Patents Issued in July 16, 2019
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Patent number: 10350837Abstract: The present disclosure relates to composite articles comprising non-linear elongated nanostructures and associated systems and methods. In certain embodiments, collections of carbon nanotubes or other elongated nanostructures can be used to provide mechanical reinforcement along multiple directions within a composite article.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Saab ABInventors: Brian L. Wardle, Pontus Nordin
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Patent number: 10350838Abstract: A higher forgery prevention effect is realized. A display includes a first interface section provided with a relief-type diffraction grating constituted by a plurality of grooves, and a second interface section provided with a plurality of recesses or projections arranged two-dimensionally at a center-to-center distance smaller than the minimum center-to-center distance of the plural grooves, and each having a forward tapered shape.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiki Toda, Akira Nagano, Shingo Maruyama
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Patent number: 10350839Abstract: Systems and processes for enabling an off-site expert to interact with an on-site technician during repair of composite structure. The off-site expert can provide real-time guidance to an on-site technician before and during the performance of repair procedures to avoid errors. The off-site expert is also able to monitor the repair procedures in real time to verify that correct procedures are being employed. In particular, the systems and processes disclosed herein can provide direct visual guidance, feedback, and out-of-plan warnings for manual or automated scarfing and other operations during repair of composite structure. In some embodiments, the repair process combines optical three-dimensional surface measurement, illumination by at least one of visible, ultraviolet and infrared light, and digital light processing projection to provide step-by-step monitoring of the repair.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Morteza Safai, Gary E. Georgeson
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Patent number: 10350840Abstract: There is described a method of creating a transparent window (W*) in a security, especially paper, substrate (1) for security printing applications, the method comprising the steps of (i) providing a security substrate (1), (ii) forming an opening (10*) into and through the security substrate (1), and (iii) filling the opening (10*) with transparent material (2) thereby forming the transparent window (W*). The filling of the opening (10*) with the transparent material (2) is carried out in a state where the opening (10*) is open on both sides of the security substrate (1) and extends through the security substrate (1), the filling of the opening (10*) including the application of a first side (I) of the security substrate (1) against a supporting surface (21A) of a supporting member (20?, 21) in such a way as to block one side of the opening (10*), while the transparent material (2) is applied inside the opening (10*) from the other side (II) of the security substrate (1).Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: KBA-NOTASYS SAInventors: Aurélie Berthon, Johannes Georg Schaede
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Patent number: 10350841Abstract: A glazing panel repair device (1) has coupling means (27) for coupling a pump arrangement (22) to the device to provide holding suction to secure the device to the glazing panel and pressure cycling to a repair zone. In one embodiment the coupling means is for coupling a single pump to provide holding suction to secure the device to the glazing panel and pressure cycling to a repair zone.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Belron International LimitedInventor: Paul Syfko
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Patent number: 10350842Abstract: A system for applying a web around a cylindrical object with even tension containing a core having a generally cylindrical shape and a pair of handles. Each handle has an insertion area, a collar area, and a gripping area. The collar area is sandwiched between the insertion area and the gripping area and the insertion diameter is less than the inner diameter of the core at the first end and second end. The handles and core have a means for coupling meaning that the core and the insertion area of the handles do not move independently from one another.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Milliken Infrastructure Solutions, LLCInventors: Lawrence Cercone, James M. Souza
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Patent number: 10350843Abstract: The present invention relates to an element comprising a surface area with a specific, optically effective surface relief microstructure (12). The surface relief microstructure has a surface modulation of top regions (13) and bottom regions (14), wherein in a first lateral direction of the surface area there is in average at least one transition from a top to a bottom region or vice versa within every 20 micrometer, and in a second lateral direction of the mask, which is perpendicular to the first direction, there is in average at least one transition from a first to a second zone or vice versa within every 200 micrometer. In the microstructure, (i) in the first direction the lateral arrangement of the transitions is non-periodic, and (ii) the top regions substantially lie in the same top relief plateau (15) and the bottom regions substantially lie in the same bottom relief plateau (16).Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: ROLIC AGInventor: Martin Stalder
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Patent number: 10350844Abstract: A green tire support device includes: a green tire support which supports a green tire; a lift which moves the green tire support up and down; and an actuator which moves the green tire support away from or closer to a drum along an axial direction of the drum, to remove the drum from the green tire.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Shinji Kawaida
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Patent number: 10350845Abstract: Provided are: vent pieces, which can easily be added later and with which the occurrence of spew can be suppressed without restriction in the locations where the vent pieces can be orderly arranged in vulcanized molding of a pneumatic tire; and a manufacturing method for pneumatic tire in which vulcanization molding of a raw cover is performed by using a vulcanization mold in which said vent piece has been embedded. A vent piece, which is used by being embedded in a prepared hole for air vent provided on the inner surface of a pneumatic tire vulcanization mold, is a cylinder without a hole in the axial direction and is configured to perform air vent from a gap formed between the vent piece and the side surface of the prepared hole. A vent piece has a saw cut extending in the axial direction formed on the side surface of the cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Naoki Sugiyama, Yuichi Nakano
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Patent number: 10350846Abstract: A vertical position fixing of a treatment chamber inside a tire vulcanizing machine for the fastening of treatment chamber elements at least during a vulcanization process so that in the closed position at least one defined vertical distance H can be fixed, wherein fixing elements are provided on at least one treatment chamber element and are designed in such a way that a fixing which is releasable and absorbs the occurring forces is facilitated.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: HARBURG-FREUDENBERGER MASCHINENBAU GMBHInventor: Stefan Bahlke
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Patent number: 10350847Abstract: There is provided an apparatus configured to adhere a belt-shaped tire member onto a mold drum including: a feeding device including the belt-shaped tire member arranged so as to be capable of being fed and a transferring and adhering device configured to transfer the belt-shaped tire member from the feeding device side to the mold drum side and adhere the belt-shaped tire member onto the mold drum, wherein the transferring and adhering device includes: a transferring device configured to circulate between the feeding device side and the mold drum side and transfer the belt-shaped tire member sucked on the feeding device side to the mold drum side; and a separating unit configured to separate the transferred belt-shaped tire member on the mold drum side from the transferring device and adhere the belt-shaped tire member onto the mold drum.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuhiro Nakatani, Tomoyuki Kobayashi, Yasuhisa Masuda, Makoto Komo, Taizo Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10350848Abstract: A glove that includes a polymeric, elastomeric, or latex composition including a blend of a polyurethane material, an acrylonitrile-butadiene material and an ethylene vinyl acetate material; at least one of a carnauba or a modified polyethylene wax; and hard filler particles having a hardness greater than 4 Mohs or more, thereby increasing the abrasion-resistance and/or cut-resistance of the glove, is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Ansell LimitedInventors: Liong Yu Loo, Kwee Feng Hin, Karunagaran A/L Arumugam, Kim Soon Fam, Siew Bee Neoh
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Patent number: 10350849Abstract: A machine for forming a joined blank assembly from first and second blanks of sheet material includes a deck coupled to a frame, and a first transfer assembly associated with the frame. The first transfer assembly is configured to position the first blank on the deck. The machine also includes a second transfer assembly associated with the frame. The second transfer assembly is configured to position the second blank in at least a partially overlying relationship to the first blank on the deck. The machine further includes at least one compression member configured to compress the second blank and the first blank together against the deck to form the joined blank assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: WestRock Shared Services, LLCInventors: Thomas Dean Graham, Amer Aganovic, Kirk Steven Kempnich, II
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Patent number: 10350850Abstract: A core intended to support a reel of paper, particularly toilet paper, is formed by winding at least one web of cellulose wadding. The core is formed by winding at least one web of cellulose wadding having at least 0.51 g of water-soluble material per gram of cellulose wadding, the water-soluble material being designed to make the web of cellulose wadding more rigid and easier to disintegrate. Thus configured, the core that has both mechanical strength fit for the intended purpose and is far easier to disintegrate than a core mad of cardboard such that it can be disposed of directly in a toilet bowl without the risk of blocking the waste pipe.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: ESSITY OPERATIONS FRANCEInventors: Frédéric Roesch, Nicolas Weisang, Rémy Ruppel, Pierre Probst
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Patent number: 10350851Abstract: A composite element for the realization of protection devices of parts of the human body includes a matrix, a reinforcing element, at least partially embedded in the matrix, wherein the reinforcing element has at least one opening shaped so as to define an undercut between the matrix and the reinforcing element, such undercut being suitable for determining a mechanical constraint between the matrix and the reinforcement element.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2013Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: ANOMALY ACTION SPORTS S.R.L.Inventors: Elena Salmini, Carlo Salmini, Theodore Sharp Ligety
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Patent number: 10350852Abstract: A releasable adhesive system for joining a first surface to a second surface. The system includes a primary material having a first portion including at least one first-portion molecule configured to be positioned parallel with at least one first-surface molecule of the first surface, and a second portion, opposite the first portion, including at least one second-portion molecule configured to be positioned parallel with at least second surfaced one molecule of the second surface. The first surface molecule, positioned parallel with the first-surface molecule, is configured to maintain bonds between the first portion and the first surface up to one or more pre-determined three scenarios, such as pre-determined shear, pull, and peel forces being exerted on the first surface. The second portion can function similarly with respect to the second surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Raymond Guo, John P. Spicer, Yhu-tin Lin, Ryan C. Sekol, Jeffrey A. Abell, Mark A. Smith
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Patent number: 10350853Abstract: A formed film with micro-cells and macro-cells or depressions may be disclosed. For example, the film may include a lands. Each of the lands may include micro-cells thereon. The micro-cells may have a first orientation. The film may further include macro-depressions adjacent to at least one respective land. Each of the macro depressions may include additional second micro-cells. Those additional micro-cells may have a second orientation. The second orientation includes an orientation that is an inverse of the first orientation (e.g., is in an opposite direction of the first orientation).Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: TREDEGAR FILM PRODUCTS CORPORATIONInventor: Paul Eugene Thomas
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Patent number: 10350854Abstract: The invention relates to a functional protective material, in particular having a protective function with respect to chemical poisons and/or biological toxins and/or chemical and/or biological hazardous materials, such as warfare agents, wherein the functional protective material has a multi-layer structure that comprises a planar, in particular textile, substrate material and a membrane that is associated with the substrate material, in particular connected to the substrate material, wherein the membrane in itself is permeable to air and water vapor and therefore is provided with a plurality of micropores preferably distributed substantially evenly over the membrane surface. According to the invention, an operating parameter of the membrane can be changed in such a way that the membrane assumes two different operating states, wherein in the first operating state the micropores of the membrane are open and in the second operating state, the micropores of the membrane are at least predominantly closed.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2012Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Blücher GmbHInventors: Frederic Ameil, Jürgen Gerl, Alicja Surowiec, Hasso Von Blücher
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Patent number: 10350855Abstract: The invention relates to: a method for adhesively bonding two substrates, in which a first substrate, which contains a thermoplastic, is transported by way of at least one supporting conveyor belt through a heating zone in which the surface of said substrate is softened, and then the second substrate, which has an adhesive layer, is laminated onto the softened surface of the first substrate and pressed together therewith; a composite body obtainable in this manner, in which the two substrates are bonded by a flexible, thin adhesive layer; and a device for adhesively bonding these two substrates by means of the described method.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAAInventors: Hans-Georg Kinzelmann, Michael Gierlings
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Patent number: 10350856Abstract: The invention relates to compositions and methods for coating a zirconium alloy cladding of a fuel element for a nuclear water reactor. The composition includes a master alloy including one or more alloying elements selected from chromium, silicon and aluminum, a chemical activator and an inert filler. The alloying element(s) is deposited or are co-deposited on the cladding using a pack cementation process. When the coated zirconium alloy cladding is exposed to and contacted with water in a nuclear reactor, a protective oxide layer can form on the coated surface of the cladding.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLCInventors: Peng Xu, Lu Cai
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Patent number: 10350857Abstract: An object of the present invention is to create, from a titanium alloy and an FRP prepreg, a composite of a titanium alloy and an FRP material that is suitable for bolt fastening. The composite can bring out excellent characteristics in CFRP members in mobile electronic-electric devices, mobile equipment, medical instruments, marine devices and the like. It has been found that titanium alloy having a special constant surface shape adheres strongly with an epoxy adhesive. In a composite obtained using this technique to integrate a titanium alloy member as a cover material and a CFRP material, the metal alloy portion deforms and disperses locally strong forces so that the CFRP material is not damaged, even when the composite is assembled to another metal member through bolt-fastening. As a result, the composite is expected to be effective for applications in mobile equipment or mobile device casings, where lightweightness, corrosion resistance, toughness and ease of assembly are required.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2008Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: TAISEI PLAS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanori Naritomi, Naoki Ando
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Patent number: 10350858Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an interlayer film for laminated glass having small optical distortion while having a multilayer structure of two or more layers, and a laminated glass including the interlayer film for laminated glass. The present invention relates to an interlayer film for laminated glass including at least two resin layers laminated together, the interlayer film having a large number of minute recesses and a large number of minute projections on at least one surface, the at least two resin layers including a first surface layer and a second surface layer and each containing a thermoplastic resin and a plasticizer, wherein, provided that the interlayer film is allowed to stand at 23° C. and a humidity of 30% RH for three hours, and cut with a microtome at 23° C.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shougo Yoshida, Kazuhiko Nakayama, Tatsuya Iwamoto
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Patent number: 10350859Abstract: A composite glass for a head-up display is described. The composite glass has an outer pane made of glass and an inner pane made of glass, which are bonded to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer. The inner pane has a thickness less than 1.2 mm, and the thickness of the intermediate layer in the vertical course between a lower edge and an upper edge of the composite glass is variable at least in sections with a maximum wedge angle less than or equal to 0.3 mrad.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Martin Arndt, Stephan Kremers
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Patent number: 10350860Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an interlayer film for laminated glass which has high transparency, and can prevent flying pests from gathering thereon, and a laminated glass including the interlayer film for laminated glass. The present invention provides an interlayer film for laminated glass including a thermoplastic resin layer containing a thermoplastic resin and one of a compound having a structure represented by the following general formula (1) and a compound having a structure represented by the following general formula (2): in the general formula (1), R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are individually an organic group, and M is a polyvalent metal, in the general formula (2), R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R21 and R22 are individually an organic group, and M is a polyvalent metal.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuusuke Oota, Yasuyuki Izu, Daisuke Nakajima
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Patent number: 10350861Abstract: Described herein are laminate structures with enhanced sound-damping properties and mechanical properties. The laminates are composed of an interlayer structure disposed between a first glass substrate and a second glass substrate, wherein the interlayer is composed of a polymer layer designed such that sound attenuation or damping by the laminate is optimized. The laminates described herein may be used in vehicles or architectural panels. In one or more embodiments, the laminate may be disposed in an opening of a vehicle body. Where the vehicle body is an automobile, the laminate could be used as a windshield, a side window, sunroof or rear windshield. The body of some embodiments may include railcar body, or an airplane body. In other embodiments, the laminate may be used in architectural panels, which may include a window, an interior wall panel, a modular furniture panel, a backsplash, a cabinet panel, or an appliance panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Michael Edward DeRosa, Jennifer Lynn Lyon, James Robert Matthews, Michael Lesley Sorensen, Arlin Lee Weikel
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Patent number: 10350862Abstract: A combination vehicle interior trim component and an anti-shatter self-adhesive tape member to prevent fragmentation or shattering of the component during an air-bag deployment in an interior of a vehicle, and methods of making and using the combination.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: ARGENT INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventor: Christopher S Autterson
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Patent number: 10350863Abstract: A panel includes a structural substrate and a damping element including a viscoelastic material (VEM) layer coupleable to the structural substrate of the aircraft, and a constraining layer coupled to the VEM layer. The VEM layer is configured to dampen a vibration of the structural substrate. The constraining layer is configured to apply a shear force to the VEM layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Alan E. Landmann, Mark A. Negley, Jaffar S. Iqbal, Bret A. Voss, Mark M. Gmerek, Giacomo Licciardi
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Patent number: 10350864Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic polymer composition containing an aromatic vinyl-based block copolymer (a-1) having a number average molecular weight of 30,000 to 200,000, the aromatic vinyl-based block copolymer containing a polymer block F containing a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl-based monomer as a main component and a hydrogenated or non-hydrogenated polymer block G containing a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene monomer or an isobutylene monomer as a main component; an acrylic polymer (a-2); an olefin-based polymer containing polar groups (a-3); and a softening agent (a-4), at the proportions that satisfy the following Expressions (1) to (3): 0.05?W(a-2)/W(a-1)?9??(1) 0.1<W(a-3)/(W(a-1)+W(a-2)+W(a-3)+W(a-4))?0.9??(2), and 0?W(a-4)/(W(a-1)+W(a-2)+W(a-3)+W(a-4))?0.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Oshima, Toshiyuki Zento, Naoto Fukuhara, Shinya Oshita
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Patent number: 10350865Abstract: A multilayer film containing layers of polyamide and polyester, suitable as a back cover for a photovoltaic module is provided. The film comprises, in the order listed: a) a layer which comprises at least 35% by weight of polyamide; c) a layer which comprises at least 35% by weight, of a thermoplastic polyester; and e) a layer which comprises at least 35% by weight of polyamide; wherein the layers a) and e) further comprise 0.1 to 60% by weight, of a polyamine-polyamide graft copolymer, or the layer c) further comprises 0.1 to 30% by weight of polyamine-polyamide graft copolymer. The polyamine-polyamide graft copolymer comprises as copolymerized monomers: a polyamine having at least 4 nitrogen atoms and at least one polyamide-forming unit selected from the group consisting of a lactam, an ?-aminocarboxylic acid and an equimolar combinations of a diamine and a dicarboxylic acid. In another embodiment, adhesion promoting layers are placed between the layers.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2012Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Andreas Pawlik, Martin Wielpuetz, Harald Haeger
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Patent number: 10350866Abstract: Systems for constructing complex composite structures include a conveyor and two or more stations operatively and sequentially positioned relative to the conveyor. Each station is configured to operatively deposit a layer of composite material on the conveyor. Methods of constructing a complex composite structure include laying up a first layer of composite material having a first configuration and laying up a second layer of composite material having a second configuration at least partially over the first layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Stephen Lee Metschan
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Patent number: 10350867Abstract: A composite sheet material includes a cover sheet, a substrate and an adhesion promoting layer. The cover sheet has a cover sheet material. The substrate has a substrate material. The adhesion promoting layer is disposed between the cover sheet and the substrate. A first side of the adhesion promoting layer disposed towards the cover sheet has an affinity to bond with the cover sheet material. A second side of the adhesion promoting layer disposed towards the substrate has an affinity to bond with the substrate material.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: XAMAX INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Robert G. Markowski, Martin J. Weinberg, James Yuan
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Patent number: 10350868Abstract: Disclosed herein is a bonded-type laminated core member manufacturing apparatus comprising an adhesive application unit to apply an adhesive to a material being continuously transferred, and a laminating unit to integrate laminar members laminated within a laminating hole by blanking the material, a laminated core member being manufactured by interlayer adhesion between the laminar members, wherein the laminating unit includes a high-frequency heater to harden the adhesive located between the laminar members, the high-frequency heater including a coil wound on the circumference of a hardening hole which accommodates the laminar members and forming a passage of high-frequency current. In accordance with the present invention, the adhesive is rapidly hardened by high-frequency induction heating and thus the integration time of the laminated core member is shortened, and accuracy of the laminating unit, which integrates the laminar members, i.e.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: POSCO TMC CO., LTD.Inventors: Il Gwen Chung, Suk Jo Kang, Chang Don Park, Ki Hwan You
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Patent number: 10350869Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a fingerprint identification module and a method for manufacturing the same, and relates to the field of fingerprint identification technologies. The fingerprint identification module is obtained by dicing a board-level module, and includes a fingerprint identification chip, a filling material, a color coating and a cover. The color coating is disposed between the filling material and the cover, and the fingerprint identification chip is inversely attached in a hollow area of the filling material in a vacuum environment. The fingerprint identification module has a simple structure and is easy to manufacture. By using the method, the bubbles between the fingerprint identification chip and the cover are effectively eliminated, and the manufacture efficiency of the fingerprint identification module is improved.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Baoquan Wu, Wei Long
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Patent number: 10350870Abstract: A lamination system includes a film supply, a non-woven material supply, and a laminator. The laminator causes a film from the film supply to be laminated to a sheet from the non-woven material supply to establish a laminated sheet.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Berry Global, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey A. Middlesworth
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Patent number: 10350871Abstract: A method for providing a film laminate comprising a substrate and a polymer film, and suitable for forming a part of a laminated packaging material is provided. The method comprises forwarding a web of the substrate to pass through a lamination nip. The method further comprises casting the polymer film by applying a molten polymer material onto a cooling roller to at least partially solidify the molten polymer material to form the polymer film. Furthermore, the method comprises directly forwarding the polymer film to pass through the lamination nip, thereby laminating the polymer film onto the web of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Fredrik Persson, Per Engvall
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Patent number: 10350872Abstract: The present invention is to provide an anisotropic conductive film that excels in dispersing conductive particles and trapping the particles, and maintains conduction reliability even between narrow-pitched terminals. By a method for manufacturing an anisotropic conductive film containing conductive particles, the conductive particles are buried in grooves in a sheet having the grooves regularly formed in the same direction, the conductive particles are arranged, a first resin film having a thermo-setting resin layer formed on a stretchable base film is laminated on the surface of the sheet on the side of the grooves to transfer and attach the conductive particles to the first resin film, the first resin film is uniaxially stretched in a direction other than the direction perpendicular to the array direction of the conductive particles, and a second resin film is laminated.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2013Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATIONInventor: Tomoyuki Ishimatsu
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Patent number: 10350873Abstract: A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional object facilitates the removal of support material from the object. The method includes forming at least a portion of a support for the object with support material containing nanoparticles of a material that readily converts microwave energy into heat. The object and support are moved to a position opposite a microwave radiator and the microwave radiator is operated to begin a change of the phase of the portion of the support material containing the nanoparticles before beginning a change of the phase of a portion of the support made from the support material alone. A controller either monitors the expiration of a predetermined time period or a temperature of the object to determine when the microwave radiator operation is terminated.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Ron E. Dufort, Linn C. Hoover, Erwin Ruiz, Patrick J. Howe, Andrew W. Hays
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Patent number: 10350874Abstract: A 5D printer, which additively manufactures an object, includes an extruder that can move linearly along three orthogonal axes and rotationally around at least one of the axes with respect to the object while depositing a material. A gantry is movable along X, Y and Z axes, and a trunnion table movable about A and B axes is mounted on the gantry. A platen is mounted on the trunnion table, and the extruder deposits the material on the platen while moving the gantry and trunnion table. A model of the object is analyzed to produce a stress tensor for the object, and the depositing is according to the stress tensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: William Yerazunis, John C Barnwell, III, Joseph Katz, Dirk Brinkman
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Patent number: 10350875Abstract: A method of printing a three-dimensional structure onto a base having irregularities on the surface is disclosed. A sensing device determines the depth of the irregularity on the surface. A computing system receives an image file including a predetermined thickness of a layer to be printed onto the base. The predetermined thickness is adjusted based on the depth of the irregularity. A printing device prints a layer onto the base having the adjusted predetermined thickness print on the irregularity to make the surface substantially smooth.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Todd W. Miller, Jeremy D. Walker
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Patent number: 10350876Abstract: A module for an additive manufacturing system includes a frame configured to be removably mounted on a movable support, a dispenser configured to deliver a layer of particles on a platen that is separate from the frame or an underlying layer on the platen, a heat source configured to heat the layer of particles to a temperature below a temperature at which the particles fuse, and an energy source configured to fuse the particles. The dispenser, heat source and energy source are positioned on the frame in order along a first axis, and the dispenser, heat source and energy source are fixed to the frame such that the frame, dispenser, heat source and energy source can be mounted and dismounted as a single unit from the support.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Hou T. Ng, Raanan Zehavi, Nag B. Patibandla
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Patent number: 10350877Abstract: A 3D object (the “New Object”) is fabricated layer by layer by 3D printing. The shape and relative dimensions of the various parts of the New Object match that of another 3D object (the “Target Object”). In addition, the exterior of the New Object appears to be a photographic likeness of the Target Object. The “photographic” likeness is created by variations in visual characteristics of materials in the layers comprising the New Object, and in particular by variations at or near the surface of the New Object. Thus, the photographic likeness is an integral part of these layers comprising the New Object. An object is scanned, from which a texture map is obtained. A CAD model is sliced into slices (bit maps files) which are then colored by a program with the boundary to match the color or gray scale to color the appropriate pixels, derived from the texture map.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Impossible Objects, Inc.Inventors: Robert Swartz, Stephen Ness, Eugene Gore, Buckley Crist
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Patent number: 10350878Abstract: A system for additively manufacturing a composite part comprises a delivery guide, movable relative to a surface. The delivery guide is configured to deposit at least a segment of a continuous flexible line along a print path. The continuous flexible line comprises a non-resin component and a thermosetting-resin component. The thermosetting-resin component comprises a first part and a second part. The non-resin component comprises a first element and a second element. The system further comprises a first resin-part applicator, configured to apply the first part to the first element, and a second resin-part applicator, configured to apply the second part to the second element. The system also comprises a feed mechanism, configured to pull the first element through the first resin-part applicator, to pull the second element through the second resin-part applicator, and to push the continuous flexible line out of the delivery guide.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Nick S. Evans, Faraòn Torres, Ryan G. Ziegler, Samuel F. Harrison, Ciro J. Grijalva, III, Hayden S. Osborn
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Patent number: 10350879Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses for screen printing on a surface of a three-dimensional substrate comprising a substantially rigid, substantially planar frame having a perimeter defining a region within the perimeter having a given surface area; and a screen attached to the frame and extending across at least a portion of the surface area, wherein the screen comprises a first portion through which a liquid printing medium can pass onto a proximate three-dimensional substrate; and a second portion coated with an emulsion substantially preventing the liquid printing medium from passing through the second portion of the screen, wherein the screen has a fixed tension of less than about 20 N/cm. Methods and systems for screen printing on a surface of a three-dimensional substrate are also disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Thomas Cutcher, Jr., Christopher Paul Daigler, Christina Marie Laskowski, Kevin Ray Maslin
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Patent number: 10350880Abstract: A method and system of controlling at least one printbar in a printing system are described. The printing system has one or more of printbars distributed along a media transport. A first image including a reference pattern is generated on a print medium with a first printbar. A pattern is then detected on the print medium. The reference pattern and the detected pattern are used to determine a position of the first image relative to a second printbar. This position is used to configure nozzle data for a second image to be generated on the print medium by the second printbar.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Marti Rius Rossell, M. Isabel Borrell Bayona, Jordi Sender Beleta
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Patent number: 10350881Abstract: A printer prints on a printing medium as the printer is moved. The printer includes a printing unit, a detector, and a controller. The printing unit prints an image on the printing medium. The detector detects a region on the printing medium that is not suitable to be printed on by the printing unit. The controller makes the printing unit stop printing when the detector detects the region on the printing medium that is not suitable to be printed on while the printing unit is printing.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Sumito Shinohara
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Patent number: 10350882Abstract: A liquid injection device includes a liquid injection head and a controller including a driving signal generator generating a driving signal including, in one liquid drop injection period, a first driving pulse and a second driving pulse, and a driving signal supplier. The first driving pulse maintains the pressure chamber in an expanded state for a time period of about (½)×Tc; and the second driving pulse starts at a timing that is about n×Tc after the start of the first driving pulse, n being an integer satisfying n?2, to maintain the pressure chamber in the expanded state for the time period of about (½)×Tc, and to inject the second liquid drop at a speed higher than, or equal to, a speed at which the first liquid drop is injected.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: ROLAND DG CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Misawa, Takashi Makinose, Kenji Kawagoe
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Patent number: 10350883Abstract: liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head including a plurality of electrodes arranged in parallel, a common electrode positioned to face the liquid discharge head, and a control unit configured to control a voltage to be applied to each of the plurality of electrodes to control the plurality of electrodes as a discharging electrode, which is to discharge a liquid, or as a non-discharging electrode, which is to discharge no liquid, wherein the control unit adjusts a value of the voltage to be applied to the electrode that is to be driven as the non-discharging electrode, based on the voltage to be applied to the electrode adjacent to the electrode that is to be driven as the non-discharging electrode.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryuji Yamamoto, Hideaki Okamoto, Junji Yasuda, Koji Inoue
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Patent number: 10350884Abstract: There is provided an elongated liquid ejection head capable of voltage drop suppression and high-speed ejection operation. For this purpose, in each of flexible circuits electrically connecting element substrates to electrical substrates, a width Wa on a side connected to the electrical substrate is smaller than the width of another area.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shingo Okushima, Satoshi Oikawa, Satoshi Kimura, Tatsurou Mori, Kengo Umeda, Masataka Sakurai
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Patent number: 10350885Abstract: A liquid discharge device performs recording by use of a liquid discharge head including discharge ports to discharge a liquid, pressure generation elements to generate energy to be used to discharge the liquid, and pressure chambers communicating with the discharge ports. The liquid discharge device includes a control unit to control a temperature of the liquid discharge head by applying heat with heating elements arranged in divided areas of a region of the liquid discharge head where the discharge ports are arranged. When there is recording data for the discharge port in a certain one of the divided areas, the control unit causes the heating element in the divided area to generate heat, and when there is no recording data for the discharge port in the certain divided area, the control unit keeps the heating element in the certain divided area from generating heat.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takatsuna Aoki, Shuzo Iwanaga, Seiichiro Karita, Kazuhiro Yamada, Shingo Okushima, Zentaro Tamenaga, Akira Yamamoto, Tatsurou Mori, Noriyasu Nagai, Akio Saito, Ryo Kasai
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Patent number: 10350886Abstract: An ink-jet recording apparatus includes: a recording head including first and second nozzles and first and second driving elements corresponding to the first and second nozzles respectively; a controller; and a head driving circuit connected to the controller by first and second signal lines and a third signal line for transmitting a clock signal, the head driving circuit connected electrically to the first and second driving elements. Each of the first and second driving elements is driven to jet an ink droplet from one of the first and second nozzles corresponding thereto when driving voltage is applied from the head driving circuit. The controller executes relative movement processing for the recording head and a sheet in parallel with recording processing in which pattern signals of the driving voltage are outputted serially to the first signal line and a jetting instruction signal is outputted serially to the second signal line.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shoji Sato, Keisuke Yamamoto, Kenji Kawamoto, Satoru Arakane