Patents Issued in May 9, 2023
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Patent number: 11642832Abstract: Provided are a film which can be decorated even against a three-dimensional shape, is excellent in moldability during decoration (adhesion) on an adherend, is able to reduce concaves and convexes with a variety of sizes which the adherend surface has, and makes an appearance quality favorable; and a decorative molded product having the film. The film is a film including a layer containing a thermoplastic resin, wherein when a highest temperature of glass transition temperatures of the film is designated as Tg [+ C], a temperature T [° C.] at which an elongation at break is 50% or more exists in a range of Tg to (Tg+50 [° C.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2017Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshimi Yamada, Ryota Hashimoto, Kirihiro Nakano, Yoshirou Kondou, Yoshiki Mukoo
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Patent number: 11642833Abstract: A method of creating a feature on a needle. The method comprising the steps of providing a needle having a sharpened distal end for insertion into an insertion site on a subject, a proximal end, and a tubular wall defining an inner diameter and an outer diameter; gripping a distal portion of the needle about the outer diameter; gripping a proximal portion of the needle about an outer diameter; and applying a compressive force between the distal portion and the proximal portion sufficient to effect an outward buckling of the tubular wall, thereby increasing an outer diameter of the tubular wall between the distal portion and the proximal portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC.Inventors: Michael C. Vulgaris, James Muskatello, Harsh D. Chheda
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Patent number: 11642834Abstract: A manufacturing method for manufacturing a colored product, where using inkjet heads which are a plurality of color ink heads, and an inkjet head, which is a colorless ink head, a plurality of coloring regions are formed in an overlapping manner in a normal direction, a surface side colored region, which is a region located closest to the surface of the colored product is formed using at least the color ink ejected from any of the inkjet heads, and an inner colored region, which is a region located farther from the surface of the colored product than the surface side colored region is formed using at least the color ink ejected from any of the inkjet heads and the colorless ink ejected from the inkjet head.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignees: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION CHIBA UNIVERSITYInventors: Wataru Arai, Kunio Hakkaku, Norimichi Tsumura, Keita Hirai, Junki Yoshii
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Patent number: 11642835Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for freeform extrusion-based additive manufacturing via a robotic arm. In specific aspects, methods are particularly provided for minimally invasive, intracorporeal three-dimensional printing of biocompatible materials. An end effector of a robotic arm includes a sharp member and a reservoir filled with a printing material. The provided method may include piercing a substrate with the sharp member. A bulb or microbolus of material may be extruded beneath the substrate surface to act as an anchor. The end effector may be manipulated to extrude biomaterial along a printing path. Periodically along the printing path, the sharp member is used to pierce the substrate surface create additional respective anchors. In some instances, the method may terminate after extruding material to form a single layer construct. In other instances, the method includes forming one or more layers on top of the initial base layer anchored to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATIONInventors: David J. Hoelzle, Desmond M. D'Souza, Andrej Simeunovic, Ali Asghari Adib
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Patent number: 11642836Abstract: A removable window cassette (100) for a bottom-up stereolithography apparatus includes (a) a light-transmissive window (110) having a rigid bottom portion (112), a semipermeable top portion (114), and a fluid flow region therebetween; (b) a circumferential frame (120) surrounding said window and into which said window is recessed, said frame having a top portion, a bottom portion, and an internal wall portion (120C), said frame internal wall portion defining with said window semipermeable top portion a well into which a polymerizable liquid may be received; and (c) a plurality of clamp draw-in pins (140) connected to said frame bottom portion and extending downward therefrom; and (d) at least a first and second port (150A, 150B) connected to said frame bottom portion, with said first port in fluid communication with said second port through said window fluid flow region.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Carbon, Inc.Inventor: James Michael Ian Bennett
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Patent number: 11642837Abstract: In a process for the lithography-based generative production of three-dimensional shaped bodies, wherein material that is solidifiable by exposure to electromagnetic radiation is present on a material support that is permeable in at least a region thereof, a building platform is positioned at a distance from the material support, material located between the building platform and the material support is heated and in the heated state is location-selectively irradiated by a first radiation source and solidified, wherein the electromagnetic radiation is introduced into the material from below through the material support that is at least partially permeable to radiation from the first radiation source, the heating of the material is performed by irradiating the material support with electromagnetic radiation of a second radiation source, wherein the material support is substantially impermeable for the radiation of the second radiation source.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2017Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: CUBICURE GMBHInventor: Robert Gmeiner
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Patent number: 11642838Abstract: A process control system and a method for process control of a solid-state additive manufacturing system capable of performing various additive processes, such as joining, additive manufacturing, coating, repair and others, are disclosed. The process control system is capable of simultaneous measuring, monitoring and controlling multiple process variables, viz. material temperature, actuator down force, tool force (or torque), tool position, tool angular and transverse velocity, spindle torque (angular velocity), filler flow rate, filler composition, track width, inert gas flow rate and others. A feeding system for continuous supply of filler material to the solid-state additive manufacturing system is also disclosed. The filler material can be in a form of a powder, granules, briquettes, beads, flakes, wires, rods, films, scrap pieces, sheets, blocks or their combinations.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Meld Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Frederic Lalande, Christopher Garguilo, Chase Cox, Nanci Hardwick, Anita T Broach
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Patent number: 11642839Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to method for increasing the molecular weight of a polymer material during an additive manufacturing process. The method can comprise disposing a first layer of the polymer material at a target surface; exposing the first layer of the polymer material to an energy source for a sufficient period of time to sinter or melt and undergo a condensation reaction at least at a portion of the polymer material; controlling the condensation reaction to allow a desired increased number average molecular weight of the polymer material; and repeating the method steps to form an object in a layerwise fashion. Controlling the condensation reaction can comprise controlling and/or adjusting an energy 10 source-related parameter, a polymer-related parameter, a temperature related parameter, a vacuum related parameter, a process duration, a processing gas, an air flow volume and/or speed, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDAInventors: Justin Nussbaum, Nathan Crane
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Patent number: 11642840Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composite material layer including a core layer and a shell layer. The core layer includes foamed elastomers. The shell layer encapsulates the core layer and continuously covered surfaces of the foamed elastomers, wherein the shell layer includes a material having light absorption. The melting point of the core layer is higher than the melting point of the shell layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: National Taipei University of TechnologyInventors: Cherng-Yuh Su, Kai-Han Su, Chung-Chieh Chang, Yung-En Liao, Deng-Nan Jhang, Jia-Long Hu
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Patent number: 11642841Abstract: A method for indirect additive manufacturing of an object, the method comprising: (i) separately feeding a powder from which said object is to be manufactured and either a difunctional curable monomer according to Formula (I) or an adhesive polymer binder into an additive manufacturing device; (ii) dispensing selectively positioned droplets of said difunctional curable monomer or adhesive polymer binder, from a printhead of said additive manufacturing device, into a bed of said powder to bind particles of said powder with said difunctional curable monomer or adhesive polymer binder to produce a curable preform having a shape of the object to be manufactured; and, in the case of the difunctional curable monomer, (iii) curing said curable preform to form a crosslinked object.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Tomonori Saito, Amy M. Elliott
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Patent number: 11642842Abstract: In an example of a method for three-dimensional (3D) printing, a build material composition is applied to form a build material layer. The build material composition includes a polymeric or polymeric composite build material, and a precipitating agent. Based on a 3D object model, a fusing agent is selectively applied on at least a portion of the build material composition. The fusing agent includes a radiation absorber, which the precipitating agent precipitates. The build material composition is exposed to radiation to fuse the at least the portion to form a layer of a 3D part.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Sterling Chaffins, Anthony P. Holden, Katrina Donovan, Noemie Midrez, Garry Hinch
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Patent number: 11642843Abstract: A materials kit for three-dimensional (3D) printing can include a powder bed material comprising thermoplastic polyurethane particles and a fusing agent including a radiation absorber to selectively apply to the powder bed material. The thermoplastic polyurethane particles can have an average particle size from about 20 ?m to about 120 ?m and a melting temperature of from about 100° C. to about 250° C., wherein the thermoplastic polyurethane particles include polyurethane polymer strands having an average of about 10 wt % to about 30 wt % hard segments based on a total weight of the thermoplastic polyurethane particles. The hard segments can include a symmetrical aliphatic diisocyanate and a symmetrical aliphatic chain extender that are polymerized into the thermoplastic polyurethane particles.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Tienteh Chen, Allen Jin, Kenneth Flack
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Patent number: 11642844Abstract: The present disclosure describes multi-fluid kits for three-dimensional printing, three-dimensional printing kits, and methods of three-dimensional printing. In one example, a multi-fluid kit for three-dimensional printing can include a binder agent and an adhesion promoter agent. The binder agent can include water and latex particles in an amount from about 5 wt % to about 30 wt % based on the total weight of the binder agent. The adhesion promoter can include water and an adhesion promoter that includes catechol or a non-polymeric catechol derivative.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Tienteh Chen, Shannon Reuben Woodruff
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Patent number: 11642845Abstract: A three-dimensional printer for manufacturing additive printed parts includes a housing defining a cavity and first and second fixed rails extending along a first axis. First and second movable rails extend along a second axis and move independent of other another along the first axis. First and second print heads move along the second axis on the first and second movable rails, respectively, and first, second, and third dividers collectively separate the cavity to partially define process and instrument chambers. The first divider is mounted to the housing and the first movable rail and expands and contracts with the movement of the first movable rail. The second divider is mounted to the housing and the second movable rail and expands and contracts with the movement of the second movable rail. The third divider is mounted to the movable rails and expands and contracts with the movement of the movable rails.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: ESSENTIUM IPCO, LLCInventors: Yasushi Mizuno, Alex Stockton
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Patent number: 11642846Abstract: A printhead a supplying portion with a supplying opening of a filament; a melting portion to melt a filament supplied; a discharging portion having a discharging opening to discharge the melted filament. A heat insulating portion between the supplying portion and the melting portion are integrally formed to effectively suppress heat in the melting portion conducting to the supplying portion even when the melting portion is heated to high temperature, to maintain the temperature of the supplying portion to an appropriate temperature, and to efficiently utilize heat by the melting portion as a result of heating the melting portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Inventor: Hideo Taniguchi
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Patent number: 11642847Abstract: In example implementations, an apparatus includes a build platform and a cap. The build platform has an opening on a top surface to fill a build material storage unit. The cap is inserted into the opening to seal the opening. A top surface of the cap and the top surface of the build platform have a uniform thermal conductivity when the cap is inserted into the opening.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Marius Valles, Pau Martin Vidal, Rafel Texido, Joan Mach
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Patent number: 11642848Abstract: A resin cassette for an additive manufacturing apparatus includes (a) a light transmissive window; (b) a circumferential frame connected to and surrounding the window, the window and frame together forming a well configured to receive a light polymerizable resin; and (c) a fluorophore layer in or on the window.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Carbon, Inc.Inventors: Bernard Carreon, Rene Lopez
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Patent number: 11642849Abstract: Bio-Inks and methods of using compositions comprising the bio-Inks are disclosed. 3-D tissue repair and regeneration through precise and specific formation of biodegradable tissue scaffolds in a tissue site using the bio-inks are also provided. Specific methylacrylated gelatin hydrogels (MAC) and methacrylated chitosan (MACh) preparations formulated with sucrose, a silicate-containing component (such as laponite), and/or a cross-linking agent (such as a photo-initiator or chemical initiator), as well as powdered preparations of these, are also disclosed. Kits containing these preparations are provided for point-of-care tissue repair in vivo. Superior, more complete (up to 99.85% tissue regeneration within 4 weeks applied in situ), and rapid in situ tissue repair and bone formation are also demonstrated.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignees: The Texas A&M University System, The Board of Regents, The University of Texas SystemInventors: Venu G. Varanasi, Azhar Ilyas, Philip Roger Kramer, Taha Azimaie, Pranesh B. Aswath, Tugba Cebe
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Patent number: 11642850Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a component (9) by means of stereolithography, having the steps of: A) generating a component (9) in accordance with a virtual 3D model of the component (9) by curing a liquid plastic (7) using stereolithography, and B) cleaning the component (9) through at least one rotational movement of the component (9) about an axis of rotation or about multiple axes of rotation, wherein residues of the liquid plastic (7) are removed from the surface of the component (9) by a centrifugal force resulting from the rotational movement. The invention also relates to a 3D printing system for implementing such a method.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Kulzer GmbHInventors: Lars Hendrik Diez, Abdullah Zary, Roger Ritzel
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Patent number: 11642851Abstract: A multiple axis robotic additive manufacturing system includes a robotic arm movable in six degrees of freedom. The system includes a build platform movable in at least two degrees of freedom and independent of the movement of the robotic arm to position the part being built to counteract effects of gravity based upon part geometry. The system includes an extruder mounted at an end of the robotic arm. The extruder is configured to extrude at least part material with a plurality of flow rates, wherein movement of the robotic arm and the build platform are synchronized with the flow rate of the extruded material to build the 3D part.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Stratasys, Inc.Inventor: Clint Newell
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Patent number: 11642852Abstract: An apparatus for a rotational material scattering additive manufacturing device, the apparatus includes a base with a first protruding pin for mounting a first drum, where the first drum includes a first set of nozzle actuators configured to control a release of particle material through a first set of nozzles positioned on an outer edge of the first drum. The apparatus also includes the first drum configured to rotate about a central axis of the first protruding pin, wherein a rotational motor assembly is configured to rotate the first protruding pin. The apparatus also includes a microcontroller configured to control the first set of nozzle actuators and the rotational motor assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Sarbajit K. Rakshit
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Patent number: 11642853Abstract: In one example, an additive manufacturing process includes: making an object slice by slice, including dispensing a first quantity of each of multiple liquid functional agents on to a layer of fusable build material and then irradiating the layer of build material; while making the object, identifying a deviant region in a slice; and dispensing a second quantity different from the first quantity of at least one of the functional agents into a location corresponding to the deviant region.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Aja Hartman, Lihua Zhao
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Patent number: 11642854Abstract: A system and methods are disclosed for producing components via additive manufacturing. In one embodiment, a three-dimensional geometry is sliced using a slicing plane to obtain a first two-dimensional geometry. A first polyline is generated based on a first skeleton of the first two-dimensional geometry, and a first slender body is generated based on the first polyline. The first slender body is subtracted from the first two-dimensional geometry to obtain a second two-dimensional geometry. A second polyline is generated based on a second skeleton of the second two-dimensional geometry. A first bundle of fibers is produced based on a segmentation of the first polyline and a second bundle of fibers is produced based on a segmentation of the second polyline. A component is produced from the first and second bundles of fibers using an additive manufacturing process.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Arris Composites Inc.Inventors: Yang Shen, J. Scott Perkins, Riley Reese, Erick Davidson
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Patent number: 11642855Abstract: An additive manufacturing system has an extruder and a printhead module with a conveyor for moving between the extruder and the printhead module. The extruder is operated to form a support layer having microneedle protrusions. The conveyor moves the support layer having the microneedle protrusions to a position opposite the printhead module for sharpening of the microneedle protrusions and the application of a medicament to the sharpened microneedle protrusions.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Seemit Praharaj, Chu-Heng Liu, Douglas K. Herrmann, Jason M. LeFevre, Paul J. McConville
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Patent number: 11642856Abstract: A method for joining two objects by anchoring an insert portion provided on one of the objects in an opening provided on the other one of the objects. The anchorage is achieved by liquefaction of a thermoplastic material and interpenetration of the liquefied material and a penetrable material, the two materials being arranged on opposite surfaces of the insert portion and the wall of the opening. Before such liquefaction and interpenetration, an interference fit is established in which such opposite surfaces are pressed against each other, and, for the anchoring, mechanical vibration energy and possibly a shearing force are applied, wherein the shearing force puts a shear stress on the interference fit.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignees: WOODWELDING AG, INTER IKEA SYSTEMS B.V.Inventors: Jörg Mayer, Mario Lehmann, Laurent Torriani
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Patent number: 11642857Abstract: A method of constructing an inflatable fluidic actuator that includes generating a tube configuration with one or more shapes of fluid-impermeable membrane material, the tube configuration having a first tube end and a second tube end and an internal tube face and an external tube face. The method also includes coupling a first and second interface to the tube configuration at the first and second tube ends by respectively coupling each interface to the tube configuration at a respective tube end by generating at least one of: a first circumferential bond between the fluid-impermeable membrane material and one or more sidewalls of the interface; and an external face bond between fluid-impermeable membrane material at the tube end onto an external face of the interface.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Roam Robotics Inc.Inventors: James Chau, Linus Park, Timothy Alan Swift
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Patent number: 11642858Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for controlling a flow of a material through a vehicle component. In some embodiments, the methods include determining a first plurality of dimensions and a second plurality of dimensions associated with a flow medium based on one or more flow properties of the vehicle component, the flow medium including a plurality of baffle layers and a plurality of spacers. The methods may further include generating at least one baffle layer based on the first plurality of dimensions, and generating at least some of the plurality of spacers based on the second plurality of dimensions, the plurality of spacers being positioned on top of the at least one baffle layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Ashleigh R. Nesbit
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Patent number: 11642859Abstract: A system for manufacturing a part that includes a mold, a first fixation component, fixed to the mold, second fixation components, each configured to be fixed to a consolidated laminate sheet, third fixation components, each fixed to the mold. The system also includes tension straps. The first fixation component is configured to attach the consolidated laminate sheet to the mold so that the consolidated laminate sheet does not translationally move relative to the forming surface of the mold. Each one of the second fixation components is configured to attach the tension straps to the consolidated laminate sheet. Each one of the third fixation components is configured to attach the tension straps to the mold so that the tension straps are movable relative to the mold. The system also includes a heating assembly and a strap retraction mechanism, configured to retract the tension strap.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Paul G. Werntges, Gregory J. Hickman
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Patent number: 11642860Abstract: A thermoplastic composite structure is produced by consolidating and forming a composite preform to a desired shape. The preform comprises plies of a high melt temperature thermoplastic prepreg that are tacked together by a low melt temperature thermoplastic adhering the plies together in fixed registration.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Amol Ogale
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Patent number: 11642861Abstract: A system for sequential circumferential deposition of thermoplastic composite prepreg material to layer plies of prepreg tape, allowing the continuous processing of tubular shapes and rods, comprising a floating mandrel; a first heatable folding shoe configured to heat and wrap a first prepreg tape onto the floating mandrel; a first forming tube configured to heat and pultrude the first prepreg tape so as to form a first layer ply of prepreg tape on the floating mandrel; a second heatable folding shoe configured to heat and wrap a second prepreg tape onto the first layer ply of prepreg tape on the floating mandrel; a second forming tube configured to heat and pultrude the second prepreg tape so as to form a second layer ply of prepreg tape over the first layer ply of prepreg tape on the floating mandrel.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignees: Ebert Composites, Inc., Gordon Development LLCInventors: David W. Johnson, D. Michael Gordon
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Patent number: 11642862Abstract: A molding device for producing a shell element reinforced with supporting elements and composed of fiber composite material, including a mold part with a mold surface including a cavity for receiving a supporting element of the shell element, and a mold core to be arranged in the cavity and to support the supporting element on the shell element when the supporting element of the shell element is arranged in the cavity. The molding device enables prevention of the mold cores from falling out in an uncontrolled manner when the shell element is removed from the mold as the mold core includes a holding device to engage with the supporting element of the shell element to be produced located in the cavity and to hold the mold core on the supporting element when the shell element to be produced is released from the mold part.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventor: Paul Jörn
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Patent number: 11642863Abstract: Folding unit for forming an empty cardboard box; the folding unit has a mandrel, around which a blank is folded to form the empty cardboard box. The mandrel has at least two parts, which are mobile in respect to one another between an expanded configuration, in which the two parts are further from one another so as to confer a maximum size to the mandrel, and a contracted configuration, in which the two parts are closer to one another so as to confer a minimum size to the mandrel.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SASIB S.P.A.Inventors: Roberto Ghiotti, Matteo Lena
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Patent number: 11642864Abstract: A method for producing boxes and a method for erecting a box from a box template (3), a box erecting system and a box production system, wherein said method for erecting boxes comprises the steps of: folding (S1) two first bottom flaps (28) and two second bottom flaps (29) of the box template (3), which first and second bottom flaps (28, 29) will constitute a bottom of the box when it is erected and which two first bottom flaps (28) are opposing each other and which two second bottom flaps (29) are opposing each other in the box when it is erected; attaching (S2) the box template (3) to a frame (5); rotating (S3) the frame (5) for wrapping the box template (3) around the frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: PACKSIZE LLCInventors: Niklas Pettersson, Johan Blomberg
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Patent number: 11642865Abstract: The corrugated cardboard sheet manufacturing system including a production state information acquisition device; a control value information acquisition device for acquiring control value information of a control element of a corrugated cardboard sheet manufacturing apparatus exerting an influence on the warp of a corrugated cardboard sheet; a warp information acquisition device for acquiring information of a warp amount of the corrugated cardboard sheet; a storage device for storing a performance data set including at least production state information, the control value information, and the warp information; a pre-control table storing a standard control value of the control element set in accordance with a production state; a correction table for correcting the standard control value to set an initial control value; an update device for updating the correction table by reflecting the performance data set; and control device for performing feedforward control of the control element using the initial controlType: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Koki Tateishi, Akira Ogino, Yusuke Hazui, Hiroshi Ishibuchi, Takaharu Hiroe
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Patent number: 11642866Abstract: A method for manufacturing structural rods to make it easier to manufacture a structural rod for an aircraft and to improve performance. Each rod includes a rod body and two end portions disposed at either end of the rod body along a longitudinal central rod axis, each end portion comprising at least one mounting lug that protrudes from the rod body along the longitudinal axis. The method includes producing a sandwich panel including two skins gripping a cellular inner body, at least one of the two outer skins having a skin extension for forming a part of the at least one mounting lug of at least one of the two end portions of the rod, and cutting the panel along parallel cutting lines to obtain the structural rods.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)Inventors: Gautier Destombes, Benoît Penven
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Patent number: 11642867Abstract: Packaging sheet (1) intended for packaging a food product, in particular a cheese product, the packaging sheet (1) comprising: an internal membrane (5) comprising at least one internal plastic layer (7) intended to be oriented towards the product to be packaged; and a printable external surface (10), the external surface (10) being intended to be oriented away from the product to be packaged, characterized in that the or each internal plastic layer (7) has a plurality of microperforations (8, 9) arranged in a random fashion on the or each internal plastic layer (7) in such a manner that the air permeability of the internal membrane (5) is comprised between 20 mL/min Bendtsen and 50000 mL/min Bendtsen.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2012Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: AMCOR FLEXIBLES FRANCEInventors: Agnès Durin-France, Donatien Coulon, Jean-Jacques Provost, Jean-Marie Nicolas Bonifacy
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Patent number: 11642868Abstract: Disclosed is a dispersible adhesively bonded wet tissue laminate and more particularly a dispersible wet wipe comprising two or more adhesively bonded tissue plies. Generally, the wipe comprises first, and second tissue plies adhesively bonded to one another by an adhesive, particularly a triggerable binder, disposed at the interface of the plies. The first and second tissue plies preferably comprise fibrous tissue plies and more preferably wet-laid tissue plies consisting essentially of conventional papermaking fibers. The adhesively bonded laminates are generally strong enough to withstand use, such as having a geometric mean wet tensile strength (GMWT) greater than about 250 g/in, but disperse quickly in water, such as having a Slosh Time less than about 60 minutes.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Robert S. Monson, Nicholas S. Wolter, Daniel M. Piette
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Patent number: 11642869Abstract: A phosphor protection film that includes two films that are bonded to each other via an adhesive layer. One of the two films is a film including an inorganic film layer. In the phosphor protection film, when the film including the inorganic film layer of the two films is a barrier film and the other film of the two films is a support film, the support film has a thickness occupying 72% or more of the total thickness of the phosphor protection film.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventor: Masato Kurokawa
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Patent number: 11642870Abstract: A glass carrier-attached copper foil is provided that is suitable for production of a desired circuit mounting board ensuring electric conduction over the entire copper layer, reducing separation of the copper layer at the cut edge even if the copper foil is downsized, and having an intended circuit pattern with a fine pitch. The glass carrier-attached copper foil includes a glass carrier, a release layer provided on the glass carrier, and a copper layer provided on the release layer. The release layer has a function to enable release of the copper layer from the glass carrier. The glass carrier-attached copper foil has a plurality of releasable regions including the release layer and an unreleasable region not including the release layer. The unreleasable region has a pattern defining the releasable regions.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.Inventor: Rintaro Ishii
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Patent number: 11642871Abstract: A surface-treated metal sheet for adhesion to polyolefin includes a metal sheet, and a resin layer provided on at least one surface of the metal sheet. The resin layer contains an acid- modified polyolefin, the acid-modified polyolefin contains a first acid-modified polyolefin having an acid value of 5 mgKOH/g or less, particularly 4 to 5 mgKOH/g, and a second acid- modified polyolefin having an acid value of 20 mgKOH/g or more and a melting point of higher than 90° C., and a difference between a melting point of the first acid-modified polyolefin and the melting point of the second acid-modified polyolefin is 0° C. or more and less than 40° C. The resin layer has a surface roughness of 12 ?m or less in terms of arithmetic average roughness Ra.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuo Hirano, Tatsuhiko Iwa, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Takeshi Watase
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Patent number: 11642872Abstract: Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of reducing the variation in double images in laminated glass in the direction perpendicular to the direction connecting one end and the other end of the interlayer film, and effectively suppressing double images. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention has one end and the other end being at the opposite side of the the one end, the other end has a thickness of larger than a thickness of the one end, the interlayer film for laminated glass as a whole has a wedge angle of 0.1 mrad or more, and the interlayer film for laminated glass has a thickness varying region in a region extending in the direction perpendicular to the direction connecting the one end and the other end of the interlayer film, having a standard deviation of 11 partial wedge angles measured by the following measuring method of 0.040 mrad or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Ishida, Hiromitsu Nishino
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Patent number: 11642873Abstract: An interlayer film for laminated glass of the present invention is an interlayer film for laminated glass, comprising one or two or more resin layers, and comprising a first resin layer comprising a resin and a light diffusion particle, in which any resin layer in the interlayer film for laminated glass comprises a colorant.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshikazu Masuyama, Yuusuke Oota, Kazuhiko Nakayama, Kazuhiro Tomura
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Patent number: 11642874Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a laminate being excellent in chemical resistance, wear resistance, vibration absorption properties and flame resistance, and having high mechanical strength; and a method for its production. A laminate 1 comprises a fiber-reinforced resin layer 20 which comprises a reinforcing fiber base material and a resin component containing at least 50 vol % of a specific fluororesin, wherein the ratio of the reinforcing fiber base material to the total volume of the reinforcing fiber base material and the resin component is from 0.30 to 0.70, and a specific substrate 10, wherein at least one outermost layer is the fiber-reinforced resin layer 20, and the ratio of the total thickness of the fiber-reinforced resin layer 20 to the total thickness of the substrate 10 is from 1/99 to 30/70.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Norio Ozawa, Tomoya Hosoda, Takashi Sato
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Patent number: 11642875Abstract: The present invention provides a heat shrinkable multilayer film that can prevent wrinkles or loosening after attachment when the film is attached to a container as a heat shrinkable label for dry heat shrinking, and a heat shrinkable label including the heat shrinkable multilayer film as a base film. Provided is a heat shrinkable multilayer film including: front and back layers each containing a polyester resin; and an interlayer containing a polystyrene resin, wherein the heat shrinkable multilayer film has a dimensional change in a TD represented by an equation (1) of ?55 to ?1000 ?m as measured by thermomechanical analysis (TMA) in which the temperature of the heat shrinkable multilayer film under a load of 0.10 N is increased from 30° C. to 60° C. at a temperature increase rate of 5° C./min and then cooled from 60° C. to 10° C. at a temperature decrease rate of 5° C./min, the equation (1) being: Dimensional change=dimension in TD at 20° C. ?dimension in TD at 60° C. (1).Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: GUNZE LIMITEDInventor: Naoki Ohno
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Patent number: 11642876Abstract: A plastic wrap and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The plastic wrap includes at least one resin layer that includes a resin composition. The resin composition includes, based on 100 wt % of the resin composition, 1 to 14 wt % of an inorganic nano powder. The inorganic nano powder includes 1 to 30 wt % of zinc oxide, 1 to 20 wt % of titanium oxide, and at least one of 1 to 35 wt % of a silver salt-doped silicon oxide and 1 to 15 wt % of a rare earth metal salt.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Te-Chao Liao, Chun-Che Tsao, Chen-Ho Lai
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Patent number: 11642877Abstract: To provide a glass resin laminate of the present invention, in which the glass substrate and the resin layer containing a TFE polymer are strongly laminated, is hardly warped and is excellent in the electrical properties, a composite laminate further having a metal foil, and methods for producing them. A glass resin laminate comprising a glass substrate 10 having an uneven surface 12 with an arithmetic mean roughness of at least 5 nm, and a resin layer containing a tetrafluoroethylene polymer in contact with the uneven surface 12, wherein the uneven surface 12 has specific convex portions 21 and 22 which narrow at at least a part of the root portion as compared with the tip portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Atsumi Yamabe, Kohei Yasuda, Nobuaki Ikawa
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Patent number: 11642878Abstract: A laminating device inserts a sheet-shaped medium into a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlaid and partially bonded, and includes a loader, a fixing device, and control circuitry. The loader loads the sheet-shaped medium or a cleaning sheet. The fixing device laminates the two-ply sheet in which the sheet-shaped medium is sandwiched between the two sheets of the two-ply sheet. The control circuitry performs a cleaning mode of conveying a plurality of cleaning sheets from the loader to clean the fixing device. The cleaning mode is to convey a subsequent cleaning sheet of the plurality of cleaning sheets at a position different from a position of a preceding cleaning sheet of the plurality of cleaning sheets in a direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the plurality of cleaning sheets.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Shinya Monma, Tomohiro Furuhashi, Wataru Takahashi, Sho Asano, Yoshito Suzuki, Joji Akiyama, Yohsuke Haraguchi, Wataru Nozaki, Suzuka Fujita
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Patent number: 11642879Abstract: Provided are a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising: an image-recording layer on a support, in which the image-recording layer includes a dye compound having a decomposable group that is decomposed by an acid, heat, or both and a structure in which decomposition of the decomposable group opens a ring or desorbs a leaving group and an electron-donating polymerization initiator, a method for producing a lithographic printing plate in which the lithographic printing plate precursor is used, and a color-developing composition including a dye compound having a decomposable group that is decomposed by an acid, heat, or both and a structure in which decomposition of the decomposable group opens a ring or desorbs a leaving group and an electron-donating polymerization initiator.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: FUJIFITM CorporationInventor: Kazuaki Enomoto
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Patent number: 11642880Abstract: Techniques for handling and reducing ink overspray of an ink jet printer are provided. In an example, an ink overspray collector for an ink jet printer can include a first opening defining a first print area of the ink jet printer, and a frame about the first opening. The frame is configured to receive overspray from operation of the ink jet printer and can be formed of a woven material. In some examples, a controller of the ink jet printer can reduce an amount of ink ejected near the edges of the print media to reduce overspray.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: ASSA ABLOY ABInventors: John P. Skoglund, Tanya Jegeris Snyder, Dale James Ziebarth, Mark Mizen, Ruben Rosario
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Patent number: 11642881Abstract: Examples relate to a method to print a print job. The method comprise comparing an operational parameter of the print job with a reference operational parameter and determining to perform a maintenance task during the print job based on at least a result of comparing the operational parameter with the reference operational parameter. If the maintenance task is to be performed, the method further comprises determining a safety area on a printable medium and performing a maintenance task on a printable medium.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Andreu Vinets Alonso, Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Josep Maria Bel Calavia