Patents Issued in November 8, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180319066
    Abstract: A plastic composition consisting essentially of plastic matter, inorganic matter, and organic matter. The plastic composition has a notched izod impact above 12 J/m, a surface energy of at least 40 dyne/cm and, and when the plastic composition is subjected to injection molding, at least one of a tensile strength of above about 2.7 MPa, a tensile modulus of above about 600 MPa, a flexural modulus above about 690 MPa, a flexural strength above about 5.6 MPa, and a Charpy Impact above about 1.5 KJ/m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Yuval Tamir
  • Publication number: 20180319067
    Abstract: A manufacturing device of the present invention includes an intermediate molded body mold having a first accommodating space capable of accommodating a plurality of preforms, each preform having a mouth portion and a trunk portion; an intermediate molded body blowing unit configured to blow gas into the plurality of preforms arranged in the first accommodating space to inflate the plurality of preforms, thereby manufacturing an intermediate molded body having a connection portion formed by the trunk portions of the plurality of preforms welded to each other; a final molded body mold having a second accommodating space larger than the first accommodating space; and a final molded body blowing unit configured to blow gas into the intermediate molded body arranged in the second accommodating space to inflate the intermediate molded body, thereby forming an exterior shape of a multiple-chamber container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Nissei ASB Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki MIYAZAWA, Junji TAKAHASHI, Kaoru KASAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180319068
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mold for manufacturing a container from a preform, the mold including: a side wall, a mold bottom having a through-passage in the center thereof, a cylinder including a body and a counter stretch molding rod that is mounted so as to be slidable relative to the body between an extended position in which the counter stretch molding rod projects relative to the mold bottom and a retracted position, a stand on which the mold bottom is mounted, this stand including a lower stage, an upper stage and a spacer detachably inserted between the upper stage and the lower stage and defining the cavity in part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Matthieu BREARD, Marc LEROUX, Arnaud BARBEY
  • Publication number: 20180319069
    Abstract: There is provided a parison guide which improves a flatness of parison with a simple configuration. A parison guide (1) guides a parison (P) which has an arc shape in horizontal cross section and is discharged from an extrusion apparatus (2). The parison guide is fixed to a discharge-side end portion of the extrusion apparatus (2). The parison guide includes a contact face (17) configured to come into contact with and guide an edge portion of the parison to flatten the parison. Preferably, the contact face (17) includes a curved surface, and the contact face (17) has a curvature of a horizontal cross section which gets smaller in a discharge direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Kunihiko KONDO, Kazuhiro OHTAKI, Yuji MINOWA, Toshinari TAKEYAMA, Toshio KAGITANI
  • Publication number: 20180319070
    Abstract: A liquid blow molding method molds a bottomed tubular-shaped preform into a liquid-containing container in which a content liquid is held. The liquid blow molding method includes: a first molding step of liquid blow molding the preform into a halfway shape by supplying, into the preform that has been heated to a predetermined temperature, a first liquid at a predetermined pressure through a nozzle unit; and a second molding step, performed after the first molding step, of liquid blow molding the preform by supplying a second liquid into the preform at a predetermined pressure through the nozzle unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi OKUYAMA, Mitsuru SHIOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180319071
    Abstract: A hydraulic blow molding apparatus having a container forming station with a forming head coupled to a source of liquid blow medium. The container forming station further includes a mold configured to receive a preform and has interior surfaces that define the container shape. The container forming station injects a liquid end product into the preform and expands the preform to simultaneously form and fill a container with the liquid end product. Prior to the container being removed from the container forming station and while it is still full of the liquid end product, a seal is engaged with the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: G. David LISCH
  • Publication number: 20180319072
    Abstract: Cup or cartridge that is deep-drawn from a plastic film or a plastic cutout has a bottom and a circumferential wall, wherein the deep-drawing contour ensures a predetermined material distribution. A reinforcement, in terms of design, may be provided at the transition between the bottom and the wall. The transition between the bottom and the wall may have an approximately identical or greater material thickness than the bottom or the wall or than both the bottom and the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Coveris Rigid (Zell) Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Dieter BERGNER
  • Publication number: 20180319073
    Abstract: A method of vacuum forming an object includes heating a plastic sheet. After heating the plastic sheet, a vacuum is applied to pull the sheet against an outer surface of a flexible mold so that the plastic sheet has a formed shape that conforms to a contoured shape of the outer surface of the flexible mold. A rigid core is withdrawn from a cavity in the flexible mold. The flexible mold is then withdrawn from the plastic sheet by applying force to the flexible mold in a single direction, thereby causing flexing of the flexible mold past the undercut. An apparatus for vacuum forming a plastic sheet includes the flexible mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Thomas E. Houck
  • Publication number: 20180319074
    Abstract: A method of forming a flare on an end portion of a polymer elongated member may be provided including positioning the elongated member within a passageway of a holding apparatus, heating an end portion of the elongated member, pressing a die onto the end portion of the elongated member, and advancing a press onto the end portion of the elongated member. The passageway may include a recess defined by a recess wall extending from a first end coextensive with a forming side of the holding apparatus to an internal second end. When the die is pressed on to the end portion of the elongated member, the end portion of the elongated member may be compressed longitudinally and expands radially. When the press is advanced onto the end portion of the elongated member, an inner section of the end portion may be folded against an outer section of the end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Drew P. Lyons
  • Publication number: 20180319075
    Abstract: An imprint apparatus performs an imprint process of forming a pattern on a substrate by bringing a mold into contact with an imprint material on the substrate and curing the imprint material. The apparatus includes a detector configured to detect an arrangement relationship between the substrate and the mold, and an adjuster configured to adjust the arrangement relationship based on an output from the detector. The adjuster adjusts the arrangement relationship in a state in which a vibration is applied to an imprint material between the substrate and the mold, and then further adjusts the arrangement relationship in a state in which the vibration is not applied to the imprint material between the substrate and the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Tosiya Asano
  • Publication number: 20180319076
    Abstract: A method for 3D printing an object with at least one wall (2) having a first surface and a second, opposite surface, wherein the first surface is intended to serve as an optical functional surface, wherein the wall is formed by printing one track (16) on top of another track (17). An orientation of the object during printing is selected such that the wall has a tangent (or tangent surface) non-parallel to the z-axis, such that the first surface faces away from the x-y plane and the second surface faces the x-y plane. According to the invention, the 3D object is thus oriented during printing such that the first surface, intended to be used as an optical functional surface, faces away from the x-y plane, i.e. typically away from the support or platform on which the 3D object is printed upon. By ensuring this orientation during printing, the first surface becomes smoother than the second, opposite surface of the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Rifat Ata Mustafa HIKMET, Coen Theodorus Hubertus Fransiscus LIEDENBAUM
  • Publication number: 20180319077
    Abstract: Method for additive manufacturing of at least one component comprises the manufacture, by depositing and selective melting of layers of powder, of at least one intermediate assembly comprising the component produced at an inclined angle and forming an angle of between 20° and 70° with a manufacturing support plate, a support interposed between the support plate and a lower base of the component, and at least one local supporting element resting against the rear frontal face of the component. During the selective-melting phases of the manufacturing step, incipient cracks are formed in regions of connection of the support and of the supporting element to the component. The component is separated from the support and the local supporting element after the manufacturing step by breaking of the connecting regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Etienne BLANCHET, Romain CALVEL, Florian EPARVIER
  • Publication number: 20180319078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to materials for a multi-stage method for producing one or multiple molded bodies. The materials may be used in a method including constructing one or multiple molded bodies in layers by repeatedly applying particulate material by the 3D printing method; pre-solidifying the molded body; unpacking the pre-solidified molded body and removing unsolidified particulate material, and final solidification of the molded body for achieving a final strength due to the action of thermal energy. The invention also relates to a device which may be used for this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Ingo Ederer, Daniel Günther
  • Publication number: 20180319079
    Abstract: A nozzle for a three-dimensional (3D) printer. The nozzle includes: a first chamber; a second chamber with a spout at a lower end thereof; a shaft disposed within the first chamber with a rod that extends through an aperture at a bottom end of the first chamber to the second chamber; a spring within the first chamber, where the spring biases the shaft toward an upper end of the first chamber; a channel guide configured to receive printing material and connected to the second chamber; an electric coil surrounding the exterior of the first chamber; and a controller communicatively connected to the electric coil and configured to control an electrical current of the electric coil such that a magnetic field is changed to manipulate the position of the shaft and the rod, wherein the rod is extended through the second channel when the shaft is in an extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Wine Projects Ltd.
    Inventors: Shay EYAL, Dima LOKSHIN, Michael ROGINSKY
  • Publication number: 20180319080
    Abstract: A 3-D printing apparatus includes a body, a disposed in the body, a control module, a print head module assembled to the body and electrically connected with the control module and a sensing module. The sensing module is assembled to the print head module to move along with the print head module in the body and electrically connected with the control module and includes a probe. The control module drives the print head module to move and causes a part of the body to hit the sensing module, thereby driving the probe to protrude from the print head module to form a first state. In the first state, the control module drives the print head module to move and causes the probe to contact the platform, thereby determining a surface state of the platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicants: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Yang-Teh Lee, Chien-Chih Chen, Shih-Wei Huang
  • Publication number: 20180319081
    Abstract: Techniques for producing removable build modules for additive fabrication devices are described. According to some aspects, a removable build module may comprise an enclosure having an open top, a fabrication platform arranged in an interior of the enclosure, and at least one actuator incorporated into the enclosure and configured to move the fabrication platform towards and away from the open top of the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Formlabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Eduardo Torrealba, Luke Plummer, Brian Chan, Maxim Lobovsky, Shane Wighton, Ian Ferguson
  • Publication number: 20180319082
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus or method may include an irradiation structure, an irradiation filter to filter at least a part of the radiation, to transmit a narrower wavelength range than the received wavelength range to the media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Arthur H Barnes, Pierre J. Kaiser
  • Publication number: 20180319083
    Abstract: A method for carrying out additive manufacture while regulating material consumption, comprises making a digital representation of at least part of an object for printing, the representation comprising a plurality of voxels, and then identifying voxels which are flexible in respect of being able to consist of any one of at least two available materials. A balanced material consumption policy is then used to choose between the available materials so as to ensure that as far as possible, different materials are evenly used and wastage is minimized. Finally the object is printed with the selected materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Avraham TEKEN, Boris BELOCON
  • Publication number: 20180319084
    Abstract: Techniques for illuminating an interior of an enclosure in an additive fabrication device are described. According to some aspects, an additive fabrication device includes a build region into which source material may be disposed and at least one source of electromagnetic radiation configured to direct radiation onto the source material in the build region to thereby form a layer of solid material from the source material. A first heater may be included that is configured to heat at least a portion of the source material in the build region. In some embodiments, an enclosure surrounds the build region and comprises a refractive aperture. In some embodiments, at least one light source is arranged to direct light into the enclosure through the refractive aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Formlabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Eduardo Torrealba, Brian Chan
  • Publication number: 20180319085
    Abstract: A manufacturing method and system is described. The method includes, in one aspect: generating print location instructions for a part to be printed; determining a printing direction for the part or elements of the part by analyzing a direction of maximum principal stress for elements of the part to be printed subject to tension under the load and a direction of minimum principal stress for elements of the part to be printed subject to compression under the load; generating print direction instructions for the part, the print direction instructions including instructions to print the part in the determined printing direction; and printing the part in a manufacturing system in accordance with the print location instructions and print direction instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Prasad DASAPPA
  • Publication number: 20180319086
    Abstract: In some examples, a system generates three-dimensional (3D) object data for printing by a 3D printing system, the generating including determining a region in which to generate a wear indicator, and computing an arrangement of spatial shells of variable thickness in the region, where the spatial shells contain data representing at least one property of the wear indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter J. Klammer, Karl Walters, Peter Morovic, Jan Morovic
  • Publication number: 20180319087
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for estimating the physical properties of 3D printed objects that include: obtaining a three dimensional (3D) model of a 3D object to be manufactured by a 3D extrusion printer; obtaining at least a portion of tool path data for the 3D extrusion printer to build the 3D object in accordance with the 3D model; creating unit cell geometry from the at least a portion of tool path data using at least one limitation on one or more unit cells of the unit cell geometry with respect to an aspect of the 3D extrusion printer's build of the 3D object; generating a numerical simulation of one or more microstructural properties of the 3D object to be built using the unit cell geometry; and estimating one or more macroscale properties, of the 3D object to be built, from the numerical simulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Jaesung Eom, Ravi Kumar Burla
  • Publication number: 20180319088
    Abstract: A vacuum-sealing device includes external cylinder part (501B) which includes a distal end face that is brought into airtight contact with an outer face of a container that is a vacuum-sealing target to cover an exhaust hole of the container, and includes body part (501A) provided within external cylinder part (501B) and movable forward and backward along an axial center of external cylinder part (501B). The vacuum-sealing device further includes driver (503) that moves external cylinder part (501B) and body part (501A) forward and backward in the direction of extension of the axial center of external cylinder part (501B), and heater (504) that heats distal end portion (51) of body part (501A). Exhaust space (58) communicating with the distal end face of external cylinder part (501B) is formed between an outer circumferential face of distal end portion (51) of body part (501A) and an inner circumferential face of external cylinder part (501B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Tomoaki KITANO, Hideji KAWARAZAKI, Toshiaki HIRANO, Masayuki MIYAHIGASHI
  • Publication number: 20180319089
    Abstract: An exchangeable ultrasonic welding module contains an ultrasonic transducer assembly (4) with a horn (5) and an anvil (7). The module contains a member (1) provided with a guideway (8) in a mating guideway (18) on the frame (10) of a filling tube (14). A locking element (11) secures the member (1) and the frame (10) in a fixed position relative to each other. The member (1) is provided with an element (2) for linear motion of a sliding carriage (3) and an adjustable stop (6) for restricting the carriage movement (3). The ultrasonic transducer assembly (4) is firmly affixed to the carriage (3), whereas the anvil (7) is affixed to the member (1). The frame (10) may contain an adjustable stop (9) for locking the member (1) in a defined position as the member is inserted into the mating guideway (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Frantisek SMÍD, Miloslav ZAJÍC, Roman JIROUSEK
  • Publication number: 20180319090
    Abstract: A method for ultrasonic welding of materials, comprising generating ultrasonic waves in a welding assembly; transmitting the generated waves along the welding assembly in a first direction; receiving the generated waves in a sonotrode, the waves entering the sonotrode while propagating along the first direction; causing the received waves within the sonotrode to propagate along a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction; and oscillating a welding surface of the sonotrode using peaks and valleys of the waves propagating in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Matthew A. SHORT
  • Publication number: 20180319091
    Abstract: A method of joining panels for a vitrine is disclosed. The ends of the panels to be joined are mitered cut and bonded with a suitable adhesive providing adequate adhesion and transparency. The joints are formed to provide a wedge-shape bond gap sufficient to allow application of the adhesive from the outside of the gap through capillary action. The adhesive may be catalyzed or ultraviolet- or light-hardened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Wood & Wood, Inc.
    Inventor: Van Wood
  • Publication number: 20180319092
    Abstract: A centrifugal glue injection system includes a transparent glue storage unit, a fixture and a centrifugal device. The transparent glue storage unit includes a transparent glue container corresponding to a glue-injecting hole of an electronic assembly. The transparent glue container stores UV curable glue. The fixture clamps and fixes the electronic assembly and the transparent glue container. The centrifugal device includes a rotating module, a motor and an UV light module. The fixture is carried on the rotating module. After the UV light module irradiates UV light on the transparent glue container for a predetermined time period, the motor is activated to drive rotation of the rotating module. During a centrifuging process, the UV curable glue in the transparent glue container is filled into the electronic assembly through the glue-injecting hole in response to a centrifugal force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Yuan-Lin Xiang
  • Publication number: 20180319093
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for forming a structural member may include providing a sheet of structural material and compression molding an in-mold decoration film to a side of the sheet of structural material. In accordance with these and other embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for forming a structural member may include providing a sheet of structural material and adhesively bonding a chassis attachment frame to the sheet of structural material, the chassis attachment frame having one or more attachment features for mechanically coupling the structural member to other one or more other components. In accordance with these and other embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for forming a structural member may include providing a sheet of structural material and molding a chassis attachment frame comprising sheet molding compound to the structural material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. Abbatiello, Chuan Beng Sim, Xin Hua Tian
  • Publication number: 20180319094
    Abstract: A method for creating a vacuum insulated panel including preforming a continuous insulation member having male and female engaging surfaces and providing a barrier film envelope having an opening. The insulation member is disposed within the barrier film envelope and a tooling fixture is pressed against the barrier film envelope to press the barrier film envelope against the male and female engaging surfaces to remove gas from between the barrier film envelope and the male and female engaging surfaces. Substantially all gas is removed from within the barrier film envelope so that the barrier film envelope substantially conforms to an exterior surface of the insulation member. The opening of the barrier film envelope is then hermetically sealed, wherein the barrier film envelope forms a continuous layer over the core insulation member to form a vacuum insulated panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Guolian Wu
  • Publication number: 20180319095
    Abstract: A drive system for driving an automatic welding machine for joining the edges of sealing sheets, comprising pressing/advancing rollers located vertically opposite one another and driven by a shared drive motor, downstream of which a transmission gear mechanism is connected, and an upper pressing/advancing roller is disposed rotatably about a roller rotational axis on a tensioning arm of the automatic welding machine, which is pivotable about a tensioning arm axis, and a lower pressing/advancing roller is disposed rotatably about a roller rotational axis on a frame of the automatic welding machine, which is supported by at least two drive rollers, wherein the drive motor and the transmission gear mechanism are rigidly attached to the frame, and the drive motor comprises a motor armature including a protruding rotational shaft, and the transmission gear mechanism comprises a rotatable protruding input shaft and output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Flavio Sigrist, Lukas Gisler
  • Publication number: 20180319096
    Abstract: The present invention relates to, in general, a welding end effector apparatus configured for welding a plastic component. The welding end effector apparatus typically comprises a frame structure supporting a welding tip. The welding end effector apparatus further comprises a plastic weld rod feeder apparatus configured for delivering a plastic weld rod to the welding tip. The welding tip is configured to deposit at least partially deformed plastic weld rod onto the plastic component for welding the plastic component. The frame is configured to operatively couple the welding end effector to a multi-axis robotic arm for welding the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Gregory John Dobbyn
  • Publication number: 20180319097
    Abstract: Embodiments of additive manufacturing systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, an additive manufacturing system includes an array of multiple electrodes for sequentially depositing material layer-by-layer to form a three-dimensional (3D) part. The system includes a power source to provide electrical power for establishing a welding arc for each electrode. The system includes a drive roll to drive each electrode. The system also includes a controller to operate the system at a first deposition rate to form first resolution contour portions of a layer of the part. The controller also operates the system at a second deposition rate to form second resolution fill portions of the layer of the part. The system provides variable width deposition at the second deposition rate using a variable number of the electrodes. The first deposition rate is lower than the second deposition rate, and the first resolution is higher than the second resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Badri K. Narayanan, Michael Kottman
  • Publication number: 20180319098
    Abstract: A polymeric material used for 3D printing is preheated, at a first zone in a 3D printer, to a temperature in excess of its glass transition temperature prior to being melted, at a second zone, for incorporation into a build object. This enables the polymer to be processed more rapidly than in the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Arevo, Inc.
    Inventors: Armando Armijo, Riley Reese
  • Publication number: 20180319099
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing a component, in particular for a motor vehicle, in which a nonwoven is provided with strip-shaped plastic materials by way of 3D printing, and the strip-shaped plastic bodies applied by way of 3D printing are subsequently pressed into the nonwoven while supplying heat and pressure. The strip-shaped plastic bodies can be reinforcing ribs. The strip-shaped plastic bodies can be applied in the regions of the nonwoven where increased component stresses occur during later use. The strip-shaped plastic bodies applied can be thermoplastic material, fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material or thermoset material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Heinrich Sommer
  • Publication number: 20180319100
    Abstract: A multi-layer braided article comprises a braid folded over itself to form a first layer and a second layer, and one or more blind stitches in the first layer. The one or more stitches define an edge of the first layer about which the braid folds from the first layer into the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Pascal Amat
  • Publication number: 20180319101
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a composite material part having a body secured to at least one platform present at one end of the body, the method including using the fiber blank to form a preform for the part that is to be made by folding out segments of the second and third portions that are not interlinked with the first portion on opposite sides of the first portion, by shaping the folded-out segments of the second and third portions to form preform portions for a platform of the part to be fabricated, and by folding down the segment of the first portion in order to fill in the groove present in the gap between the second and third portions; and densifying the preform with a matrix in order to obtain a part made of composite material having at least one integrated platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Nicolas Pierre LANFANT, Sébastien PAUTARD
  • Publication number: 20180319102
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a curved part made of a stack of plies of continuous fibers in a thermoplastic polymer matrix. The part having at least one in-plane curved ply in one of the flanges, where the fibers are aligned with the curvature. The fiber placement parameters are determined to obtain welding of the fibers on a pre-deposited ply without diffusion of segments of the polymer's molecular chains through the interface between the fibers and the pre-deposited ply. An in-plane curved flat blank is produced by automated fiber placement using the parameters. The blank comprises at least one ply where fibers are aligned with the curvature and having an overall porosity content lower than 1%. The blank heated to a temperature greater than the melting temperature of the polymer is hot stamped and consolidated to provide the curved composite part with continuous fiber reinforcement having at least two flanges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: DIDIER KURTZ, JULIE VAUDOUR
  • Publication number: 20180319103
    Abstract: A composite fibre-reinforced polymer shaft having a hollow cylindrical portion and a shaped end portion, the shaped end portion being moulded from a hollow cylindrical shape prior to curing. By moulding the end portion from a hollow cylindrical shape, the shaped end portion can be formed into a desired shape easily and quickly from a shape that is easy and efficient to produce by normal winding techniques. The cylindrical shape is preferably an extension of the hollow cylindrical portion that forms the rest of the shaft such that the fibres that form the main cylindrical shaft extend across from the main cylindrical shaft into the end portion, thus providing excellent load transmission properties along the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: William POLLITT, Andrew WRAGG
  • Publication number: 20180319104
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for making foam laminates having a concave surface. The methods include: (a) placing the foam sheet-containing sandwich structure in a mold; and (b) shaping the laminate in the mold to form the foam laminate having a concave surface. In the methods, the foam sheet is a slice from a foam bun in which a foaming reaction occurs such that the foam rises in a direction away from a base, such that one major surface of the sheet is a foam rise direction facing surface and the opposed major surface of the sheet is a base facing surface, and prior to placing the foam laminate in the mold, the foam sheet is oriented so that the shaping forms the foam laminate having the concave surface wherein the foam rise direction facing surface of the foam sheet faces the concave surface of the foam laminate. Also disclosed are automotive headliners and hoodliners made thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Bin Lee
  • Publication number: 20180319105
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system for manufacturing a polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) prepreg includes a mechanism for continuously moving a fabric or mat and a resin application component that applies a methyl methacrylate (MMA) resin to the fabric or mat. The system also includes a press mechanism that presses the fabric or mat during the continuous movement subsequent to the application of the MMA resin to ensure that the MMA resin fully saturates the fabric or mat. The system further includes a curing oven through which the fabric or mat is continuously moved. The curing oven is maintained at a temperature of between 40° C. and 100° C. to polymerize the MMA resin and thereby form PMMA so that upon exiting the curing oven, the fabric or mat is fully impregnated with PMMA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Mingfu Zhang, Klaus Friedrich Gleich, Asheber Yohannes, Michael John Block, Jawed Asrar, Derek Cooper Bristol, Christopher P. Sandoval
  • Publication number: 20180319106
    Abstract: A 3D thermoplastic pultrusion system and method based upon a 3D variable die system and including one or more sets of 3D thermoplastic forming machines to continuously produce thermoplastic composite pultrusions with at least one of varying cross-section geometry and constant surface contours, varying cross-section geometry and varying surface contours, and constant cross-section geometry and varying surface contours. The 3D thermoplastic pultrusion system and method including at least one of multiple pairs of shapeable and flexible bands and a rotating assembly that rotates the one or more sets of 3D thermoplastic forming machines to impart a twist to the thermoplastic composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: David W. Johnson, Scott A. Garrett, Stephen G. Moyers
  • Publication number: 20180319107
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for measuring a permeability/porosity ratio of a fiber preform in a molding system. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the system includes a mold, a detection device, a resin-supplying source, and a computing device. The mold includes an upper mold and a lower mold forming a mold cavity. The resin-supplying source is configured to input a molding resin into a preform in the mold cavity. The detection device is configured to detect a flow front of the molding resin at a first position and a second position in the mold cavity. The computing device is configured to calculate a flowing property of the molding resin into the preform based on the first position, the second position, a travelling time of the flow front from the first position to the second position, and a pressure difference driving the flow front to travel from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Yuan YAO, Tzu-Heng CHIU, Rong-Yeu CHANG, Chia-Hsiang HSU, Chih-Wei WANG, Shih-Po SUN, Sung-Wei HUANG, Hsun YANG, Tsai-Heng TSAI
  • Publication number: 20180319108
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the fabrication of complicated electronic and/or mechanical structures and devices and components using homogeneous or heterogeneous 3D additive build processes. In particular the invention relates to selective metallization processes including electroless and/or electrolytic metallization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: David W. Sherrer, Dara L. Cardwell
  • Publication number: 20180319109
    Abstract: A method for preparing a sapphire lens includes the following steps: sequentially forming an ink layer and a coating film layer on one surface of a large polymeric membrane; laser-cutting the obtained large polymeric membrane to form two or more small polymeric membranes that are as thick as the large polymeric membrane; laminating the surface of the small polymeric membrane that does not contain the ink layer and the coating film layer to one surface of a sapphire sheet, such that an adhesive layer is formed between the small polymeric membranes and the sapphire sheet, wherein the sapphire sheet has a thickness of 0.3 to 1.5 mm, and the polymeric membrane has a thickness of 0.02 to 0.2 mm; and pressing the obtained sheet material to remove bubbles, thereby obtaining a sapphire lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Lens Technology (Changsha) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwan Fei Chau, Qiaobing Rao, Xiaoqun Chen, Qing Zhou, Junhua Zhao
  • Publication number: 20180319110
    Abstract: A fabrication process includes: 1) forming an object by 3D printing; 2) smoothing the object by applying a gel to the object to coat at least a portion of the object with a film of the gel; 3) subjecting the object coated with the film to vacuum; and 4) curing the film to yield the object coated with the cured film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Olav SOLGAARD, Nina VAIDYA, Thomas Eugene CARVER
  • Publication number: 20180319111
    Abstract: A tire vulcanization mold has a mold main body, and blades having, at proximal end sides thereof, embedded portions that are fixed to the mold main body in embedded states, and, at distal end sides thereof, projecting portions that project-out from the mold main body's inner surface, wherein at least one introducing path extends from a projecting portion side surface toward a blade inner portion is formed at each blade, and, a connecting path, shaped as a closed space and connects the introducing path and a proximal end opening, is formed at each blade's interior, a discharge path, whose one end opening communicates with proximal end opening and whose other end opening communicates with external space, is formed in the mold main body, and, a maximum flow path sectional area at the connecting path less than or equal to an opening surface area of discharge path's one end opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuyuki ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20180319112
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a pneumatic tire including forming a green case by cylindrically winding a tire component member which includes at least one layer of a carcass ply. The green tire is shaped by expanding the green case into a toroidal shape with the supply of a fluid into the green case so that the green case adheres to a tread ring arranged radially outside the green case. The green tire is subjected to vulcanization molding within a mold die. During the shaping of the green tire, the fluid is supplied in accordance with a pressure profile which changes in a stepwise manner. The pressure profile is set such that a former stage pressure which allows the green case to expand to 35% to 40% of a full expansion amount is set lower than a final stage pressure in a final stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kunihiko Nagai
  • Publication number: 20180319113
    Abstract: The method of manufacturing all-water foamed shoe sole includes the following steps. Prepare main agent and solidifying agent: prepare a main agent and a solidifying agent. The main agent is a mixture of polytetrahydrofuran (PTMEG), an all-water foaming agent, and a catalyst. The solidifying agent is prepolymerized by polyester polyol and methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI). Injection and foaming: the main agent and the solidifying agent are injected into a mold by an injector in a weight ratio of 100:50-60 to be foamed and shaped into a shoe sole. Removing mold: take the shoe sole out from the mold wherein the shoe sole has a specific gravity ranged from 0.2 g/cc to 0.28 g/cc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: CHI-KUNG WU
  • Publication number: 20180319114
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a honeycomb structure includes a forming step of preparing a forming raw material containing a cordierite forming material and an inorganic binder, and kneading and forming the prepared forming raw material to have a honeycomb shape; and a firing step of firing the prepared formed body. In the forming step, as the inorganic binder, smectite is used in which at least parts of interlayer metal cations are ion-exchanged with non-metal cations. In the smectite, a total amount of sodium to be contained in the smectite is 1.6 mass % or less in terms of oxides to 100 mass % of the smectite. A content ratio of the smectite in the forming raw material is 0.5 parts by mass or more and 4.0 parts by mass or less to 100 parts by mass of the cordierite forming material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi SHIBAYAMA, Hideki OKA, Shuji UEDA, Hiroyuki SUENOBU
  • Publication number: 20180319115
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a bag includes a wall of the bag is passed along a placement drum for rotatably mounted handles; a handle is hooked onto the drum, legs of the handle extending backwards along a perimeter of the drum in the direction of rotation of the drum, the legs being connected by a cross member; same is completely turned over using a turnover drum so that the legs are at the front on the placement drum; and the handle is deposited on the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Holweg Group
    Inventors: Thomas FICHTNER, Vincent SCHALCK