Patents Issued in February 29, 2024
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Publication number: 20240066874Abstract: A maintenance liquid is used to maintain an ink jet head of a printing apparatus configured to eject an ink for printing from the ink jet head. The maintenance liquid is aqueous and subject to detection by a conductivity-based sensor. The maintenance liquid includes at least one selected from the group consisting of inorganic alkalis and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid compounds and at least one selected from the group consisting of organic acids and organic alkalis. The maintenance liquid has an electrical conductivity of 100 ?S/cm or more and a pH of 6.0 to 11.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Yuko HISHIDA, Miki UCHIDA, Yusuke MIZUTAKI, Hiromichi TAKANASHI, Tomohiro KAWASAKI
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Publication number: 20240066875Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes an ejection unit including a first ejection unit having a first nozzle surface in which a first nozzle is opened, the first ejection unit being configured to eject a first liquid from the first nozzle onto a medium, and a second ejection unit having a second nozzle surface in which a second nozzle is opened, the second ejection unit being configured to eject a second liquid from the second nozzle onto a medium, the second liquid containing a component for coagulating the first liquid, a detection unit configured to detect contact between the ejection unit and a medium, and a notification unit configured to perform notification of information for prompting confirmation of the first nozzle surface and the second nozzle surface when the detection unit detects contact between the ejection unit and a medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Hiroyuki TOMIMATSU
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Publication number: 20240066876Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a main tank that stores an ink, an ink head that ejects the ink, a first supply channel connected to the main tank, a second supply channel for supplying the ink from the first supply channel to the ink head, and a discharge channel for discharging the ink from the first supply channel without allowing the ink to pass through the ink head. The second supply channel is provided with a first supply valve, and the discharge channel is provided with a discharge valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Katsuhiro UMEDA, Shigetaka KUROSU, Yusuke NISHISAKA, Hiroshi AKITA
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Publication number: 20240066877Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid ejection head and a liquid ejection apparatus that can join the ejection member to the ejection member joining surface with a sufficient joining area, and suppress a decrease in joining reliability. To this end, second supply ports are provided in side portions of an ejection member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: NAOKO SHIMIZU, YOSHIYUKI NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20240066878Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head including one of a first-flow path member and a second-flow path member, and a flow path structure body including another of the first-flow path member and the second-flow path member. The first-flow path member has a base portion and a first-flow path pipe protruding from the base portion in an insertion direction. The second-flow path member has a coupling surface having a first-opening portion that the first-flow path pipe is inserted and a first-guide portion disposed in a direction opposite to the insertion direction with respect to the coupling surface. The first-flow path pipe includes a first-insertion portion inserted into the first-opening portion and a first-guided portion that is guided by the first-guide portion before the first-insertion portion is inserted into the first-opening portion. The first-guided portion is disposed between the first-insertion portion and the base portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Kei YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20240066879Abstract: An ink cartridge receiving module having a plurality of receiving spaces (14) for receiving a plurality of ink cartridges (20), each receiving space (14) having a bottom surface (22) which is inclined at an angle between 10° and 45° with respect to a horizontal plane, each receiving space (14) further having a connector (30) adapted for removing ink from the respective cartridge (20), the connectors (30) being arranged at the lower side of the receiving spaces (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: BOBST MEX SAInventors: José-Manuel ROMERO, William WATSON, Rodolph LAURENT
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Publication number: 20240066880Abstract: A liquid supplying device includes a tank and a cartridge. The cartridge is configured to be detachably attached to the tank in an attachment-detachment direction crossing a vertical direction. The cartridge includes a first storage chamber. The tank includes a second storage chamber, a liquid passage, and a gas passage. The liquid passage has a first end, a second end, and a first extending portion. The second end is formed with a second opening open to an atmosphere. The first extending portion extends from the second opening in the attachment-detachment direction. The gas passage has a third end, a fourth end, and a second extending portion. The fourth end is formed with a fourth opening open to the atmosphere. The second extending portion extends from the fourth opening in the attachment-detachment direction. The second opening is at a position different from the fourth opening in the attachment-detachment direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Yoshinori OSAKABE, Akinari ISHIBE, Tatsuya SHINDO, Masahiro HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20240066881Abstract: A cartridge including a first guide rib and a second guide rib that extend in the Y direction and project outward in the X direction. In an attachment state in which a cap is attached to the cartridge, the cap includes a sealing wall having a liquid holding portion that faces the liquid supply portion, a first projecting rib projecting in a direction opposite to a projecting direction of the first guide rib, a second projecting rib projecting in a direction opposite to a projecting direction of the second guide rib, a first recessed portion that is formed between the sealing wall and the first projecting rib and accommodates the first guide rib, and a second recessed portion that is formed between the sealing wall and the second projecting rib and accommodates the second guide rib.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Tadahiro MIZUTANI, Yoshihiro KOIZUMI, Shun OYA, Takumi NAGASHIMA, Hiroto HANBA
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Publication number: 20240066882Abstract: There is provided an inkjet recording device including a head, a support member, a storage portion, a valve, an actuator, and a controller. The head includes a nozzle and is configured to eject ink from the nozzle. The support member supports the head. The storage portion storing therein ink. The storage portion has a part positioned above the nozzle. The storage portion has an air communication opening allowing an interior of the storage portion to be communicated with an outside of the storage portion. The valve is movable between an opening position in which the valve opens the air communication opening and a closing position in which the valve closes the air communication opening. The actuator is configured to move the valve. The controller configured to control, while the head is ejecting ink from the nozzle toward a recording medium, the actuator to maintain the valve at the closing position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumio NAKAZAWA, Yoshinori OSAKABE, Taichi SHIRONO, Sosuke KUROYANAGI
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Publication number: 20240066883Abstract: A remanufactured ink cartridge includes a case, an ink discharge opening, and an external body. The case is configured to store ink. The ink discharge opening is arranged at the case and configured to supply the ink to outside. The external body fluid-communicates with the case.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Shengkui ZHAO, Dongming LIN
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Publication number: 20240066884Abstract: A method of monitoring a fluid supply is provided, the fluid supply including a supply tank, an intermediate tank and a fluid pump operatively coupled to the supply tank and the intermediate tank; the method comprising with the intermediate tank having a defined first fluid level, starting to feed fluid from the intermediate tank; when a defined amount of fluid has been fed from the intermediate tank, with the feeding of fluid from the intermediate tank proceeding, activating the fluid pump to supply fluid from the supply tank to the intermediate tank; monitoring the fluid level of the intermediate tank while the fluid pump remains activated; and diagnosing operation of the fluid pump as a function of the fluid level of the intermediate tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Ana OROPESA FISICA, Dorkaitz Alain VAZQUEZ FERNANDEZ, Oscar GOMEZ CAMPS
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Publication number: 20240066885Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a first storage section that stores a liquid in a space between a first surface and a second surface, a second storage section that stores a liquid in a space between a third surface and a fourth surface, a first flexible printed substrate including a first wiring portion including a first electrode provided on the first surface and a second wiring portion including a second electrode provided on the second surface, and a second flexible printed substrate including a third wiring portion including a third electrode provided on the third surface, the second wiring portion has a first shield electrode that is located between the second electrode and the third wiring portion for shielding the second electrode, and the third wiring portion does not have a shield electrode for shielding the third electrode between the third electrode and the second wiring portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Takanori YOKOI, Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA
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Publication number: 20240066886Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a storage section that stores a liquid between a first surface and a second surface, and a flexible printed substrate for detecting a remaining amount of the liquid in the storage section, in which the flexible printed substrate includes a first wiring portion having an input electrode provided on the first surface, a first detection electrode provided on the second surface, and a second wiring portion having a second detection electrode provided on the second surface and a third detection electrode provided on the second surface, and an area of a first region of the input electrode overlapping the first detection electrode is smaller than an area of a second region of the input electrode overlapping the second detection electrode, and an area of a third region of the input electrode overlapping the third detection electrode is smaller than the area of the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Takanori YOKOI, Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA
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Publication number: 20240066887Abstract: Proposed are an inkjet head unit capable of forming high-resolution pixels on a substrate and inkjet printing equipment including the same. An inkjet head unit of inkjet printing equipment according to one embodiment includes a head pack including a plurality of ejection heads configured to eject ink of the same color to a substrate; and a head base on which a plurality of head packs are installed to be repeatedly coaxially arranged in color order.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: SEMES CO., LTD.Inventors: Jang Mi WOO, Jin Hyuck YANG, Ki Hoon CHOI, Young Hoon JEONG
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Publication number: 20240066888Abstract: A printing apparatus including a transport unit configured to transport a medium in a transport direction, a printing unit configured to form an image on the medium, and a reading unit extended in an extending direction intersecting the transport direction and configured to read the image formed on the medium, wherein the extending direction of the reading unit is inclined with respect to a width direction orthogonal to the transport direction. With the printing apparatus having such a configuration, it is possible to improve determination accuracy of an operation state of the printing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Kazuhisa KATO
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Publication number: 20240066889Abstract: Provided are a density unevenness correction data creation method, a density unevenness correction data creation apparatus, a printing system, a program, a test chart, and a test chart data creation apparatus in which density unevenness correction with high accuracy is implemented. A captured image of a test chart including a density step pattern, an alignment mark, and a line mark is acquired, and in a case of acquiring correspondence relationship information between a theoretical position and an imaging position from the captured image, a rough correspondence relationship is acquired by using positional information of the alignment mark, a detailed correspondence relationship is acquired by using positional information of the line mark estimated by using the rough correspondence relationship, and density unevenness correction data is created by estimating a density value of each position of the density step pattern by using the detailed correspondence relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Masayuki UKISHIMA
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Publication number: 20240066890Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes four photosensitive members, a first optical scanning unit, a second optical scanning unit, a first detection unit, a second detection unit and a control unit. The first optical scanning unit draws a first reference image and a first opposite image. The second optical scanning unit draws a second reference image and draws a second opposite image. The first detection unit detects the internal temperature of at least one of the first optical scanning unit and the second optical scanning unit. The second detection unit detects an apparatus internal temperature within an apparatus main body. The control unit corrects positions of the drawing of the first opposite image, the drawing of the second reference image and the drawing of the second opposite image based on the amount of change in the internal temperature and the amount of change in the apparatus internal temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Hiroto KONISHI
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Publication number: 20240066891Abstract: A heating apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a liquid discharge apparatus. The heating apparatus includes a heating roller having a heat source inside, an end holder in which a portion of the heat source is disposed, the end holder holding an axial end of the heating roller rotatably, and an air supply device configured to supply air into the end holder in a direction intersecting with an axial direction of the heating roller. The heating apparatus includes a heating roller having a heat source inside, and an end holder in which a portion of the heat source is disposed, the end holder rotatably holding an axial end of the heating roller. In the heating apparatus, the end holder has an air inlet opening through which air is supplied into the end holder and an air outlet opening through which air is ejected outside from inside the end holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Akitomo KUWABARA, Noriaki TAKENAGA, Hiroshi TAKAKI, Makoto KOBAYASHI, Kohji KUWANA, Junichi MORIBE, Takuto KIDO
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Publication number: 20240066892Abstract: An energy ray irradiation device includes: an irradiator that faces a conveyance surface and irradiates an ink on a recording medium conveyed on the conveyance surface with an energy ray; an enclosure part that encloses a space between the irradiator and the conveyance surface by a plate member including a first plate member that extends from an end of the irradiator on an upstream side in a conveyance direction toward the conveyance surface on an upstream side of the end; and a first blowout part that supplies a non-reactive gas that does not react with the ink from an end of the first plate member on the upstream side in the conveyance direction into the enclosure part.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Shoji ODA
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Publication number: 20240066893Abstract: An active energy irradiation device includes: a plurality of active energy irradiation units; a housing that houses the active energy irradiation units; an exhaust unit that is provided in the housing, and that discharges air to an outside of the housing; and an inert gas suction unit that suctions an inert gas outside the housing, and that allows the inert gas to flow into the housing, wherein an air flow path allowing the air to flow through, and an inert gas flow path allowing the inert gas to flow through are provided inside the housing, the air flow path and the inert gas flow path merge with each other, and the exhaust unit exhausts the inert gas together with the air.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Kyoichi MURAYAMA, Keita UMENO
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Publication number: 20240066894Abstract: A liquid ejection device includes a medium set section that is configured to set a medium, a support section that is configured to support the medium, a recording section that ejects ink onto the medium supported by the support section to record, a liquid container mounting section to which a liquid container that contains the ink to be supplied to the recording section is attached, and a waste liquid container mounting section to which a waste liquid container that stores ink discharged as waste liquid from the recording section is attached, wherein the liquid container mounting section and the waste liquid container mounting section are provided at position below the support section and overlap with the medium set section as viewed from a direction along a transport direction in which the medium is transported in the support section.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: So WARASHINA, Takeshi KOMAKI, Noboru OTSUKI
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Publication number: 20240066895Abstract: A plurality of support rollers rotatably support a belt member. A first motor and a second motor each rotate one of the plurality of support rollers. A first control portion acquires a speed detection value, which is a detection value of a rotational speed of one of the plurality of support rollers, and controls a first supply power supplied to the first motor in accordance with a difference between the speed detection value and a target speed. A second control portion controls a second supply power supplied to the second motor in accordance with one or both of conveyance information on a conveyance state of an object in a specific area and suction force information on a suction force of a suction fan.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Daijiro Ueno
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Publication number: 20240066896Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a container which accommodates a print medium; a conveyor which has a first conveying route and which conveys the print medium from the container in a conveying direction along the first conveying route; a printing unit which prints an image on the print medium conveyed in the first conveying route; and a dividing unit which performs a dividing processing with respect to the print medium conveyed in the first conveying route. The conveyor is provided with a second conveying route which is branched from the first conveying route at a branching part and in which the print medium having the image printed thereon by the printing unit is conveyed, the printing unit and the dividing unit are positioned above the container; and the dividing unit and the branching part are positioned on an upstream side in the conveying direction with respect to the printing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Yasuo NISHIKAWA, Yoshimitsu TANIGUCHI, Kosuke INUZUKA
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Publication number: 20240066897Abstract: A tag mount for a media supply roll having a hollow cylindrical core includes: a tag mount body including: (i) an inner wall configured to face the core, the inner wall having a retaining surface to engage with the core and affix the tag mount body to the core, (ii) an outer wall opposite the inner wall, and (iii) a carrier surface, distinct from the retaining surface, the carrier surface defined on one of the inner wall and the outer wall; an antenna affixed to the carrier surface; and an integrated circuit coupled with the antenna and configured to store an attribute corresponding to the media supply roll.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Miroslav Vuckovic, Annika Matas Alonzo
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Publication number: 20240066898Abstract: A printing device 1 includes a print section 8 for printing on a continuous medium M, a pair of holding sections 3 each having an insertion section 15 configured to be inserted into one of a first winding core of the wound medium M or a second winding core for winding the medium M from an outer side in an extending direction of the winding core, and a support section 19 for supporting the holding section 3, wherein the support section 19 is disposed closer to the print section 8 than the holding section 3 in a first direction, which is a direction from the holding section 3 toward the support section 19, of directions perpendicular to the extending direction of the winding core. By adopting the printing device 1 having such a configuration, it is possible to configure the printing device 1 to be lowered.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Takumi SATO, Shoji AKATSU, Shuhei KUROTOBI
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Publication number: 20240066899Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit, a transport belt configured to support the medium, and a moving mechanism configured to move at least one of the recording unit or the transport belt with respect to the other in a movement direction. The recording device includes a cleaning unit provided in a manner movable forward and backward with respect to a position between the recording unit and the transport belt in a first direction intersecting the movement direction. The cleaning unit is configured to, when the recording unit is located at a to-be-cleaned position, start moving from a non-cleaning region and move in a cleaning region in the first direction, thereby cleaning the ejecting unit. A restriction portion configured to restrict movement of the cleaning unit is located in the non-cleaning region to the cleaning region when the cleaning unit does not perform cleaning.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Takuto TANAKA
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Publication number: 20240066900Abstract: A recording device is with a mobile body configured to be able to move and be attachable and detachable. The mobile body includes a recording unit configured to perform recording on a medium or a maintenance unit configured to perform maintenance of the recording unit. The recording device includes: the mobile body; a first guide portion configured to guide the mobile body along a movement direction; a second guide portion bifurcating from the first guide portion and configured to guide the mobile body along a attachment and detachment direction intersecting the movement direction; and a restricting portion. The restricting portion is configured to restrict movement of the mobile body along the attachment and detachment direction, when the mobile body is disposed at a replacement position where the second guide unit bifurcates from the first guide unit and attachment and detachment are possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Takuto TANAKA
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Publication number: 20240066901Abstract: A printing device includes a printing section that is provided on a first direction side with respect to a medium and that performs printing and a wiper that is detachably attached inside a housing and that is configured to wipe the printing section, wherein the wiper is configured to be pulled out from the housing by being pulled out in a second direction intersecting the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Tsutomu OZAKI, Ryuji MORIYAMA, Akimasa NOZAWA, Yuta WATANABE
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Publication number: 20240066902Abstract: A cooling efficiency is increased. An inkjet head is provided with a head main body for jetting ink, a cooling pipe which has corrosion resistance to the ink, and through which the ink for cooling a drive circuit passes, and a cooling member which has higher thermal conductivity than that of the cooling pipe, in which at least a part of the cooling pipe is embedded, and which has recessed parts in at least a part of a portion surrounding the cooling pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Yuichi TAKAHAMA, Kenji Suzuki, Nobuhiro Kawakami, Takuma Yanagisawa
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Publication number: 20240066903Abstract: An ink jet recording system including: a conveyance mechanism that includes a temperature controlling conveyance drum that conveys a recording medium to a recording mechanism; a recording mechanism that includes a temperature controlling recording drum that conveys the recording medium, and a process section that applies ink to one surface of the recording medium so as to record an image thereon, a first hardware processor that controls a reversing mechanism to reverse the recording medium to the one surface applied with ink and then delivers the recording medium to the conveyance mechanism, a discharging mechanism provided upstream of the reversing mechanism in a conveyance direction of the recording medium, and a second hardware processor that controls to switch conveyance paths and to determine whether the recording medium to which the ink is applied is conveyed to the discharging mechanism or the reversing mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Toyoaki SUGAYA
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Publication number: 20240066904Abstract: A retransfer printing method and system where the peel-off of the print receptive material from the retransfer film is improved. The peeling-off or removal of the print receptive material from the retransfer film is improved by adhering the peel-off adhesive material to the print receptive material along a non-straight, non-linear leading edge and/or a non-straight, non-linear trailing edge along which the print receptive material is to be removed from the retransfer film. The use of the non-straight, non-linear leading edge and/or trailing edge helps to manage mechanical and thermal stresses and eliminates tears that may occur in the ribbon when the print receptive material is peeled from the retransfer film by the ribbon.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Lyle Bungert
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Publication number: 20240066905Abstract: A micro-transfer structure comprises a stamp comprising a rigid support, only a single contiguous bulk layer disposed on the rigid support, and posts disposed on the bulk layer. Components are adhered to (e.g., disposed in contact with) some but not all of the posts. The posts can be substantially identical and disposed in a regular array on the bulk layer. Each component is adhered to (e.g., in contact with) two or more posts. Components can be disposed on a source wafer entirely over sacrificial portions of a sacrificial layer on or in the source wafer and attached to anchors disposed between sacrificial portions with a tether.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Tanya Yvette Moore, David Gomez, Christopher Andrew Bower, Matthew Alexander Meitl, Salvatore Bonafede
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Publication number: 20240066906Abstract: A solution is proposed for sewing book blocks (155). A corresponding method comprises, for each book block (155f), forming one or more stitchings (230,235) with corresponding threads (205) ending with corresponding free loops (305) on a last signature (115N) of the book block (155f). The threads (205) are brought in line with corresponding free loops (305) and thus through them along an advancement line of the signatures (115). The threads (205) are moved away from the free loops (305) by means of corresponding hooks (255), with the threads (205) sliding relative to the hooks (255) in this phase, thereby tightening each free loop (305) around its thread (205). After that, the threads (205) are cut. A corresponding bookbinding sewing machine (100) and a bookbinding plant are also proposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Paolo MARTINI
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Publication number: 20240066907Abstract: This invention provides all the physical tools and unique note taking guidelines to ease and enhance learning while reading a book. The tools and short form guidelines are contained in a holder that is attached within a book, semi-concealed so the tools are handy while reading, and the book is as portable as the book alone. The said unique guidelines accommodate classical note taking, but also feature unique fast simple sketches to locate the text of importance and provide immediate visible hierarchy to that importance. This importance is incorporated into a very unique lookup file that provides the reader fast access back to the reading notes and newly gained knowledge. All notes are written directly into the book, no pages are added, the physical materials are stored within the book, thus the book is a single entity, that is a valuable reference and a long term resource for the reader.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Roger Francis Moonen
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Publication number: 20240066908Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a page holder device for holding the pages of a book open. The page holder device comprises an elongate arm that is configured to extend across pages of an open book and to apply pressure to the pages in order to hold the book in an open configuration, and an engagement element that is coupled to the arm and configured to be engaged by a user of the device in order to press the page holder device towards the book. The engagement element is movable along the arm between an inner position located in a central region of the arm and an outer position located towards an end of the arm in order to facilitate use of the device as both a page holder and a bookmark.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Angus Whitty
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Publication number: 20240066909Abstract: A pre-laminate usable for forming a datapage of a security document, includes layers of different optical appearance, such as a clear window-type portion, which may be obtained on the basis of a substantially even or flat surface. Since the desired optical appearances of different areas of the pre-laminate are established in an early manufacturing stage, any process steps to be applied in a later manufacturing stage upon forming, for instance, an optical window, in a datapage, may be omitted, thereby contributing to reduced overall manufacturing costs and enhanced tamper resistance of the resulting datapage.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Somchard PHANNAM, Arporn SUNGKHAPUN, Khietisak KHAIPHO, Maik NYSAR
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Publication number: 20240066910Abstract: Method and apparatus for identifying the authenticity of collectibles including sport and non-sport card collectibles. The apparatus comprises a marking device that places a mark on the collectible that is a unique characteristic of the collectible that authenticates the collectible as being an original collectible created, produced, or manufactured at a specific location, time or by the person or entity identified as such on the collectible. The original mark will remain attached to the collectible forever with the use of Blockchain and/or NFT technology. The original mark may be used to located the collectible.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Stephen B. Kass, Greg Harrison, Scot Maxwell, Matthew R. Cook, Michael B. Cook, Mark N. Cook, Max Korbel
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Publication number: 20240066911Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a friction body for discoloring handwriting written with a thermochromic ink with frictional heat, wherein the friction body comprises a surface portion configured to generate frictional heat when manually rubbed on a porous substrate and wherein the surface portion has a thermal effusivity of less than about 300 J K?1 m?2 s?1/2.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Société BICInventor: Myriam OGER
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Publication number: 20240066912Abstract: A smart brush holder device is disclosed. The smart brush holder device comprises a brush, an internal spring along one side, a sliding switch, a hook, and a spring for the hook.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Reynaldo Mercado
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Publication number: 20240066913Abstract: This embodiment of the present invention provides for a structure staggered set of four car wheels which achieves greater physical performance of the wheels of one axle by integrating additional structures. These structures would mainly be added to the face of the two wheels of a given axle. Further the structures may be added without largely departing from the stylistic arrangement of spokes found on the two wheels of another axle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Chet Redman Baigh
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Publication number: 20240066914Abstract: A wheel plate assembly is used to solve the time-consuming problem in the conventional process for bonding a composite material to spokes of a wheel plate. The wheel plate assembly comprises a spoke portion, a connecting member, and a wheel plate body. The spoke portion is a thin shell member and defines an inner space therein. The connecting member is protrusively disposed on an outer side of the spoke portion. The wheel plate body includes a receiving space and at least one passage space intercommunicating with the receiving space. The receiving space and the at least one passage space together extend through the wheel plate body. The at least one passage space intercommunicates with the inner space.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Kuan-Ti HUANG
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Publication number: 20240066915Abstract: A hubcap includes a monolithic main body. The monolithic main body includes (i) a sidewall having an annular cross-section, a hub end, and a vent end opposite the hub end, (ii) an end-cap abutting and spanning across the vent end, and (iii) a flange abutting and at least partially surrounding the hub end. The flange has an outer flange-surface facing the vent end and, opposite the outer flange-surface, an inner flange-surface that defines an annular channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Brian C. Ford
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Publication number: 20240066916Abstract: The invention refers to a wheel for a vehicle, the wheel being rotatable around a rotation axis and comprising: a seating space for a brake disk extending around the rotation axis; a wheel rim having a rim well, the wheel rim extending around the seating space and the rotation axis, wherein the rim well protrudes from the wheel rim towards the rotation axis; and at least one spoke being connected to the wheel rim, the at least one spoke being arranged at an outward side of the wheel and extending at least in part radially to the rotation axis; wherein, along the rotation axis, the seating space is arranged closer to the outward side than the rim well. The invention improves the air flow in the vicinity of the wheel to reduce aerodynamic drag and lifting forces on the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2020Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Franco Cimatti, Ehab Fares
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Publication number: 20240066917Abstract: A composite wheel for use at normal tire pressures as well as at reduced tire pressures may include a spoke section with a mating surface, a barrel section in contact with the spoke section at said mating surface, and a bead hump with tire lock geometry on at least the spoke section. The barrel section may further include a bead hump with the tire lock geometry.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Alan Arthur Dudley, Jake Nettie, John Mathew
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Publication number: 20240066918Abstract: A wheel bearing unit for a motor vehicle, comprising a wheel hub, a wheel bearing housing and a rolling bearing by which the wheel hub is mounted rotatably in relation to the wheel bearing housing. The rolling bearing has at least one row of rolling elements which are guided on the wheel hub side in a bearing inner ring which is designed as a separate component in relation to the wheel hub and which is fixedly connected to the wheel hub. The wheel hub has a through opening with an inner toothing, via which through opening the wheel hub can be connected in a non-rotational manner to a drive journal which is provided with an external toothing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Johannes ALBL, Michael FRISCH
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Publication number: 20240066919Abstract: A drive axle assembly capable of reducing drag torque by eliminating an inner bearing seal from a wheel bearing and capable of reducing the generation of frictional noise at corrugations of a boot. The drive axle assembly includes a wheel bearing assembled with a wheel housing, an outer ring having a ring shape and including an outer-diameter portion secured to an outer wheel of a wheel bearing, a boot including a large-diameter portion formed at one end thereof and assembled with an inner-diameter portion of the outer ring, and a bearing seal unit disposed between a small-diameter portion formed at the other end of the boot and a drive shaft to restrict rotation of the boot and to prevent introduction of foreign substances.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Chang Hee JEONG, Hee Joon KIM, Bum Jae LEE
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Publication number: 20240066920Abstract: The drive socket protector for wheels and lug nuts includes a flexible sheath shaped to define an elongated receptacle having a tubular wall extending from an enclosed end to an open end. The elongated receptacle includes an interior volume configured to receive a socket tool. The socket tool has a lug opening disposed at the enclosed end of the elongated receptacle. The elongated receptacle further includes an exterior surface at the enclosed end that is configured to interface with a lug nut. The tubular wall is flexible and is configured to conform into the lug opening of the socket tool to be disposed between the lug nut and the socket tool when the socket tool is contained within the interior volume of the elongated receptacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Andrew Ong
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Publication number: 20240066921Abstract: A split torsion axle is configured to provide the advantages of a torsion axle while also allowing for the independent adjustment of related wheel assemblies positioned on opposite ends thereof. The split torsion axle also provides for additional stability provided by having a continuous axle member spanning the width of the trailer or vehicle upon which the split torsion axle is deployed. To provide these capabilities, the split torsion axle comprises a first torsion axle beam and a second torsion axle beam, which are rotatably coupled to one another by a central joint. The central joint comprises a first spindle coupled to the first torsion axle beam, a second spindle coupled to the second axle beam, and a bearing assembly rotatably coupling the first and second spindles to one another. Both the first torsion axle beam and the second torsion axle beam are configured to be coupled to respective wheel assemblies.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Trevor Balbach, Christopher Vanderweyst, Gary Suckow
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Publication number: 20240066922Abstract: A tire has an outer diameter smaller than a value obtained by subtracting 4 mm from an outer diameter maximum value of new product dimensions defined by a JATMA standard or an ETRTO standard, and has a total width smaller than a value obtained by subtracting 5 mm from a maximum total width of the new product dimensions. The tire includes an outer surface including a tread surface and a pair of side surfaces. The tread surface includes an equator. Each of the side surfaces includes a maximum width position. In a normal state, a ratio of a length of the shoulder line segment to a length of the reference line segment is 85.9% or more and 89.3% or less, and a ratio of the radius of the center arc to the radius of the middle arc is 1.85 or more and 2.00 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAYAMA, Miyu OZAWA, Ryuta KITORA, Kohei HAYAMA, Shigeki NISHIJIMA, Masahiro NAGASE
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Publication number: 20240066923Abstract: A deformable wheel with non-pneumatic load bearing intended to equip a vehicle for rolling under extreme conditions such as those encountered on the moon and on Mars, includes a hub, a laminated annular strip including a plurality of concentric ferrules which are assembled with the interposition of interposing layers each composed of a material whose Young's modulus is 600,000 to 1,000 times lower than that of the ferrules, and a plurality of metal cables. Each cable connects the hub to the laminated strip while being fixed, on the one hand by an external end to the laminated strip, and on the other hand by an internal end to the hub by means of an elastic member making it possible to modulate the radial stiffness of the cables. Each elastic member is associated with an abutment able to limit its deformation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Antonio DELFINO, David F. OLSOMMER