Patents Issued in July 4, 2019
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Publication number: 20190202110Abstract: A method is disclosed for additively manufacturing a composite structure. The method may include directing a continuous reinforcement into a print head, and coating the continuous reinforcement with a first matrix component inside of the print head. The method may further include coating the continuous reinforcement with a second matrix component, discharging the continuous reinforcement through a nozzle of the print head, and moving the print head in multiple dimensions during the discharging. The first and second matrix components interact to cause hardening of a matrix around the continuous reinforcement.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: CC3D LLCInventors: Tyler B. ALVARADO, Trevor David Budge, Ryan C. Stockett, John Swallow
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Publication number: 20190202111Abstract: The invention relates to a device and to a method for producing components which are to be used, for example in the field of furniture and components industry. These components can be for example, tables, chairs, cabinets, furniture fronts, frame elements or similar.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventor: Thomas BETTERMANN
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Publication number: 20190202112Abstract: In a process for the lithography-based generative production of three-dimensional shaped bodies, wherein material that is solidifiable by exposure to electromagnetic radiation is present on a material support that is permeable in at least a region thereof, a building platform is positioned at a distance from the material support, material located between the building platform and the material support is heated and in the heated state is location-selectively irradiated by a first radiation source and solidified, wherein the electromagnetic radiation is introduced into the material from below through the material support that is at least partially permeable to radiation from the first radiation source, the heating of the material is performed by irradiating the material support with electromagnetic radiation of a second radiation source, wherein the material support is substantially impermeable for the radiation of the second radiation source.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventor: Robert GMEINER
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Publication number: 20190202113Abstract: A method of producing a 3D part using a selective deposition based additive manufacturing system can include developing a first layer using at least one electrostatography engine, determining a first cross-track offset distance between an average cross-track symmetry line of the first layer and a centerline of a transfer medium, transferring the first layer to the transfer medium such that the average cross-track symmetry line of the first layer is aligned with the centerline of the transfer medium, moving a build platform relative to the transfer medium in the cross-track direction to align the first layer on a part build surface, and transfusing the first layer on the build platform using a transfusion assembly to build the part in a layer-by-layer manner. The first layer comprises at least one of a part material and a support material. The first cross-track offset distance is measured in a cross-track direction perpendicular to an in-track direction of movement of the transfer medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventor: J. Samuel Batchelder
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Publication number: 20190202114Abstract: An additive manufacturing method includes manufacturing a workpiece in a manufacturing area by applying metallic powder with a first application device, layer by layer, to a base body. The metallic powder is melted in first regions by a laser beam and solidified. In order to improve the efficiency of selective laser melting, support structures that connect the workpiece to the base body are produced by applying a binder to the powder in second regions with a second application device and solidifying the second regions to produce a powder-binding binder matrix. The support structures are removed from the workpiece after completion thereof by breaking up the binder matrix by degradation with respect to which the workpiece is stable.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Raphael Koch, Lars Bognar, Bruno Alves
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Publication number: 20190202115Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for producing an object by means of additive manufacturing, comprising a frame unit and a process unit connected to said frame unit. The process unit comprises a process chamber for receiving a bath of powdered material which can be solidified, and a support for positioning the object in relation to a surface level of the bath of material. The apparatus further comprises a solidifying device connected to the frame unit for solidifying a selective part of the powdered material. The apparatus according to the invention comprises a plurality of build plate elements connected to the support.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Rob Peter Albert VAN HAENDEL, Mark Herman Else VAES, Raphaël René Gustaaf Mathieu PIETERS
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Publication number: 20190202116Abstract: A system for producing a three-dimensional structure comprises a print head that is movable in one or more dimension and is configured to extrude a polymer melt for subsequently forming each layer of the three-dimensional structure, the polymer melt being formed from a filament; and an ultrasound generating device comprising a piezoelectric transducer and a horn coupled to the print head, the ultrasound generating device being configured to transmit acoustic energy to the print head to provide enhanced interlayer bonding between adjacent deposited layers of the three-dimensional structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.Inventor: Keng Hsu
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Publication number: 20190202117Abstract: A nozzle is disclosed for use with an additive manufacturing system. The nozzle may include a first channel fluidly connectable to a matrix reservoir and configured to discharge a liquid matrix received from the matrix reservoir. The nozzle may also include a second channel operatively connected to the first channel configured to discharge a reinforcement into a bed of the liquid matrix discharged by the first channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: CC3D LLCInventors: Blake L. Alfson, Ryan C Stockett, Kenneth Lyle Tyler
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Publication number: 20190202118Abstract: A method is disclosed for additively manufacturing a composite structure. The method may include discharging from a nozzle into a feature of an existing component a first track of material including at least a liquid matrix. The method may also include discharging from the nozzle into the first track of material a second track of material including at least one of a wire and an optical fiber, and curing the liquid matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: CC3D LLCInventors: BLAKE L. ALFSON, Ryan C. Stockett, Kenneth Lyle Tyler
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Publication number: 20190202119Abstract: A print head is disclosed for us with an additive manufacturing system. The print head may include a matrix reservoir configured to hold a supply of matrix, and a flop guide located within the matrix reservoir. The flop guide may be configured to at least partially surround a continuous reinforcement passing through the matrix reservoir. The print head may also include a nozzle connected to an end of the matrix reservoir downstream of the flop guide.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: CC3D LLCInventor: TREVOR DAVID BUDGE
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Publication number: 20190202120Abstract: A system is disclosed for use in additively manufacturing a composite structure. The system may include a head configured to discharge a continuous reinforcement at least partially coated with a matrix. The head may have a matrix reservoir, and a nozzle connected to an end of the matrix reservoir. The system may further include a support configured to move the head during discharging, and a supply of matrix. The system may also include at least one sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a matrix characteristic inside of the head, and a controller configured to selectively affect the supply of matrix based on the signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: CC3D LLCInventor: Trevor David Budge
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Publication number: 20190202121Abstract: A compactor is disclosed for use with an additive manufacturing print head. The compactor may include a housing connectable to the additive manufacturing print head. The compactor may also include a compacting wheel, and at least one spring disposed in the housing and configured to exert an axial force on the compacting wheel. The compactor may further include a piston moveable to adjust a distance between the housing and the compacting wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: CC3D LLCInventors: TREVOR DAVID BUDGE, Kenneth Lyle Tyler, Colin Hugh Hambling
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Publication number: 20190202122Abstract: An object build area is exposed to a radiation beam, such as a laser light source, which has been processed and controlled through a grating light valve or valves, or planar light valve, to thereby melt, sinter, fuse or cure predetermined portions of the build area corresponding to the equivalent of individually controlled pixels, with rapid movement and positioning of the resulting LV application output array on the build area. The LV arrangement is adapted to also generally heat an entire powder bed, or targeted areas of the bed, to just below melting temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: EOS of North America, Inc.Inventors: Donald Lewis Vanelli, Lance Bruce Shanklin, Gregory Richard Hayes, Hakan Pfeiffer
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Publication number: 20190202123Abstract: A system for 3D printing utilizing near-UV and/or UV photons with engineered angular momentum, the system comprising: one of a coherent source and an incoherent source of one or more of near-UV photons and UV photons; means for obtaining one or more of super-resolved near-UV photons and super-resolved UV photons; and one or more angular momentum generators configured to impart the one or more of the near-UV photons and the UV photons with one or more of spin angular momentum (SAM) and orbital angular momentum (OAM); wherein the means for obtaining and the angular momentum generators are one or more of fabricated as stand-alone structures, fabricated on a package of the one of the coherent source and the incoherent source, and fabricated as an integral part of the one of the coherent source and the incoherent source.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventor: Paolo BATONI
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Publication number: 20190202124Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 3D printer having a cooling function, The 3D printer includes: a tank configured to store therein a photocurable liquid resin; a bed configured to support a shaping object; a bed transfer unit configured to move the bed in a vertical direction; a light projection unit configured to linearly project laser light to the photocurable liquid resin stored in the tank so as to cure the photocurable liquid resin into a shaping object; a light projection unit transfer unit configured to move the light projection unit; a control unit configured to control operations of the light projection unit, the light projection unit transfer unit, and the bed transfer unit; and a cooling unit configured to dissipate heat generated from the light projection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Byoung-bag LEE, Ji-sung PARK, Seung-won HAN
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Publication number: 20190202125Abstract: A method for printing a 3D part with a selective deposition based additive manufacturing system, includes developing layers of a powder material using at least one electrostatographic engine. The developed layers are transferred from the at least one electrostatographic engine to a transfer medium wherein the developed layers are pre-heated to a first temperature. The method includes preheating the at least a portion of the 3D part on the build platform to a second temperature higher than the first temperature. The developed layers on the transfer medium are then pressed into contact with build surfaces of a 3D part on a build platform such that heat is transferred from the build surface of the 3D part to the developed layers and the developed layers are transfused from the transfer medium to the 3D part being printed, wherein the 3D part is formed in a layer-by-layer manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventor: J. Samuel Batchelder
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Publication number: 20190202126Abstract: An apparatus and method for removing support material from and/or smoothing surfaces of an additively manufactured part (the “AM part”) is disclosed. The apparatus may include a chamber, a support surface within the chamber, and one or more nozzles within the chamber. The nozzles may be the same size or different sizes. The support surface may be configured to support the AM part. The support surface may have one or more openings sized and configured to allow the fluid to pass through the opening(s). The nozzles may be configured to spray a fluid at the AM part, and the spray may be an atomized or semi-atomized spray of the fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: PostProcess Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Joshua Hutchinson, Marc Farfaglia
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Publication number: 20190202127Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus has a platform, one or more supports positioned above the platform, an actuator coupled to at least one of the platform and the one or more supports and configured to create relative motion therebetween such that the one or more supports scan across the platform, a first dispenser system configured dispense a plurality of successive layers of powder onto a build area supported by the platform, a second dispenser system configured to dispense a binder material onto the build area, and an energy source configured to emit radiation toward the platform so as to solidify the binder material. The first dispenser system includes a first powder dispenser that is attached to and moves with a first support from the one or more supports and is configured to selectively dispense a first powder onto the build area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Hou T. Ng, Nag B. Patibandla, Daihua Zhang
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Publication number: 20190202128Abstract: In some examples, a build material recycling system of a three-dimensional (3D) printer can include a build material transport system of the 3D printer, a build material recycling device of the 3D printer that includes a fluidizing membrane and is connected to the build material transport system, and a recycled build material hopper of the 3D printer connected, via the build materialType: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Robert Lawrence WINBURNE, Randall West, Nicholas Wang, Luke P. Sosnowski
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Publication number: 20190202129Abstract: A method for producing a three-dimensional component by means of a laser melting process, in which the component is produced by consecutively solidifying individual layers made of building material by melting the building material, wherein said building material can be solidified by the action of radiation, wherein the melting area produced by a punctiform and/or linear energy input is detected by a sensor device and sensor values are derived therefrom in order to evaluate the component quality. The sensor values detected in order to evaluate the component quality are stored together with the coordinate values that locate the sensor values in the component and are displayed by means of a visualization unit in two- and/or multi-dimensional representation with respect to the detection location of the sensor values in the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicants: CONCEPT LASER GMBH, KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVENInventors: Frank HERZOG, Florian BECHMANN, Sebastian BERUMEN, Jean Pierre KRUTH, Tom CRAEGHS
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Publication number: 20190202130Abstract: A head is disclosed for use with an additive manufacturing system. The head may include a matrix reservoir, and a nozzle fluidly connected to the matrix reservoir and configured to discharge a composite material into a feature of an existing component. The head may also include a guide operatively connected to the nozzle and configured to detect a location of the feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: CC3D LLCInventors: Blake L. Alfson, Ryan C. Stockett, Kenneth Lyle Tyler
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Publication number: 20190202131Abstract: A system is disclosed for additively manufacturing a composite structure. The system may include a head having a matrix reservoir, a nozzle fluidly connected to the matrix reservoir and configured to discharge a composite material into a feature of an existing component. a guide configured to detect a location of the feature, and a cure enhancer configured to expose composite material discharging from the nozzle to a cure energy. The system may also include a support configured to move the head in multiple dimensions, and a controller in communication with the cure enhancer and the support. The controller may be configured to cause the support to move the head during discharge of the composite material into the feature based on the detected location of the feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: CC3D LLCInventors: BLake L. Alfson, Ryan C. Stockett, Kenneth Lyle Tyler
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Publication number: 20190202132Abstract: A controller-implemented method of controlling a three dimensional (3D) printing process, comprises presenting printing options (20) of the 3D printing process at a user interface (16); accepting settings (22) from the user interface (16) based on the presented printing options (20); determining a printing instruction (24) based on the settings (22), the printing instruction (24) to be used to manufacture a three-dimensional (3D) object; and determining a post-processing instruction (26) based on the settings (22), the post-processing instruction (26) to be used in post-processing the 3D object.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2016Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Alejandro Manuel De Pena, Scott White, Sergio Puigardeu Aramendia, Carmen Blasco
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Publication number: 20190202133Abstract: A method carried out on a computer system for ordering and executing expedited production options. A user may submit a request for manufacturing a product defined by a 3D computer model. Systems described herein may then verify that the request is subject to an expedited production option and parse the 3D computer model to identify the processes required to manufacture the product. The product may then be manufactured with an expedited lead time that may vary as a function of the processes in question and the nature of the applicable expedited production option.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: James L. Jacobs, II, Steven M. Lynch
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Publication number: 20190202134Abstract: Disclosed herein are at least partially water soluble compositions for use in 3D printing. The compositions comprise a mixture of polymeric materials that can be printed using existing 3D printing devices to form a support scaffold for overhanging parts of a 3D object to be printed. The 3D object can be printed such that at least a portion of the 3D object is printed onto the support scaffold. After printing, the support scaffold can be removed from the 3D object by treatment with water, such as by immersion in water. The compositions can comprise a mixture of one or more water soluble polymers and one or more water insoluble polymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Miodrag Micic, Erick Packard Wolf
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Publication number: 20190202135Abstract: The invention relates to a method for laser beam plastic welding, having the following steps: arranging a first mold part which substantially absorbs laser radiation on a receiving area, irradiating the first mold part using an electromagnetic radiation source, detecting the heat of the first mold part by means of a detector, generating an absorption profile of the first mold part, arranging a second mold part which is substantially transparent to laser radiation on the first mold part, and irradiating the two mold parts along the contour of a welding seam to be produced using a machining laser such that the energy input produced by the machining laser is controlled by a controller on the basis of the generated absorption profile of the first mold part.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventor: Frank BRUNNECKER
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Publication number: 20190202136Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods associated with procedures and adhesive elements for affixing components together are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an assembly may include a first component and a second component coupled to the first component. The assembly may further include a plurality of adhesive elements located between the first component and the second component, wherein the plurality of adhesive elements couple the second component to the first component, and wherein each adhesive element of the plurality of adhesive elements is equidistance from adjacent adhesive elements of the plurality of adhesive elements. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Taylor GAINES, Mark SALTAS, Amram EITAN
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Publication number: 20190202137Abstract: A method for manufacturing a head of a golf club includes providing a body of the head and a cover. The body has a top surface and an abutment portion. The abutment portion has an abutment face connected to the top surface via a first connection face. The cover has a first face, a second face and a second connection face. The method further includes disposing a first covering member on the top surface of the body, disposing a second covering member on the first face, and applying a pressure to the body and the cover to bond the cover to the abutment portion via an adhesive agent, obtaining a semi-finished product of the head of the golf club. The method further includes heating the semi-finished product to couple the cover with the abutment portion and removing the first and second covering members from the heated semi-finished product.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventor: Szu-Ying Wu
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Publication number: 20190202138Abstract: The present disclosure provides a glue-injection device for locking a to-be-connected component, comprising a main part with a glue-injection tube, a cavity connecting with the glue-injection tube is provided on one end surface of the main part, a connecting with the glue-injection tube is provided on a glue-injection head in the cavity which is provided on a connection between the glue-injection tube and the cavity. The present disclosure further provides a method for performing the locking-up by the glue-injection device. In the glue-injection device and lock-up method, the lock-up is simple and efficient, and the connectors with different aperture diameters and directions can be locked-up, the specification of the lock-up is uniform and the standardization is high, and the formed screw can be tightened and loose by the existing standard.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventor: Xiaohong JING
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Publication number: 20190202139Abstract: An adhesive injection method is for injecting an adhesive that bonds an outer plate and a reinforcing member. The reinforcing member has through holes bored through the reinforcing member in a direction intersecting a bonding surface facing the outer plate. The method includes positioning the outer plate and the reinforcing member; disposing a sealing material covering a gap between the outer plate and the reinforcing member; and injecting the adhesive into the through holes in order from one end to the other end of the bonding surface. At the injecting, while the adhesive is injected into the through hole, when the adhesive is recognized through another through hole formed adjacent to the through hole into which the adhesive is being injected, a through hole into which the adhesive is to be injected is shifted from the through hole into which the adhesive is being injected to the other through hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Kiyoka TAKAGI, Jun ISHIDA, Sota KAMO, Katsuya YOSHINO, Tetsuya KATO
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Publication number: 20190202140Abstract: An implantable prosthetic valve that is radially collapsible to a collapsed configuration and radially expandable to an expanded configuration comprises an annular frame having an inflow end and an outflow end, a leaflet structure positioned within the frame and secured thereto, and a laminate sealing member comprising an encapsulating material. The laminate sealing member has a main portion that encapsulates at least a portion of the frame and an end portion extending from the inflow end of the frame, and the end portion of the laminate sealing member is folded to form a cuff adjacent the inflow end of the frame and secured to the main portion of the laminate sealing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Itai Pelled, Elena Sherman, Eran Goldberg, Kevin D. Rupp, Noam Nir
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Publication number: 20190202141Abstract: A method for producing a vehicle component from a fiber-reinforced plastic including providing a skin panel having an inner side, outer side and mounting portion. The skin panel is a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material. At least one stiffening component has a connection surface. The stiffening component is a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material. The stiffening component and skin panel are contacted wherein the connection surface lies on the mounting portion. The method includes areally warming a joining zone so the stiffening component and skin panel are welded together. The joining zone is cooled. A determined geometry of the combination of stiffening component and skin panel is compared with a predefinable geometry. The joining zone is re-warmed, deforming the stiffening component and the skin panel, and the method includes cooling in order to attain the predefinable geometry if the determined geometry deviates from the predefinable geometry.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventor: Peter LINDE
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Publication number: 20190202142Abstract: A molding method is provided for manufacturing a composite material having a base layer formed of at least one first prepreg sheet and a second prepreg sheet stacked on at least a portion of the first prepreg sheet. The first prepreg sheet and the second prepreg sheet are stacked, and then heated and cured. The second prepreg sheet constitutes a front surface layer that is integrally formed on the surface of the base layer. Here, the amount of second resin in the second prepreg sheet is larger than the amount of first resin in the first prepreg sheet on a per unit volume basis in an interface between the first prepreg sheet and the second prepreg sheet when the second prepreg sheet is stacked on the first prepreg sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2016Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventor: Shigetaka UEHARA
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Publication number: 20190202143Abstract: A system for fabrication of a wind turbine blade including a laser projection which identifies the dimensions for a plurality of layup segments; determines the sequence of layup segments within first and second sections of the mold, wherein the sequence of layup segments within the second section of the mold are synchronized with the layup segments within a first section of the mold. The system also includes a projection device visually depicting the boundaries of a plurality of layup segments onto the mold. This system automates fabrication of composite structures by setting a pace for each task and ensuring operators complete each task within the allotted period. The projection system and layup delivery mechanism can advance with respect the mold to ensure the pace is maintained and an overall product cycle time is adhered to.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Amirhossein Salimi, Carlos Ramirez
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Publication number: 20190202144Abstract: A methods for producing a fibrous preform includes placing a fibrous mat onto a depositing surface, the depositing surface being formed by a web face of a mould core, a first support surface of a first support installation and a second support surface of a second support installation. The fibrous mat is covered by a film and is pressed in a planar manner onto the depositing surface by generating a vacuum. Bringing to bear the fibrous mat on lateral faces of the mould core that extend transversely to the web face is subsequently performed by moving the support installations and the mould core relative to one another in such a manner that a level differential between the web face of the mould core and the support surfaces of the support installations is enlarged. A device for producing a fibrous preform is furthermore described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: Premium Aerotec GmbHInventors: Margarita Wanner, Ralph Maennich, Alexander Hemmen, Julian Kuntz
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Publication number: 20190202145Abstract: The invention relates to a resin infusion process wherein a curable flowing fluid resin composition is supplied to form a curable matrix around a fibrous reinforcement material, wherein the curable flowing fluid resin composition comprises a resin component (1) and an activator component (2), and at least one property of the curable flowing fluid resin composition is monitored prior to supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: HEXCEL COMPOSITES LIMITEDInventors: Steve MORTIMER, Neal PATEL, Scott STEVENS
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Publication number: 20190202146Abstract: A method of producing an FRP molded article, the method being suitable for producing a thick FRP molded article, includes: placing a reinforced fiber base material in a cavity of a forming mold, such that a direction in which fiber sheets are laminated together (a sheet lamination direction) is a horizontal direction; impregnating a resin into the reinforced fiber base material by injecting the resin into the cavity in an anti-gravitational direction from an injection port provided below the reinforced fiber base material placed in the cavity; applying pressure in the sheet lamination direction to the reinforced fiber base material impregnated with the resin; and curing the resin impregnated in the reinforced fiber base material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi TAKAGI, Takahiro ICHINOSE, Osamu HISAMATSU, Yoshimitsu TAKASUGI, Shota KIDA
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Publication number: 20190202147Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing structural elements (14) that comprise a hollow profile (1) made of continuous fibre-reinforced plastics material that comprises a thermosetting matrix material that has a softening temperature that is below the cross-linking temperature, and at least one load-application element (15), and to a structural element (14) produced by the method and comprising a hollow profile (1) made of continuous fibre-reinforced plastics material that comprises a thermosetting matrix material that has a softening temperature that is below the cross-linking temperature, and at least one load-application element (15), the hollow profile (1) and the load-application element (15) being interconnected in a form-fitting manner. The method according to the invention comprises at least the following method steps: a.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Florian Lenz, Bernhard Witschel, Martin Lepper
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Publication number: 20190202148Abstract: A device to cure/consolidate a textile preform pre-impregnated with polymer. A matrix, without any heating or cooling means, includes a molding face that reproduces the shape of the textile preform and an assembly interface. A sealed bagging of the preform on the matrix. A vacuum pump to apply vacuum inside the sealed bag having the textile preform. A thermal unit includes an induction heater and a receiving interface that cooperates with the matrix assembly interface to position the matrix and to transfer heat between the matrix and the thermal unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventor: JOSÉ FEIGENBLUM
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Publication number: 20190202149Abstract: The invention is an apparatus used to fill a tire tread puncture hole. The device simply screws into the tread puncture hole with insertion key to block air leakage. Once the invention is properly inserted, the tire may be refilled with air and get back on the road.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Jeffrey Boutwell Brunson, Brandon Paul Dill
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Publication number: 20190202150Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a contact lens including the steps of: (i) adding reactive components to a mold, wherein the reactive components comprise (a) at least one hydroxy-containing silicone component having a weight average molecular weight from about 200 to about 15,000 g/mole and (b) at least one mono-ether terminated, mono-methacrylate terminated polyethylene glycol having a weight average molecular weight from about 200 to about 10,000 g/mole; (ii) curing the reactive components within the mold to form the contact lens; and (iii) removing the contact lens from said mold.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Azaam Alli, Shivkumar Mahadevan
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Publication number: 20190202151Abstract: The invention provides a molded article containing a specific fluororesin and having excellent hydrophilicity. The molded article containing the fluororesin has a melt flow rate of 1.00 g/10 min or lower and a water contact angle of 90° or smaller. The fluororesin contains at least one copolymer selected from the group consisting of a copolymer containing a tetrafluoroethylene unit and a perfluoro(alkylvinylether) unit and a copolymer containing a tetrafluoroethylene unit and a hexafluoropropylene unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi IMAMURA, Tatsuya FUNAOKA, Takeshi SHIMONO
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Publication number: 20190202152Abstract: A process for the production, in a plurality of substeps, of a traction or carrying means built up from a plurality of components or assemblies and consisting of preferably extruded elastomeric material, wherein, in a first substep, a first component, provided with reinforcing members or cables, of the traction or carrying means is produced and, in further substeps, a traction or carrying means, which is connected to further components or provided with further layers of elastomeric material, fabric layers or reinforcing-member layers, is successively completed, and optionally said traction or carrying means is shaped or profiled on one or more sides, wherein the individual substeps in the process follow one another such that a component processed or completed in the respectively preceding substep is fed at room temperature (Rt), after a maximum of 1 to 10 minutes, preferably 2 to 5 minutes, to the subsequent substep for further processing or completion, and such that the temperature of the component does notType: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: ContiTech Antriebssysteme GmbHInventors: Hubert Goeser, Andre Kucharczyk
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Publication number: 20190202153Abstract: In a winding method of a sheet member for winding a sheet member having an inclined side portion 7a inclined with respect to a longitudinal direction at least on one side in the longitudinal direction around a winding cylinder 50 in more than one turn from a tip end of the inclined side portion 7a as a winding start tip, winding of the sheet member is started in a small-diameter portion 51a of the winding cylinder 50 to which a radial difference is given by providing a step 54 to make a diameter smaller on one side in an axial direction and larger on the other side in the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventor: Junji Itakura
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Publication number: 20190202154Abstract: A single sheet-like belt 8b, from which a single tire component can be formed, is held on an outer circumferential surface of a winding cylinder 12. The sheet-like rubber member 8b, which is held by the winding cylinder 12, is removed from the winding cylinder 12 by rotation of a drum 22 and adhered to an outer circumferential surface of the drum 22, so as to manufacture a tire component 8c. At the time, the sheet-like belt 8b is moved from the winding cylinder 12 to the drum 22 via a removing roller 14 that is arranged above a common tangent Q between the drum 22 and the winding cylinder 12.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventor: Junji Itakura
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Publication number: 20190202155Abstract: During manufacturing of a tire component that includes a process of adhering a sheet-like rubber member 8b that is held by a supply section 30 to a drum 22, positions of ends 7d1, 7d2 n a width direction of the sheet-like rubber member 8b are detected by using sensors 52, 54 provided between the supply section 30 and the drum 22, and the supply section 30 is moved in a width direction X of the sheet-like rubber member 8b in accordance with the detected positions, so as to adhere the sheet-like rubber member 8b to a specified position on the drum 22.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shuhei Ito
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Publication number: 20190202156Abstract: In this method for turning up the plies of a green tire, longitudinal and radial movements, with reference to a main axis (8) of the green tyre (3), of ply-turning arms (20) are brought about independently of one another in order to apply a rubber element to at least one sidewall (5) of the green tire (3). The radial movement of the arms is controlled by means of a speed setpoint.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Michael Massoptier-David, Patrice Monnereau
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Publication number: 20190202157Abstract: Systems and methods of buffing tire casings are provided. A tire buffing machine includes a tire hub assembly selectively rotating a mounted casing, a buffer configured to buff the casing, a tire belt detection apparatus having two or more sensors to detect a first belt depth of one or more belts at a first lateral position in a tire casing and a second belt depth of the one or more belts at a second lateral position within the tire casing, and an electronic controller. The controller determines the first belt depth and the second belt depth using a belt detection apparatus having two or more sensors of the belt detection apparatus and adjusts the operation of the buffer based on the first belt depth or the second belt depth.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: James A. Kendall, Jr., Robert P. Hardy, Devin T. Smith, Zachary Milliron, Jeffrey A. Wachtel, Matthew J. Abraham, Jaime J. Benitez, Jeremiah J. Nartker, Alexander G. Tomtschik, Wade L. Terrill
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Publication number: 20190202158Abstract: A manufacturing method includes cutting out a sheet-like belt for one full circle of tire by cutting a master roll diagonally with respect to a longitudinal direction between a master roll table 10 and a belt table 14, moving the belt table 14 carrying the cut-out sheet-like belt to a winding position of the sheet-like belt, winding the sheet-like belt around a winding cylinder 50 at the winding position, and unwinding the sheet-like belt from the winding cylinder 50 in a place facing a molding drum 64 and forming a cylindrical belt by winding the sheet-like belt around the molding drum 64.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventor: Junji Itakura
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Publication number: 20190202159Abstract: A manufacturing method includes feeding a master roll 8a from a master roll table 10 to a belt table 14, and cutting the master roll 8a between the master roll table 10 and the belt table 14. In the step of feeding the master roll 8a from the master roll table 10 to the belt table 14, the master roll 8a is fed by holding a front part of the master roll 8a by a first hand 30 and a rear part of the master roll 8a by a second hand 40, and the front part of the master roll 8a is continuously held by the first hand 30 from start to end of the feeding.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventor: Junji Itakura