Patents Issued in June 18, 2019
  • Patent number: 10322550
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the infiltration of fibrous material with resin for the production of a fiber composite component, comprising a mold tool with a cavity enclosed by at least two tool parts, wherein the mold tool is designed for a relative movement of the at least two tool parts, in such a manner that space can be provided inside the cavity, in a first tool position, to hold the fibrous material, and additional space can be provided to accommodate resin, and the size of the cavity can then be reduced by a movement of the mold tool from the first tool position into a second tool position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Weimer, Juergen Filsinger
  • Patent number: 10322551
    Abstract: A 3-dimensional high-strength fiber composite component having isotropic fiber distribution, comprising 25 to 70 wt % of high-strength, high-modulus fibers, up to 5 wt % of binding fibers, and 25 to 70 wt % of thermosetting or thermoplastic matrix. The invention further relates to a method for producing same, comprising the following steps: preparing the fibers by opening the fibers by releasing the fibers from fiber bundles, bales, or textile structures; sucking and/or blowing the opened fibers onto a three-dimensional, air-permeable tool half having the contour of this side of the component in an interactively controlled manner; pre-solidifying the obtained fiber molding in the flock box; transferring the fiber molding onto a pressing tool in the form of the contour of the air-permeable tool half of the component; bringing into contact with at least one liquid plastic; and solidifying the fiber molding by pressing in order to form a component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Adler Pelzer Holding GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Nicolai, Reimund Piatkowski, Lino Mondino, Heinrich Grimm, Volkmar Schulze
  • Patent number: 10322552
    Abstract: A method of repairing a contoured structure is provided. The method includes forming and curing on the contoured structure an armature formed of materials that are curable at a temperature lower than a service limit temperature of materials of the contoured structure and removing the armature from the contoured structure and placing the armature with prepregs laminated thereon in an oven to heat cure the armature and the prepregs to form a repair patch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jonathan K. Garhart
  • Patent number: 10322553
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing tires for vehicle wheels, comprising the step of building on a forming support a carcass structure comprising at least one carcass ply and, at at least one end edge of the carcass ply, at least one annular anchoring structure comprising at least one substantially circumferential annular insert and at least one filling insert associated to said at least one substantially circumferential annular insert. The step of building the carcass structure comprises the steps of positioning the annular anchoring structure on the carcass ply by moving the annular substantially circumferential insert into contact with an end edge of the carcass ply by means of a special positioning member, pulling down the filling insert on the end edge of the carcass ply and turning up a free end portion of the end edge of the carcass ply so as to form a turned up end portion of the carcass ply including said annular anchoring structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A.
    Inventors: Maurizio Marchini, Gianni Mancini, Gaetano Lo Presti
  • Patent number: 10322554
    Abstract: A tire building drum is described that includes an inboard section, a center section and an outboard section. The inboard section has a rotating spindle and a sliding shaft, and the sliding shaft is slidable within the spindle. The inboard section further includes a radially expandable bead lock device mounted on the spindle. The center section has an internal hub mounted on the sliding shaft and further comprises a plurality of tiles that are radially expandable. The outboard section of the drum is mounted on a distal end of the sliding shaft, and further includes a radially expandable bead lock device. The center section and the outboard section are each axially movable by sliding of the sliding shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: George Michael Stoila, Viscardo Baldoni, Thierry Royer, Dale Eugene Wells, Thomas Alan Sells, Minwu Yao
  • Patent number: 10322555
    Abstract: A method for annularly mounting a band-like filler to the outer periphery of a bead core comprises a step for attaching the filler to the outer periphery of the bead core, a step for grasping the opposite ends of the filler and separating the opposite ends of the filler from the outer periphery of the bead core, a step for sequentially attaching the opposite end surfaces of the filler to each other from the inner peripheral sections of the opposite end surfaces toward the outer peripheral sections thereof, and a step for pressing the portion of the filler, which has been separated from the outer periphery of the bead core, against the outer periphery of the bead core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: FUJI SEIKO CO., LTD., FUJI SHOJI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshihide Yasunaga
  • Patent number: 10322556
    Abstract: A rotary tablet press, having a rotor, which is driveable about a vertical axis of rotation and has a die plate with die bores for producing tablets inside the die bores by means of punch pairs, having at least one filling station, having at least one pressing station, and having at least one tablet outlet for removing the produced tablets out of the rotary tablet press, with which is associated a discharging device, by way of which tablets, in dependence on a control signal, can be supplied as single tablets to a first channel or as a tablet stream to a second channel in the tablet outlet. In order to enable increased production output with improved adherence to the demands on the tablets, a weighing device with a weighing cell is incorporated into the tablet outlet, tablets from the first channel being suppliable to the weighing device by means of a supply channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: IMA KILIAN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jens Carstens, Uwe Zietmann, Mark Strerath, Horst Muller
  • Patent number: 10322557
    Abstract: The invention relates to a feeding carriage for a compressor machine of the type having an upper filling end through which a particulate material which is to be compressed in a mold of the compressor machine is introduced, and a lower discharging end for discharging said particulate material towards said mold. At least some of the elements forming said feeding carriage can move with respect to one another, which thereby allows modifying the geometry of at least one of said lower discharging end, said upper filling end and an intermediate portion of the supply carriage located between both ends. The invention also relates to the use of such a feeding carriage comprising the initial steps of determining optimum carriage geometry for a particulate material which is to be compressed and applying said optimum carriage geometry to the feeding carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: Universidad de la Rioja, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
    Inventors: Fernando Alba Elías, Laura Martínez Martínez, Ana González Marcos, Joaquín Ordieres Meré
  • Patent number: 10322558
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a device and a method for producing hollow bodies that are open on one side of predominantly plane material blanks by erecting and gluing their sides along prepared bending edges, wherein said device features a shaft that is arranged directly downstream of the erecting elements and accommodates the hollow bodies in order to cure the glued joints, and wherein the products are spaced apart from one another during their transport within the shaft. The transport device provided for this purpose preferably acts directly upon the glued edges or areas located adjacent thereto such that the glued joint is continuously stabilized during the curing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Nils Brokate, Heiko Landwehr, Klaus Gerke
  • Patent number: 10322559
    Abstract: There is provided a shaped product made of a fiber-reinforced composite material including reinforcing fibers having an average fiber length of 5 to 100 mm and a thermoplastic resin. In the shaped product, a volume fraction of reinforcing fibers is 5 to 80%, a reference plane (S) and a standing plane (B) inclined at an angle of 45 to 90 degrees with respect to the reference plane are included, a ratio of an area of the standing plane (B) to an area of the reference plane (S) is 0.5 to 100, and in the fiber-reinforced composite material constituting the shaped product, a ratio of a reinforcing fiber bundle (A) including the reinforcing fibers of a critical number of single fiber or more to the total amount of the reinforcing fibers is 20 Vol % or more and 99 Vol % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Michiharu Taniguchi, Motoomi Arakawa, Toru Sugiyama, Yasunori Nagakura
  • Patent number: 10322560
    Abstract: A method of making a structured surface is disclosed. The method includes providing a thermoplastic backing with multiple rows of upstanding elements. The upstanding elements include stems with proximal ends attached to the thermoplastic backing and distal caps, and each distal cap has an overhanging portion that extends beyond the stem in a first direction. For at least some of the multiple rows, an implement is passed between two adjacent rows, wherein the implement contacts the overhanging portion of at least some of the distal caps in the two adjacent rows such that at least part of the overhanging portion is turned in a second direction, different from the first direction. A structured surface that can be prepared by the method is also provided along with a fastening laminate that includes a carrier and the structured surface and an absorbent article that includes the fastening laminate. A tool useful for carrying out the method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Leigh E. Wood, Timothy P. Pariseau
  • Patent number: 10322561
    Abstract: Disclosed, among other things, are ways to manufacture reduced density thermoplastics using rapid solid-state foaming and machines useful for the saturation of plastic. In one embodiment, a foaming process may involve saturating a semi-crystalline polymer such as Polylactic Acid (PLA) with high levels of gas, and then heating, which may produce a reduced density plastic having high levels of crystallinity. In another embodiment, a foaming process may produce layered structures in reduced density plastics with or without integral skins. In another embodiment, a foaming process may produce deep draw structures in reduced density plastics with or without integral skins. In yet another embodiment, a foaming process may utilize additives, blends, or fillers, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Grow Plastics LLC
    Inventor: Michael Waggoner
  • Patent number: 10322562
    Abstract: Protective clothing materials and related methods and garments are provided. In some embodiments, a protective clothing material may comprise a fibrous layer that serves as a barrier to certain fluids (e.g., bodily fluids, water) and microbes. The impermeability of the fibrous layer may be due, at least in part, to the structural uniformity and/or relatively small pore size of the fibrous layer. In some embodiments, the fibrous layer may have a relatively high air permeability that imparts beneficial properties (e.g., relatively high air flow, breathability) to the protective clothing material without adversely affecting its protection rating. In certain embodiments, the protective clothing material may also comprise one or more coarse nonwoven webs that impart beneficial properties (e.g., splash resistance) to the protective clothing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Hollingsworth & Vose Company
    Inventors: Nagendra Anantharamaiah, Mark A. Gallimore
  • Patent number: 10322563
    Abstract: A panel-insert assembly including a panel having a core and a skin layer positioned over the core, wherein the skin layer defines an opening therein, and an insert positioned below the skin layer, wherein the insert is aligned with the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael S. Lewis, Jessica Sakurai, Brad J. Reeves
  • Patent number: 10322564
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a sandwich structure is presented. A sandwich structure comprises a metallic core layer and a thermoplastic layer on a first side of the metallic core layer. The thermoplastic layer is consolidated against the first side of the metallic core layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Marc Rollo Matsen, Jeffery Lee Marcoe, Max U. Kismarton, Paul Stevenson Gregg, Lee Charles Firth
  • Patent number: 10322565
    Abstract: A resin composition is provided. The resin composition comprises: (a) a resin of formula (I); (b) a cross-linking agent; and (c) a compound of formula (II); wherein, R1, R2, A1, A2, n, and R? are as defined in the specification; and the weight ratio of the resin (a) and the cross-linking agent (b) are about 6:1 to about 1:1, and the weight ratio of the compound (c) and the total weight of the resin (a) and the cross-linking agent (b) are about 1:1 to about 1:20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: TAIWAN UNION TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shur-Fen Liu
  • Patent number: 10322566
    Abstract: A vehicle includes laminated glass located between a vehicle interior and an outside, and an on-vehicle radar device fixed to an inner surface of the laminated glass, a rear-view mirror, or a ceiling. The laminated glass includes an innermost glass layer, an outermost glass layer, and an intermediate resin layer. The on-vehicle radar device includes an antenna part that includes a transmitting antenna for transmitting a transmission wave. Reflection of the transmission wave on the laminated glass will be suppressed by selecting optimum values for the incident angle of the transmission wave on the innermost glass layer and the refractive index and thickness of each layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kamo
  • Patent number: 10322567
    Abstract: A package includes a container formed to include an interior region and a mouth opening into the interior region and a closure coupled to the container to close the mouth. The closure is made from a film coupled to a brim included in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Jau-Ming Su, Charisa Sofian, Paul Z Wolak
  • Patent number: 10322568
    Abstract: A shaped product of a fiber-reinforced composite material includes a well-shaped part and a surface-shaped part, in which the well-shaped part includes a fiber-reinforced composite material C including both discontinuous reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin, and the surface-shaped part includes a thermoplastic-resin-based material, and the shaped product includes no irregular-shape portion in the well-shaped part and no weld at a boundary edge between the well-shaped part and the surface-shaped part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Yukino Oosawa, Hidenori Aoki, Hodaka Yokomizo
  • Patent number: 10322569
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substrate bonding method and a display substrate manufactured thereby, the method comprising the steps of: (1) forming a pattern by ink-jet printing a photo-curable adhesive ink on a lower substrate; (2) forming a spacer on the lower substrate by photo-curing the pattern; (3) forming an adhesive layer by ink-jet printing the photo-curable adhesive ink on the surface of the lower substrate on which the spacer is formed; and (4) laminating the adhesive layer of the lower substrate and an upper substrate by performing photo-curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-A Back, Joon-Hyung Kim
  • Patent number: 10322570
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for laminate material bonding. A bonding agent may be applied to a first layer. A second layer may be placed onto the bonding agent on the first layer to form a laminate material. The laminate material may be placed between a first piece of non-compliant material with a first piece of compliant material and a second piece of non-compliant material with a second piece of compliant material. The laminate material may be in contact with the first piece non-compliant material and the second piece of non-compliant material. Pressure may be applied to the laminate material by applying pressure to the first piece of compliant material for a curing time of the bonding agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: uBeam Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Joyce, Paul Reynolds, Sean Taffler, Nicholas Lavada Nemeth, Adam Stephen Elhadad
  • Patent number: 10322571
    Abstract: A lamination cassette includes a substrate to accommodate a plurality of first sheets of a first size. A loading template is removably coupled to the cassette via an adapter on the cassette to secure the loading template when inclined for loading. The template includes a first loading section for accommodating a plurality of second sheets of a second size smaller than the first size when loaded onto the substrate. The lamination cassette is configured to support sheets of the first size when the adapter is not coupled to the substrate and the vertical support surface is configured to support sheets of the second size when the loading template is coupled to the substrate. The loading template may also include a second loading section for accommodating a plurality of third sheets having the same size as the second sheets for laminating two pluralities of same size sheets on a single cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: GIESECKE+DEVRIENT MOBILE SECURITY AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher William Burton, Daniel William Hunt, David Edward Boelens
  • Patent number: 10322572
    Abstract: An adhesive agent comprising a condensation resin having a structural unit obtained by polycondensing a polymerizable monomer containing a monomer (A) having 2 or more carboxyl groups and a monomer (B) having 2 or more amino groups, and meeting at least one of the following (1) and (2): (1) at least one selected from the group consisting of the monomer (A), an anhydride of the monomer (A), and the monomer (B) is liquid at 25° C.; and (2) the condensation resin has a polyoxyalkanediyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Masuda, Takehiro Fukuyama, Eiichi Shinada, Masashi Okoshi, Kazunori Yamamoto, Masatoshi Yamaguchi, Yasushi Ooyama, Yuuki Yanagita, Mitsuo Katayose
  • Patent number: 10322573
    Abstract: Provided are constituent particles containing a water-soluble material with high flowability in the form of powder, the constituent particles being capable of forming a support member that can be removed with a water-containing solvent in a process for producing a three-dimensional object. The constituent particles used for the production of a three-dimensional object each include a core and a shell that covers at least part of a surface of the core, the core containing a water-soluble material most abundantly, and a material contained in the shell most abundantly having a lower water solubility than the water-soluble material contained in the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Sugiyama, Yukio Hanyu, Naotake Sato, Masahiko Takahashi, Tomohiro Saito
  • Patent number: 10322574
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a platen and a dispensing system overlying the platen. The dispensing system includes a powder source. The dispensing system further includes a powder conveyor extending over the top surface of the platen, rings arranged coaxially along a longitudinal axis of the powder conveyor, and a cap plate extending along a length of the tube. The powder conveyor is configured to receive powder from the powder source. The powder conveyor is configured to move the powder. The rings form a tube surrounding the powder conveyor to contain the powder. Each concentric ring includes a ring opening. Each ring is configured to be independently rotatable. The cap plate includes a cap plate opening. The powder is dispensed from the tube through the ring opening and the cap plate opening when the ring opening and the cap plate opening are aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Hou T. Ng, Raanan Zehavi, Nag B. Patibandla
  • Patent number: 10322575
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosure include a turbomachine component. and methods of forming such a component. Some embodiments include a turbomachine component including: a first portion including at least one of a stainless steel or an alloy steel; and a second portion joined with the first portion, the second portion including a nickel alloy including an arced cooling feature extending therethrough, the second portion having a thermal expansion coefficient substantially similar to a thermal expansion coefficient of the first portion, wherein the arced cooling feature is located within the second portion to direct a portion of a coolant to a leakage area of the turbomachine component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Benjamin Paul Lacy, Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam, Christopher Donald Porter, David Edward Schick
  • Patent number: 10322576
    Abstract: A method of screen printing a design on a substrate, the method comprises the steps of controlling a computer-controlled plotter to cut an outline of the design into stencil material the stencil including a perimeter. Then, registering the perimeter of the cut stencil with marks on a printing screen and securing the cut stencil to the printing screen. Then, positioning the printing screen and cut stencil on the substrate and applying ink through the printing screen and stencil onto the substrate, wherein the design is reproduced on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Infinite Numbering, LLC
    Inventors: Jerardo Juarez, Ronnie Cruz, Rory H. Cruz
  • Patent number: 10322577
    Abstract: A printing apparatus and a printing method which can suppress lowering of reading accuracy of a two-dimensional code caused by shift of a printing position of an image are provided. For that purpose, in printing of the two-dimensional code by a plurality of times of scanning, in a case where a boundary between image regions crosses a square-shaped minimum information element (cell) of the two-dimensional code, a printing position of the two-dimensional code is moved so that the boundary between the image regions comes to an end portion of the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: CANON FINETECH NISCA INC.
    Inventors: Kenro Yamaguchi, Masaki Ota
  • Patent number: 10322578
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a substrate including an electrically insulating film, an energy generating element provided on the substrate and configured to generate energy used to eject a liquid, a flow path formed through the substrate and communicating with an ejection port configured to eject a liquid, and a wiring layer formed in the electrically insulating film of the substrate, used to drive the energy generating element, provided apart from a wall defining the flow path, and provided to surround the flow path in a plan view of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoko Kudo, Takaaki Yamaguchi, Keiji Tomizawa, Masaki Oikawa, Yoshihiro Hamada, Masataka Sakurai
  • Patent number: 10322579
    Abstract: In a printing system and a corresponding method, different nozzles of a print head can be activated to eject a nominal ink quantity with different ejection pulses to at least partially compensate for non-uniformities between the different nozzles due to crosstalk. The compensation can reduce system-dependent streaking of the print image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Océ Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Christian Maier, Wolfgang Hettler, Christoph Stadler, Felix Wehr
  • Patent number: 10322580
    Abstract: A first supporting member includes a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion that respectively engage with a first engaged portion and a second engaged portion that are provided in a second supporting member. The first engaging portion and the second engaging portion are configured to apply force in directions opposite to the directions in which the first engaged portion and the second engaged portion move when an opening opens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Makiguchi, Naoki Matsumaru, Go Torii
  • Patent number: 10322581
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, an element substrate capable of detecting a temperature immediately below a heater with high sensitivity is provided. The element substrate has a multilayer structure, and includes a heater, a first wiring below a position where the heater is provided, and a second wiring below the first wiring. The element substrate further includes a temperature detection element formed by series-connecting a first conductive via for connecting the first wiring and the second wiring, a constant electric current source which supplies a constant electric current, and a voltage detection circuit which detects a voltage obtained by supplying the constant electric current to the temperature detection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Hirayama
  • Patent number: 10322582
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head is provided. The liquid discharge head includes: a semiconductor substrate including a first pressure chamber; an insulating film disposed above the semiconductor substrate; a first piezoelectric element disposed on an opposite side to the first pressure chamber of the insulating film and having a piezoelectric layer and a first and second electrode; and a doped layer formed in the semiconductor substrate. The doped layer partitions at least part of the first pressure chamber and has a lower electrical resistivity than the insulating film and the semiconductor substrate. A through hole having a conductor disposed on its inside is formed in the insulating film, and the first electrode and the doped layer are electrically continuous via the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toru Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10322583
    Abstract: The present teachings describe a printhead assembly. The printhead assembly includes a first plate and a second plate stacked together. The printhead assembly includes a first adhesive between the first plate and the second plate for bonding the plates together. The printhead assembly includes a second adhesive surrounding an outer edge of the first adhesive wherein the second adhesive has an oxygen migration rate lower than an oxygen migration rate of the first adhesive. An oxygen sensitive component is contained within the outer edge of the first adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Pratima Gattu Naga Rao, Sean Campbell Hunter, Christopher Jon Laharty, Jonathan Robert Brick, John Milton Brookfield, Tony Russell Rogers, Michael Joel Edwards, Hong Zhao, Mandakini Kanungo, Yanjia Zuo, Daniel R. Hahn, Santokh S. Badesha, John R. Andrews
  • Patent number: 10322584
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid ejection head including the steps of preparing a substrate including, on a surface of the substrate, a layer having a plurality of openings in which opening portions of supply portions are located and which are arrayed in an array direction and another opening which is different from the plurality of openings and is located beyond the array end portion in the array direction, and attaching a dry film for forming flow passages to the substrate and the layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jun Yamamuro, Kenji Fujii, Kazuhiro Asai, Keiji Matsumoto, Koji Sasaki, Kunihito Uohashi, Seiichiro Yaginuma, Masahisa Watanabe, Ryotaro Murakami, Tomohiko Nakano, Keiji Edamatsu, Haruka Nakada
  • Patent number: 10322585
    Abstract: A printer includes ink heads, an ink head conveyor, caps, a conveyor, suction pumps, opening passages, suction passages, and cap valves. The suction pumps are each provided for an associated one of the caps. The suction passages each connect an associated one of the caps to an associated one of the suction pumps. The conveyor 50 includes a base, a movable table, a guide wall, and a spring. The movable table supports the caps and includes a table wall extending upward from an end of the movable table facing in a first direction extending to a cap attaching position in a main scanning direction. The cap valves are disposed on a surface of the table wall facing in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: ROLAND DG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Okuno, Naoki Ueda, Yuichi Sugiyama, Youichirou Ogawa
  • Patent number: 10322586
    Abstract: According to one aspect, the disclosure provides an image recording apparatus including a liquid supplying device. The liquid supplying device includes a tank, a cartridge, an atmospheric communication portion, and a recording portion. The tank has a second storage chamber configured to store liquid, a liquid passage in communication with the second storage chamber, and a gas passage in communication with the second storage chamber. The atmospheric communication portion includes a buffer tank defining a buffer chamber configured to store gas, a single communication flow passage allowing the buffer chamber to communicate with the second storage chamber, and an air communication passage allowing the buffer chamber to communicate with an atmosphere. When the cartridge is attached to the tank, the buffer chamber is positioned below the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber is positioned below the buffer chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Hayashi, Yoshinori Osakabe, Akinari Ishibe, Hiroaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10322587
    Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a case receiving a cartridge having a first chamber, a tank having a second chamber, a head, and a controller to: calculate outflow amount Qa flowed from the second chamber for a time period ?t based on discharge amount Dh; calculate outflow amount Qc flowed from the first chamber toward the second chamber for the time period ?t based on the outflow amount Qa and flow path resistances; read liquid amounts Vc and Vs of the first and second chambers from a memory; subtract the outflow amount Qc from the read liquid amount Vc to calculate new liquid amount Vc; subtract the outflow amount Qa from the read liquid amount Vs and add the outflow amount Qc to calculate new liquid amount Vs; and store the calculated liquid amounts Vc and Vs in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mikio Ogawa, Toshiro Ueda
  • Patent number: 10322588
    Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes a support unit configured to support a medium, a discharging unit configured to discharge a liquid onto the medium supported by the support unit, and a controller capable of executing a first image formation operation that forms a first image by causing the discharging unit to discharge liquid on the medium, and a second image formation operation that forms a second image by causing the discharging unit to discharge liquid onto the medium on which the first image is formed. In the case where a same-color region having the same color as the first image located under the second image is present in the second image in a region overlapping with the first image, the controller causes the same-color region to be formed in both the first image formation operation and the second image formation operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuhiko Hamada
  • Patent number: 10322589
    Abstract: A photocurable ink composition includes polymerizable compounds and a photopolymerization initiator. The polymerizable compounds include vinyl ether group-containing (meth)acrylic esters represented by the following Formula (I): CH2?CR1—COOR2—O—CH?CH—R3??(I) (wherein, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents a divalent organic residue having 2 to 20 carbon atoms; and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic residue having 1 to 11 carbon atoms), dipropylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, and monofunctional (meth)acrylate having an aromatic ring skeleton. The ink composition includes a coloring material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Keitaro Nakano, Hiroshi Fukumoto, Hiroki Nakane, Hiroaki Kida, Toru Saito, Chigusa Sato
  • Patent number: 10322590
    Abstract: A method of providing a mark to a case of a cartridge of ammunition. The mark includes at least one sub-mark and is suitable for identification and/or for tracking of the cartridge. At least one indenter selectively radially indents a circumferential surface of a bottom of the case, thereby forming the at least one sub-mark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SICPA HOLDING SA
    Inventors: Xavier Cedric Raemy, Milan Vasic
  • Patent number: 10322591
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a conveyor that conveys a medium including a base layer and a separation layer and including a first region, a second region, and a third region; a printer; and a controller. The controller is configured to control the printer to print a first mark on a portion of the medium in one of the first region and a first-region-side portion of the second region and to print a second mark on a portion of the medium in one of the third region and a third-region-side portion of the second region such that the first mark and the second mark are arranged in a line in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoto Ito, Junya Kawai, Shuhei Nohara, Harumitsu Inoue, Yukihiko Sato, Haruki Matsumoto, Kentaro Murayama
  • Patent number: 10322592
    Abstract: A printer includes a transport unit that transports continuous paper, a medium support unit in which a support surface that is capable of supporting continuous paper that is transported by a transport unit, and first concave sections, which are indented from the support surface, are formed, and an image capture unit, which is disposed on a lower side of the support surface, and which captures an image of a lower surface of the continuous paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya Murotani, Mitsutaka Ide, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Hideyuki Kataoka
  • Patent number: 10322593
    Abstract: An inkjet printer includes a carriage motor that moves a carriage, a carriage driving part that drives the carriage motor, a control value calculating part that calculates a total control value (Wt) composed with a control value for a feedback control and a control value for a feedforward control, which are respectfully referred as a feedback control value (Wb) and a feedforward control value (Wf), and an abnormality judging part that judges whether an abnormality has occurred to the carriage movement based on whether a proportional component (Wp) of the feedback control value has exceeded a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: OKI Data Corporation
    Inventor: Yuzuru Iioka
  • Patent number: 10322594
    Abstract: A recording medium has a substrate and a first color developing layer, a heat insulating layer and a second color developing layer laminated on the substrate in this order. The first color developing layer develops a first color at a temperature not less than a first threshold value. The second color developing layer develops a second color that is different from the first color at a temperature not less than a second threshold value that is higher than the first threshold value. The heat insulating layer has a first heat insulating layer of a first heat conductivity and a second heat insulating layer of a second heat conductivity that is higher than the first heat conductivity, which are laminated in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction in which the first color developing layer, the heat insulating layer, and the second color developing layer are laminated on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takahisa Nakano, Fumitoshi Morimoto, Nobuki Nemoto, Satoru Abe
  • Patent number: 10322595
    Abstract: Sublimation-type inkjet textile printing transfer paper includes a base material and a sublimation-type textile printing ink receiving layer formed on the base material, the base material has a 10-second Cobb water absorption of 5 to 20 g/m2, the sublimation-type textile printing ink receiving layer is made from an ink receiving layer coating material containing a water soluble resin and fine particles, the water soluble resin is at least a CMC, and the CMC is contained in the ink receiving layer coating material in an amount of 100 to 400 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the fine particles, the fine particles are at least inorganic fine particles having a tabular crystal structure, the inorganic fine particles have a median diameter d50 of 0.4 to 2.3 ?m and an aspect ratio of 5 to 30, a coating amount of the ink receiving layer coating material is 3 to 13 g/m2, and an average of numbers of pinhole appearance is not greater than 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Dentani, Yuta Kirihara
  • Patent number: 10322596
    Abstract: A decoloring apparatus includes a reading unit that reads an image formed on a sheet and outputs image information corresponding to the read image. A control unit is configured to recognize the image information output by the reading unit and determine whether decoloring using the decoloring unit is performed on the sheet based on the recognized image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazumasa Takada
  • Patent number: 10322597
    Abstract: Provided are a lithographic printing plate precursor for furnishing a lithographic printing plate in which adhesion to interleaving paper is prevented, contamination inside a device is prevented, and edge stain does not occur; a method of producing the same; and a printing method using the same. The lithographic printing plate precursor includes: a support; and an image recording layer on the support, in which a region of a surface of the lithographic printing plate precursor at a side of the image recording layer, which is from an end portion of the lithographic printing plate precursor to a portion inside the end portion by 5 mm, contains at least one polymer selected from polyamide, polyurethane, polyurea, polyester and polycarbonate, and has a content of the polymer per unit area which is greater than a content of the polymer per unit area in a region other than the above-described region by an amount of 10 mg/m2 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Wariishi
  • Patent number: 10322598
    Abstract: A bundle of printing media by eco-stapling often has a smaller thickness than a bundle of printing media by needle stapling by the thickness corresponding to an amount of used staples, although they have the same number of printing media, and there is room capable of stacking bundles in many cases in the eco-stapling. According to an embodiment, when a printing medium that has undergone an image forming process is taken in, stapling processing is performed on the printing medium, and then the printing medium is discharged to the tray, the following process is performed. That is, when the process is performed in accordance with instructed stapling processing, and the printing medium that has undergone the process is discharged outside the apparatus, the amount of printing media stacked on the tray is controlled in accordance with instructed stapling processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.
    Inventor: Yousuke Kozima
  • Patent number: 10322599
    Abstract: A greeting card body having an integral pouch into which a gift card or other item may be inserted and removed. The greeting card may additionally contain sound capabilities or other special effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: American Greetings Corporation
    Inventor: Barbara Stimac