Patents Issued in April 25, 2019
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Publication number: 20190118462Abstract: A method for manufacturing a three-dimensionally shaped product, capable of obtaining a three-dimensionally shaped product having a sufficient mechanical strength without reduction in a shaping speed. A method for manufacturing a three-dimensionally shaped product includes a step of preparing a fiber sheet having a predetermined shape, a step of applying a three dimensional shaping composition to the fiber sheet, and a step of solidifying the three dimensional shaping composition applied to the fiber sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Hazuki NAKAE, Takuji HATANO, Takatugu SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20190118463Abstract: According to an example, a 3D printer may include a delivery device and a controller. The controller may access a morphology of a part to be formed from a plurality of build materials in a layer, determine, based upon the accessed morphology, a first delivery pattern for the delivery device to selectively deliver liquid droplets onto build materials in the layer during a first pass over the layer and a second delivery pattern for the delivery device to selectively deliver liquid droplets onto build materials in the layer during a second pass over the layer to control a property of the part formed of some of the build materials in the layer. The controller may also control the delivery device to selectively deliver liquid droplets onto build materials in the layer according to the determined first and second delivery patterns respectively during the first pass and the second pass.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2016Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Sergio PUIGARDEU ARAMENDIA, David RAMIREZ MUELA, Pol FORNOS
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Publication number: 20190118464Abstract: A three-dimensional printing module includes a base seat, a sintering mechanism, a coloring mechanism and a forming mechanism. The base seat is movable relative to a powder layer. The sintering mechanism is mounted to the base seat for selectively sintering the powder layer to form a sintered layer. The coloring mechanism is mounted to the base seat, and is movable in a second direction relative to the base seat for selectively coloring the sintered layer to form a sintered and colored layer. The forming mechanism is mounted to the base seat for flattening the sintered and colored layer to form a solid layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Peng-Yang CHEN, Wen-Ten LIN
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Publication number: 20190118465Abstract: A 3D printer and method for increasing the speed of 3D printing, wherein said 3D printer comprises a heating block, a nozzle (1) attached to the heating block, and a hole through the heating block and the centre of the nozzle (1). In said hole there is a heat conductive material (7) attached in at least one place on the inner side wall of the hole for transferring heat (5) from the side wall towards the centre of the hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventor: Carl Bernhard Breck
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Publication number: 20190118466Abstract: Build material application device (6) for an apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects (2), the build material application device (6) being adapted to apply an amount of build material (3) in a build plane (BP) of a respective apparatus (1), the build material application device (6) comprising: a first build material application element (6a), the first build material application element (6a) being moveably supported in a first motion path (MP1) in which the first build material application element (6a) is moved across the build plane (BP), and in a second motion path (MP2) in which the first build material application element (6a) is not moved across the build plane (BP); a second build material application element (6b), the second build material application element (6b) being moveably supported in a first motion path (MP1) and in a second motion path (MP2).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: CONCEPT LASER GMBHInventor: Domenik BRAUNROTH
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Publication number: 20190118467Abstract: An apparatus and a method for forming a dimensionally stable, three-dimensional object (12) by consecutively or continuously applying and hardening a shapeable printing material (89).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2016Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Andrei Neboian, Robert Hein
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Publication number: 20190118468Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes an energy beam source adapted to emit an energy beam, and a component building area including a base extendable between and vertically movable relative to opposed walls. The component building area includes a platform supported by the base and extendable between the walls, the platform having a layer onto which powdered material is applied, the powdered material being melted or sintered by the energy beam to form a component. The component building area includes an articulation device for rotating the platform about a horizontal axis, and a powder recovery arrangement. The apparatus includes subsequent to formation of the component, the articulation device rotating the platform about the horizontal axis for collecting loose powder by the powder recovery arrangement by virtue of gravity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Adnan BOBAR, Jan SCHWERDTFEGER, Juan Vicente HARO, Archie SWANNER, JR.
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Publication number: 20190118469Abstract: A method can include additively manufacturing a first portion of a part in a first build direction on a first build plate, removing the first portion of the part from the first build plate and inserting the first portion of the part on a second build plate that is configured to receive at least a portion of the first portion of the part. The method can also include additively manufacturing, in a second build direction relative to the first build direction, a second portion on the first portion of the part that is on the second build plate. In certain embodiments, the method can include removing the part from the second build plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Matthew Donovan, Neal A. Thomson
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Publication number: 20190118470Abstract: There is provided a 3D printing build material container (31) comprising a reinforcement structure (34), a collapsible reservoir (33) to hold build material, a build material outlet structure (313), at least one first inlet structure (314, 316), and a second inlet structure (315). The reinforcement structure encloses an airtight space and the reservoir is disposed within the reinforcement structure. The build material outlet (313) structure is to allow build material to exit the reservoir. The at least one first inlet structure (314, 316) is to allow recycled build material to enter the reservoir and to selectively allow a gas to enter the reservoir. The second inlet structure (315) is to selectively allow a gas to enter a space between the reservoir and the reinforcement structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2016Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Xavier Alonso, Ismael Chanclon, Marc Morros, Marc Nicolau, Angel Santos
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Publication number: 20190118471Abstract: An extrusion assembly, a method of constructing an extrusion assembly, and an additive manufacturing system including an extrusion assembly are disclosed. The extrusion assembly includes an extrusion die; a channel having an inlet and an outlet, which is in fluid communication with the extrusion die; and a heating element that melts a filament material drive through the channel so that the melted material is extruded by the extrusion die. The heating element can be helically wound about the channel or extend parallel to the channel, among other configurations. Further, the extrusion assembly includes a temperature sensor that is positioned adjacent to the channel between the extrusion die and the heating element. The channel, heating element, and temperature sensor are enclosed together within a sheath as a single integral unit. An additive manufacturing system utilizing the extrusion assembly can include a drive assembly, a support assembly, and a controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Adam N. Heiligenstein, Paul R. Neilson, Martin P. Konieczny
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Publication number: 20190118472Abstract: Techniques for improved efficiency of sintering in additive fabrication are described. According to some aspects, mechanisms for depositing and leveling source material are combined with a mechanism for heating the material. In some embodiments, one or more heating elements may be arranged to lead and/or follow a material deposition mechanism such that heat may be applied to the build region in concert with deposition of material. As a result of this technique, the heating and depositing steps may be performed closer together in time and/or heat may be applied more directly to the material than in conventional systems. As a result, greater control over material temperature may be achieved, thereby avoiding excess temperature exposure and subsequent undesirable changes to the material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: Formlabs, Inc.Inventors: Eduardo Torrealba, Steven Thomas, Christopher Auld
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Publication number: 20190118473Abstract: A surface treatment method of an object, including the following steps: immersion of the object in a solution containing an acid or a mixture of acids, and having a pH between 0 and 6, so as to impregnate the surface of the object, removal of the object from the acid solution, and heating of the object to a temperature between 50° C. and the melting temperature of the object, until the required gloss and roughness surface properties are obtained. The method is particularly but not exclusively applicable to objects derived from additive manufacturing techniques.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Myrtille COMTE, Rima OULD MOHAND LEMMOUCHI, Clément MOREAU
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Publication number: 20190118474Abstract: A method for manufacturing a 3D item (10) comprising an electronic component (40), wherein the method comprises the step of printing with a fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printer (500) 3D printable material (201) to provide said 3D item (10), wherein the 3D printable material (201) comprises said electronic component (40). The fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printer comprises a printer nozzle, and the method further comprises the steps of providing upstream of the printer nozzle a filament of 3D printable material, wherein the filament comprises a cavity for hosting the electronic component, and creating upstream of the printer nozzle an assembly of the filament and the electronic component.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: RIFAT ATA MUSTAFA HIKMET, TIES VAN BOMMEL
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Publication number: 20190118475Abstract: An additive manufacturing material management station, comprising: a build material supply conduit (382, 582) with a build material supply connector (385, 585) to releasably connect between a management station body and a build material supply container to couple a flow of a fluid carrying a building material supply from within the supply container to the management station body; and a station data processor, wherein the supply connector comprises: a connector body; a suction nozzle (597) projecting from the connector body to form a mating fit with an outlet of a build material supply container in use; and a data communicator to provide data communication between the station data processor and a data memory chip (394) of the supply container (314).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2016Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Ismael Chanclon, Xavier Alonso, Jorge Castano
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Publication number: 20190118476Abstract: According to some aspects, a method is provided of removing debris from a liquid photopolymer in an additive fabrication device. According to some embodiments, a mesh of solid material may be formed in an additive fabrication device from a liquid photopolymer, and particles of debris present in the liquid photopolymer may adhere to the mesh. The debris may thereby be removed from the liquid photopolymer by removing the mesh from the additive fabrication device. The mesh may then be discarded.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: Formlabs, Inc.Inventors: Adam Damiano, Andre Comella
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Publication number: 20190118477Abstract: According to one aspect, there is provided an apparatus and a method for extracting 3D printed parts from a build unit (114) in cleaning station comprising obtaining data representing the contents of a print job contained in the build unit (114) and generating a visualization of the contents of the build unit (114) based in part on the obtained data and in part on data related to operations performed by the cleaning station.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2016Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Pol Fornos, Sergio Puigardeu Aramendia, Carmen Blasco
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Publication number: 20190118478Abstract: Apparatus for additively manufacturing of three-dimensional objects by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material which can be consolidated inside a process chamber (5) of the apparatus by means of an energy beam, wherein the apparatus comprises a suction device (2) adapted to locally suck process gas capable of being loaded with particles and/or residues generated in a manufacturing process from a process chamber (5) of the apparatus, wherein the suction device (2) comprises a base body (7) defining an inner suction volume (8) and a suction means (9) rotatably supported around a rotation axis (10), in particular a central axis, of the suction means (9), wherein the suction means (9) is adapted to generate a suction stream (4) of process gas within the inner suction volume (8) by rotating around the rotation axis (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: CONCEPT LASER GMBHInventors: Frank SCHÖDEL, Peter PONTILLER-SCHYMURA, Boris EICHENBERG
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Publication number: 20190118479Abstract: In an example, a method includes controlling a drive mechanism (110) of an additive manufacturing apparatus (100) to move a build platform (104) of the apparatus relative a static member (102); monitoring the movement of the build platform (104) using an optical sensor (302) that senses relative displacement between the build platform (104) and the static member (102); and generating calibration data based on the movement of the build platform (104) for calibrating a drive controller (120) of the drive mechanism (110) to compensate for run-out effects in the movement of the build platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Francesc SALA ROURA, Gonzalo GASTON LLADO, Joan CAMPDERROS CANAS, Pau SERRA BERGERON
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Publication number: 20190118480Abstract: In an example, a method includes acquiring, at a processor, a first data model and a second data model. The first data model comprises a representation of at least one property of at least part of a first object and the second data model comprises a representation of at least one property of at least part of a second object. The first and second objects are to be generated in a common additive manufacturing operation. The method may include generating a first print layer model and a second, different, print layer model using the processor by combining at least parts of the first data model and the second data model and generating additive manufacturing instructions based on the first print layer model and the second print layer model.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2016Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Lluis ABELLO ROSELLO, Sergio GONZALEZ, Jordi GONZALEZ ROGEL
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Publication number: 20190118481Abstract: A method for determining an attribute of an additive manufacturing apparatus including a plurality of scanners, each scanner including beam steering optics for directing a corresponding radiation beam to a working plane in which material consolidated in layers. The method may include controlling the beam steering optics of a pair of the scanners wherein a first scanner of the pair directs a radiation beam to form a feature in the working plane. The feature is within a field of view of a detector of the second scanner of the pair, the detecting radiation from the working plane is collected by the beam steering optics of the second scanner. Further including recording at least one detector value with the detector of the second scanner for the field of view and determining an attribute of the additive manufacturing apparatus from a comparison of the detector value with an expected detector value.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: RENISHAW PLCInventor: Ceri BROWN
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Publication number: 20190118482Abstract: Apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing of three-dimensional objects (2) by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of build material (3) which can be consolidated by means of an energy beam (4), the apparatus (1) comprising: —at least one build plate (5), the build plate (5) being moveably supported in at least one degree of freedom of motion; and/or—at least one build material application element (7, 7a, 7b), particularly a coating element, the build material application element (7, 7a, 7b) being moveably supported; —at least one optical device (16), the optical device (16) being adapted to optically determine the orientation and/or position of the build plate (5) and/or the build material application element (7, 7a, 7b) relative to a reference plane (RP).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: CONCEPT LASER GMBHInventor: Domenik BRAUNROTH
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Publication number: 20190118483Abstract: Method for operating at least one apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing of three-dimensional objects (2-5) by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers (6) of a build material which can be consolidated by means of an energy beam (12), wherein at least one object (2-5) is being built by successively irradiating layers (6) of the object (2-5) in a build plane (13), wherein at least one part (16-31) of at least one layer (6) of the object (2-5) is assigned to be irradiated by a first energy beam (12) and at least one other part (16-31) of at least one layer (6) of the object (2-5) is assigned to be irradiated by another energy beam (12), wherein the parts (16-31) of layers (6) are assigned to be irradiated by one of the at least two energy beams (12) based on a Huffman coding.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: CONCEPT LASER GMBHInventor: Kai HERTEL
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Publication number: 20190118484Abstract: According to one aspect, embodiments herein provide a method comprising forming a shrinking platform of model material above a build plate, the model material including sinterable metal particles and a first binder, forming a support structure of the model material extending up from the shrinking platform, forming a first portion of the part from successive layers of the model material above the support structure, forming a release layer intervening between a surface of the part and an opposing surface of the support structure or between a surface of the shrinking platform and an opposing surface of the build plate, the release layer including a dispersed ceramic powder and a second binder, and supporting the part, the release layer, and the support structure upon the shrinking platform to form a platform-integrating part assembly, the support structure being configured to prevent the first portion from distorting from gravitational force during sintering.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventor: Gregory Thomas Mark
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Publication number: 20190118485Abstract: A method comprising forming a shrinking platform of layers of a composite, the composite including a metal particulate filler in a first matrix, forming a shrinking support of layers of the composite upon the shrinking platform, forming a first release layer of a release material upon the shrinking support, the release material including a ceramic particulate and a second matrix, and forming a part of the composite upon the shrinking support to form a portable assembly from the combined shrinking platform, shrinking support, release layer and part, wherein substantially horizontal portions of the part are vertically supported by the shrinking platform, wherein the first release layer is configured, after sintering, to separate the part from the shrinking support and to allow the part to be readily removed from the shrinking support, and wherein the shrinking support is configured to prevent the part from distorting during sintering.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventor: Gregory Thomas Mark
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Publication number: 20190118486Abstract: A method of producing a cellular structure via an additive manufacturing technique includes the steps of: providing a feedstock material to an additive manufacturing printer device; dispensing the feedstock material from the printer device; and controlling the dispensing of the feedstock material to form at least one layer of the cellular structure according to a first predetermined gradient. In some aspects, the cellular structure comprises an array of cells surrounded, respectively, by walls, and arranged to create a non-uniform relative density and/or cell geometry across a width and/or a height of the cellular structure. An article of manufacture produced by such methods includes a cellular structure configured to produce a controlled collapse with selectable dynamic stiffness characteristics by altering the distribution and geometry of cells within the cellular structure, while being able to maintain a substantially similar static stiffness characteristic.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Brett Gibson Compton, Michael James Goin, Hesam Shams, Oleg Shylo
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Publication number: 20190118487Abstract: The problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a method for producing a joined body that reduces springback and can maintain high joining strength. The above problem is solved by a method for producing a joined body. The method includes heating a contact expected surface (a) of a molded body (A) containing carbon fibers and a thermoplastic resin, brining the heated contact expected surface (a) into contact with a contact expected surface (b) of a molded body (B) containing a thermoplastic resin; and joining the molded body (A) and the molded body (B). Contact surfaces (c) formed by contacting the contact expected surface (a) with the contact expected surface (b) includes a three-dimensional curved surface. The contact expected surface (a) is heated by using an infrared radiation mechanism capable of selectively infrared radiating the contact expected surface (a).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2016Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: Teijin LimitedInventors: Takumi Kato, Yasunori Nagakura
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Publication number: 20190118488Abstract: A composite material forming device includes a pressurizing unit, heating unit, a movement mechanism, and a control unit. The device processes a composite material in which reinforced fibers have been impregnated with a thermosetting resin from a softened state or semi-cured state into a cured state while forming the composite material into a prescribed size and prescribed shape. The pressurizing unit applies pressure to a prescribed region of the composite material. The heating unit applies a magnetic field to the prescribed region of the composite material to which pressure has been applied by the pressurizing unit, thereby heating a prescribed region of the composite material. The movement mechanism causes the pressurization region and heating region to synchronously move by simultaneously changing the position of a first member relative to the composite material and the position of the heating unit relative to the composite material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Nobuyuki KAMIHARA, Toshio ABE
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Publication number: 20190118489Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a housing for a fastener of a vehicle component. In one example, a housing for a fastener includes a central conduit adapted to receive the fastener, and a radial key extending outward from an outer surface of the housing. The radial key is first pressed against a vehicle component in an axial direction of the housing to form a first section of a channel within an interior of the vehicle component, and the key is then rotated against the interior to form an undercut, second section of the channel in a circumferential direction of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventor: Gary Nola
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Publication number: 20190118490Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and to a method for establishing a connection having material continuity or having material continuity and shaping matching or for separating such a connection of at least one metal or ceramic component and of a component formed from or by a thermoplastic polymer in which the components to be joined together can be pressed together by a pressing device having a counterholder and a plunger. A heating device is present at the plunger and/or at the counterholder or acts there.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicants: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITY DRESDENInventors: Maurice LANGER, Annett KLOTZBACH, Robert PAUTZSCH
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Publication number: 20190118491Abstract: The present application discloses a stone-plastic composite real wood veneer floor. The stone-plastic composite real wood veneer floor comprises a stone-plastic composite and a real wood veneer. The real wood veneer is adhered to the stone-plastic composite, wherein a composition of the real wood veneer is less than 12% water. The present application further discloses a method for manufacturing the abovementioned stone-plastic composite real wood veneer floor. The method comprises mixing a stone material and a plastic material to form a mixture; injection molding the mixture to form the stone-plastic composite; vacuum drying the real wood veneer to make the composition of the real wood veneer to be less than 12% water; and adhering the stone-plastic composite with the real wood veneer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Qiang Xie, Hoa Hong Khang
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Publication number: 20190118492Abstract: A method for fabricating a hat stiffener which includes a step of positioning two or more reinforcement fiber layers about a mandrel. The method further includes a step of cutting through the two or more reinforcement fiber layers forming a first stack of first end portions of the two or more reinforcement fiber layers and a second stack of second end portions of the two or more reinforcement fiber layers wherein the first and second stacks are in overlying relationship with respect to the mandrel. In addition, the method further includes moving the first stack of the first end portions and the second stack of the second end portions of the two or more reinforcement fiber layers out of overlying relationship with respect to the mandrel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Andrew Kenneth Glynn, Max Marley Osborne, Peter J. Lockett
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Publication number: 20190118493Abstract: The method of forming reinforced fiber base material is provided with: arranging, on the mold having a projection with a upper surface, a platform that is adjacent to the projection and has a flat upper surface at the same height as the upper surface of the projection; forming the laminate by placing reinforced fiber base material in layers on the upper surface of the projection; placing an end of the laminate in the width direction extending out of the upper surface of the projection, on the upper surface of the platform, with the end of the laminate in the width direction sandwiched in a vertical direction by a pair of the films of which outer ends in the width direction are fixed to each other; and removing the platform and pulling out the pair of the films while shaping the laminate along the projection.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATIONInventors: Kensuke Matsumoto, Toru Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20190118494Abstract: A method and system for assisting in the manufacture of composite parts such as those used for various high-strength assemblies such as aircraft wings, vertical stabilizers, racing car shells, boat hulls, and other parts which are required to have a very high strength to weight ratio. The system uses laser technology to measure the resultant surfaces of a first manufactured composite part. A computer system analyzes and compares the as-built dimensions with the required production specifications. Supplemental composite filler plies are designed including shape and dimensions. These plies are nested together into a single composite sheet and manufactured to minimize wasted material. The plies are then cut out and applied to the first part guided by a laser projection system for locating the plies on the part. The part is then re-cured. The final assembly is then re-measured for compliance with production dimensions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Michael Spellman, Jeff GODFREY, Gregory MacLean
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Publication number: 20190118495Abstract: Provided is a flat fiber-reinforced plastic strand which is produced by curing a twisted resin-impregnated strand and has no disturbed fiber orientation, and a flat fiber-reinforced plastic strand sheet which is produced by using said flat fiber-reinforced plastic strands. According to a method of manufacturing the flat fiber-reinforced plastic strand 2, (a) a twisted resin-impregnated strand f2 in an uncured state, the strand including a plurality of reinforcing fibers f, is fed in a state of tension between a pair of heated steel belts 41A and 41B facing each other and making rotation movements; and (b) the resin-impregnated strand f2 is sandwiched and heated by the steel belts 41A and 41B, and pressurized from both sides of the strand f2 to form a cross section of the strand into a flat shape, and, with the shape being kept, a resin is cured and cooled.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Makiji MIYAO, Akira KOBAYASHI, Masaki ARAZOE, Akihiro TATEISHI
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Publication number: 20190118496Abstract: Material preparation devices and related methods include a material or substrate assembly and an application assembly for applying a fiber material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Jason K. Slack, Christopher J. Madsen, Don C. Jones, Vernon M. Benson, Peter G. Turner, Ralph Douglas Cope, Kimberly Ann Ferrara, Anthony Dale Johnson, Michael James Case, Jesse Paul Brown, James Gargel, Steven Andrew Cope, Kyle Putnam Tarry
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Publication number: 20190118497Abstract: A filling method for filling surface imperfections on a surface of a wing comprising a scanning step in which a control unit controls a movement of a scanner past the surface of the wing to scan the surface and transmit the collected data to the control unit, a computation step in which the control unit computes a digitized surface from the data, a determination step in which the control unit determines each surface imperfection by comparing the reference surface and the digitized surface, a generation step in which the control unit generates a digital model of the patch intended to fill the surface imperfection, and a printing step in which the control unit controls the movement of a 3D printer past each surface imperfection and commands the activation of the 3D printer in order to make it print the patch.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Daniel KIERBEL, Mathias FAROUZ-FOUQUET, Laurent MALARD
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Publication number: 20190118498Abstract: A spectacle lens processing device includes a drilling tool and a processor. The processor acquires a position of a hole formed in a lens and a pantoscopic angle. The pantoscopic angle is an angle in a vertical plane between a visual axis of a user and an optical axis of the lens when the user wears spectacles in which the lens after processing is mounted and faces forward. The processor determines, based on the acquired pantoscopic angle, a relative angle between the drilling tool and the lens when the hole is formed in the lens in the position of the hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji KANDA, Kyoji TAKEICHI, Hirohisa MIZUNO
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Publication number: 20190118499Abstract: A mold apparatus includes a first pivot arm having a first mold surface, a second pivot arm having a second mold surface opposing the first mold surface, and a driving cam member having a first driving cam surface configured to engage a first driven cam surface of the first arm to pivot the first arm in a first direction, and a second driving cam surface configured to engage a second driven cam surface of the second arm to pivot the second arm in a second direction opposite the first direction. The driving cam member moves between a first position, in which the first mold surface of the first arm and the second mold surface of the second arm form a continuous mold surface, and a second position, in which the first arm and the second arm are separated to enable removal of a molded element having an undercut mold surface contour.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventor: Jared S. Baggen
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Publication number: 20190118500Abstract: A forming apparatus includes: a slide on which one of a pair of dies is mounted and which has a hole portion and can advance and retreat in an advancing and retreating direction; a die clamping force generating unit having a piston movable in the advancing and retreating direction and generating a die clamping force; a slide driving unit advancing and retreating the slide in the advancing and retreating direction; and a die clamping force transmitting unit which transmits the die clamping force from the die clamping force generating unit to the slide and includes a force transmitting body transmitting the die clamping force from the piston to the slide and movable between a first position to prevent the piston from entering the hole portion and a second position to allow the piston to enter the hole portion, and a force transmitting body driving unit moving the force transmitting body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventor: Kei Yamauchi
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Publication number: 20190118501Abstract: Disclosed is a fitment holder that includes a base, a hub extending from the base, and a fitment positioning structure comprising a plurality of pins. The plurality of pins may be configured to engage a wing of the fitment and the plurality of pins may include a plurality of heads residing in a plurality of countersunk areas formed in the base. The plurality of pins may also include a plurality of ends extending from a top surface of the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: David G. Smith, William D. Rogers
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Publication number: 20190118502Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fluid line for conducting a fluid. The fluid line may include an external layer including a crosslinked chlorinated polyethylene (CPE); a reinforcement system arranged within the external layer, and a barrier layer arranged within the reinforcement system and configured to delimit an internal passage of the fluid line configured to conduct the fluid, where the barrier layer is configured to reduce diffusion of the fluid through the barrier layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Michael Rosemann, Matthias Knopp
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Publication number: 20190118503Abstract: Disclosed herein is a laminated structure including a first layer covering a substrate and a raised portion existing on the substrate, and a second layer covering the first layer, in which a first seam is formed inside the first layer, starting from a part at which the raised portion rises from the substrate or a vicinity of the rising part as a start point, a second seam is formed inside the second layer, starting from a part at which the first layer positioned above the substrate rises or a part of the second layer corresponding to a vicinity of the rising part as a start point, and the first seam and the second seam are discontinuous.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Toshihiro MIURA
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Publication number: 20190118504Abstract: The method for producing an optical member of the present invention includes: Process (1) of applying a first resin to a substrate; Process (2) of applying a second resin to at least one of the first resin and a die; Process (3) of pushing the substrate to the die with the first resin and the second resin in between to form a resin layer including on a surface thereof an uneven structure; and Process (4) of curing the resin layer to provide a polymer layer. The die includes a surface after release treatment with a fluorine release agent. The first resin contains a resin component, and the resin component contains predetermined amounts of a (meth)acrylamide compound and a urethane prepolymer containing six or more functional groups. The second resin contains predetermined amounts of a reactive group-containing monomer, a fluorosurfactant, and a fluorine-containing monomer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hidekazu HAYASHI, Tokio TAGUCHI, Kenichiro NAKAMATSU, Hisashi MARUYAMA, Nobuaki NAKAO, Suguru AOKI
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Publication number: 20190118505Abstract: In a decorative sheet, a concavo-convex pattern is provided on a surface of a base material. The concavo-convex pattern includes a first concave, a convex and a second concave. The first concave is a bottomed concave. The convex is adjacent to the first concave. The second concave opens at the bottom surface of the first concave. The second concave is a bottomed concave. The second concave is provided in a first region of the bottom surface of the first concave which is a region spaced apart from a boundary between the first concave and the convex not less than a maximum dimension which is a dimension in an opening direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of an opening end of the second concave which is a side of the bottom surface of the first concave in the thickness direction of the base material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: SEIREN CO., LTD.Inventor: Tatsuya Shirasaki
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Publication number: 20190118506Abstract: An exterior structural trim part for a vehicle, comprising at least an area comprising at least 3 layers superposed and laminated together to form a structural unit whereby the two outer layers are compressed and consolidated fibrous layers and with an inner layer situated in-between the two fibrous outer layers being an impervious polyester foam layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2016Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Fabien BAUDRY, Bertrand DELMAS
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Publication number: 20190118507Abstract: A fiber-reinforced resin molding includes a core layer and a pair of skin layers. The core layer includes a nonwoven fabric and impregnating resin that has been impregnated in the nonwoven fabric. The skin layers include fibers and a matrix resin that covers the fibers. The fibers and a matrix resin of the skin layers are joined to both surfaces of the core layer. The skin layers each have recesses that are formed on side surfaces that face the core layer such that a portion of the fibers in the matrix resin are exposed, and where portions of the nonwoven fabric and the impregnating resin have penetrated the recesses.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2016Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicants: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Renault S.A.S.Inventor: Takeshi YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20190118508Abstract: A resin composite film comprising a cellulose microfiber sheet and a resin, the resin composite film satisfying the following: (1) in a modulus mapping obtained by an examination of a cross-section with an AFM along the thickness direction, the fibers constituting the cellulose microfiber sheet have an average fiber diameter and a maximum fiber diameter, both calculated through image analysis, of 0.01-2.0 ?m and 15 ?m or smaller, respectively; and (2) at least one surface of the resin composite film has an overcoat resin layer having an average thickness, determined from the modulus mapping, of 0.3-100 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yamato Saito, Masayuki Nakatani, Hiroko Kawaji, Yoko Fujimoto, Hirofumi Ono, Kazufumi Kawahara
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Publication number: 20190118509Abstract: A method for producing a breathable web, comprising: feeding a web on the surface of an anvil roller rotatable about its axis and having a plurality of welding protrusions cooperating with a welding element, welding said web at a plurality of welding spots on head surfaces of said welding protrusions and forming respective annular welding seams at said welding spots, about respective welding projections, and respective thin membranes located within said annular welding seams and adjacent to the head surfaces of said welding protrusions, and removing said thin membranes after said welding by means of a peeling roller having an outer surface tangent to said head surfaces of said welding protrusions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Francesco D'APONTE, Serafino LUPINETTI
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Publication number: 20190118510Abstract: A film comprising a release layer and an adhesive layer, wherein the thickness of the film is less than 25 microns.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: FLEXOPACK S.A.Inventor: Dimitris GINOSATIS
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Publication number: 20190118511Abstract: A disclosed electronic device includes a graphite laminate having a plurality of layers laminated in a first direction, each layer containing graphite, where the graphite laminate has a portion in a stepwise form in which edges of the plurality of layers are offset from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: Fujitsu Optical Components LimitedInventors: Kazuyuki Wakabayashi, Toshihiro Ohtani