Patents Issued in November 8, 2018
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Publication number: 20180319016Abstract: A sensor assembly comprising first, second and third layers of flexible material forming, when superposed, a pressure-sensitive sensor having at least two sensor cells. The first layer comprises first and second electrically conductive regions mechanically connected to each other via an electrically non-conductive region. The second layer comprises a third electrically conductive region. The third electrically conductive region of the second layer overlaps the first and second electrically conductive regions of the first layer. The region of overlap defines an active region of a first and a second sensor cell. The third layer is formed of a conductive elastic material that cooperates under a local mechanical load in the active region with the first and second conductive regions of the first layer so that an electrical resistance between the electrical conductive regions changes in the place of the compressive load.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Onedin IBROCEVIC, Matthias KUCZERA, Matthias SCHWEIKER
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Publication number: 20180319017Abstract: Provided is a robot which allows a user to set a parameter, instead of separately providing any specific input section via which the parameter is set. A robot (1) includes (i) a right arm part, (ii) a servomotor, that is a right shoulder pitch, which is configured to drive the right arm part, (iii) an obtaining section (105) which is configured to obtain positional information on a position. of the right arm part which has been operated and (iv) a setting section (107) which is configured to set a value of a predetermined parameter to a value corresponding to the positional information that is obtained by the obtaining section (105).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: TAKAHIRO INOUE, AKIRA MOTOMURA
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Publication number: 20180319018Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to improvements in soft robotic systems that permit a soft robotic end effector to be a self-contained system, without reliance on a tether to deliver inflation fluid to the actuator(s) of the end effector. According to some embodiments, a robotic system may be provided including a soft actuator and a hub. The body of the hub may include an integrated pressure source configured to supply inflation fluid through the actuator interface to the soft actuator. The pressure source may be, for example, a compressor (such as a twin-head compressor) or a reaction chamber configured to vaporize a fuel to create a high-temperature pressurized gas and deliver the pressurized gas to the actuator One or more accumulators may receive inflation fluid (or a partial vacuum) from the compressor over time, and store the inflation fluid under pressure, thus allowing actuation over a relatively short time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Ryan KNOPF, Joshua LESSING, Daniel Vincent HARBURG, Grant SELLERS, Kevin ALCEDO
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Publication number: 20180319019Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods of manufacturing an article using electroadhesion technology, either as a sole modality of handling such materials or in concert with at least one mechanically actuated modality for the pick-up and release of materials, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Harsha PRAHLAD, Richard J. CASLER, Susan KIM, Matthew LEETTOLA, Jon SMITH, Kenneth TAN, Patrick WANG, John Mathew FARREN, Patrick Conall REGAN, Po Cheng CHEN, Howard FU, Honam KO, Dragan JURKOVIC, Aishwarya VARADHAN, Tsung Tai CHIEN, Chang-Chu LIAO, Chih-Chi CHANG, Kuo-Hung LEE, Ming-Feng JEAN, TaeHoun KIM, Qingde CHEN, Greg MILLER
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Publication number: 20180319020Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods of manufacturing an article using electroadhesion technology, either as a sole modality of handling such materials or in concert with vacuum for the pick up and release of materials, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Harsha PRAHLAD, Richard J. CASLER, Susan KIM, Matthew LEETTOLA, Jon SMITH, Kenneth TAN, Patrick WANG, John Mathew FARREN, Patrick Conall REGAN, Po Cheng CHEN, Honam KO, Dragan JURKOVIC, Aishwarya VARADHAN, Tsung Tai CHIEN, Chang-Chu LIAO, Chih-Chi CHANG, Kuo-Hung LEE, TaeHoun KIM
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Publication number: 20180319021Abstract: A tendon and rigid element assembly that includes a tendon subassembly, including a tendon having a longitudinal end having a mating portion. Also, a rigid element has a mating portion. Further, a first one of the mating portions includes a set of projections and a second one of the mating portions defines a set of indentations that are sized and shaped to accept and retain the projections and wherein the set of projections are secured in the set of indentations, thereby securing the tendon to the rigid element.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventor: Timothy R. Beevers
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Publication number: 20180319022Abstract: A robot includes a base; a robot arm that includes an arm which is rotatable around a rotation axis with respect to the base; and a connector that is provided in the base and is capable of being connected to an external wire. The connector is located on a side of the center of gravity more than a line that is perpendicular to a location of a center of gravity of the robot arm when the robot arm is in a basic posture and a line segment passing through the rotation axis and passes through the rotation axis, as viewed from an axial direction of the rotation axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Kazuto YOSHIMURA, Yuki KOBARI, Sho NAKANO
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Publication number: 20180319023Abstract: A method of controlling a vibration reduction member of a patient side cart for a teleoperated surgical system includes detecting an occurrence of a first event corresponding to preparation of the patient side cart for a surgical procedure, and issuing a command signal to an actuation device to deploy the vibration reduction member to contact a ground surface upon which the patient side cart is located.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: David ROBINSON, Matthew R. CAVALIER, Gregory W. DACHS, Michael HANUSCHIK, Jason JIANG, Paul W. MOHR, Bruce M. SCHENA, Mark W. ZIMMER
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Publication number: 20180319024Abstract: A robot includes a moving mechanism, a sensor device and a control device. The sensor device senses a gesture of a user hand in a sensing zone thereof. The control device causes the moving mechanism to perform an action instruction that corresponds to the gesture when the gesture matches a piece of gesture data in a gesture database thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2017Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Che-Hsuan CHANG, Chih-Hsuan CHEN, Po-Chiao HUANG, Zong-Sian JIANG
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Publication number: 20180319025Abstract: The present invention relates to rounded blade scissors. The rounded blade scissors according to one embodiment of the present invention comprise: a first cutting portion including a first cutting blade bent in one direction to cut a target; a second cutting portion including a second cutting blade having a closed annular or polygonal shape to surround the surface of the first cutting portion; a first frame portion supporting the first cutting portion on one side of the first cutting portion; a second frame portion supporting the second cutting portion on one side of the second cutting portion; and a coupling portion that hingedly couples the first frame portion with the second frame portion so that the first cutting portion comes into contact with the second frame portion through rotation. Therefore, the cutting can be performed in a safe and effective manner. According to the present invention, the cutting target can be cut in an easy, convenient, and safe manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventor: Jeong Pyo KIM
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Publication number: 20180319026Abstract: A reciprocating-type electric shaver includes an outer blade, an oscillator that is driven to reciprocate by a motor, and an inner blade that reciprocates in cooperation with the oscillator. The oscillator includes attachment portions that are respectively attached to a main body, a movable base, both end sides of which are supported by the attachment portions via support portions having a substantially U-shape, and a cooperation portion that cooperates with the inner blade. In the respective support portions, a portion on a side connected to the attachment portion in a base portion, which is one linear portion of the U-shape, is formed in flexible oscillating pieces. The respective oscillating pieces are formed to be tilted in a direction orthogonal to a reciprocating direction of the movable base so that a lower portion side of the respective oscillating pieces is open outward in the reciprocating direction of the movable base.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Kenya HAYASHI, Tetsuhiko SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20180319027Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for trimming hairs by rotating a housing on a handle that contains one or more razor blades angled for shaving adjacent hairs.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventor: James Schatz
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Publication number: 20180319028Abstract: The present invention relates to electric appliances for personal care, in particular electric shavers, comprising a drive unit having first and second drive components adapted to magnetically interact with each other, and a magnetic shielding at least partially surrounding the drive unit. Said magnetic shielding is formed by structural parts supporting the drive unit and/or transmitting drive movements of the drive unit, wherein such structural parts are made of a soft magnetic material. More particularly, a mounting frame and a transmitter frame together form a magnetic shielding cage which is movable as the mounting frame and the transmitter frame are movable relative to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Bernhard Kraus, Thomas Verstege, Uwe Schober, Frank Ziegler
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Publication number: 20180319029Abstract: A hand-held cutting tool includes a handle, at least one cutting head with an embedded blade, the at least one cutting head being connected to the handle, and a clip connected to the handle within a recess thereof, the clip including a resilient member extending generally lengthwise along the handle. Each of the cutting head(s) is connected to the handle at an end thereof (i.e., at one or the other of two ends of the handle along a lengthwise portion thereof). The clip is connected at a base portion thereof to the handle at a location within (e.g., an interconnection location or juncture of) the recess. The clip is only connected to or in contact with the handle at the location independent of whether the resilient member (of the clip) flexes or otherwise repositions in relation to the base portion of the clip.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2017Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Jacqueline Marinovich, Mark Marinovich, Joseph P. Garavaglia
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Publication number: 20180319030Abstract: The cutter includes a main body, having a first hole; a blade, connected with the main body and being movable relative to the first hole, the blade having a cutting edge which partially and nondiametrically passes through the first hole when the blade moves relative to the first hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2017Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventor: HUNG-CHIH HUNG
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Publication number: 20180319031Abstract: A portable crafting tool, which may be readily transported from one location to another and placed on a tabletop or another suitable surface for use, and which includes rollers for applying pressure to a craft assembly, is disclosed. The craft assembly may include a platform with a tool, such as a cutting die, an embossing tool and/or a letterpress tool, a sheet of a medium (e.g., paper, vellum, acetate, foil, etc.) that is to be modified (as pressure is applied to the craft assembly) and a mat or a cover for positioning over the sheet of medium and the tool. The portable crafting tool may include a gap spacer, which adjusts a distance that the rollers are spaced apart from one another. The portable crafting tool may be configured for selective operation with a manually operated handle or with a motor that may be used in place of the handle. The portable crafting tool may be configured to engage a surface when it is deployed on the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Tavnir J. Carey, Andrew Hiller, Steven Bouck
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Publication number: 20180319032Abstract: A hole punch assembly includes two locating features for forming holes in a trim piece overlying a metal sheet with ridges formed therein. One locating feature is a groove into which one of the ridges is insertable. The other locating feature is a portion of the outer surface configured such that, when one of the ridges in in the groove and the trim piece contacts the portion of the outer surface, a punch is positioned to form a hole in the trim piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventor: Gordon Myles Moeggenborg
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Publication number: 20180319033Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, a paper processing apparatus comprises a perforation unit configured to include a rotary blade for perforating conveyed paper in a direction parallel to a conveyance direction and be capable of moving the rotary blade in a direction orthogonal to a conveyance path of the paper; a skew detection section configured at the upstream side of the perforation unit to detect the skew of the paper; a skew correction mechanism configured to incline the perforation unit and the rotary blade according to the detected skew amount of the paper; and a control section configured to control the position of the rotary blade and move the rotary blade to a perforation processing position before the paper is conveyed to the perforation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Takahide Kenmotsu, Katsuhiko Tsuchiya, Ken Iguchi
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Publication number: 20180319034Abstract: A method for perforating a film of plastic material in which the film is perforated whilst it is slid through a perforating device by a plurality of pressurised hot gas jets having a temperature above the melting temperature of the main film, in which the hot gas jets are correlated with the sliding speed of the main film, and in which reinforcing bands obtained from an auxiliary film of plastic material are connected to the perforated main film, making the reinforcing bands adhere between parallel rows of base holes. During perforating, the main film of plastic material is pressed against a perforating template, making the main film of plastic material instantaneously penetrate openings of the perforating template by said hot gas jets. A hot gas perforating device and a suitable apparatus for perforating and stretching a film of plastic material are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: No. EL. S.R.L.Inventors: Roberto PELLENGO GATTI, Maurizio GNAPPA
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Publication number: 20180319035Abstract: A cutting length display device for a hand-held machine tool includes at least one display unit and a cable system unit. The at least one display unit includes at least one movably mounted display element for displaying at least one position of a cutting edge of a machining tool on a workpiece configured to be machined depending on a set cutting depth of the machining tool. The cable system unit is configured to change a position of the at least one display element depending on the set cutting depth of the machining tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Thorsten Kuehn, Thomas Ziegler, Michael Wall, Joerg Maute
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Publication number: 20180319036Abstract: An electric stapler includes a base and a press portion articulated to the base. The press portion is provided with, from down to up, a staple channel assembly configured to receive a staple, a staple pressing plate assembly configured to press the staple and a drive assembly in sequence. The position of the drive assembly is fixed relative to the press portion. The staple channel assembly and the staple pressing plate assembly are rotatable relative to the press portion. The drive assembly includes a power unit and an execution component connected to the power unit to press or raise the staple pressing plate assembly. The above electric stapler addresses the technical issues that the staple channel cannot reset automatically after the staple is stuck and it is difficult to clear away a failed staple.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: NINGBO WEISHU STATIONERY CO., LTDInventors: Zhongmin DUAN, Changhai DAI
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Publication number: 20180319037Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing OSB wood material panels, in particular OSB wood material panels having reduced emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including the following steps: a) producing wood strands from suitable woods; b) torrefying at least some of the wood strands; c) glue-coating the torrefied wood strands and non-torrefied wood strands with at least one binder; d) scattering the glue-coated wood strands onto a conveyor belt; and e) pressing the glue-coated wood strands to form a wood material panel. The invention further relates to an OSB wood material panel that can be produced in accordance with said method and to the use of torrefied wood strands to reduce the emission of VOCs from OSB wood material panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Norbert Kalwa, Ingo Lehnhoff
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Publication number: 20180319038Abstract: The sheet manufacturing apparatus includes an accumulation unit that accumulates a material containing a fiber and a resin; a heating unit that includes a first rotating body and a second rotating body and heats a sediment accumulated by the accumulation unit; a displacement mechanism that displaces the heating unit to a first position where the first rotating body and second rotating body nip and heat the sediment and a second position where the first rotating body and the second rotating body are separated from each other; and a controller that displaces the first rotating body and the second rotating body to the first position after heating the first rotating body and the second rotating body in the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Yoshiyuki NAGAI, Takao MIKOSHIBA
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Publication number: 20180319039Abstract: A sprayed article is prepared by thermally spraying ceramic particles of rare earth oxide or fluoride or metal particles of W, Mo or Ta onto an outer or inner surface of a cylindrical carbon substrate to form a sprayed coating, and burning out the carbon substrate, thus leaving the ceramic or metal-base sprayed coating of cylindrical shape having a wall thickness of 0.5-5 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Noriaki Hamaya, Ryoji Iida, Noboru Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20180319040Abstract: The temperature of concrete can be monitored by a temperature probe. Typically, large volumes of concrete such as are typically carried in mixer trucks or mixed in industrial concrete production drums have a relatively stable, or slowly varying temperature, given the high thermal capacity of concrete. A sudden change in temperature can thus be attributed to an external event. A sudden addition of even a relatively small amount of water for instance, which has an even higher thermal capacity, can produce a notable sudden change in temperature. Examples where the detection of the addition of water can be particularly useful in the production and/or transport of concrete are provided herein. Moreover, if the temperature of the added water is known, and the quantity of concrete is also known, the sudden difference in temperature can be correlated to a volume of added water.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventor: Denis BEAUPRE
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Publication number: 20180319041Abstract: The invention relates to a ceramic cutter having liquid-cooling by immersion of the cutting disc, comprising: a support frame; an electric motor for actuating a cutting disc; a tray containing water for cooling the cutting disc by immersion; an auxiliary water tank, which is removable, disposed above the cooling tray and provided with a gravity-driven water outlet for discharging water into the cooling tray, said outlet being accommodated in the tray and being disposed at a height corresponding to a predetermined level of the water for cooling the cutting disc by immersion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventor: Santiago SANCHEZ GOMEZ
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Publication number: 20180319042Abstract: A cleaning piston for a mixing head of a reaction moulding machine includes a main part which has a cylindrical casing region, and a clearing part. The material and geometry of the clearing part are designed to remove residual material adhering to a channel of the mixing head. The clearing part is at least partly made of non-polar material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: KraussMaffei Technologies GmbHInventor: JOSEF RENKL
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Publication number: 20180319043Abstract: An apparatus and a method are for separating a plastic-based insulation material from a concrete-based constructional element, to which the insulation material is attached. The apparatus has at least one fluid-jetting device which is in fluid communication with a pressure-generating device to produce a fluid jet with a pressure sufficient to release the insulation material from the constructional element. The apparatus is configured to allow relative motion between the fluid-jetting device and the constructional element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: Vartdal Plastindustri ASInventor: Håvard VARTDAL
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Publication number: 20180319044Abstract: A method for making an aerodynamic element, particularly for an aircraft, including an external face and a plurality of parallel ribs and/or grooves formed on the external face, the method including making the element and its ribs and/or its grooves simultaneously with a mold, including a step to supply a film made of a deformable material that includes ribs and/or grooves complementary to the ribs and/or grooves of the element, a step to position the film on a wall of the mold, a step in which the element is molded, a step in which the element is separated from the mold simultaneously with the film, and a step in which the film is separated from the element.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: SAFRANInventors: Nicolas LANFANT, Emilie GONCALVES
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Publication number: 20180319045Abstract: When cleaning a mold using a mold cleaning system, three-dimensional image data of a molding surface of the mold is acquired by a camera, movement of arms is controlled by a control device based on the acquired image data, and a laser head is moved along the molding surface while a laser beam provided from a laser oscillator is irradiated to remove contamination adhered to the molding surface. Cleaning is performed on a specific site, using a relatively small laser head, or also using a relatively large laser head, or cleaning is performed using a laser head having a variable laser irradiation width and setting an appropriate laser irradiation width for each site to be cleaned.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Kensuke Matsumura, Masayuki Watanabe, Yusaku Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20180319046Abstract: A method and mold assembly for manufacturing a rotor blade component of a wind turbine is disclosed. The mold assembly includes a mold body that is divided into a plurality of mold zones, with each mold zone having a sensor for sensing a temperature thereof. Further, a composite material schedule is provided for each of the mold zones. Thus, the method includes placing composite material onto the mold body according to the composite material schedule and supplying a resin material to each mold zone of the mold body. The method also includes implementing a cure cycle for the component that includes supplying heat to each of the mold zones, continuously receiving signals from the sensors from the mold zones, and dynamically controlling via machine learning the supplied heat to each mold zone based on the sensor signals and the composite material schedule.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2017Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Stephen Bertram Johnson, Xu Chen, Nicholas Keane Althoff
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Publication number: 20180319047Abstract: A method includes applying a transferrable material to an outer surface of a casting plate to form a pattern on the outer surface of the casting plate. After applying of the transferrable material, a composite material is applied to the outer surface of the casting plate to form an inflatable membrane. The composite material covers at least a portion of the pattern and includes a florescent material and a pigment material. The inflatable membrane is cured to allow removal of the inflatable membrane from the casting plate. The inflatable membrane has an inner surface having the pattern detectable upon receiving of light causing the fluorescing material to emit florescent light.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Robert J. Fei, Michael L. Rishton, Jonathan Aguilar, Lydia Gregoret
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Publication number: 20180319048Abstract: A molding device includes lower and upper die core assemblies. The lower die core assembly includes at least two lower die core units surrounding a central axis and defining a mold cavity. The lower die core assembly is convertible between an open state and a closed state. When converted from the closed state into the open state, the lower die core units are moved away from the central axis. When converted from the open state into the closed state, the lower die core units are moved toward the central axis to compress the foaming material. The upper die core assembly is convertible between a lifted state, where the upper die core assembly is spaced apart from the lower die core assembly, and a lowered state to cover the mold cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Hsiang-Yu HUANG, Shih-Chia LIN, Hung-Wu HSIEH, Ju-Cheng CHEN, Tsung-Wei KUO
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Publication number: 20180319049Abstract: A molding device includes a lower mold seat including a lower mounting portion, a lower die core assembly mounted in the lower mounting portion and including a lower die core unit defining a mold cavity, an upper mold seat including an upper mounting portion, an upper die core assembly mounted in the upper mounting portion and including an upper die core unit covering the mold cavity, and upper and lower heating units respectively including upper and lower high-frequency heating members respectively inducing eddy current in at least one of the lower die core unit and the lower mold seat and at least one of the upper die core unit and the upper mold seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Hsiang-Yu HUANG, Shih-Chia LIN, Hung-Wu HSIEH, Ju-Cheng CHEN, Tsung-Wei KUO
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Publication number: 20180319050Abstract: An illustrative embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method. A composite charge is placed over a forming and cure mandrel, a first radius filler, and a second radius filler. Mechanical pressure is applied to shape the composite charge to the forming and cure mandrel and a rigid base to form a stringer layup having a hat-shaped cross-section. Vacuum pressure is applied to the stringer layup to form a compacted stringer package.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2017Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Richard Alexander Prause, Richard Heath, Andrew Elmer Modin
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Publication number: 20180319051Abstract: An illustrative embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a composite structure. A composite material having a closed cross-section or a partially closed cross-section is cured to form the composite structure, wherein the composite material is in contact with a foam mandrel assembly when curing begins. A supportive foam mandrel in the foam mandrel assembly is collapsed during curing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2017Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Richard E. Heath, Andrew Elmer Modin, Richard Alexander Prause
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Publication number: 20180319052Abstract: A molding device includes a lower die core assembly including a porous lower die core unit, an upper die core assembly including a porous upper die core, a heating assembly for heating the lower die core unit and the upper die core, and a control assembly operable to control temperature of an assembly of the lower die core unit and the upper die core to be direct proportional to a distance by which the upper die core is moved downwardly from a compression starting position where the upper die core comes into contact with the lower die core unit. The control assembly is further operable to control one of a heated gas and a cooled gas to be introduced into and discharged from the upper and lower mold core assemblies at different rates.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Hsiang-Yu HUANG, Shih-Chia LIN, Hung-Wu HSIEH, Ju-Cheng CHEN, Tsung-Wei KUO
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Publication number: 20180319053Abstract: A monolithic injection molded plastic part including an interior core, a surface formed as a monolithic structure with the interior core, and a distribution of hollow cells formed within the interior core during an injection molding process from a blowing agent and methods for making the same are provided. Such methods include preparing a mixture of unmelted plastic resin, filler agent, and blowing agent, melting the mixture into a viscous combination using a standard injection molding machine, injecting a set amount of the viscous combination into a hollow cavity of an injection mold secured within the standard injection molding machine, and holding the set amount of the viscous combination in the hollow cavity at a low pressure for a hold time until the viscous combination sets into a monolithic structure at least partially filling the hollow cavity and the blowing agent forms a distribution of hollow cells throughout the monolithic structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Jason L. Minnich, Travis J. Biggs
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Publication number: 20180319054Abstract: A mold device includes a lower mold seat, a lower die core assembly mounted to the lower mold seat and including a lower die core unit defining a mold cavity, an upper mold seat, and an upper die core assembly mounted to the upper mold seat and including an upper die core unit covering the mold cavity. The lower die core unit includes an internal loop for a cooled gas to flow therethrough, and is made of a first porous material so as to allow the cooled gas to flow out of the lower die core unit. The upper die core unit includes an upper die core passage for the cooled gas to flow therethrough, and is made of a second porous material so as to allow the cooled gas to flow out of the upper die core unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Hsiang-Yu HUANG, Shih-Chia LIN, Hung-Wu HSIEH, Ju-Cheng CHEN, Tsung-Wei KUO
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Publication number: 20180319055Abstract: The present invention provides a synthetic resin foaming molding die, a manufacturing method of a synthetic resin foaming molded article using the molding die, and a synthetic resin foaming molded article molded by the manufacturing method, which can prevent generation of a large-size void(s). The molding die (10) comprises an upper die (16) and a lower die (12) and having a cavity (29) defined by the upper die and the lower die, and a parting line 22 (communicating portion) communicating the cavity (29) and an ambient air. A rod-like member (24) is provided in fluid passage to allow the synthetic resin foaming material to flow to the parting line (22), in a protruding manner from the cavity surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yousuke MUTA, Kouhei MIZUTA, Norihito IBI
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Publication number: 20180319056Abstract: Technologies are generally described for hair accessories and methods to make a material for repelling lice. The hair accessories may comprise a lice repellent oil infused within an injection molded plastic material. The infused injection molded plastic material may be in the shape of a hair accessory. The methods to make a material for repelling lice may comprise placing a plastic material into a mixing chamber. The methods may comprise placing a lice repellent oil into the mixing chamber. The methods may comprise mixing the plastic material and the lice repellent oil in the mixing chamber to produce an infused plastic material. The methods may comprise feeding the infused plastic material into a hopper of an injection molding machine. The methods may comprise forming the material for repelling lice by injection molding of the infused plastic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2017Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: BURAK KUMUK, DANIEL BACHRACH
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Publication number: 20180319057Abstract: The modular mould (1) for forming an orthopaedic spacer made of medical cement defines a moulding cavity (2) delimited by a moulding surface (3) configured for impressing a predetermined shape on the medical cement and realising the orthopaedic spacer. The mould (1) comprises a first sector (7a), defining at least a first portion (8) of the surface (3), and a second sector (7b) defining at least a second portion (12) of the surface (3). The mould (1) comprises at least a first forming insert (14) insertable in a housing (13) fashioned in at least one of said sectors (7a, 7b) and comprises a respective portion (8, 12) of the surface (3), said respective portion (8, 12) of the surface (3) having an elongate shape which is configured for forming an elongate portion of said orthopaedic spacer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2017Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: FILIPPO FORONI, MICHELE FERROTTO, RICCARDO FERROTTO, GIUSEPPE MULAS, PIETRO CAVALIERE
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Publication number: 20180319058Abstract: Disclosed is a control system for and a method of filling a shooting pot cavity in a molding system, the method comprising: injecting resin from an injection unit to fill the shooting pot cavity; measuring a property of the resin at a predetermined location in the molding system; determining that the measured property is outside of a threshold range for the property, the threshold range being associated with the predetermined location; and selecting an operational parameter to adjust, the operational parameter associated with the measured property and the predetermined location.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.Inventors: Manon Danielle BELZILE, Patrice Fabien DEZON-GAILLARD, James Osborne PLUMPTON
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Publication number: 20180319059Abstract: The invention relates to a molding device for producing a product by means of injection molding. The molding device comprises a central mold part, which can be rotated about a rotational axis and which comprises at least one inner mold half arranged on the central mold part, and at least one outer mold half, which interacts with the inner mold half in order to form cavities in a closed configuration of the molding device and which is arranged in a movable manner relative to the inner mold half in a first direction (x). Furthermore, at least one first connector element arranged on the central mold part and at least one second connector element arranged on the outer mold half are provided, said second connector element being operatively connected to the first connector element at least in a closed configuration of the molding device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: FOBOHA (GERMANY) GMBHInventor: Rainer ARMBRUSTER
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Publication number: 20180319060Abstract: An appearance mechanical part includes a substrate formed by jointing a metal component and an insulation component and an insulation appearance layer formed on a surface of the substrate and covering a jointed boundary line. The jointed boundary line is a boundary line formed by the metal component and the insulation component on the surface of the substrate. A corresponding method for manufacturing the appearance mechanical part is provided. According to the appearance mechanical part and the method, the jointed boundary line is covered by an insulation appearance layer, so that a color and gloss of a surface of the appearance mechanical part can be consistent, and structural strength of the appearance mechanical part can be increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2015Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Xugu GU, Xiaofei WANG
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Publication number: 20180319061Abstract: The claimed invention provides a method for molding a decorative cup with a hard exterior shell and a molded cup with a hard exterior shell such that the ink of the decoration and the adhesive are encapsulated between the molding material and the hard exterior shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2017Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: DYNAMIC DRINKWARE, LLCInventors: ROBERT TRAVIS, JEFF SLUSARSKI
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Publication number: 20180319062Abstract: The present invention provides a method for efficiently manufacturing a molded foam product having excellent heat insulation, and a molded foam product obtained by such a method. The method of the present invention is a method for manufacturing a molded foam product, including the steps of: melting a resin composition containing a polyolefin and a polylactic acid and impregnating the resin composition with a fluid in a supercritical state to prepare a molten resin, and injecting the molten resin into a cavity formed in a mold and moving a portion of the mold to increase the volume of the cavity before the molten resin injected into the cavity completely solidifies, the fluid impregnated into the resin composition being a fluid of 0.05 to 4.0 wt % inert gas, the molded foam product at least partially having a five-layer cross-sectional structure of a first unfoamed layer, a first foamed layer, a hollow space, a second foamed layer, and a second unfoamed layer included in the given order.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Saki JINDAI, Tomohito ICHIKI
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Publication number: 20180319063Abstract: The present disclosure relates to machines and methods for reaction injection molding. In particular, the present disclosure provides small format reaction injection molding machines having exchangeable molds and reactant material tanks, as well as molds configured for use therein and associated componentry.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Joseph W. Pruitt, Jerry V. Foster, Jonathan E. Schweiger, Christopher Statham, Michael D. Field
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Publication number: 20180319064Abstract: A method of monitoring and controlling a molding clamping apparatus in an injection molding or other molding process is disclosed. The method includes creating a target strain profile, receiving a deviation limit, receiving a change in strain relating to a mold while it is closing from a first strain gauge, identifying a deviation from a target strain profile based on the output from the first strain gauge, determining that the deviation exceeds the deviation limit, and adjusting the rate or force of clamp movement. The target strain profile may have a first portion relating to a clamp closing process, a second portion relating to a filling process, and a third portion relating to a clamp opening process. The first portion relating to the clamp closing process may include an intermediate portion relating to a coining process having an intermediate clamp force setpoint.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: William Francis Lawless, III, Rick Alan Pollard, Chow-Chi Huang, Gene Michael Altonen
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Publication number: 20180319065Abstract: Moulding assembly (100) with an inlet (117) for receiving raw material to be ejected, a barrel (112) for gathering and processing the raw material received through the inlet (117), a screw (110) for engaging the raw material in the barrel, a first drive unit (170) configured for rotating the screw (110) in order to grind the raw material into liquid form, where the moulding assembly further comprises a second drive unit (120) configured to displace the screw (110) in a direction essentially perpendicular to the rotation direction in and out of the barrel (112) depending on the pressure in the barrel (112).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Henrik Holm, Klas Sjöberg