Patents Issued in May 7, 2019
  • Patent number: 10280505
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for metallizing parts in an efficient manner. The apparatus includes a plurality of plates stacked together and spaced from one another in a manner that enables placement thereon of a plurality of part supports, which are affixed to the plates. Spindles are coupled to the part supports, wherein the spindles are configured to allow for rotation of the parts. The plates are also configured for rotation so that parts may be moved to a metallizer station and rotated at the metallizer station. The plates are supported by centered or offset plate supports. The part supports may be pins to which the spindles are coupled. The pins may be configured to rotate or the spindles may be configured to rotate on the pins. The stacked plates may be moved between a metallizer and parts loading and unloading stations in a convenient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Inventors: Donald G. Parent, John F. Feeley
  • Patent number: 10280506
    Abstract: A chemical gas phase deposition process comprises steps of providing a high vacuum chamber, and inside the high vacuum chamber: positioning a substrate surface; positioning a mask parallel to the substrate surface, whereby the mask comprises one or more openings; adjusting a gap of determined dimension between the substrate surface and the mask; and orienting a plurality of chemical precursor beams of at least one precursor species towards the mask with line of sight propagation, each of the plurality of chemical precursor beams being emitted from an independent punctual source, and molecules of the chemical precursor pass through the one or more mask openings to impinge onto the substrate surface for deposition thereon. At least a part of the chemical precursor molecules decompose on the substrate surface at a decomposition temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: 3D-OXIDES
    Inventors: Giacomo Benvenuti, Estelle Wagner, Cosmin Sandu
  • Patent number: 10280507
    Abstract: Systems and methods for forming films on the surface of a substrate are described. The systems possess aerosol generators which form droplets from a liquid solution made from a solvent and a deposition precursor. A carrier gas may be flowed through the liquid solution and push the droplets toward a substrate placed in a substrate processing region. The droplets pass into the substrate processing region and chemically react with the substrate to form films. The temperature of the substrate may be maintained below the boiling temperature of the solvent during film formation. The solvent imparts a flowability to the forming film and enable the depositing film to flow along the surface of a patterned substrate during formation prior to solidifying. The flowable film results in bottom-up gapfill inside narrow high-aspect ratio gaps in the patterned substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Ranga Rao Arnepalli, Darshan Thakare, Abhijit Basu Mallick, Pramit Manna, Robert Jan Visser, Prerna Sonthalia Goradia, Nilesh Chimanrao Bagul
  • Patent number: 10280508
    Abstract: A nozzle head, apparatus and method for providing a coating on a surface of a substrate by subjecting the surface of the substrate to successive surface reactions of at least two precursors according to principles of atomic layer deposition. The nozzle head comprises an output face provided with at least two different precursor zones, the at least two different precursor zones being arranged to provide different coating layers on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: BENEQ OY
    Inventors: Pekka Soininen, Olli Pekonen
  • Patent number: 10280509
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to apparatuses for processing substrates. In one embodiment, a substrate processing system is provided and includes a lid having an upper lid surface opposed to a lower lid surface, a plurality of gas inlet passages extending from the upper lid surface to the lower lid surface, a gas manifold disposed on the lid, at least one valve coupled with the gas manifold and configured to control a gas flow through one of the gas inlet passages, wherein the at least one valve is configured to provide an open and close cycle having a time period of less than about 1 second during a gas delivery cycle for enabling an atomic layer deposition process. The substrate processing system further contains a gas reservoir fluidly connected between the gas manifold and at least one precursor source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Gwo-Chuan Tzu, Salvador P. Umotoy
  • Patent number: 10280510
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein generally relate to a substrate support assembly for use in a plasma processing chamber to provide non-uniform gas flow flowing between the substrate support assembly and sidewalls of the plasma processing chamber. In one embodiment, a substrate support assembly includes a substrate support assembly including a substrate support body defining at least a first side of the substrate support body, and a corner region and a center region formed in the first side of the substrate support body, wherein the corner region has a corner width that is smaller than a center width of the center region, the widths defined between a center axis and the first side of the substrate support body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kurita, Robin L. Tiner
  • Patent number: 10280511
    Abstract: A chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reactor includes a resonating cavity configured to receive microwaves. A microwave transparent window positioned in the resonating cavity separates the resonating cavity into an upper zone and a plasma zone. Microwaves entering the upper zone propagate through the microwave transparent window into the plasma zone. A substrate is disposed proximate a bottom of the plasma zone opposite the microwave transparent window. A ring structure, positioned around a perimeter of the substrate in the plasma zone, includes a lower section that extends from the bottom of the resonating cavity toward the microwave transparent window and an upper section on a side of the lower section opposite the bottom of the resonating cavity. The upper section extends radially toward a central axis of the ring structure. A method of microwave plasma CVD growth of a diamond film on the substrate is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: II-VI Incorporated
    Inventors: David Sabens, Charles D. Tanner, Elgin E. Eissler
  • Patent number: 10280512
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus to selectively deposit a carbon layer on substrate, comprising a plasma chamber to receive a flow of carbon-containing gas; a power source to generate a plasma containing the carbon-containing gas in the plasma chamber; an extraction plate to extract an ion beam from the plasma and direct the ion beam to the substrate, the ion beam comprising ions having trajectories forming a non-zero angle of incidence with respect to a perpendicular to a plane of the substrate, the extraction plate further configured to conduct a neutral species derived from the carbon-containing gas to the substrate; and a substrate stage facing the extraction plate and including a heater to heat the substrate to a first temperature, when the ion beam and carbon-containing species impinge on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Tsung-Liang Chen, Simon Ruffell
  • Patent number: 10280513
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coating surfaces, to a corresponding coating, and to the use of the objects coated according to said method. According to the invention, the method has or consists of the following steps: I. providing a substrate with a cleaned surface, II. contacting and coating the surfaces with an aqueous composition in the form of a dispersion and/or suspension, VI. if necessary rinsing the organic coating, and VII. drying and/or baking the organic coating or VIII. if necessary drying the organic coating and carrying out a coating process using a similar or additional coating composition prior to a drying and/or baking process, wherein between step I and step II, the coating process is carried out using an aqueous composition in the form of a dispersion and/or suspension on the basis of a colloidal silicate sol, which incorporates multivalent metal cations, or a silane- or silicate-modified polymer and if necessary a rinsing process is carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Chemetall GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Wasserfallen, Michael Schwamb, Aliaksandr Frenkel, Vera Sotke, Wolfgang Bremser, Martin Droll, Oliver Seewald, Ron Eilinghoff, Stephanie Gerold, Evgenija Niesen, Lars Schachtsiek, Manuel Traut, Philipp Klöpzig
  • Patent number: 10280514
    Abstract: This invention relates to an object with electroless plated coatings that includes an adhesion coating, a smoothening coating, a silver coating and an anti-scratch coating. A method of fabricating the electroless plated object is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: S.T. Trading Company Limited
    Inventors: Jianying Miao, Wei Li, Shing Hang Ng, Lok Hang Keung, Tao Gong
  • Patent number: 10280515
    Abstract: Various compositions and methods are disclosed for treatment of heat tints on stainless steel surfaces that allow for simultaneous pickling and passivation of stainless steel. Moreover, contemplated compositions and methods are free or substantially free of hydrofluoric acid and can be applied in various forms at different temperatures. In further preferred aspects of the inventive subject matter, the compositions contemplated herein include magnesium salts of acids, and especially magnesium salts of hydrofluoric and nitric acid, most typically in an aqueous base. Such compositions are significantly safer for a user and disposal. Where desired, additional ingredients may be added, including surfactants, chelators, thickeners, and/or fillers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Protocol Environmental Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Sergio Vitomir
  • Patent number: 10280516
    Abstract: The described embodiments relate to methods and apparatus for increasing rigidity of a metal housing while maintaining or reducing a wall thickness of the metal housing. More particularly a method for embedding a stiffener layer within an aluminum substrate is discussed. In one exemplary embodiment the stiffener layer can be a carbon fiber sheet applied to an inside surface of an unfinished housing and then subsequently covered by depositing a layer of aluminum over the carbon fiber in a solid-state deposition process. The deposited aluminum can adhere to the unfinished housing around or through the carbon fiber layer to bond with the unfinished housing. Deposition parameters can be controlled to prevent damage to the carbon fiber sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Collin D. Chan, Matthew W. Crowley, Jude Mary Runge
  • Patent number: 10280517
    Abstract: The thermal barrier coating system comprises a matrix of a first chemistry with multiple embedded second phases of a second chemistry. The matrix comprises a stabilized zirconia. The second regions comprise at least 40 mole percent of oxides having the formula Ln2O3, where Ln is selected from the lanthanides La through Lu, Y, Sc, In, Ca, and Mg with the balance zirconia (ZrO2), hafnia (HfO2), titania (TiO2), or mixtures thereof. The second phases have a characteristic thickness (T6) of less than 2.0 micrometers (?m). The spacing between second phases has a characteristic thickness (T5) of less than 8.0 micrometers (?m).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Litton, Brian S. Tryon
  • Patent number: 10280518
    Abstract: The present invention provides an etching liquid composition consisting of an aqueous solution that contains (A) 0.1 to 30 mass % of at least one type of oxidizing agent selected from among ferric ions and cupric ions; (B) 0.1 to 20 mass % of hydrogen chloride, and an etching method using it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ADEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Masamoto, Yoshihide Saio, Tamami Aoki
  • Patent number: 10280519
    Abstract: Thermal atomic layer etching processes are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods comprise at least one etch cycle in which the substrate is alternately and sequentially exposed to a first vapor phase halide reactant and a second vapor halide reactant. In some embodiments, the first reactant may comprise an organic halide compound. During the thermal ALE cycle, the substrate is not contacted with a plasma reactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ASM IP HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Tom E. Blomberg, Varun Sharma, Suvi Haukka, Marko Tuominen, Chiyu Zhu
  • Patent number: 10280520
    Abstract: A composition and method of inhibiting white rust on galvanized steel in water system. The composition preferably comprises two parts, a first part comprising oleylamine and optionally comprising 2-diethylaminoethanol and cyclohexylamine, and a second part comprising phosphonobutane tricarboxylic acid, tolytriazole, and a polymer, and optionally comprising a tracer or sodium hydroxide. A preferred composition comprises two commercially available products, Cetamine V217 S and Chem-Aqua 31155. A preferred method of inhibiting white rust comprises adding the two parts of the composition or two commerically available products to the water in a water system to be treated in an amount sufficient to provide a concentration of the first part of around 200-500 ppm and of the second part of around 50-150 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: NCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ecaterina Henderson, Lyle H. Steimel
  • Patent number: 10280521
    Abstract: Novel acid-based chemistries that can be used in various cleaning, de-scaling, rust-removal, brightening, etching and other similar applications, including, but not limited to, those based upon hexafluorozirconic acid and other additives, such as urea in some applications, which are effective for a wide range of applications, while avoiding the health, safety and environmental issues that are often associated with the use of hydrochloric acid and other toxic chemistries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Inventor: Rodney Thomson
  • Patent number: 10280522
    Abstract: Provided is an artificial-photosynthesis array configured of artificial-photosynthesis modules which have been arranged in one or more rows and which receive light and decompose a supplied aqueous electrolyte solution to thereby obtain hydrogen gas and oxygen gas. The artificial-photosynthesis modules each includes an electrolytic chamber for hydrogen where hydrogen gas is generated and an electrolytic chamber for oxygen where oxygen gas is generated, the chambers being isolated from each other. The electrolytic chambers for hydrogen and electrolytic chambers for oxygen of the artificial-photosynthesis modules are alternately connected so that the electrolytic chamber for hydrogen of each artificial-photosynthesis module is connected to the electrolytic chamber for oxygen of another module and the electrolytic chamber for oxygen of each artificial-photosynthesis module is connected to the electrolytic chamber for hydrogen of another module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation, Japan Technological Research Association of Artificial Photosynthetic Chemical Process, The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Naotoshi Sato, Kazunari Domen, Jiro Tsukahara
  • Patent number: 10280523
    Abstract: Among other things, a device for use in electrolyzing water is described. The device comprises an electrolysis unit that includes a chamber, an ion exchange structure in the chamber, a cathode, an anode, a high pressure chamber, and a reservoir. The chamber is separated by the ion exchange structure into a first compartment and a second compartment. The cathode is in the first compartment and the anode in the second compartment. The reservoir is disposed in the high pressure chamber for storing water to be supplied to the chamber of the electrolysis unit. In some implementations, the ion exchange structure is a proton exchange membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Encite LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Alan Marsh, Donald Merrill Parker
  • Patent number: 10280524
    Abstract: The present invention provides a set of ozone water manufacturing device which can greatly reduce an unpleasant smell of ozone gas when ozone water is used for sterilizing hands and feet, and can save power consumption of a pump which operates for preventing stagnation of a water stream in an electrolytic bath. The ozone water manufacturing device includes an electrolytic bath and a mixer which atomizes air bubbles of the ozone gas in the ozone water flowing out of the electrolytic bath. Each of the electrode assemblies in an electrode unit within the electrolytic bath is inclined at the predetermined same angle in a vertical direction. The mixer includes a mixing case bottom and a mixing case main body. A vortex flow generating plate generates a violent water stream from the water stream within the mixing case main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: WATER AGENCY INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Oyama, Masaaki Kato, Yasuhiro Kotani
  • Patent number: 10280525
    Abstract: The nanocomposites that include CuO/Cu2O are described. The nanocomposites can utilized as a photocatalyst and can be incorporated into photoelectrochemical devices. The described devices, systems, and methods can be used for converting CO2 into one or more alcohols with the use of solar energy and electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Brian Dennis, Krishnan Rajeshwar, Norma Tacconi, Wilaiwan Chanmanee, Homayon Homayoni, Ghazaleh Ghadimkhani
  • Patent number: 10280526
    Abstract: A system that produces a sterilizing solution, has an electrolytic cell containing an anode compartment and a cathode compartment separated by a porous ion-exchange membrane. The system further has an ion-exchange water softener arranged to supply the electrolytic cell with deionized water and a brine tank arranged to supply the electrolytic cell with a sodium chloride brine solution. The system is arranged for conducting a regeneration of the water softener by use of a sodium chloride brine solution from the brine tank. The system has a positive displacement pump controlled by a control unit of the system to selectively supply a sodium chloride brine solution from the brine tank to the electrolytic cell and to the water softener for regeneration thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: DANISH CLEAN WATER A/S
    Inventor: Hardy Peter Jepsen
  • Patent number: 10280527
    Abstract: A method of fabricating metallic fuel from surplus plutonium may include combining plutonium oxide powder and uranium oxide powder to obtain a mixed powder with reduced proliferation potential. The mixed powder may be electroreduced in a bath of molten salt so as to convert the mixed powder to a first alloy. The first alloy may be pressed to remove a majority of the molten salt adhered to the first alloy to form a pressed alloy-salt mixture. The first alloy may be isolated from the salt by melting the pressed alloy-salt mixture. The first alloy may be further processed to fabricate a fuel rod. Accordingly, the metallic fuel produced may be used in a fast reactor system, such as a Power Reactor Innovative Small Module (PRISM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
    Inventors: Eric P. Loewen, Zachary W. Kosslow, John F. Berger
  • Patent number: 10280528
    Abstract: An Al2O3-coated co-deposit including an Ni-based alloy substrate, an exterior layer present on a surface of the substrate, wherein the exterior layer comprises NiCrAlY or NiCoCrAlY particles with a diameter of 0.5-50 ?m, Ni nanoparticles with a diameter of 0.1-10 nm in the form of a matrix, and Al2O3 particles that are present on the exterior surface of the exterior layer. A method for manufacturing the Al2O3-coated co-deposit whereby a substrate is immersed into a solution comprising at least one dissolved nickel salt, NiCrAlY or NiCoCrAlY particles, and Al particles in an electrochemical cell, DC current is pulsed into the electrochemical cell to electrodeposit Al, Ni, and NiCrAlY or NiCoCrAlY particles onto the substrate to form a deposited layer, and the substrate comprising the deposited layer is calcined to oxidize the Al particles and form the Al2O3-coated co-deposit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Anwar Ul-Hamid, Hatim Dafalla Mohamed Dafalla
  • Patent number: 10280529
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for making semimetal compound of Pt. The semimetal compound is a single crystal material of PtSe2. The method comprises: placing pure Pt and pure Se in a reacting chamber as reacting materials; evacuating the reacting chamber to be vacuum less than 10 Pa; heating the reacting chamber to a first temperature of 600 degrees Celsius to 800 degrees Celsius and keeping for 24 hours to 100 hours; cooling the reacting chamber to a second temperature of 400 degrees Celsius to 500 degrees Celsius and keeping for 24 hours to 100 hours at a cooling rate of 1 degrees Celsius per hour to 10 degrees Celsius per hour to obtain a crystal material of PtSe2; and separating the excessive reacting materials from the crystal material of PtSe2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ke-Nan Zhang, Ming-Zhe Yan, Shu-Yun Zhou, Yang Wu, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 10280530
    Abstract: To provide a single crystal production apparatus that is capable of prolonging the lifetime of a heater, and capable of reducing the cost. A single crystal production apparatus of the present invention is the single crystal production apparatus which produces a single crystal of a metal oxide in an oxidative atmosphere, containing: a base body; a cylindrical furnace body having heat resistance disposed above the base body; a lid member occluding the furnace body; a heater disposed inside the furnace body; a high frequency coil heating the heater through high frequency induction heating; and a crucible heated with the heater, the heater containing a Pt-based alloy and having a zirconia coating on an overall surface of the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: FUJIKOSHI MACHINERY CORP., SHINSHU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Keigo Hoshikawa, Yasuyuki Fujiwara, Keiichi Kohama, Shinji Nakanishi, Takumi Kobayashi, Etsuko Ohba
  • Patent number: 10280531
    Abstract: A method for producing a diamond single crystal includes implanting an ion other than carbon into a surface of a diamond single crystal seed substrate and thereby decreasing the transmittance of light having a wavelength of 800 nm, the surface having an off-angle of 7 degrees or less with respect to a {100} plane, and homoepitaxially growing a diamond single crystal on the ion-implanted surface of the seed substrate using a chemical vapor synthesis under synthesis conditions where the ratio NC/NH of the number of carbon-containing molecules NC to the number of hydrogen molecules NH in a gas phase is 10% or more and 40% or less, the ratio NN/NC of the number of nitrogen molecules NN to the number of carbon-containing molecules NC in the gas phase is 0.1% or more and 10% or less, and the seed substrate temperature T is 850° C. or more and less than 1000° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Ueda, Yoshiki Nishibayashi, Hitoshi Sumiya
  • Patent number: 10280532
    Abstract: Suture containing filaments of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMwPE), characterized in that the suture contains a multi-filament yarn that is obtained by a process comprising the steps of: a) Providing a mixture containing UHMwPE, a spinning solvent and a pigment b) Spinning a multi-filament yarn from the mixture by the gel spinning process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Joseph Arnold Paul Maria Simmelink, Claudia C. Vaz
  • Patent number: 10280533
    Abstract: A filament comprising a polymer blend and specific articles comprising the filament are disclosed. The polymer blend includes an aliphatic nylon and a semiaromatic nylon. The aliphatic nylon is the major component of the blend and semiaromatic nylon is the minor component of the blend. The aliphatic nylon can be Nylon 6, Nylon 66, Nylon 610, Nylon 612, Nylon 12, and mixtures thereof. The semiaromatic nylon can be 6I/6T, 6T/6I, and mixtures thereof. The nylon blend filament provides enhanced mechanical properties such as modulus, ultimate strength, and yield strength with improved processability and reduced diameter variability at a reduced cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Shakespeare Company, LLC
    Inventor: Saumitra Bhargava
  • Patent number: 10280534
    Abstract: A cured epoxy resin material is depolymerized by using a composition including a compound represented by the chemical formula of XOmYn (wherein X is hydrogen, alkali metal or alkaline earth metal, Y is halogen, m is a number satisfying 1?m?8 and n is a number satisfying 1?n?6), and a reaction solvent, wherein X is capable of being dissociated from XOmYn and Y radical is capable of being produced from XOmYn in the reaction solvent. It is possible to carry out depolymerization of a cured epoxy resin material, for example, at a temperature of 200° C., specifically 100° C. or lower, and to reduce processing cost and energy requirement. It is also possible to substitute for a reaction system using an organic solvent as main solvent, so that the contamination problems caused by the organic solvent functioning as separate contamination source may be solved and environmental contamination or pollution may be minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Munju Goh, Bon-Cheol Ku, Nam Ho You, Sang Jun Youn, Hyeonuk Yeo
  • Patent number: 10280535
    Abstract: An all-steel clothing for a flat card or roller card for processing textile fibers includes a sawtooth wire having teeth arranged one after another in a wire running direction. The tooth contour of the teeth is defined, starting from a tooth base, as at least transitioning into a tooth back, further transitioning into a tooth tip portion, further transitioning into a tooth face and again transitioning into a subsequent tooth base. The tooth tip portion has a predetermined tooth tip length (L) in the wire running direction and a tooth prominence on top of a part of the tooth tip portion. The tooth prominence has a tooth prominence length (l) which is less than the tooth tip length (L).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: TRUETZSCHLER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Peter Gäbler
  • Patent number: 10280536
    Abstract: In a cotton gin, water is sprayed into a duct transporting pneumatically conveyed cotton fibers from a gin stand toward a battery condenser to improve the operation of a bale press where the ginned fibers are compacted into a bale. In some embodiments, a taggant is incorporated into the water to mark cotton fibers so threads or fabrics made from the cotton can be identified for quality control purposes. Spray nozzles may deliver water droplets of roughly the same size as the diameter of the cotton fibers. The nozzles may be located on a duct in a location adjacent dead air in the duct to promote coverage of the spray onto the cotton stream. Air may be delivered around the nozzles into the duct to prevent buildup of cotton and debris around the nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: MICRO DRYER, LLC
    Inventor: Ronnie Joe Nimmo, Sr.
  • Patent number: 10280537
    Abstract: In a fiber structure woven as a single piece by three-dimensional weaving, first weft yarns interlink layers of warp yarns in a first portion of the fiber structure adjacent to a non-interlinked zone and also warp yarns of a second portion of the fiber structure beyond the non-interlinked zone, and second weft yarns interlink layers of warp yarns of the second portion of the fiber structure adjacent to the non-interlinked zone and also layers of warp yarns of the first portion of the fiber structure beyond the non-interlinked zone, such that the paths of the first and second weft yarns cross in at least one transition zone extending within the fiber structure from the end of the non-interlinked zone, the transition zone extending in the weft direction over a distance greater than the pitch between adjacent warp columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SANFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Yann Marchal, Dominique Coupe, Monica Fruscello, Jonathan Goering
  • Patent number: 10280538
    Abstract: A braiding machine comprising a support structure, a track, an enclosure, a plurality of rotor metals, and a passageway having a first opening and a second opening, and a method of forming an upper using a braiding machine, the method comprising braiding over a forming last that passes from a first side of a braiding point to a second side of the braiding point of the braiding machine. The braiding machine is capable of forming intricate braided structures and may include different sized rings and non-linear passageways through which a forming last passes. Multiple forming lasts may be attached together by connection mechanisms and passed through the braiding machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Bruce, Eun Kyung Lee
  • Patent number: 10280539
    Abstract: The apparatus (1) for making a fibrous-containing and/or particle-containing nonwoven (NW) comprises a spinning unit (10) with a spinning head (104), a forming surface (11a) that is movable in a conveying direction (MD), and a channel (13) positioned between the spinning head (104) and the movable forming surface (11a), and formed between at least two transverse walls (14a; 14b), that extend transverse to the conveying direction (MD) and that are in the vicinity of the movable forming surface (11a), or that are in frictional contact with the movable forming surface (11a). The spinning unit (10) is adapted for spinning a stream of polymeric filaments or fibers (F) passing through said channel (13) and deposited onto said forming surface (11a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: BOMA ENGINEERING S.P.A.
    Inventor: Galliano Boscolo
  • Patent number: 10280540
    Abstract: An easel for use in the quilting art is provided. The easel has a design board has a front, working surface upon which a person who is creating a quilt may compose a quilt block from individual pieces of fabric. Either extending from, or attached to a back surface of the design board, the easel has a selectively collapsible, support assembly. Two selectively pivotable legs and a rib of the support assembly allow the easel to be stored or transported in a substantially flat condition and/or erected into a substantially standing position when in use. A woven, preferably, microfiber fabric sized to fit around and cover the front, working surface of the design board, is also provided. The fabric being selectively removable and able to be laundered. A storage case is included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SA Richards, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Aquino
  • Patent number: 10280541
    Abstract: A level cut loop looper or hook and clip assembly for a tufting machine includes at least one module carrying a series of level cut loop loopers or hooks. Each level cut loop looper or hook generally can include a looper body along which a clip is slidably moved. Each clip will be moved between retracted and extended positions as the level cut loop loopers or hooks are reciprocated toward and away from engagement with their associated needles of the tufting machine. Actuators can be engaged to secure the clips in their extended positions as needed to selectively form cut and loop pile tufts in a backing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Card-Monroe Corp.
    Inventor: Ricky E. Mathews
  • Patent number: 10280542
    Abstract: The invention discloses a proofing dyeing cup for supercritical fluid waterless dyeing and finishing, which achieves separate or simultaneous filling of the medium into multiple dyeing units, and simultaneous heating of the dyeing units for proofing processing. Efficiency of proofing processing such as high-pressure supercritical fluid waterless dyeing and thus the utilization rate of the medium boosting and filling system and separation and recycling system are significantly improved, so that the proofing requirements of commercial production of textile waterless dyeing and finishing are met. Furthermore, dye chemicals at the bottom of the cup can be stirred to facilitate dissolution, and the dye chemicals at the bottom of the cup can be swept and cleaned. Thus, defects of an existing fixed supercritical fluid dyeing proofing device or an equipment system thereof, such as low utilization efficiency, complex cleaning and incapability of meeting the proofing requirements of commercial production, are overcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: NANTONG TEXTILE & SILK INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY, SIYANG ZHONGLIAN TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiajie Long, Jianzhong Guo
  • Patent number: 10280543
    Abstract: A method for making a zoned apertured nonwoven web comprises providing an unapertured nonwoven web having a first plurality of weakened locations in a first pattern in a first zone and a second plurality of weakened locations in a second pattern in a second zone. The method comprises applying a substantially cross machine directional tensioning force to the nonwoven web to cause the nonwoven web to rupture at some of the first and second pluralities of weakened locations. The applying step creates a plurality of first apertures in the nonwoven web coincident with the some of the first plurality of weakened locations and a plurality of second apertures in the nonwoven web coincident with the some of the second plurality of weakened locations. The cross machine directional width of the nonwoven web after the applying step is substantially the same in the first zone and the second zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Theresa Lynn Galie, James Terry Knapmeyer
  • Patent number: 10280544
    Abstract: A fabric treating appliance includes a rotatable basket defining a treating chamber for receiving a load of laundry items for treatment. The basket comprises a dual wall, having an inner wall and an outer wall, defining a space therebetween. Liquid within the treating chamber can flow through a plurality of liquid extraction perforations and into the space between the walls, where the liquid can drain downwardly out through an opening in the outer wall and into a tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin E. Alexander, Brent M. Burgess, Michael K. Cluskey, Christopher A. Jones, Dale E. Mueller
  • Patent number: 10280545
    Abstract: A vapor-liquid separator includes a casing having an accommodation space, an inlet at the casing to allow a refrigerant mixture fluid to be intaken to the accommodation space therethrough, and an outlet at the side of the inlet to allow a gas phase refrigerant separated from the refrigerant mixture fluid to be discharged therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sejin Ku, Yeongju Kim, Taekyoung Ahn
  • Patent number: 10280546
    Abstract: A washing machine having a plurality of tubs includes a cabinet having a first tub disposed therein, a first door, having a second tub disposed therein, to open and close a laundry introduction opening formed at the cabinet, a second door to open and close a laundry introduction opening of the second tub, a first water supply part and a second water supply part to supply washing water to inside of the first tub and the second tub, respectively, and a first water discharge part and a second water discharge part to discharge washing water from the first tub and the second tub, respectively. This configuration allows a washing process to be performed at a plurality of spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sungmin Kim, Daeyun Park, Jongseok Kim
  • Patent number: 10280547
    Abstract: A washing machine appliance and method of operation is provided. The washing machine appliance has a tub and a basket rotatably mounted within the tub. The basket defines a chamber for receipt of articles for washing. The method includes performing a wash cycle, the wash cycle including flowing a volume of liquid into the tub, agitating articles within the tub, draining liquid from the tub after agitating the articles, and spinning the basket after draining liquid from the tub. The method further includes measuring movement of the tub during the wash cycle, wherein measuring movement includes detecting movement of the tub as one or more displacement amplitudes using an accelerometer and a gyroscope, determining whether the displacement amplitudes meet one or more predetermined criteria, and generating a filtered value set based on the displacement amplitudes determined to meet the one or more predetermined criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Owen Davis
  • Patent number: 10280548
    Abstract: A washing machine appliance includes a cabinet, the cabinet including a top panel which defines an opening. The washing machine appliance further includes a tub positioned within the cabinet, and a wash basket rotatably mounted within the tub, the wash basket defining a wash chamber for receiving articles for washing. The washing machine appliance further includes a wash basin removably positionable within the opening, the wash basin including a first sidewall and an opposing second sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander B. Leibman, Manidhar V V S Yandamuri, James Quentin Pollett
  • Patent number: 10280549
    Abstract: A drive device for a washing machine includes a motor, a washing shaft, a dewatering shaft sleeve sleeved on the washing shaft, the washing shaft is coaxially installed in a rotor of the motor, and further includes a planetary gear speed reduction mechanism built in the rotor and the planetary gear speed reduction mechanism includes: a sun-gear sleeve sleeved on the washing shaft and fixedly connected to the rotor; a planetary gear assembly, including a planetary gear meshing with the sun-gear sleeve, and the planetary gear assembly is fixedly connected to the washing shaft via a planetary carrier; the number of the planetary gear is plural, and the multiple planetary gears are evenly distributed about the sun-gear sleeve; and an internally toothed ring gear meshing with the planetary gears and fixedly connected to the dewatering shaft sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Changzhou Xinya Electromotor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaohui Liu, Sergio Luis Marsiglia Sobreira
  • Patent number: 10280550
    Abstract: A washing machine appliance and a fluid additive dispenser therefor. The washing machine appliance includes a wash tub and a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub, a gap is defined between the wash tub and the wash basket. The fluid additive dispenser includes a reservoir with a siphon tube and a siphon cap. The siphon cap includes an overflow inlet. The fluid additive dispenser is in fluid communication with the wash tub and the wash basket only via an outlet of the siphon tube. The siphon tube outlet is positioned for directing fluid into the gap between the wash tub and the wash basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Alexander B. Leibman
  • Patent number: 10280551
    Abstract: A disk, ball or sheet/strip shaped device is made of a silicone elastomer substance having a tacky surface and a Shore Durometer hardness preferably in the range of 10 to 40. The device is adapted to be placed into a laundry washer or dryer, such that the tumbling motion causes the tacky surfaces of the device to rub against the clothing, thereby removing pet fur. Further tumbling causes the fur collected on the device to eventually disengage and be caught in the lint filter, vent or drain of the washer/dryer. In an alternate embodiment, the tacky silicone elastomer can form a liner on agitators, fins or paddles within the washer/dryer so as to collect animal fur from fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Sweigart
  • Patent number: 10280552
    Abstract: A filter assembly for a dryer appliance is provided. The filter assembly includes a filter medium rotatably mounted within a filter cassette that is removably received within a filter slot of the dryer appliance. The filter medium has a first portion and a second portion that are selectively exposed to a stream of exhaust air from the dryer appliance to extract lint. While one portion is filtering lint, a lint removal system removes the lint from the other portion collected during the prior cycle. After each cycle, a motor is configured for rotating the filter medium to expose the clean portion of the filter. The filter cassette is removably received within the filter slot using a magnetic latching mechanism, a securing cover, or another suitable mechanism. A scrubber mechanism may also be used to remove stubborn lint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Ashutosh Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 10280553
    Abstract: A drain pump is provided that may include a pump motor; an impeller connected to a rotational shaft of the pump motor. The impeller may include a circular hub, an impeller shaft that extends from a center of a lower surface of the hub, and a plurality of blades that extends from an outer circumferential surface of the impeller shaft and the lower surface of the hub in a radial direction of the hub. The hub may have a longitudinal cross section in which a thickness of the hub gradually increases from the center of the lower surface toward an edge thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinhyouk Shin, Sungjun Kim, Minseong Kim
  • Patent number: 10280554
    Abstract: A dryer, including a cabinet with an entry hole, a door being installed in the entry hole, a drum disposed within the cabinet, an evaporator disposed within the cabinet to remove moisture from air circulating through the drum by condensing the moisture, a condensate housing disposed within the cabinet to collect condensate from the evaporator, a drawer space disposed under the entry hole, a drawer disposed in the drawer space to be rotated based on one side of the drawer and pulled out from the drawer space, a condensate discharge container to store the condensate moved from the condensate housing, the condensate discharge container being detachably held in the drawer, and exposed to a user when the drawer is pulled out, and a guide supporter to couple a cabinet-side structure and a drawer-side structure and to guide the rotation of the drawer with respect to the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunsu Nam, Haeyoon Je, Simong Park