Patents Issued in August 20, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200262130
    Abstract: Method of forming a plate including providing a sheet of polyethylene terephthalate foam and thermoforming the polyethylene terephthalate foam into a plate. The plate comprising a bottom wall having an outer perimeter, an upper surface, and a lower support surface defining a horizontal reference plane. The plate further comprising a sidewall extending upwardly and outwardly from the outer perimeter at an angle “a” of between about 30° to about 35° relative to a vertical axis perpendicular to the horizontal reference plane. The plate further including a rim extending laterally outwardly from an upper edge of the sidewall and a turndown flange extending downwardly from an outer edge of the rim and terminating at a free end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Thomas J. Hayes, James N. Gomoll
  • Publication number: 20200262131
    Abstract: A simple and inexpensive method for forming a vacuum bagging film includes formation of ribs, each by a sequence including placement of pressing members on the film, on either side of a region of the film, then translational displacement of at least a second of the pressing members, to reduce a distance mutually separating the pressing members, while exerting respective pressures on the film by each of the pressing members such that the pressing member in translation drives the film with it by friction, whereby the region of the film is deformed by buckling in forming the rib, then the stopping of the translational displacement, and then removal of the pressing members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Maxime Percevault, Bertrand Duthille
  • Publication number: 20200262132
    Abstract: The shaping method of the present embodiment is a shaping method for a shaped object configured to include at least a color layer that is colored and that forms the surface of the shaped object, and a reflection layer that forms the lower layer of the color layer, and determines the thickness of the reflection layer with a normal direction with respect to an outer contour of the shaped object as a reference. According to the present configuration, the thickness of the reflection layer is set to a thickness enough to reflect the color of the color layer so that an interior layer can be prevented from affecting the color of the shaped object visually recognized from the outside even if an interior layer formed under the reflection layer is formed of an arbitrary color or material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeaki Kazaana
  • Publication number: 20200262133
    Abstract: A method of additive manufacturing includes jetting liquid material on a workpiece defining an uphill local surface and a downhill local surface. A printhead moves relative to the workpiece in a process direction, over the uphill local surface and the downhill local surface. Liquid material is jetted from the moving printhead onto the uphill local surface of the workpiece at a first predetermined spatial resolution. In a first approach, the printhead is controlled to refrain from jetting liquid material onto the downhill local surface of the workpiece. In a second approach, a local slope of the workpiece is determined, and a spatial resolution for jetting liquid material onto the local surface is determined as a function of the local slope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott James Vader, Zachary S. Vader, CHU-HENG LIU
  • Publication number: 20200262134
    Abstract: A papermaking belt including zones of material laid down successively using a 3D printing process. The zones include at least a pocket zone configured to form three dimensional structures in a paper web by applying vacuum to pull the paper web against the pocket zone. In at least one exemplary embodiment, the zone also include at least one vacuum breaking zone configured to limit an amount of paper fibers pulled through the pocket zone by the applied vacuum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: James E. Sealey, II, Byrd Tyler Miller, IV, Justin C. Pence, Taras Z. Andrukh, Shane Ervin Hayes
  • Publication number: 20200262135
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a photoreactive 3D printing system and methods comprise providing a system with a resin tub comprising a membrane, wherein the membrane rests on a physical tension element such that increasing downward force on the resin tub induces increasing tension on the membrane. The system also comprises a plurality of sensors comprising a resin bulk temperature sensor, and a print recipe comprising information for each layer in a 3D printed part to be built on the print platform. In some embodiments, a resin bulk temperature is measured, and the information in the print recipe, including information related to the downward force on the resin tub, is updated during a printing run based on the resin bulk temperature measurement. In some embodiments, the print recipe can be updated during a printing run based on input from at least two sensors of the plurality of sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Intrepid Automation
    Inventors: Ben Wynne, Robert Lee Mueller, Jamie Lynn Etcheson, Christopher Sean Tanner, Ivan Dejesus Chousal
  • Publication number: 20200262136
    Abstract: In one example, a powdered build material supply system for additive manufacturing includes a supply deck, a dispenser to dispense a ribbon of powdered build material on to the supply deck, and a spreader to spread powdered build material from the ribbon over a work area adjacent to the supply deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2016
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Brent Ewald, Kenneth R. Williams
  • Publication number: 20200262137
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping device shapes a three-dimensional article by irradiating a powder material with an electron beam and melting the powder material. The three-dimensional shaping device includes an electron beam emitting unit emitting the electron beam, melting the powder material in order to shape the article, and performing preliminary heating of the powder material by irradiating the powder material with the electron beam before the article is shaped. The electron beam emitting unit moves an irradiation position of the electron beam in a spiral pattern when the powder material is irradiated with the electron beam for preliminary heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichiro NAKAYAMA, Daiki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200262138
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus is provided. The additive manufacturing apparatus may include a stabilizing system; a build platform on the stabilizing system; and a build unit positioned over the build platform, wherein the build unit comprises a powder dispenser and a recoater blade. Methods are also provided for making an object from powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Justin Mamrak, MacKenzie Ryan Redding
  • Publication number: 20200262139
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a base, a layer forming portion configured to form a powder layer having a predetermined thickness by moving in a space above the base, an irradiation portion configured to irradiate the powder layer with an energy beam, a detection portion configured to detect a projecting portion formed on a solidified portion and a position of the projecting portion, and a control unit. The solidified portion is formed by irradiating the powder layer with the energy beam from the irradiation portion. A height of the projecting portion is larger than the predetermined thickness. The layer forming portion includes a high-rigidity thickness-determining portion and a low-rigidity thickness-determining portion. The control unit is configured to control operation of the high-rigidity thickness-determining portion and the low-rigidity thickness-determining portion, depending on a detection result by the detection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Hitoshi Murao
  • Publication number: 20200262140
    Abstract: This disclosure provides collector elements for gas circuits of additive manufacturing systems for making 3D components from a powder. The collector elements include an intake duct portion having a strip-shaped inflow duct with an intake opening and a main body portion that includes a cylindrical cavity extending along the intake duct portion, the cavity being fluidly connected to the inflow duct with a step in the rounded wall that causes an increase in diameter from a first diameter of the cavity to a second, larger diameter. The collector element also includes a first gas discharging portion with a tube portion and a diameter adjusting portion that fluidly connects a first end of the cavity to the inner volume of the tube portion via a duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Joerg Zaiss
  • Publication number: 20200262141
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing three-dimensional models by layering in a high-speed sintering process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Ingo Ederer, Daniel Günther, Johannes Günther, Christoph Scheck
  • Publication number: 20200262142
    Abstract: Provided is a shaping apparatus including: a receiving portion configured to receive a linear shaping material including a bundle of continuous fibers impregnated with a resin, and a discharging mechanism configured to move relative to the receiving portion in a curved shape and discharges the shaping material on the receiving portion while twisting the shaping material in a range of less than 180 degrees to an opposite direction to a bending direction with respect to the receiving portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro KATSUTA, Shigehiko SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200262143
    Abstract: An automatic tool changing system and method for printing functional three-dimensional (3D) object is disclosed. The system is preferably comprised of an end-effector moveable about the X, Y and Z-axis, the end-effector connecting to various functional heads by means of a dovetail joint. Each functional head is responsible for a different type of functional printing as required by the 3D object, and each functional head is positioned on a docking station for ease of access by the end-effector. The method to print a functional 3D object is comprised of printing a first portion of the object, using the various functional heads to print functional components of the object, and then finishing printing the 3D object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Christopher John Gibson
  • Publication number: 20200262144
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of 3D printing, particularly to the extrusion method (Material Extrusion), i.e., the layer-by-layer deposition of a molten building material through an extruder head (an extruder). The present device allows for using a wide range of materials when printing, such as liquids, pastes, and melts (including metals), as well as for using pre-treated secondary raw materials. An extruder has, within a single housing, a loading chamber and a removable working chamber having a three-sided rotor (piston) moving therein and an eccentric drive shaft, as well as an extruder tip connected to the housing, said tip having a removable nozzle on its end, a built-in heat sensor, and a built-in heating element. At least one heating element and heat sensor are disposed within the housing. The extruder is disposed on a mounting frame having a drive motor, and said frame fastens to a moving platform of a 3D printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Marat Sagimbekovich TEMIRBULATOV
  • Publication number: 20200262145
    Abstract: A 3D printer for manufacturing a three-dimensional object including a target shaped object to be a target and a support portion for supporting the target shaped object at the time of shaping of the target shaped object with an ink including a color ink for forming a color layer for realizing the color of the outer appearance of the target shaped object and a non-color ink that is not the color ink for forming at least one of the target shaped object excluding the color layer and the support portion fills at least one of the interior of the target shaped object and the interior of the support portion that is not the color layer preferentially with the ink with closer expiration date among the plurality of color inks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Kenji Harayama, Takeaki Kazaana
  • Publication number: 20200262146
    Abstract: An example of a build material for three-dimensional (3D) printing includes a preconditioned polymer or polymer composite powder. A percent crystallinity of the preconditioned polymer or polymer composite powder is reduced by a volume percentage ranging from about 0.5% to about 3% compared to a percent crystallinity of a corresponding untreated polymer or polymer composite powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: ARTHUR H BARNES
  • Publication number: 20200262147
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing machine (910) includes a build unit (920) including a powder dispenser (906) having a hopper (904) for receiving a volume of additive powder (902). A powder supply system (1000) includes a powder supply source (940) and a conveyor (1024) for transporting dispensed additive powder (902) to the hopper (904). A supply sensing system (1060) monitors the additive powder (902) that is dispensed from the powder supply source (940) and transported to the hopper (904) and a hopper sensing system (1040) monitors the additive powder (902) within the hopper (904). Each of these systems includes one or more powder level sensors (1042, 1044, 1062), weight sensors (1050, 1064), and/or vision systems (1054, 1070) for monitoring the additive powder (902).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Justin Mamrak, MacKenzie Ryan Redding
  • Publication number: 20200262148
    Abstract: A device for metering one or more powder(s) (A, B) to produce a flow (23) of powder(s) and of a carrier gas at a given volume flow rate, comprises: •at least a first source (25) suitable for supplying a first flow (27) comprising a first powder (A) and a first carrier gas (G1) substantially at the given volume flow rate, •a source (33) of a carrier gas suitable for supplying an adjustment carrier gas flow (35) substantially at the given volume flow rate, •an outlet junction (49) for emitting said flow of powder(s) and of carrier gas, •a first proportional valve (59), •an adjustment proportional valve (75), and •a control system (21) suitable for controlling at least the first proportional valve and the adjustment proportional valve so that the flow of powder(s) and of carrier gas has a volume flow rate substantially equal to the given volume flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: JEAN-LUC SEBAL, GUILLAUME CADOUX
  • Publication number: 20200262149
    Abstract: An article of manufacture is disclosed that includes an infill generated utilizing three dimensional (3D) printing. Infill is generated utilizing segments of filament, such as, but not limited to continuous carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic filament. Other materials may also be suitably employed. Approaches to tool path generation which accomplish the 3D printing desired are addressed in which material runs of filament are applied that distribute where cuts, beginning, or ends of segments occur or points where ends of segments are anchored to the article to form the desired infill. Aspects of one approach include first generating a meta tool path for the infill and then adapting that tool path to an actual infill tool path by pruning any segments in the meta tool path extending outside the perimeter of the article and identifying anchor points to the article from observed intersections of the meta tool path and said perimeter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Magda Helena Zydzik, Sohil Nandu
  • Publication number: 20200262150
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a build surface, at least a portion of which is transparent. The apparatus includes a first material depositor operable to deposit a curable resin to form a deposited resin layer on the build surface. A first sensing device is configured to measure the thickness of the deposited resin layer; and wherein the at least one sensing device is configured to generate a signal indicative of the thickness of the deposited resin layer. The first sensing device can be connected to a computer such that the additive manufacturing apparatus is configured to control the thickness of the deposited resin layer. The thickness of the deposited resin layer can be controlled such that it varies from side to side, i.e. across the width of the deposited resin layer in the transverse direction along the x-axis. The thickness can also be controlled such that it varies with time, i.e., in the machine direction along the y-axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Meredith Elissa Dubelman, Mary Kathryn Thompson, Christopher Barnhill, Xi Yang
  • Publication number: 20200262151
    Abstract: A method for forming a part layer by layer using an additive manufacturing apparatus. The additive manufacturing apparatus includes a resin support, a stage, a measuring system, and an actuator configured to change the relative position of the stage and the resin support. The method includes the steps of: performing an additive manufacturing cycle including the following steps: depositing an uncured layer of resin; moving the stage to a target location; curing the uncured layer of resin; and moving the stage away from the target location; repeating the additive manufacturing cycle; performing a measuring process wherein the measuring process includes the following steps: using the measuring system to take a measurement indicative of an actual position of a structure; comparing the actual position of the structure to an expected position of the structure to determine an error; and using the error to modify the target location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Meredith Elissa Dubelman, Mary Kathryn Thompson, Christopher Barnhill, Xi Yang
  • Publication number: 20200262152
    Abstract: A laser solidification apparatus for building objects by layerwise solidification of material. The laser solidification apparatus includes a build platform for supporting the object and a material bed, an optical module including a movable guiding element for directing the laser beam to solidify material of the material bed, and a detector module including a sensor for detecting radiation emitted from the material bed and transmitted to the sensor by the movable guiding element of the optical module. The detector module is removably mounted to the optical module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: RENISHAW PLC
    Inventors: John DARDIS, James Stephen GARRARD, Callum HEALEY
  • Publication number: 20200262153
    Abstract: A fabricating apparatus is configured to fabricate a three-dimensional object, the apparatus includes a discharging device, a heating device, and control circuitry. The discharging device is configured to discharge a fabrication material to form a fabrication material layer. The heating device is configured to heat the fabrication material layer formed by the discharging device. The control circuitry is configured to control at least one of a heating range of the fabrication material layer heated by the heating device and a heating energy applied to the fabrication material layer by the heating device when the discharging device discharges the fabrication material to laminate another fabrication material layer on the fabrication material layer heated by the heating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Arao, Yoichi Ito, Atsushi Takai, Yoshinobu Takeyama, Soichi Nakamura, Masato Tsuji, Hirotoshi Nakayama, Shota Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20200262154
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods capable of controlling an additive manufacturing print process on an additive manufacturing printer. The disclosed embodiments may include: a plurality of sensors capable of monitoring at least one of an input of print filament to a print head of the printer, and a temperature of a nozzle of the printer, as indicative of a state of the additive manufacturing print process; at least one processor associated with at least one controller and capable of receiving sensor data regarding the monitoring from the plurality of sensors, and comprising non-transitory computing code for applying to the sensor data at least one correct one of the state of the additive manufacturing print process; a comparator embedded in the non-transitory computing code for assessing a lack of compliance of the print process to the correct one of the state; and at least one modifying output of the at least one controller to revise the compliance of the print process to the correct one of the state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: JABIL INC.
    Inventors: William J. MacNeish, III, Erik Gjovik
  • Publication number: 20200262155
    Abstract: According to examples, a three-dimensional (3D) fabrication system may include a controller that may control an agent delivery system to deposit a fusing agent onto a fusing area of a layer of particles of build material. The controller may also control the agent delivery system to deposit an energy absorbing agent onto an unfused thermal support area of the layer of particles, the unfused thermal support area being located adjacent to the fusing area. The controller may further control an energy supply system to supply energy, in which supply of the energy is to cause the particles on which the fusing agent has been deposited to melt and a temperature of the particles in the unfused thermal support area to be raised to a level that is below a melting point temperature of the particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Wei Huang, Gary J. Dispoto
  • Publication number: 20200262156
    Abstract: A laminate of the present invention includes a first member which contains a thermoplastic polymer and through which laser light is transmitted and a second member which contains a thermoplastic polymer and absorbs laser light, wherein the first member is directly bonded to the second member, and A represented by the formula 1: A=?9×D+Wa?45 is more than zero. D represents a distance between a Hansen solubility parameter of the thermoplastic polymer of the first member and a Hansen solubility parameter of the thermoplastic polymer of the second member, and Wa represents work of adhesion calculated from each surface free energy of the first member and the second member. Such a first member and a second member are firmly bonded to each other without using a bonding sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori KITAYAMA, Junichiro TATEISHI, Kenichi HARANO
  • Publication number: 20200262157
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite member including an aluminum member and a resin member bonded to each other, the method including: performing blasting on a surface of the aluminum member; modifying the surface of the aluminum member into aluminum hydroxide, the modifying including causing the surface of the aluminum member having undergone blasting to react with water by using at least one of heat and plasma; and directly bonding the resin member to the surface of the aluminum member modified to the aluminum hydroxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicants: The University of Tokyo, The Foundation for the Promotion of Industrial Science
    Inventors: Nayuta HORIE, Eiji YAMAGUCHI, Yusuke KAJIHARA, Fuminobu KIMURA, Gota SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200262158
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a process for semicontinuous production of a semifinished sheeting constructed from unidirectionally endless-fibre-reinforced sheeting sections and also to a process for producing this semifinished sheeting, wherein the fibres in the final semifinished sheeting are aligned at an angle x having a magnitude from non-0° to 90° inclusive to the longest axis of the final semifinished sheeting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Matthias Knaupp, Thomas Grimm, Henning Börger
  • Publication number: 20200262159
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a part made of composite material. The method is performed by a system providing a mandrel around which a composite material is wound, and a reel around which a strip of the composite material comes to be wound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Florian Bardy, Eric Deneux, Nicolas Lebosse
  • Publication number: 20200262160
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tool including assembling a stack-up that includes a plurality of precured composite laminates, the stack-up having an engagement surface, wherein each precured composite laminate of the plurality of precured composite laminates is flexible, and wherein an adhesive is positioned between adjacent precured composite laminates of the plurality of precured composite laminates, and placing the engagement surface of the stack-up onto a target surface of a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Justin H. Register, Remmelt Andrew Staal
  • Publication number: 20200262161
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for automatic extrudate loading and alignment. An extrudate handling system includes a head end assembly and an imaging device (which may be part of the head end assembly). The imaging device is configured to image an end face of an extrudate, and generate, during translation of the extrudate, an imaging output signal indicative of a rotational position of the end face of the extrudate. The head end assembly includes a rotational effector to rotate the extrudate during translation thereof and a fixed effector rotationally fixed relative to a track. The extrudate handling system is able to determine the rotational position of the web angle of the extrudate and precisely adjust the rotational position while linearly translating the extrudate along the track. The extrudate handling system provides greater accuracy, reduced costs, and improved results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Colby William Audinwood, Brian Stephen Banks, Stephen Andrew Campbell, John Christian Duroe, Dustin Andrew Jochum, Anthony Nicholas Rodbourn, Gary Yaw
  • Publication number: 20200262162
    Abstract: A method includes depositing a surface modification layer on sidewalls of a plurality of cavities of a shaped article. The surface modification layer is formed from a glass material including a mobile component. The shaped article is formed from a glass material, a glass ceramic material, or a combination thereof. At least a portion of the mobile component is migrated from the surface modification layer into surface regions of the sidewalls of the shaped article, whereby subsequent to the migration, the surface regions have a reduced annealing point compared to a bulk of the shaped article. The surface modification layer and the surface regions of the sidewalls are reflowed. A surface roughness of the surface modification layer disposed on the sidewalls following the reflowing is less than a surface roughness of the sidewalls prior to the depositing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Alan Bellman, David Francis Dawson-Elli, Shiwen Liu, ChuanChe Wang
  • Publication number: 20200262163
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for packaging an optical lens including two faces and a peripheral edge, at least one of the faces having a convexity marked by a peak point, the method including the following steps: a step of depositing a protective strip made from a rigid material at least partially along the edge, the width of the strip extending beyond the peak point of the convex face of the lens; a step of inserting the lens into an envelope delimited by a wall; a step of positioning the lens in the envelope, such that the protective strip acts as a spacer in order to maintain a distance between the wall of the envelope and the convex face of the lens and thus preventing any contact between the wall and the face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Patrick HENRY
  • Publication number: 20200262164
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable includes a plurality of optical fibers arranged in juxtaposition with one another, and a plurality of adhesive materials spaced-apart disposed on the optical fibers. Each of the adhesive materials binds adjacent ones of the optical fibers to one another in a number that is smaller than a total number of the optical fibers. A method for manufacturing the optical fiber cable includes arranging the optical fibers in juxtaposition with one another, and applying the adhesive materials to the optical fibers in a spaced-apart manner, such that each of the adhesive materials binds adjacent ones of the optical fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicants: Gloriole Electroptic Technology Corp., Haowave Cable (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Pai-Hsiang Chiang
  • Publication number: 20200262165
    Abstract: A mold apparatus includes a first pivot arm having a first mold surface, a second pivot arm having a second mold surface opposing the first mold surface, and a driving cam member having a first driving cam surface configured to engage a first driven cam surface of the first arm to pivot the first arm in a first direction, and a second driving cam surface configured to engage a second driven cam surface of the second arm to pivot the second arm in a second direction opposite the first direction. The driving cam member moves between a first position, in which the first mold surface of the first arm and the second mold surface of the second arm form a continuous mold surface, and a second position, in which the first arm and the second arm are separated to enable removal of a molded element having an undercut mold surface contour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Jared S. Baggen
  • Publication number: 20200262166
    Abstract: A footwear article forming process, and a device for the same are disclosed. The process includes: providing a forming mold set including an outer modular mold, an inner formation mold, and a footwear-forming space therebetween. The footwear-forming space comprises a footwear lower portion forming space and a footwear main portion forming space. Footwear article forming steps are as follows: injecting a pre-determined amount of a footwear main portion rubber material into a footwear main portion sprue channel, the footwear main portion rubber material being injected from a footwear main portion rubber injection opening into the footwear main portion forming space via a transfer injection channel; and placing a footwear lower portion rubber material into the footwear lower portion forming space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: HONESTY RUBBER & PLASTIC MFG CO., LTD
    Inventor: Jiaming ZENG
  • Publication number: 20200262167
    Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear comprises a midsole including a polymeric bladder element enclosing a fluid-filled interior cavity, a first outsole component secured to a bottom surface and to a side surface of the polymeric bladder element, and a second outsole component. The first outsole component includes a first base, and a wall integral with the first base. The second outsole component includes a second base secured to the first base, and a wall integral with the second base and secured to the outer surface of the wall of the first outsole component. A method of manufacturing the article of footwear includes thermoforming the bladder element and the first outsole component, and securing the second outsole component to the first outsole component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Fidencio Campos, II, Frederick J. Dojan, Zachary M. Elder, Eric L. Fliss, Samuel Heinzman, Troy C. Lindner, Benjamin J. Monfils, Melanie N. Moteberg, Lee D. Peyton, Eric S. Schindler
  • Publication number: 20200262168
    Abstract: A standalone waste compacting device includes an enclosure having a removable bin; a cover section on the enclosure incorporating at least one solar power unit, at least one storage battery and control unit, at least one inwardly pivoting user access flap having a dual locking control mechanism, at least one recessed foot pedal mechanism for opening the access flap, a detachable independent compaction unit comprising a scissor linkage and lever linkage system, and at least one service access means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas Griffith
  • Publication number: 20200262169
    Abstract: Provided are an efficient energy-saving return cylinder of a hydraulic press and a working method thereof. The efficient energy-saving return cylinder of a hydraulic press comprises a plurality of single-rod return hydraulic cylinders symmetrically distributed at two sides of a main hydraulic cylinder of the hydraulic press, the plurality of single-rod return hydraulic cylinders are divided into several groups, each of the groups consisting of one balancing cylinder and one driving cylinder; a rod chamber of the balancing cylinder is communicated with an accumulator, the pressurized oil in the accumulator is filled into an oil chamber of the balancing cylinder, so that the balancing cylinder balances the weight of a walking beam and a working part of the walking beam; the driving cylinder is differentially connected; in the process of neutral-stroke-rapid-descending and ascending-returning of the walking beam and the working part of the walking beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Lianhua ZHANG, Hui ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20200262170
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide an ink supply tube having an excellent stress crack resistance during sliding while having a high gas barrier property. According to the present invention, an ink supply tube is provided, which includes an inner layer contacting with an ink, an intermediate layer containing at least one layer, and an outer layer, wherein the intermediate layer is a gas barrier layer formed of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin, and an oxygen concentration within a circular region that has a diameter of 100 ?m and is centered at the gas barrier layer is 2 to 9 atm %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: JUNKOSHA INC.
    Inventor: Masato YOTSUYA
  • Publication number: 20200262171
    Abstract: Structurally enhanced preformed layers of multiple rigid unidirectional rods are constructed and arranged for use in fabricating load-bearing support structures and reinforcements in a variety of composite components, e.g. wind turbine blades. Individual preform layers include multiple elongate unidirectional strength elements or rods arranged in a single layer along a longitudinal axis of the preform layer. Individual rods include aligned unidirectional structural fibers embedded within a matrix resin such that the rods have a substantially uniform distribution of fibers and high degree of fiber collimation. The relative straightness of the fibers and fiber collimation provide rods and the preform layers with high rigidity and significant compression strength. A plurality of rods are loosely attached, e.g. knitted, together with a coupling that allows for each rod to be axially displaced, e.g. slideable, relative to another rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen Nolet, James Hannan
  • Publication number: 20200262172
    Abstract: A multiple-ply thermoplastic film which exhibits elastic-like behavior along at least one axis when stretched or elongated and then released. The thermoplastic film comprises a plurality of raised rib-like elements extending in a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the thermoplastic film. The thermoplastic film further includes a plurality of web areas positioned about the plurality of raised rib-like elements. The plurality of raised rib-like elements and plurality of web areas are arranged in a complex pattern. The complex pattern, when stretched or elongated and then released, can cause areas of billowing and delamination between plies of the multiple-ply thermoplastic film. The resulting billowed and delaminated areas form billow pockets for capturing liquids that can capture liquids when one of the plies is punctured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Edward B. Tucker, Robert T. Dorsey, Michael G. Borchardt, Ranyi Zhu, Deborah K. Fix, Zeljko Vidovic, Lehai Vu
  • Publication number: 20200262173
    Abstract: The present specification relates to a joint body of different materials, and a method of manufacturing the same. The joint body includes a metal layer; and a resin layer provided on and in contact with one surface of the metal layer. The metal layer comprises two or more etching grooves and two or more burrs provided on a surface of the metal layer adjacent to the etching grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Jin Mi JUNG, Yu Jin JEONG, Bu Gon SHIN, Tae Hwan ROH, Sung Gon KIM, Jung Jin HAN
  • Publication number: 20200262174
    Abstract: A chamber can be a pathogen control device, which can include a body having at least one internal wall defining an internal chamber, and a layer of a two dimensional material on at least a portion of the at least one internal wall. The two-dimensional material can have at least one edge protruding from the at least one internal wall. A pathogen control system can include the chamber and at least one pressure source operably coupled with an inlet of the internal chamber, and optionally include a depressurization vessel. A method of processing a fluid, such as for controlling pathogens, can include providing the chamber, and flowing a fluid with or without pressurized carbon dioxide or processing fluid through the internal chamber of the chamber to contact an edge of the two-dimensional material. The flow through the chamber can be conducted until at least one pathogen is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: XINOVA, LLC
    Inventor: Ezekiel KRUGLICK
  • Publication number: 20200262175
    Abstract: A material for biocontainers including a multilayered film, the multilayered film having an interior and exterior side, an abrasion-resistant substrate attached to the interior or the exterior side of the film wherein the substrate comprises a polymeric woven fibrous material or a polymeric non-woven fibrous material, a woven fibrous material or a non-woven fibrous material comprising metal fibers, a woven fibrous material or a non-woven fibrous material comprising glass fibers, or a woven fibrous material or a non-woven fibrous material comprising carbon fibers; a polymer backing to attach the substrate to the film, the polymer backing comprising one of polyolefins, polyurethanes and nylons; an outer protective layer disposed on the outside of the substrate to encapsulate the substrate; and a gas impermeable layer that includes ethylene vinyl alcohol disposed intermediate to the substrate and the outer protective layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: David DeCoste, Joseph Cianciolo, Michael Furbush, John Saragosa
  • Publication number: 20200262176
    Abstract: Polymeric multilayer material includes an adhesive layer having first and second opposed major surfaces. A first foam layer is joined to the first major surface and includes a first plurality of expandable microspheres. A first skin layer is attached to the first foam layer and is free of the first plurality expandable microspheres. A second foam layer is joined to the second major surface of the internal adhesive layer and includes a second plurality of expandable microspheres dispersed therein. A second skin layer is attached to the second foam layer and is free of the second plurality of expandable microspheres. A portion of the first expandable microspheres of the first foam layer and of the second foam layer is at least partially embedded within the adhesive layer. Embodiments, of polymeric multilayer materials described herein are useful, for example, as wearable medical or athletic support components. The materials can also be used as protective wrappings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Jacob D. Young, Jeffrey O. Emslander, Jeffrey P. Kalish, Diane L. Emslander
  • Publication number: 20200262177
    Abstract: A laminated board includes a difficult-to-cut layer formed of a composite material including fibers and a resin material; and a pair of hard layers laminated on both top and bottom surfaces of the difficult-to-cut layer and formed of a hard material harder than the composite material of the difficult-to-cut layer. Each hard layer is formed of a composite material made of carbon fibers and a resin. The difficult-to-cut layer and the pair of hard layers are integrally molded. Furthermore, the resin included in the difficult-to-cut layer 11 and the resin included in the hard layers 12 are resins of the same type, and an epoxy-based resin is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Sota KAMO, Kiyoka TAKAGI, Jun ISHIDA, Toshio ABE, Akira KONO, Takayuki SHIMIZU, Naoto AZUSAWA
  • Publication number: 20200262178
    Abstract: Provided therefore herein is a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for protecting a surface. The pressure sensitive tape includes a material substrate with a coating comprising an ultra high molecular weight polyethylene substance and a silicone substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Matthew Van Florcke
  • Publication number: 20200262179
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin laminate that suppresses the infiltration of a component contained in a lower resin layer into a surface resin layer in the resin laminate composed of a thermoplastic resin. The resin laminate includes a first thermoplastic resin layer positioned as the surface layer, and a second thermoplastic resin layer positioned beneath the first thermoplastic resin layer, wherein the glass transition temperature of the first thermoplastic resin layer is higher than the glass transition temperature of the second thermoplastic resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi, Seita Horikoshi, Tsunenori Yanagisawa, Takehito Yamauchi