuum breaking zone configured to limit an amount of paper fibers pulled through the pocket zone by the applied vacuum.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: STRUCTURED I, LLCInventors: Byrd Tyler Miller, IV, Justin C. Pence, James E. Sealey, Taras Z. Andrukh, Shane Ervin Hayes
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Patent number: 10099426Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus, devices and methods for conveying particulate material during the manufacture of patterns in layers, wherein powder is conveyed out of a reservoir into a spreader unit having an ejection system.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: VOXELJET AGInventors: Ingo Ederer, Andreas Hartmann
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Patent number: 10099427Abstract: Various embodiments related to three dimensional printers, and reinforced filaments, and their methods of use are described. In one embodiment, a void free reinforced filament is fed into an conduit nozzle. The reinforced filament includes a core, which may be continuous or semi-continuous, and a matrix material surrounding the core. The reinforced filament is heated to a temperature greater than a melting temperature of the matrix material and less than a melting temperature of the core prior to drag the filament from the conduit nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: MARKFORGED, INC.Inventors: Gregory Thomas Mark, Antoni S. Gozdz
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Patent number: 10099428Abstract: A three-dimensional fabricating apparatus has a table on which a powder material is stacked in a layered manner, and a shaping unit which includes a powder material supply device supplying the powder material onto a top surface of the table by every predetermined layer thickness and a binder liquid supply device ejecting a binder liquid to the powder material supplied onto the top surface of the table. The powder material supply device of the shaping unit is movable in one direction in a state adjacent to the top surface of the table and is capable of supplying the powder material onto the top surface of the table at a predetermined supply width while moving the powder material supply device. The binder liquid supply device is capable of moving in the same direction as the powder material supply device in a state adjacent to the top surface of the table.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: CMET INC.Inventors: Yoshikazu Ooba, Koukichi Suzuki, Yuuya Daicho
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Patent number: 10099429Abstract: Systems, media, and methods for modeling electronic products for 3D printing including providing a library of modules and module interfaces; receiving at least one ruleset; receiving preliminary substrate structure data, the preliminary substrate structure data comprising shape and volume data defining a substrate; providing an interface allowing the user to place one or more modules on the substrate; providing an interface allowing the user to place one or more module interfaces, the module interfaces coupling one or more modules together through the substrate; warning the user where placement of a module or module interface violates the at least one ruleset; generating routing of electrically conductive interconnects between placed module interfaces; and generating a finalized substrate structure model by combining the preliminary substrate structure data with module placement data and interconnect routing data.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Baback Elmieh, Saurabh Palan, Andrew Alexander Robberts, Alexandre Jais
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Patent number: 10099430Abstract: A three dimensional printing method for producing a self-destructible temporary structure, comprising: depositing, layer by layer, a degradable material solution having a biosynthetic copolymer as a degradable component and a disintegrating agent solution comprising enzyme as the disintegrating agent, wherein the disintegrating agent is capable of disintegrating the degradable component. The steps include curing deposited layers to form gel layers and activating the disintegrating agent by an external trigger during or after depositing the disintegrating agent to gradually degrade the degradable component.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: STRATASYS LTDInventors: Daniel Dikovsky, Eduardo Napadensky
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Patent number: 10099431Abstract: Methods of fabricating a polymer scaffold with increased radial strength including steps of elongation or strain of a biaxially oriented tube and annealing or thermal processing of the strained tube at a constant strain are disclosed. The steps of elongation and thermal processing increase axial direction chain orientation and lamellar crystal growth, increase radial strength, and decrease the thickness of the tube. The method allows fabrication of a scaffold with thinner struts which provide sufficient radial strength.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventors: Syed F. A. Hossainy, Manish B. Gada
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Patent number: 10099432Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method for a fiber-reinforced resin sheet, the method being able to favorably impregnate a reinforcing-fiber base material with a thermoplastic resin. A fiber-reinforced resin sheet S is manufactured by introducing a reinforcing-fiber base material F in sheet form and a thermoplastic resin P into the gap between a pair of impregnating rolls 10A, 10B and impregnating the reinforcing-fiber base material F with the thermoplastic resin P while rotating the pair of impregnating rolls 10A, 10B. The surface of each of the pair of impregnating rolls 10A, 10B has formed thereon a resin holding layer 12 that elastically deforms along the thickness direction thereof when the impregnating rolls are pressed against each other and holds the molten thermoplastic resin P therein so as to be able to discharge the thermoplastic resin P upon pressing of the impregnating rolls against each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhiro Mizuta, Yuji Kageyama
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Patent number: 10099433Abstract: A composite component includes a component body and a datum feature. The datum feature projects in a first direction from a surface of the component body; the component further includes a plurality of pins extending generally in the first direction so that a first end of each pin is engaged in the component body and a second end of each pin is engaged in the datum feature. The datum feature is removable from the component so as to leave the first ends of the pins engaged with the component body. The first ends of the pins may be used to identify and locate the position of the original datum feature, when the component requires repair or other attention.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventor: Bijoysri Khan
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Patent number: 10099434Abstract: An airfoil structure is presented. The airfoil structure includes an outer casing substantially surrounding a composite core. The composite core includes a plurality of fiber bands, each of the plurality of fiber bands is placed at a predetermined position and orientation at a time, wherein the plurality of fiber bands are interwoven in an in-plane and out-of-plane orientation by interleaving each of the plurality of fiber bands placed in a plane with one or more of the plurality of fiber bands of an adjacent plane to define an interleaved structure. A method for manufacturing an airfoil structure including the composite core is also presented.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2014Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Todd Alan Anderson, Nicholas Joseph Kray, Gregory Carl Gemeinhardt, Michael Harvey Schneider
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Patent number: 10099435Abstract: A fiber tow and methods for separating a fiber tow are disclosed. The fiber tow may include adjacent filaments and a polymer coating covering at least a portion of the adjacent filaments. The polymer coating may include a polymer that is configured to contract in a direction generally parallel to the adjacent filaments and expand in a direction generally perpendicular to the adjacent filaments. The polymer coating may contract/expand in response to an energy source, such as heat or a UV light source. The methods may include coating at least a portion of a plurality of filaments with a polymer, bundling the filaments into a fiber tow, and exposing the fiber tow to an energy source to contract the polymer in a direction generally parallel to the filaments and to expand the polymer in a direction generally perpendicular to the filaments. The filaments may be carbon fiber filaments.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Haibo Zhao
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Patent number: 10099436Abstract: Provided are a process and an apparatus for producing a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin tape, the process and the apparatus being capable of preventing fiber cut from occurring at the start of production of the fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin tape. The provided process includes a resin impregnation step of opening a fiber bundle and impregnating the fiber bundle with molten thermoplastic resin and a through-nozzle passing step of passing the fiber bundle having undergone the resin impregnation step through a slit formed in a nozzle. The through-nozzle passing step includes setting, at the start of production, a gap dimension of the slit to a dimension larger than a normal dimension and changing the gap dimension of the slit to the normal dimension when a predetermined condition is satisfied, after the production start.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Naoyuki Tashiro, Takayasu Fujiura, Kazuya Takamura, Seiji Zenke
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Patent number: 10099437Abstract: Directionally oriented block copolymer films and zone annealing processes for producing directionally oriented block films are provided. The zone annealing processes include methods of inducing horizontally oriented block copolymers through a soft sheer process and methods of inducing vertically oriented block copolymers via sharp dynamic zone annealing. The zone annealing processes are capable of both small and large scale production of directionally oriented block films. The cold zone annealing processes are also capable of being combined with graphoepitaxy methods.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2013Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: The University of AkronInventors: Gurpreet Singh, Alamgir Karim
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Patent number: 10099438Abstract: An apparatus for molding a lens for a vehicle lamp may include: a lower mold including a first lower mold part for molding a primary injection-molded product and a second lower mold part for molding a secondary injection-molded product; a rotating mold including a first middle mold part for molding the middle part of the primary injection-molded product and a second middle mold part for molding the middle part of the secondary injection-molded product; a first movement prevention stopper fixing the primary injection-molded product; a second movement prevention stopper fixing the primary injection-molded product; a movement/rotation device moving the rotating mold and rotating the rotating mold; and an upper mold including a first upper mold part for molding the upper part of the primary injection-molded product and a second upper mold part for molding the upper part of the secondary injection-molded product.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventor: Jin Woo Bae
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Patent number: 10099439Abstract: Method of manufacturing polarizing plastic lens, including an upper mold positioning step of positioning an upper mold so that a nonmolding surface faces up and a molding surface faces down, an adhesive column forming step of discharging a thixotropic curable adhesive from a nozzle beneath the upper mold to form adhesive columns on the molding surface of the upper mold, a step of bonding the upper mold and a polarizing film, an adhesive column curing step of subjecting the adhesive columns to a curing treatment, a casting mold assembling step of assembling a casting mold having a cavity within which the polarizing film has been positioned with the upper mold to which the polarizing film has been bonded, a lower mold positioned opposite the upper mold so as to sandwich the polarizing film, and a sealing member maintaining a spacing between the upper mold and lower mold, and a polymerizing and curing step of casting a curable composition into the cavity, and polymerizing and curing the curable composition thatType: GrantFiled: November 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: EHS LENS PHILIPPINES, INC.Inventors: Masaki Ihara, Hiroshi Shimizu, Yoshinobu Ito, Toshihiko Shimizu, Kenichi Tonouchi
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Patent number: 10099440Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of cleaning an innermost surface of a pneumatic tire, the surface having a residue deposited thereon, comprising the steps of: activating a laser to generate laser radiation; directing a pulse of laser radiation to impinge on an area of the innermost surface, the pulse of radiation having a pulse width and a fluence sufficient to remove at least part of the residue in the area to form a cleaned area; repeating the step of directing the pulse of radiation sequentially over the innermost surface to form a sequence of cleaned areas, the sequence of cleaned areas defining a stripe, the stripe following a continuous nonlinear path extending at least one circumference about the inner surface, the stripe having a stripe width W2. The invention is further directed to a tire made by the method.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Thomas Benedikt Helfen, Jean-Claude Patrice Philippe Griffoin
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Patent number: 10099441Abstract: A tire vulcanization mold comprises a ring shaped tread mold which comprises a plurality of segments, each segment with a radially inner face and a pair of end faces each of which extends from a circumferential end of the inner face toward radially outwardly of the tire, the segments arranged in a circumferential direction of the tire to have a substantially continuous tread molding face by connecting inner faces one another, each inner face of segments comprising a circumferentially extending rib, a laterally extending rib, and blades for molding sipes, the blades including three dimensional blades which comprises a first blade with a thickness not more than 0.3 mm and a second blade with a thickness of from 0.4 to 0.6 mm arranged in one of the circumferentially end regions.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2013Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Shingo Takahashi
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Patent number: 10099442Abstract: A tire mold featuring a reusable base mold even when a pattern mold having been fitted to the base mold is to be replaced with another pattern mold. To that end, the tire mold includes a base mold and a pattern mold detachably fitted to the base mold. A tread pattern is formed on a crown region of a tire by a pattern molding surface of the pattern mold which faces the crown region. The base mold has an inner fitting periphery to be fitted to an outer fitting periphery of the pattern mold on the opposite side of the pattern molding surface thereof, and a peripheral length of the inner fitting periphery of the base mold is set shorter than a peripheral length of the outer fitting periphery of the pattern mold.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Toshiyuki Maeda
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Patent number: 10099443Abstract: A press is used to extract juice from food matter contained within a cartridge. The cartridge is compressible by the press and juice can be expelled through a cartridge outlet extendible through the press region.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Fresh Press LLCInventors: Douglas Evans, Paul Katz
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Patent number: 10099444Abstract: The invention concerns an elongated protective corner for the transport and/or packaging of products. The corner has at least two non-corrugated paperboard plies combined together to create two perpendicular wings and an apex The plies form multiple ply sections, and at least one of the ply sections of a given ply overlaps another ply section of the same ply. This overlapping arrangement gives the apex a resistance force of about 100 to about 500 lbs. The thickness of the corner can vary, with each wing being in the range of about 100 to about 250 points, and each ply is made from paperboard having a grammage of about 120 to about 380 g/m2. The resistance force can be determined by mounting the corner upon two blocks, and applying a force to the apex at a middle of the corner until a fracture is detected.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Abzac Canada Inc.Inventor: Pierre-Michel D'Anglade
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Patent number: 10099445Abstract: A composite membrane assembly may include a plurality of stacked composite plies. Each composite ply may include a main body of reinforced fibers connected together with a resin. The main body may include a base connected to an opposed boundary surface through opposed ends and opposed sides. At least one non-orthogonal cut is formed through a thickness of the main body from the base to the boundary surface. The non-orthogonal cut(s) is staggered with respect to at least one other non-orthogonal cut of an adjacent composite ply so that the non-orthogonal cut(s) does not form a contiguous linear cut with the other non-orthogonal cut(s) of the adjacent composite ply.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Max Kismarton
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Patent number: 10099446Abstract: It has been difficult to achieve weight reduction while satisfying a required insulation property in a heat insulating material configured by alternately stacking a metal vapor-deposited sheet and a net. A heat insulating sheet comprises: a first thermal conduction suppressing layer that suppresses thermal conduction; a first radiant heat reflecting layer that is placed on one surface side of the first thermal conduction suppressing layer and reflects radiant heat; and a protruding portion protruding from a surface of the first radiant heat reflecting layer on an opposite side of a surface on which the first thermal conduction suppressing layer is stacked, the protruding portion containing a resin at least on its surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignees: KANEKA CORPORATION, TOCHIGI KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Tsuyoshi Kuman, Shuzou Imai, Atsushi Kumasaki, Masaharu Iwai
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Patent number: 10099447Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a structural body including a core composed of fiber and a support, which is a component of the core and is in contact with the core.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Ikuo Uematsu, Naoya Hayamizu, Kenya Uchida
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Patent number: 10099448Abstract: A slide fastener reinforcement tape is provided that exhibits high performance launderability and peel strength between a reinforcement tape and a fastener tape, in environments harsher than those set forth in the prior art. Specifically, provided is a slide fastener reinforcement tape formed by laminating an adhesive layer on the back surface of a transparent elastomer film, wherein the slide fastener reinforcement tape is characterized in that the adhesive layer is a polyester-based hot-melt adhesive, a two-part type curable adhesive or a polyamide-based hot-melt adhesive, and the melting point of the adhesive layer is higher than 120° C. and no more than 160° C. and the melt viscosity at 200° C. is higher than 2000 poise and no more than 5500 poise.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2013Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: YKK CorporationInventors: Takayuki Ogyu, Shintaro Ohsugi, Kumiko Oyama
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Patent number: 10099449Abstract: A method of forming a substrate assembly includes preparing a substrate in a chamber, combining a solid-state nitrogen source and a boron source on the substrate, forming a metal layer on a surface of the substrate including the combined solid-state nitrogen and boron sources, and forming a first hexagonal boron nitride sheet directly bonded to the surface of the substrate by performing a heat treatment on the substrate including the metal layer and the combined solid-state nitrogen and boron sources.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Hyeon-jin Shin, Sang-Woo Kim, Jin yeong Lee
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Patent number: 10099450Abstract: A lightweight multilayer flame barrier includes alternating layers of a metal foil and an insulation layer to form a barrier layer. The metal foils may be configured on both the barrier surface and the interior surface. A barrier layer may be attached or coupled to a support layer. The lightweight multilayer flame barrier may be configured as a portable shelter that can be carried by fire service people and therefore may be lightweight and thin to enable compact storage and transport. The lightweight multilayer flame barrier may provide high convective exposure time in a thin lightweight composite.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Inventor: Stephen D Miller
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Patent number: 10099451Abstract: Heat shielding glass laminates are produced by laminating transparent panes with at least one film A having a low plasticizer content and a heat shielding coating thereon, and at least one film B having a high plasticizer content.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2014Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: KURARAY EUROPE GMBHInventor: Uwe Keller
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Patent number: 10099452Abstract: A process and system for making a laminated surface covering and the surface covering itself are described. The covering includes several layers bonded to each other. The system performs the process. One example of the process includes passing a first material across a first conveyor, passing a second material across a second conveyor, passing a bonding material across a third conveyor, contacting the first material and the second material to the bonding material, and heating at least one of the first material and the second material. The process also includes introducing the first material, the second material, and the bonding material into a pressure zone such that the bonding material is introduced between a bottom surface of the first material and a top surface of the second material. The process applies pressure to bond the first material and second material together via the bonding material to produce a laminated material.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Ecore International Inc.Inventors: Arthur B. Dodge, III, John McFalls
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Patent number: 10099453Abstract: A multilayer structure including a first layer; a sealant layer formed from one or more ethylene-based polymers; and a cohesive failure layer adjacent to the sealant layer and formed from a polymer blend which comprises an elastomeric propylene based polymer and a second polymer, wherein the second polymer is selected from the group consisting of high pressure low density polyethylene, high density polyethylene, ethylene acrylic acid copolymers, ethylene(meth)acrylic acid copolymers and combinations thereof is provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2014Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Dow Global Tchnologies LLCInventors: Nicolas Cardoso Mazzola, João Gargalaka, Jorge Caminero Gomes, Gianna Buaszczyk
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Patent number: 10099454Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a cover tape for packaging an electronic part which enables the reduction of the production time, and decreases the defective fraction due to the temperature variation of the sealing trowel, the present invention provides a cover tape for packaging an electronic part which includes a base layer and a sealant layer, and is closely adhered to a carrier tape, wherein the sealant layer is made of a resin composition; a main component in the resin composition has a melting point of 100° C. or less; a peeling strength A under fixed measurement conditions after heat-sealing to a polycarbonate sheet through the sealant layer at 220° C. for 0.015 seconds and a peeling strength C under the fixed measurement conditions after heat-sealing to a polycarbonate sheet through the sealant layer at 180° C. for 0.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2014Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.Inventor: Ryo Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 10099455Abstract: A protective coating system that exhibits a plurality of highly desirable characteristics, such as broad range adhesion, fire retardancy, anti-microbial, anti-graffiti, and solvent resistance, is provided. The coating composition generally includes a urethane resin, mono and multifunctional monomers, a reactive diluent, and fire-retardant and antimicrobial agents. The coating compositions are particularly suited for use with wallpaper and other paper and plastic products, especially those having images printed thereon.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2012Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Polymeric Ireland, LTDInventor: Amy Hohenadel
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Patent number: 10099456Abstract: A composite radius filler material is provided. The composite radius filler includes a resin, a first group of fibers dispersed within the resin, and a second group of fibers dispersed within the resin. The first group of fibers has a first length configured to facilitate orientation in a longitudinal direction. The second group of fibers has a second length that is shorter than the first length, with the second group of fibers configured to facilitate random orientation in a transverse direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Weidong Song, Tia Benson Tolle, Jonathan D. Robbins, Jamie J. Langabeer
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Patent number: 10099457Abstract: An adhesive tape, especially for jacketing elongate material such as cable looms in a motor vehicle, having a carrier material which is provided at least on one side with an adhesive coating, characterized in that the carrier material consists of a laminate, the laminate being formed from a textile carrier in the form of a staple fiber web or a spunbonded web and from a film which is located on the underside of the textile carrier and is made preferably of polyolefins, TPU or PVC such as plasticized PVC, more preferably of polyolefins, the film having a thickness of 15 to 80 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2012Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: TESA SEInventors: Michael Siebert, Dennis Seitzer
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Patent number: 10099458Abstract: The disclosure relates to reversible bonded structural joints using active adhesive compositions that can allow for dis-assembly, repair, and re-assembly. The disclosure is particularly directed to the adhesive composition material, irrespective of the type of the substrate(s) being joined. The adhesive composition can include any thermoplastic adhesive material that can be remotely activated for targeted heating of just the adhesive composition (e.g., and not the surrounding substrates being joined) via the inclusion of electromagnetically excitable particles in the adhesive composition. The substrates can be any metal material, any composite material, any hybrid material, or otherwise. The disclosed adhesive compositions allow for recyclability of parts at the end of their lifetime and repair/replacement of parts during their lifetime.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYInventors: Mahmoodul Haq, Lawrence T. Drzal, Ermias G. Koricho
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Patent number: 10099459Abstract: An adhesive composition that improves structural integrity and insulative properties when applied to a cellulosic substrate is provided. The adhesive composition includes a plurality of microspheres and an emulsion-based polymer that has (i) an elastic modulus greater than 0.5 MPa in the range temperature range of 70° C. to 110° C.; (ii) an absolute log(E)/T slope of less than 0.05 in the range temperature range of 70° C. to 110° C.; and (iii) a tan d value less than 0.6 at 90° C.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: HENKEL IP & HOLDING GMBHInventors: Tianjian Huang, Kristina Thompson, Daniel Waski, Kris Getty
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Patent number: 10099460Abstract: A method for producing a preform for manufacture of a fiber-reinforced plastic molding. The method includes: fixing a resin-equipped film rolled out from a roll state including a release film and a fixing resin and containing a partially-cured thermosetting resin, to a surface of the dry fiber fabric rolled out from a roll with the fixing resin interposed therebetween, thereby obtaining a first dry fiber fabric; separately fixing the resin-equipped film to a surface of the dry fiber fabric rolled out from a roll with the fixing resin interposed therebetween, and detaching the release film, thereby obtaining one or more second dry fiber fabrics; and laminating the second dry fiber fabrics on a surface of the first dry fiber fabric with the fixing resin of the second dry fiber fabrics interposed therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2012Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Sohei Samejima, Hajime Takeya, Michihito Matsumoto, Hiroki Kobayashi, Kazuki Kubo, Yuhei Awano, Takahiro Mabuchi
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Patent number: 10099461Abstract: A device for sticking a film on a display screen of a mobile device, the device including: a film holder for sticking a film main body on the display screen, the film holder having a protruding engagement piece which is inserted into and fixed to a connector on the side of the mobile device which serves as an engagement partner and a positioning means for the film main body, the film holder has at least two positioning projections and the film main body has the same number of positioning holes which are commensurate with the positioning projections.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: TRINITY, INC.Inventor: Tetsushi Hoshikawa
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Patent number: 10099462Abstract: A carrier film of thermoplastic polyester has releasable metal adhesive properties suitable for a metal transfer in which the polyester film is metalized and the metal layer is subsequently transferred to a permanent adhesive-coated substrate. The metal layer is in direct contact with the polyester carrier film and no intermediate release layer is present. Desired metal adhesion is provided by dispersing an suitable surfactant, and optionally, a hydrocarbon wax, uniformly into the polyester film. Surfactant on the outer surface of the carrier film modifies metal adhesion to the polyester such that the metal can be removed in a metal transfer operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Toray Plastics (America), Inc.Inventor: Jan Moritz
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Patent number: 10099463Abstract: A layered stack is created by placing webs of adhesive on opposite sides of web of cushioning layer and placing outer webs outside the webs of adhesive. An outer surface of a rotating drum is heated by heating oil inside the drum. An endless belt is heated by at least one heater. The layered stack is pulled between the heated endless belt and the heated rotating drum via a motorized drive assembly which rotates the endless belt. Both sides of the layered stack are heated enough to melt each web of adhesive when the layered stack passes between the heated moving endless belt and the heated rotating drum.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: L&P Property Management CompanyInventors: Terrance L. Myers, Matthew C. Smallwood
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Patent number: 10099464Abstract: A moisture-curing two-component composition consisting of a component A containing at least one polyoxyalkylene, polyolefin and/or polyacrylate prepolymer having at least one hydrolysable silane group and at least one solid inert additive selected from hydrocarbons, polyesters or polyamides, a component B containing at least one crosslinking compound for the prepolymers, and auxiliary substances and additives in one or both components, the component A and the two-component composition each having hot-melt adhesive properties.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2014Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Matthias Kohl, Manfred Proebster
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Patent number: 10099465Abstract: Electromagnetic radiation scanning is used to monitor the integrity of a composite laminate structure. The composite laminate structure is optically resonant at a frequency of electromagnetic radiation, allowing inconsistencies in the laminate to be detected and mapped.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2014Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Mark J. Clemen, Jr.
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Patent number: 10099466Abstract: A machine tool incorporating two angular axes as an inverted SCARA arm and a vertical, linear Z-axis, is described. A build surface on which a 3D object may be additively built is rotated around a lambda axis and also revolved around a theta axis. Embodiments are described that: (i) are free of belts, pulleys, cables and other soft drive mechanisms; (ii) place all three axis motors below a base plate; (iii) direct drive the build surface from shafts of a lambda and theta motor; (iv) are free of a rectangular box frame; (v) use angle sensors mounted directly on motor drive shafts; (vi) measure and compensate for build surface skew; (vii) incorporate a single element for both Z-axis support and a bearing surface. Both device and method embodiments are claimed.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Polarworks, ASInventors: Simen Svale Skogsrud, Thomas Boe-Wiegaard, Even Westvang, Alexandre Chappel, Hans Fosker
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Patent number: 10099467Abstract: A method including breaking down a component with a recycler to reduce the component to a recycled material composition that includes an original material of the component and debris that attached to the component during prior use, applying the recycled material composition within an additive manufacturing device to create a recycled component, and producing the recycled component from the additive manufacturing device, the recycled component material composition includes both the original material of the component and the debris attached to the component.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: MADE IN SPACE, INC.Inventors: Michael Snyder, Daniel Riley
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Patent number: 10099468Abstract: Provided is a planographic printing plate precursor including: a support; and an image recording layer formed on the support, in which the content of fine particles per unit area in a region on a plate surface on the image recording layer side from an end portion of the planographic printing plate precursor to a portion inside the end portion by 5 mm is greater than the content of the fine particles per unit area in a region other than the region by an amount of 10 mg/m2 or greater, edge stains are not generated therein, and transferring of the image recording layer is prevented even in a case where planographic printing plate precursors are stored in a stacked state. Further, provided are a method of producing the same and a printing method using the same.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Atsushi Ooshima, Koji Wariishi, Fumiya Shiraki, Shunsuke Hayashi
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Patent number: 10099469Abstract: A method for producing labels from a base support according to predefined card standard ISO CR80 ISO 7810 is disclosed. In the method, a base support is provided according to the predefined standard, the base support comprising at least one non-removable region and at least one removable region having dimensions substantially corresponding to the size of the label to be printed. The base support is inserted into a printer for performing printing on base supports according to the standard. Alphanumeric and/or graphical labelling information is selectively printed on at least one removable region of the base support. The printed base support from is then extracted from the printer. Accordingly, selective printing of identification labels for electrical components by means of thermal printers is achieve without the need for special base plates.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: MORSETTITALIA S.P.A.Inventor: Filippo Codara