Patents Issued in January 21, 2020
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Patent number: 10538018Abstract: A method includes processing multiple macromolecular staples to successively produce a macromolecular sheet body, multiple silks and multiple sheet particles. The macromolecular sheet body contains multiple district camouflages and is processed by edge cutting to form multiple color strips. The color strips, the silks and the sheet particles are processed and attached to the surface of the macromolecular sheet body, so that the surface of the macromolecular sheet body forms the district camouflages, the thread camouflages and the spot camouflages. Finally, the macromolecular sheet body is vulcanized or solidified in a foam molding zone, to form an elastic mat with a mixed color type.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Simple Green Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chen-I Kao, Shang-Chieh Kao, Shu-Chen Huang, Hsueh-Fang Kao, Yung-Ping Lai
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Patent number: 10538019Abstract: The surface of a tooling insert is coated with a polymer layer having a low surface energy in order to cover surface irregularities and thereby provide a smooth surface against which a composite part may be compression molded.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Kevin O'Brien Gaw, Michael Harris Larson
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Patent number: 10538020Abstract: A method of making a plastic tank suitable for containing water comprises forming a tank base which is partially or fully lined with a plastic layer that is different in character or color from the plastic material of the substrate of the tank base. The tank is alternatively formed by injection molding substrate material around the core of a mold which is partially or fully covered by the liner material, and by injecting liner material into the mold to bond it to the tank base substrate in conjunction with retracting part or all of the core, to provide space in the mold for the liner material.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: INFILTRATOR WATER TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Paul R Holbrook, Roy E Moore, Jr., Bryan A Coppes
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Patent number: 10538021Abstract: To provide an injection mold capable of filling a necessary resin material for obtaining a desired molded article in a cavity space of a fine mesh structure, there is provided an injection mold according to an embodiment of the present invention composed of a core mold and a cavity mold, in which a cavity space is formed when the core and cavity molds are in a contact with each other, the cavity space surrounding a plurality of contact areas between the core and cavity molds. In the injection mold according to an embodiment of the present invention, at least one of the core and cavity molds has a through-hole which has an opening in a parting plane of the core and cavity molds and extends from the opening to an outside of the injection mold, the parting plane corresponding to the contact areas between the core and cavity molds.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanori Morimoto, Satoshi Abe, Masataka Takenami
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Patent number: 10538022Abstract: A polymer injection-molding mold having a polymer injection-molding mold having a core insert and a cavity insert; at least two rear-wall glass-filled polyimide insulation plates, one of the rear-wall insulation plates being inset into a rear-exterior wall of the core insert and one of the rear-wall insulation plates being inset into a rear-exterior wall of the cavity insert; at least two side-wall glass-filled polyimide insulation plates, one of the side-wall insulation plates being inset into a side-exterior wall of the core insert and one of the side-wall insulation plates being inset into a side-exterior wall of the cavity insert; the at least two rear-wall glass-filled polyimide insulation plates and the at least two side-wall glass-filled polyimide insulation plates being inset into each of their respective walls such that a substantially planer surface of each insulation plate is substantially flush with an exterior planar surface of the respective wall into which it is inset; the rear-wall and side-waType: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Peak 3, LLCInventors: Edward D. Sollenberger, Charles R. Hill, Walter Wilsford
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Patent number: 10538023Abstract: A hot runner injection molding apparatus, and method of use, is disclosed in which strain gauges are provided in the temperature zones of the hot runner injection molding apparatus and a hot runner controller creates a target strain profile, detects deviations from the target strain profile in any temperature zone based on the strain readings provided by the strain gauges in each temperature zone, and instructs correction of deviations from the target strain profile in any deviating temperature zone by adjusting the heat produced by a heater or heaters in the deviating temperature zone. The target strain profile may be based on a median or average of strain readings provided over time by the strain gauges in each temperature zone. A hollow installation tube for placing the strain gauges in the hot runner injection molding apparatus is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: IMFLUX INC.Inventors: William Francis Lawless, III, Rick Alan Pollard, Gene Michael Altonen, Brian Matthew Burns
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Patent number: 10538024Abstract: The invention relates to an extrusion tool (10) for a film blow head (1) of a tubular extrusion system for extrusion of a tube (2) from a plastic melt (3) with a tool body (11), which comprises a melting channel (12) for a configuration of a tube (2), wherein the tool body (11) comprises a collar area (13) with an outlet opening (14) for the tube (2).Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Windmöller & Hölscher KGInventors: Ingo Rübbelke, Mathias Gersmann
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Patent number: 10538025Abstract: To solve a problem associated with formation of a transparent window portion in a biaxially stretch blow molded container by a nozzle structure of an injection molding apparatus, provided is a biaxially stretch blow molded container formed with a clearly transparent window portion in longitudinal strip shape by effectively preventing mixture of colored resin to window portion. Injection molding apparatus includes in nozzle portion a longitudinal groove flow path, wherein a transparent B resin flows. By, for example, reducing and increasing, respectively, the width and depth of the longitudinal groove flow path on the downstream side, and engraving slits in an inner mandrel and even in a front end portion of a stopper pin, flowability of the B resin in a horizontal direction is enhanced.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideaki Soyama, Yusuke Ishii
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Patent number: 10538026Abstract: An apparatus for producing a macroporous plastic film comprising a first roll rotatably supported by stationary frames; a second roll movable up and down along movable frames; a first driving means for rotating the movable frames; and second driving means mounted to the movable frames for moving the second roll up and down; one of the first and second rolls being a pattern roll having large numbers of high-hardness, fine particles on its rolling surface, and the other being an anvil roll; large numbers of fine pores being formed in the plastic film by the high-hardness, fine particles, in a state where the center axis of the second roll is inclined to the center axis of the first roll in a horizontal plane by the operation of the first driving means.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Inventors: Seiji Kagawa, Atsuko Kagawa
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Patent number: 10538027Abstract: An apparatus for producing an easy-to-tear plastic film comprising a pattern roll rotatably supported by a pair of stationary frames, an anvil roll moving along a pair of movable frames, a first driving unit for rotating the movable frames, and second driving units each mounted to the movable frame to move the anvil roll up and down; high-hardness, fine particles projecting from a rolling surface of the pattern roll having such average height and maximum height as enabling the formation of unpenetrating fine pores in a plastic film; with the anvil roll inclined to the pattern roll in a horizontal plane by the operation of the first driving unit, large numbers of unpenetrating fine pores being formed transversely uniformly in the plastic film passing through a gap of both rolls.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Inventors: Seiji Kagawa, Atsuko Kagawa
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Patent number: 10538028Abstract: Origami- and Kirigami-inspired assembly of predetermined three-dimensional forms is presented in comprehensive theoretical and experimental studies, with examples of a broad range of topologies and material compositions. The resulting engineering options in the construction of functional 3D structures have important implications for advanced microsystem technologies.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Northwestern UniversityInventors: John A. Rogers, Sheng Xu, Zheng Yan, Yihui Zhang, Yonggang Huang
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Patent number: 10538029Abstract: A liner includes dome sections having outer surfaces along an uniform stress surface at both ends in an axial direction, and nozzles are mounted on the dome section by introducing nozzle flanges into pedestal sections of apexes of the dome sections. Then, ring-shaped caps having the same linear expansion coefficient as the liner and inner surfaces in a curved surface shape of outer surfaces of the dome sections and the nozzle flanges are mounted on boundary portions between the nozzle flanges and the pedestal sections. In forming a fiber layer after that, a helical winding layer is formed first by winding a fiber bundle disposed at the dome sections to cover the dome sections while including the nozzle flanges.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hirokazu Otsubo, Masato Nakajima
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Patent number: 10538030Abstract: A method of forming a three-dimensional object useful as a casting mold is carried out by providing a carrier and an optically transparent member having a build surface, the carrier and the build surface defining a build region therebetween; filling the build region with a liquid photocurable ceramic resin; irradiating the build region through the optically transparent member to form a solid polymer from the polymerizable liquid and advancing the carrier away from the build surface to form the three-dimensional object from the solid polymer, while also concurrently with the irradiating and/or advancing steps: (i) continuously maintaining a dead zone of polymerizable liquid in contact with the build surface, and (ii) continuously maintaining a gradient of polymerization zone between the dead zone and the solid polymer and in contact with each thereof. The gradient of polymerization zone comprises the polymerizable liquid in partially cured form (e.g.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Carbon, Inc.Inventors: Joseph M. DeSimone, Edward T. Samulski, Alexander Ermoshkin, Philip M. DeSimone
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Patent number: 10538031Abstract: Provided herein is a method of forming a three-dimensional object, comprising: (a) providing a carrier and a fill level having a build region therebetween; (b) filling said build region with a polymerizable liquid comprising a mixture of (i) a light polymerizable liquid first component, and (ii) a second solidifiable component; (c) irradiating said build region with light to form a solid polymer scaffold from said first component and also advancing said carrier away from said build surface to form a three-dimensional intermediate having the same shape as, or a shape to be imparted to, said three-dimensional object and containing said second solidifiable component carried in said scaffold in unsolidified and/or uncured form; and (d) solidifying and/or curing said second solidifiable component in said three-dimensional intermediate. The solidifying and/or curing step (d) may increase the elasticity and/or decrease the rigidity of said intermediate in forming said three-dimensional object.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Carbon, Inc.Inventors: Kai Chen, Lloyd M. Robeson, Jason P. Rolland
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Patent number: 10538032Abstract: Provided in one example herein is a three-dimensional (“3D”) printing method, comprising: (A) forming a layer comprising particles comprising a thermoplastic; (B) disposing over at least a portion of the layer a coalescent agent, which is radiation-absorbing and has a thermal decomposition temperature lower than or equal a melting temperature of the thermoplastic; (C) forming an object slice of a 3D object by exposing the coalescent agent to a radiant energy such that at least some of the coalescent agent thermally decomposes while causing at least some of the particles to fuse, wherein the object slice comprises the fused particles, and wherein the thermally decomposed coalescent agent is not radiation-absorbing; and (D) repeating (A) to (C) to form the 3D object comprising multiple object slices bound depth-wise to one another.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2014Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Henryk Birecki, Krzysztof Nauka, Sivapackia Ganapathiappan
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Patent number: 10538033Abstract: A method and apparatus partition a AM build bed of a AM unit into a first virtual build bed and a second virtual build bed. The first virtual build bed is assigned to a first user while the second virtual build bed assigned to a second user. A first digital file for a first object to be generated in the first virtual build bed is received from the first user. A second digital file for a second object to be generated in the second virtual build bed is receive from the second user. Output signals are transmitted to the AM unit to generate the first object in the first virtual build bed and the second object in the second virtual build bed during a build cycle.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Sebastia Cortes, Jun Zeng, Xavier Vilajosana
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Patent number: 10538034Abstract: A system and method for manufacturing objects in an automated fashion to improve the accessibility and effectiveness of manufacturing technologies. The system may be comprised of one or more web-accessible servers, one or more clients that may communicate with the server, and one or more manufacturing apparatuses that may communicate with one or more clients or servers. The server turns designs into manufacturing instructions using user-specified settings and databases of manufacturing parameters for particular apparatuses and/or manufacturing methods. The system may facilitate communication and revision of designs, manufacturing parameters, or manufacturing instructions between the user and the owner or operator of the manufacturing apparatus. The client may facilitate communication between the server and manufacturing apparatus, may monitor the manufacturing apparatus, and may be physically internal or external to the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Jabil Inc.Inventors: Christopher Walker, John Feusi
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Patent number: 10538035Abstract: A consumable scaffold and technique for supporting an object while it is being manufactured is disclosed. The consumable scaffold comprises a base sheet and an array of pillars that are cantilevered from one side of the sheet. The consumable scaffold resembles a bed of nails. Each pillar in the array of pillars is trimmed to a desired length and the object is manufactured by fusing thermoplastic filaments to the tips of the pillars.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Arevo, Inc.Inventor: Hemant Bheda
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Patent number: 10538036Abstract: A laser welding method and system for joining portions of first and second workpieces of thermoplastic material that is partially permeable to a laser beam but absorbs radiation from the laser beam. The first and second workpieces, which are made of material that absorbs radiation from a laser beam, are clamped together. A mask is placed on a first surface of the first workpiece, the first surface being opposite the surface engaging the second workpiece. The mask is impermeable to a laser beam and forms a slot for passing a laser beam to the portion of the first surface of the upper workpiece exposed by the slot, so that heating and melting of the material of the workpieces is limited to the width of the slot. A laser beam is directed onto the slot and moved in a manner to illuminate the slot to melt and join the workpieces.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Dukane IAS, LLCInventors: Alexander Savitski, Grzegorz Zdzislaw Bugaj, Leo Klinstein
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Patent number: 10538037Abstract: A composite laminate reinforcing tool may be used to form a reinforced joint at a bond line of a composite laminate structure. The tool may hold one or more clips having posts, and the tool may be positioned along the bond line between at least two composite laminate elements. Joint sections of the clip may be heated to increase a pliability of the joint section, and the tool may be actuated to drive the post through the at least two composite laminate elements. The posts may be deflected toward a base of the clip, thereby to seat the clip. The reinforced composite laminate structure may then be cured.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Richard L. Kulesha
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Patent number: 10538038Abstract: An inkjet forming method is provided and is a three-dimensional object forming method for forming a three-dimensional object in which a target object and a removable portion are integrally formed by vertically stacking a plurality of forming layers in a vertical direction. The inkjet forming method includes: forming the forming layer to include a target layer to be the target object after shaping and a removable layer to be the removable portion after shaping; with respect to the forming layers being vertically stacked in the vertical direction, forming the removable layer to be arranged at an outside of the target layer, and forming an outer contour of the removable layer disposed at a lower side outward than an outer contour of the removable layer disposed at an upper side; and during forming the forming layers, forming the target layer and the removable layer simultaneously with ink droplets ejected by an inkjet printing.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kunio Hakkaku, Hiroyoshi Ohi, Masaya Nagahari
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Patent number: 10538039Abstract: A roll (16) of structural material for use in the manufacture of large composite structures such as wind turbine blades is described. The roll (16) comprises an elongate stack of structural layers (10) fastened together and wrapped around a reel (14). The reel (14) comprises a plurality of mutually spaced supports (50) about which the stack is folded into a rolled stack. Sections of the rolled stack between the supports are substantially unsupported by the reel and are held in a slack state in order to prevent wrinkles from forming in the rolled stack.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/SInventors: Zhen-Zhe Chen, Morten Taulbjerg
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Patent number: 10538040Abstract: An autoclave may be reconfigured to accommodate differently shaped parts by relatively rotating portions of the autoclave.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2014Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Sergey Barmichev, Kevin Matthew Retz
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Patent number: 10538041Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tire curing bladder, the method includes the steps of (i) providing a cured tire curing bladder; and (ii) applying an air barrier composition to the cured tire curing bladder to form an air barrier layer. A method of restoring the air retention of a tire curing bladder, the method includes the steps of (i) providing a used tire curing bladder; and (ii) applying an air barrier composition to the used tire curing bladder to form an air barrier layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLCInventors: Amy M. Randall, Craig R. Balnis, David J. Zemla
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Patent number: 10538042Abstract: A production method of a raw edge V-belt uses a belt mold having a plurality of compressed rubber layer-shape grooves arranged adjacent to one another. A shaped structure having a plurality of compressed rubber layer-forming portions on an outer peripheral surface is crosslinked to form a belt slab, while the compressed rubber layer-forming portions fitted in the respective compressed rubber layer-shape grooves of the belt mold. The belt slab is cut into ring-shaped pieces such that one ring-shaped piece corresponds to one compressed rubber layer-forming portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Naohisa Harushige, Tomoaki Hata, Yusaku Taoshita, Hideaki Kawahara, Masaki Miyanishi, Yohei Hattori, Hirokazu Sakurai
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Patent number: 10538043Abstract: A production method of a V-belt uses a belt mold having a plurality of compression layer-shape grooves arranged adjacent to one another in a groove width direction. A shaped structure having a plurality of ridges on an outer peripheral surface is crosslinked and combined with a fabric material to form a belt slab, while the compression layer-forming portions, which are the ridges covered with the fabric material, being fitted in the respective compression layer-shape grooves of the belt mold. The belt slab is cut into ring-shaped pieces such that one ring-shaped piece corresponds to one compression layer-forming portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yohei Hattori, Tomoaki Hata, Hirokazu Sakurai, Takashi Matsuoka, Hideaki Kawahara, Hisashi Izumi
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Patent number: 10538044Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a V-ribbed belt having a plurality of V-shaped ribs extending in a longitudinal direction and arranged in a width direction. The method includes: setting a shaped structure having a plurality of ridges arranged adjacent to one another in a belt mold including a plurality of compressed rubber layer-shaping grooves arranged adjacent to one another on an inner peripheral surface of the mold; molding a belt slab by crosslinking the shaped structure set in the mold, while compressed rubber layer-forming portions face radially outward and are fitted in the compressed rubber layer-shaping grooves, the compressed rubber layer-forming portions comprised of a surface rubber layer and a core rubber layer which are to constitute surface and inner portions, respectively; and cutting the belt slab into ring-shaped pieces having two or more of the compressed rubber layer-forming portions.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tomoaki Hata, Kouichi Tsujino, Koichi Hosokawa, Hisashi Izumi, Masaki Miyanishi, Hirokazu Sakurai
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Patent number: 10538045Abstract: A method and apparatus for molding non-pneumatic wheels is provided. The exemplary method and apparatus allow for the use of the same molding system to manufacture wheels with different hub constructions. Different configurations of removable mold elements are utilized within the same molding system to provide wheels with different hub constructions.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements MichelinInventors: Robert Gaut, Brian D. Wilson, Karl Mohrmann
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Patent number: 10538046Abstract: A pneumatic tire manufacturing method is provided in which winding collapse is prevented, there is no possibility of adverse effects on the FV, a current-carrying layer can be formed easily, and down-stitching can be dispensed with or minimized in the manufacture of SOT-structure pneumatic tires having a base-pen structure in the tread.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Sakamoto, Kenji Ueda, Takamichi Sagawa
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Patent number: 10538047Abstract: A pneumatic tire manufacturing method is provided in which raw cover molding is suitably performed with no, or a minimal amount of, down-stitching in the manufacture of SOT-structure pneumatic tires; also provided is a pneumatic tire. This pneumatic tire manufacturing method involves a first cover molding step for molding a first cover having a sidewall, an inner lining, a ply, beads and a tread-side edge, a tread ring forming step for forming a tread ring having a breaker, a band and a tread center part, a shaping step for pressure-bonding the tread ring and the first cover to mold this to the shape of the raw cover, and a turn-up step for bonding the side wall to the lateral surface of the first cover, wherein the tread-side edge is formed in a position adjacent to the end of the tread center portion in the shaping step, and in the turn-up step, the tread-side edge and the tread center part are bonded together.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Sakamoto, Takamichi Sagawa
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Patent number: 10538048Abstract: Disclosed herein are an electric press and a method for calibrating the electric press, which can implement a rapid calibration operation. An electric press (10) includes a ram location information storage unit (63) and a load control unit (64). The ram location information storage unit (63) stores ram location information, corresponding to actual load values and representing locations to which a ram is moved, in advance. The load control unit (64) applies an actual load, corresponding to at least one location which belongs to the locations represented by the ram location information and to which the ram is moved, to a compression target by moving the ram to the location. Accordingly, the load value output by the detection unit is calibrated based on the actual load value applied to the compression target.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: JANOME SEWING MACHINE CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadahiro Noguchi, Jun Nishizawa, Tadashi Matsushita, Kenichiro Hiruma
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Patent number: 10538049Abstract: A shape-formable apparatus comprising locking sheets. The apparatus can have a first state in which the apparatus is formable, and a second state in which the apparatus has the desired shape and is substantially less formable than in the first state. The apparatus can further include an envelope defining a chamber, a port positioned to fluidly couple the chamber with ambience, and at least two locking sheets positioned in the chamber in an at least partially overlapping configuration. Each locking sheet comprises a major surface, and at least a portion of each locking sheet can be patterned to include solid regions and open regions, the solid regions being movable with respect to one another within the major surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Thomas R. Corrigan, Marc A. Egeland
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Patent number: 10538050Abstract: A panel assembly that includes at least a first upper base layer made of a thermoplastic material that includes fibers therein, at least a first lower base layer made of a thermoplastic material that includes fibers therein, and at least a first reinforcement layer sandwiched or positioned between the first upper base layer and first lower base layer. The upper and lower surfaces of the first reinforcement layer have a smaller surface area than the upper and lower surfaces of the first upper and first lower base layers. The lower surface of the first upper base layer is welded to the upper surface of the first reinforcement layer, and the lower surface of the first reinforcement layer is welded to the upper surface of the first lower base layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: C&D ZODIAC, INC.Inventor: James Edward Del Pinto
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Patent number: 10538051Abstract: Extruded molds and methods for manufacturing composite structures using the extruded molds are disclosed. The molds may include recessed or raised longitudinal features to impart a corresponding shape to the molded composite structures. The composite structures may be panels used to construct cargo vehicles, for example.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Wabash National, L.P.Inventors: Travis Smith McCloud, Scott M. Lewit
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Patent number: 10538052Abstract: One or more implementations of a multi-layer film include a first substantially un-pigmented layer non-continuously bonded to a second pigmented layer. The multi-layer film includes an unexpected appearance differing from the appearance of the pigmented layer. In one or more embodiments, the multi-layer film includes a metallic appearance despite the pigmented layer being devoid of metallic pigment. The multi-layer film also includes areas that are visually distinct from areas of the film with the unexpected appearance. The visually-distinct areas comprise areas in which the first substantially un-pigmented layer non-continuously bonded is in intimate contact with the second pigmented layer. The visually-distinct areas have the appearance of the pigmented layer. One or more implementations also include methods of making multi-layer films and bags with an unexpected appearance and visually-distinct areas.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: The Glad Products CompanyInventors: Kyle R. Wilcoxen, Theodore J. Fish, Jason R. Maxwell, Kenneth E. Cisek, Michael O. Johnson
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Patent number: 10538053Abstract: The present invention provides tissue webs and products having improved z-directional properties. The improved z-directional properties may be achieved by providing the structure with a unique three-dimensional surface topography, which increases the structure's Exponential Compression Modulus (K) and Caliper Under Load (C0). By improving both K and C0, the present inventors have also been able to provide tissue structures with relatively high Compression Energy (E), which enables the structures to be calendered at high loads without significant loss of sheet bulk or degradation of strength.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.Inventors: Kevin Joseph Vogt, Mark Alan Burazin, Jeffrey Dean Holz, Mark William Sachs, Priya Pari Bhagat
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Patent number: 10538054Abstract: A heat-dissipating film comprising a heat-conductive layer obtained by burning a mixture layer of flaky carbon and a binder resin to carbonize or burn off the binder resin, and plastic films covering the heat-conductive layer, the heat-conductive layer having a density of 1.9 g/cm3 or more and thermal conductivity of 450 W/mK or more, is produced by (1) sandwiching a mixture layer of flaky carbon and a binder resin with a pair of first plastic films to form a laminated film; (2) heat-pressing the laminated film to densify the mixture layer; (3) burning the mixture layer to carbonize the binder resin in the mixture layer; (4) pressing the resultant burnt layer to form the heat-conductive layer; and (5) sealing the heat-conductive layer with second plastic films.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Inventor: Seiji Kagawa
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Patent number: 10538055Abstract: Provided is a polarizing film laminate comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a polarizing film wherein the adhesive layer comprises: a base adhesive zone made of a transparent base pressure-sensitive adhesive material and formed over a given range from one principal surface of the adhesive layer in a thickness direction of the adhesive layer; and a refractive index adjustment zone formed over a given range from the other principal surface of the adhesive layer in the thickness direction and comprising the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material and material infiltrated into the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material and different from the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material, the refractive index adjustment zone having an average refractive index greater than a refractive index of the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material, and wherein the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material zone of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is located on the side of the polarizing film.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Hirofumi Katami, Atsushi Yasui
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Patent number: 10538056Abstract: An assembly structure is provided. A first material layer is disposed on a substrate. A hydrophobic layer is chemically attached to the first material layer. A patterned second material layer is disposed on the substrate, without the hydrophobic or slightly chemically attached with hydrophobic molecules and surrounded by the first material layer. A close-loop sealant wall is directly disposed on the patterned second material layer. A cover layer is directly disposed on the close-loop sealant wall to entirely cover the close-loop sealant wall.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.Inventor: Po-Hung Pan
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Patent number: 10538057Abstract: Disclosed herein is a multilayered film comprising a first layer and a second layer; and a tie layer; where the tie layer comprises a crystalline block composite and where the tie layer is disposed between the first layer and the second layer; the first layer being disposed on a first surface of the tie layer; the second layer being disposed on a second surface of the tie layer; where the second surface is opposedly disposed to the first surface; where the multilayered film is biaxially oriented. Disclosed herein too is a method of manufacturing the aforementioned multilayer film.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignees: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, ROHM AND HAAS COMPANYInventors: Fengyi Su, Jianping Pan, Xiaobing Yun, Rajen M. Patel, Yushan Hu, Yong Chen
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Patent number: 10538058Abstract: A composite body of the present invention includes a base and an oxide layer arranged on the base, the oxide layer containing more than 45% by volume of a perovskite-type oxide phase. The composite body may include a first member, a second member, and a joining portion that joins the first member and the second member, at least one of the first member and the second member serving as the base, and the joining portion serving as the oxide layer. The composite body may include the base and a covering portion that covers the whole or part of a surface of the base, the covering portion being formed of the oxide layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Yunie Izumi, Yoshimasa Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10538059Abstract: A sputtering target for forming protective film which is used to form a protective film on one surface or both surfaces of a Cu wiring film contains Ni: 5.0 to 15.0% by mass, Mn: 2.0 to 10.0% by mass, Zn: 30.0 to 50.0% by mass, Al: 0.5 to 7.0% by mass, and a remainder composed of Cu and inevitable impurities. A laminated wiring film is provided with a Cu wiring film and the protective film formed on one surface or both surfaces of the Cu wiring film, and the protective film is formed by the above-described sputtering target for forming protective film.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2014Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Satoru Mori, Sohei Nonaka
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Patent number: 10538060Abstract: A heat insulating glass unit for vehicle includes a laminated glass in which a first glass plate and a second glass plate are bonded to each other via an intermediate film; a color tone compensation film arranged on at least one surface of the laminated glass; a transparent conductive layer mainly including an ITO arranged on the color tone compensation film; and an upper part layer arranged on the transparent conductive layer. A refraction index of the upper part layer for a light with a wavelength of 630 nm is 1.7 or less. The color tone compensation film has at least first and second layers. The first layer is arranged at a position closer to the laminated glass than the second layer. A refraction index of the first layer for a light with a wavelength of 630 nm is greater than a refraction index of the second layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Hirotomo Kawahara, Ryota Nakamura, Kenichi Suzuki, Nobutaka Aomine
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Patent number: 10538063Abstract: A multilayer interlayer containing a specified ionomer skin layer and an acoustic damping intermediate layer, and laminate containing such interlayer are provided, wherein the laminate has a desirable combination of sound insulating, flexural strength and optical properties suitable for use in transportation and architectural end uses.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: KURARAY AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Stephen Bennison, Charles Anthony Smith, Steven M. Hansen, Toshiyuki Iguchi, Rebecca L. Smith, Takeshi Kusudou, Takuya Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10538064Abstract: A timber composite with timber layers and an adhesive matrix, wherein the timber layers include a wood grain with both summer wood grain and spring wood grain, wherein at least one surface of the timber composite includes raised portions and depressed portions, wherein the raised portions correspond to the summer wood grain and the depressed portions correspond to the spring wood grain.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: GUANGZHOU AUSTRAILIAN EUCALYPTUS TIMBER FLOORING CO LTD.Inventor: Peter Chan
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Patent number: 10538065Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite product comprising a thermally modified solid wood component coated with a layer of a composite material which composite material comprises thermally modified cellulosic material and a polymer. The invention also relates to a process for producing said composite product.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Stora Enso OYJInventors: Janne Pynnönen, Duncan Mayes
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Patent number: 10538066Abstract: A topping sheet forming method includes: a feeding and division step of feeding a textile original fabric, obtained by weaving longitudinally aligned tire cords into a cord fabric by use of weft yarns, and cutting off the weft yarns in predetermined widthwise positions to divide the textile original fabric into a plurality of narrow textile original fabrics; a calender step of topping, with unvulcanized rubber, at least one surface of one narrow textile original fabric out of the divided narrow textile original fabrics; and a wind-up step of winding up the other narrow textile original fabrics out of the divided narrow textile original fabrics.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATIONInventors: Masaya Fujimoto, Kazuhiro Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10538067Abstract: A polymer film for packaging at least one microorganism culture medium includes at least one layer of polyethylene terephthalate and at least one heat-sealing layer, such as polyethylene. The polymer film has an average water vapour permeability of between 10.0 g/m2×24 hours and 80.0 g/m2×24 hours.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2014Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: BIOMERIEUXInventors: Bruno Tetart, Nathalie Simon
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Patent number: 10538068Abstract: In an embodiment, a process for producing a functional-substance thin film material for which a required heating temperature for finishing is 100-130° C. is characterized in that a PP film 2 is releasably laminated to a surface of a PET film 1 with a non-silicone adhesive layer 3 so that the strength of adhesion of the PP film 2 by the non-silicone adhesive layer 3 is regulated so as to prevent the PP film 2 from suffering thermal deformation when a functional substance superposed in a thin film form on the other surface of the PP film 2 is heated to 100-130° C. in order to finally convert the functional substance into a functional-substance thin film material 4.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: YASUI SEIKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Chakihara, Shuichi Iwanaga, Hiroshi Mino, Hideyuki Yamamoto, Yoshinari Yasui
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Patent number: 10538069Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical packaging film containing a laminate of a first layer formed of a no-antistatic agent-containing thermoplastic resin formation layer; a second layer formed of a polymer antistatic agent-containing thermoplastic resin formation layer containing a potassium ionomer in an amount of C wt % (10<C<30); and a third layer formed of the thermoplastic resin formation layer, and the laminate provides an amount of a water-elutable alkali component being at most 0.01 mmol equivalent per g in total of 1 cm2 pieces, and in which the first layer has a thickness of L1 m, and the second layer has a potassium ionomer concentration of C?2 vol % and a thickness of L2 m, satisfying the formula 2?L1?(5×L2×C?2)/100+5.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: AICELLO CORPORATIONInventor: Banri Iwaki