Patents Issued in April 11, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240116265
    Abstract: A composite fabric includes a film, a first fibrous layer, a fabric layer, and a second fibrous layer and one or more retaining members. The film has a first side and a second side. The first fibrous layer has a first side connected to the second side of the film and a second side. The fabric layer has a first side connected to the second side of the first fibrous layer and a second side. The second fibrous layer has a first side connected to the second side of the fabric layer and a second side. The film can be a non-heat shrinking film. The retaining members may be configured to contact a surface on which the composite fabric is placed and resist movement of the composite fabric relative to the surface where the retaining members include a corrosion inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Transhield, Inc.
    Inventors: Seckin Ozol, Gregory L. Todt, Na Qi
  • Publication number: 20240116266
    Abstract: A composite system is described, comprising at least one carrier layer; at least one layer designed as a fire protection fleece; and at least one component for shielding electrical, magnetic and/or electromagnetic radiation. Furthermore, a method for its manufacture and use is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Florian Winter, Diederik Cuylits
  • Publication number: 20240116267
    Abstract: A composite nonwoven sheet material includes pulp fibers, a reinforcement material and microfibers. The sheet material has one pulp-enriched first outer layer and one microfiber-enriched second outer layer, the reinforcement material is thereby interposed between the pulp-enriched first outer layer and the microfiber-enriched second outer layer and the pulp fibers and the microfibers penetrate the reinforcement material. Also disclosed is a process of producing such composite nonwoven sheet material and the use of such composite nonwoven sheet material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Maria Bogren, Hannu Ahoniemi
  • Publication number: 20240116268
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include articles incorporating fibrous fragments of mats of silica fibers and methods for producing such articles. The fiber mats may be formed via electrospinning of a sol gel produced with a silicon alkoxide reagent, such as tetraethyl ortho silicate, alcohol solvent, and an acid catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: Mitch DELLINGER
  • Publication number: 20240116269
    Abstract: A nonwoven laminate, includes in order (A) to (F), a spunbond nonwoven layer (A) including fibres with polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and copolyester, and an optional spunbond nonwoven layer (B) including fibres, which include polyethylene terephthalate and copolyester, the nonwoven layer (B) having a higher copolyester content than nonwoven layer (A). A needled staple fibre nonwoven layer (C) includes monocomponent polyethylene terephthalate staple fibres (c1) and multicomponent staple fibres (c2), which include at least a polyethylene terephthalate component and a copolyester component. An optional spunbond nonwoven layer (D) includes fibres, with polyethylene terephthalate and copolyester, the nonwoven layer (D) having a higher copolyester content than nonwoven layer (E). A spunbond nonwoven layer (E) includes fibres with polyethylene terephthalate and copolyester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Arun Prasad VENUGOPAL, Angela WEIK, Aleksander JOVANOVIC
  • Publication number: 20240116270
    Abstract: The present invention relates to composite materials and the use thereof as energy resistant, for example blast-resistant, materials. Preferred aspects of the invention relate to layered composite panels comprising solid foam materials which have both a blast attenuation function and an anti-ballistic function. In further aspects, the invention provides novel composite panels which are suitable for use as blast resistant and/or anti-ballistic materials. In some examples described, the layered composite panel comprises a polymeric material (10) bonded to a first solid open-cell foam panel (12), and a cured polymeric material (14) penetrates a surface of the first solid open-cell foam panel (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Aldino Albertelli, Michael Frieh
  • Publication number: 20240116271
    Abstract: A floor panel including a top layer and a substrate, where the substrate at least one first layer of a first thermoplastic material and a second layer of a second thermoplastic material, where the second layer is adjacent to a first side of the first layer. The first layer is characterized by a first colour with luminance value L1 in the HSL colour space and the second layer is characterized by a second colour with luminance value L2 in the HSL colour space, where L1 is different from L2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: Kristof VAN VLASSENRODE
  • Publication number: 20240116272
    Abstract: The invention comprises a fracture film for sealing a peelable membrane to a container comprising a first layer of high density polyethelene, a second layer of polybutene-1/ethylene-vinyl acetate, wherein the second layer is bonded to the first layer, and a third layer of ethylene-acrylic acid, wherein the third layer is bonded to the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: Allyson Smith
  • Publication number: 20240116273
    Abstract: A multilayer packaging material including a substrate layer; a polar layer positioned atop the substrate layer; and a non-polar layer positioned atop the polar layer, opposite the substrate layer. The multilayer packaging material includes barrier properties and mechanical strength, while being compostable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tizazu MEKONNEN, Hormoz Eslami
  • Publication number: 20240116274
    Abstract: An inorganic substrate/polymer film laminate with an attached protective film that allows for easy individual removal even when stored in a stacked state for a long period of time is provided. A first laminate is characterized by including an inorganic substrate, a polymer film layer and a first protective film, in that order, wherein the surface roughness Ra of the surface of the inorganic substrate opposite of the polymer film layer is 0.02-1.2 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaya TOKUDA, Satoshi MAEDA, Tetsuo OKUYAMA, Naoki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240116275
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a window includes: preparing a glass substrate laminate which includes preparing a base substrate, alternately disposing glass substrates and adhesive layers on the base substrate, and disposing a cover substrate on the glass substrates and the adhesive layers alternately disposed; and cutting the glass substrate laminate, where the adhesive layers include a potassium nitrate (KNO3) particle and an adhesive resin. This method makes it possible to effectively manufacture an ultra-thin glass substrate used for a window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: MINKI KIM
  • Publication number: 20240116276
    Abstract: A glazing unit having electrically controllable optical properties and multiple independent switching regions includes a composite pane with an electrically controllable functional element and a control unit to control the optical properties of the functional element. The functional element has an active layer having electrically controllable optical properties between a first flat electrode and a second flat electrode. The first flat electrode is divided by at least one insulation line into at least two separate electrode segments, wherein an electric voltage is applicable between each electrode segment of the first flat electrode and the second flat electrode independently of one another in order to control the optical properties of the section of the active layer situated therebetween. The second flat electrode is not segmented or is segmented to a lesser extent than the first flat electrode. The control unit is adapted to ascertain the temperature of the composite pane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: Richard STELZER
  • Publication number: 20240116277
    Abstract: A method of producing component-attached vehicle window glass includes disposing a component on a main surface of a glass plate having a heat absorbing layer via an adhesive, locally heating the heat absorbing layer, and transferring heat from the heat absorbing layer to the adhesive to heat and cure the adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Shunji UEDA, Kenichi EBATA
  • Publication number: 20240116278
    Abstract: This layered film includes a base layer and a sealant layer that becomes one outermost surface of the layered film. The base layer contains 77 to 99 parts by mass of a high-density polyethylene having a density of 0.942 to 0.970 g/cm3 and a melt mass-flow rate of 0.1 to 3.0 g/10 min under conditions of a temperature of 190° C. and a load of 2.16 kg and 1 to 23 parts by mass of an ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene having a density of 0.930 to 0.960 g/cm3 in a total of 100 parts by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kousuke Kashima, Toshihiko Mori, Shinya Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20240116279
    Abstract: A layered structure for an automobile emblem, includes: a first member containing a first resin material; a second member containing the first resin material and facing the first member; and a filling member containing a second resin material provided between the first member and the second member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: Naoko MITSUISHI
  • Publication number: 20240116280
    Abstract: This film includes a first resin layer formed of a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and a second resin layer formed of a medium-density polyethylene (MDPE) made to be adjacent to each other by co-extrusion, in which the first resin layer and the second resin layer are stretched in the same direction. In addition, the film may include a first surface layer formed of a high-density polyethylene (HDPE), an intermediate layer formed of a medium-density polyethylene (MDPE), and a second surface layer formed of a medium-density polyethylene (MDPE) made to be adjacent to each other in this order by co-extrusion, and the first surface layer, the intermediate layer and the second surface layer are stretched in the same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kuwabara
  • Publication number: 20240116281
    Abstract: Provided are a multilayer structure and the like being superior in adhesiveness of an interlayer under high humidity and separability of a barrier layer in water, and even in a case in which the barrier layer is exposed to water in a separating and collecting step, being superior in viscosity stability after separating and collecting a resin that constitutes the barrier layer. The multilayer structure of the present invention is a multilayer structure including a barrier layer (A), a water-soluble layer (B), and an adhesive layer (C), in which: the adhesive layer (C) is laminated via the water-soluble layer (B) on one or both faces of the barrier layer (A); the barrier layer (A) contains a polyamide or an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (a1) as a principal component; and the water-soluble layer (B) contains an alkali metal ion (b1) at a content of 100 ppm or more and 2,000 ppm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ishiuchi, Makoto Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240116282
    Abstract: A multilayer product made of paper-like material, includes at least one corrugated layer bonded to a first flat layer of canneté. A least one corrugated layer is constituted by a sheet of canneté which is shaped so as to form a wave. A method is also related for providing a multilayer product made of the paper-like material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: Fabio Angelo GRITTI
  • Publication number: 20240116283
    Abstract: Embodiments provide for the manipulation of fabric items using a roller. A fabric item is engaged by a roller. Rotation of the roller while traversing the roller across the fabric item progressively lifts the fabric item onto the roller. In an example, the fabric item is held on the roller by applying a vacuum via the roller. In an example the roller is used to deposit one portion of the fabric item onto another portion of the fabric item in a joining process. In an example, the roller is used to deposit the fabric item onto another fabric item in a joining process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas FEIX, Hossein Mousavi HONDORI, Gaston Justice MACMILLAN, Martin Frederick BAMBERGER, Nicholas CHOPE, Michael CORLISS, Sean Magnus BECKER, Michael William TANGUAY, Akhil DEVARAKONDA
  • Publication number: 20240116284
    Abstract: A method for ultrasonically bonding elastic laminates is provided. The method includes attaching a removable shell layer to at least a portion of an exterior surface of a rotating roll, advancing at least a laminate material assembly along a machine direction to dispose the laminate material assembly on the removable shell layer, applying a vacuum pressure to the laminate material assembly, ultrasonically bonding the laminate material assembly, and advancing the elastic laminate including the laminate pattern along the machine direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Todd Douglas LENSER, Justin B. OWENS, Jeffry ROSIAK
  • Publication number: 20240116285
    Abstract: A tool for curing and bonding a honeycomb stack with void filler. The tool has a first tool piece with a cavity for receiving layers of unfilled honeycomb material and a second tool piece with a cavity for receiving at least one layer of void-filled honeycomb. The tool also has a compression seal arrangement that creates gas-tight seals between the first tool piece, second tool piece, and a barrier layer positioned between them, with a further seal covering the cavity of the first tool piece to form a gas-tight sealed volume including the first cavity, a pressure plate to cover the cavity of the second tool piece to apply pressure to the void-filled honeycomb, with a further seal to cover the pressure plate to form a gas-tight sealed volume including the second cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Charlie RICCARD
  • Publication number: 20240116286
    Abstract: An embossing apparatus for producing a fluffy multilayer web product includes a first embossing assembly that forms a first embossed pattern on a first web product and a second embossing assembly that forms a second embossed pattern on a second web product. The first web product is humidified by a first humidifying device before being conveyed to the first web product embossing assembly, and the second web product is humidified by a second humidifying device before being conveyed to the second web product embossing assembly. The first web product that is formed with the first embossed pattern is applied with glue and then conveyed, together with the second web product that is formed with the second embossed pattern, to pass between a laminating roller and the first steel embossing roller to be then out fed along an out-feeding path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: YI-HSIU LU
  • Publication number: 20240116287
    Abstract: A peeling device for manufacturing of an electrode stack includes an upper wedge and a lower wedge between which the electrode stack is fed after a calendering process. A respective lifting roller may be located at the output ends of each of the wedges, which through coordinated action peels the aluminum layers away from the corresponding layer of the electrode stack. The peeling force, exerted by rollers capturing upper and lower aluminum foil sheets of the stack, may be controlled and relatively uniform, thereby enhancing the ability to peel the foil from the stack while not damaging the relatively delicate remaining layers. The aluminum foil is directed away from the stack along an outer planar surface of the respective wedge where the foil can then be wound around the respective rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Colby Lane, A Yang, Uday Kasavajjula
  • Publication number: 20240116288
    Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of heat transfer printing, and in particular relates to an electric automatic heat transfer machine. The electric automatic heat transfer machine comprises a main machine base and a main frame; the upper end face of the main machine base is provided with a hot stamping table; the main frame is provided on the upper end face of the main machine base, the free end of the main frame is located above the hot stamping table, and there is a working gap between the free end of the main frame and the hot stamping table; the main frame is provided with a controller and an electric drive device, an action end of the electric drive device is located above the hot stamping table, and the action end of the electric drive device is provided with a heating plate; and the controller is electrically connected with the electric drive device and the heating plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: Zhiyong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240116289
    Abstract: A transfer medium producing apparatus is equipped with an ink ejection unit 20 that ejects ink onto a peelable sheet, an adhesive solution application unit 30 that applies an adhesive solution onto the peelable sheet onto which the ink has been ejected, and a control unit 2 that controls the ejection of ink and the application of the adhesive solution to be performed by a wet on wet method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TAKEUCHI, Mamoru FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20240116290
    Abstract: A coating device for coating a base body, as well as a method. The coating device has at least one holding device for fixing a base body, at least one stamping station and at least one printing station for applying one or more printed layers to at least one partial area of a first surface of the base body and/or to at least one partial area of one or more film elements stamped on the base body and/or to at least one partial area of one or more further printed layers applied to the base body, and in that the stamping station has one or more stamping units for stamping one or more film elements on at least one partial area of a first surface of the base body and/or on at least one partial area of one or more further film elements stamped on the base body and/or on at least one partial area of one or more printed layers applied to the base body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Petersen, Kurt Maier
  • Publication number: 20240116291
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge system that controls an operation of a liquid discharge head provided with a first nozzle for discharging a liquid, the liquid discharge system including: an acquisition section that acquires first information indicating a discharge state of the first nozzle; a reception section that receives second information on a determination reference for determining that the discharge state of the first nozzle is abnormal according to an operation of a user; and a determination section that determines presence or absence of a discharge abnormality of the first nozzle based on the first information and the second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Toshiro MURAYAMA, Nobuaki ITO, Akira MIYAGISHI, Tomonaga HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240116292
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a first substrate having a recessed portion, and a second substrate. An energy generating element that generates energy to eject liquid is in the recessed portion and is placed on a surface of the second substrate that faces the recessed portion. An electrode electrically connected to the energy generating element is formed in an end portion of the energy generating element. Among recessed portion side surfaces, a side surface of the recessed portion close to the electrode is inclined with respect to a joint surface between the first substrate and the second substrate. The end portion of the energy generating element close to the electrode, an end portion of the joint surface close to the electrode, and an end portion of a bottom surface of the recessed portion close to the electrode are located in sequence from a middle of the energy generating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: MICHIKO JOHNSON
  • Publication number: 20240116293
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a plurality of memory cells, an address decoder to select memory cells based on a data signal, activation logic to activate selected memory cells based on the data signal and a fire signal, and configuration logic to enable or disable access to the plurality of memory cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Scott A. Linn, James Michael Gardner, Michael W. Cumbie
  • Publication number: 20240116294
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge system that controls an operation of a first liquid discharge head provided with a plurality of nozzles for discharging a liquid, the liquid discharge system including: a determination section that determines presence or absence of a discharge abnormality of a first nozzle among the plurality of nozzles; a reception section that receives designation information indicating complementary processing designated by a user among a plurality of complementary processing for complementing the discharge abnormality of the first nozzle when the first nozzle has a discharge abnormality, that is, among the plurality of complementary processing different from each other, according to an operation of the user; and an execution section that executes the complementary processing indicated by the designation information received by the reception section when the determination section determines that the first nozzle has the discharge abnormality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Toshiro MURAYAMA, Nobuaki ITO, Akira MIYAGISHI, Tomonaga HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240116295
    Abstract: The liquid ejection apparatus includes an ejecting unit configured to eject liquid onto a medium to perform printing on the medium, a supply unit configured to supply the liquid to the ejecting unit, and a control unit, wherein the supply unit includes a mounting unit to and from which a storage unit configured to store the liquid is attachable and detachable, a supply flow path configured to couple the mounting unit and the ejecting unit, a branching flow path configured to branch off from the supply flow path at a branching position and to merge with the supply flow path at a merging position downstream of the branching position, and a pump configured to cause the liquid to flow from the merging position toward the branching position in the branching flow path, and the control unit performs a circulation operation that circulates the liquid in the supply flow path and the branching flow path, and is configured to perform an operation other than an operation of performing printing by ejecting the liquid from
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: Ryoji FUJIMORI
  • Publication number: 20240116296
    Abstract: An image recording method includes a step of applying a treatment liquid containing water and an aggregating agent to a permeable substrate to be transported, with a coating roller, and a step of applying an ink containing water, a water-soluble organic solvent, a colorant, and a resin to a region of the permeable substrate, which has been coated with the treatment liquid, by an ink jet method to record an image, in which, in a case where a diameter of the coating roller, expressed in mm unit, is defined as y and a viscosity of the treatment liquid at 25° C., expressed in mPa·s unit, is defined as x, x is 5 to 100 and a value of y?25ln(x) is 90 to 160.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Orie ITO
  • Publication number: 20240116297
    Abstract: A laser marking system (200) comprising first and second laser marking heads (201, 202) configured to mark a product (221, 222). The laser marking system comprises a first controller (231) associated with the first laser marking head (201) and a second controller (232) associated with the second laser marking head (202). The first and second controllers (231, 232) are configurable to receive data (205) indicating information to be marked on the product (221, 222), generate laser marking vectors based upon the received data, and control their associated laser marking head (201, 202) based on the laser marking vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Christian Wulf, Matthias Fechner, Andreas Luechow, Christian Seuthe, Till Franitza, Peter J Kueckendahl, Stefan Sixel, Stefan Grossmann, Christian Kerker
  • Publication number: 20240116298
    Abstract: A printed image data generation method includes: a data acquisition step of acquiring data indicating a three-dimensional shape model imitating a printing target object and data indicating a two-dimensional image for decorating a surface of the printing target object; and a printed image data generation step of calculating a position of a surface of the three-dimensional shape model on which ink ejected from a nozzle is to land, determining a pixel of the two-dimensional image corresponding to the position of the surface, and generating data of a printed image to be printed on the printing target object based on information of the pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: KEIJIRO MASUNAGA, RYOJI HYUGA
  • Publication number: 20240116299
    Abstract: A system includes: (a) a flexible intermediate transfer member (ITM) including multiple layers and markers including: (i) a structure engraved, in at least one of the layers, at respective marking locations along the ITM, and (ii) at least part of the structure is filled with a filling material that changes one or both of optical and magnetic properties of the ITM, the ITM includes an outer layer for receiving ink droplets, and transferring the ink image to a target substrate, (b) sensing assemblies disposed at respective predefined locations relative to the ITM, and configured to produce signals indicative of respective positions of the markers, and (c) a processor, which is configured to receive the signals, and based on the signals, to control a deposition of the ink droplets on the ITM, and the processor is configured to detect a deformation of the ITM based on the first and second signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Benzion Landa, Tomer Goral, Vitaly Burkatovsky
  • Publication number: 20240116300
    Abstract: Printing system and method for reducing the visibility of gloss differentials having at least one computer-supported inline imaging unit assembly designed to measure specular light reflecting gloss differentials of printed ink. At least one smoothing roller assembly is operationally connected to at least one sheet transport assembly or a smoothing transport subassembly of the sheet transport assembly of the printing system. A smoothing roller assembly is designed to roll at least partly the length and width of at least one printed side of at least one printed sheet disposed along the transport subassembly, pressure generated by the smoothing roller assembly configured to reduce detected gloss differentials from printed ink. At least the outer surface of the at least one smoothing roller assembly is substantially at least one or more of metal and polyurethane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Dara Nanette LUBIN, Matthew James OCHS, Elizabeth Lee BARRESE, Elizabeth CROSSEN, Ron Edward DUFORT
  • Publication number: 20240116301
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a first conveyance unit provided in a conveyance path and configured to convey a print medium, a second conveyance unit provided upstream of the first conveyance unit in the conveyance path and configured to convey a print medium, a drive source configured to drive the first conveyance unit and the second conveyance unit, and a control unit configured to control the drive source so as to execute a conveying operation in which a second print medium succeeding a first print medium is conveyed by the second conveyance unit while the first print medium is conveyed by the first conveyance unit. The control unit is configured to switch drive control of the drive source in accordance with a position of the second print medium when starting the conveying operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: TAKASHI SASAKI, SHUICHI TOKUDA, YUKI EMOTO, KOKI KUDO, HIDEYASU ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20240116302
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a support member configured to support a printhead, a rotating member configured to be supported by the support member so as to be rotatable to an open position at which the printhead is capable of being attached to or detached from the support member and a closed position, a shaft portion arranged on one of the rotating member and the support member, a shaft supporting portion arranged on the other of the rotating member and the support member, the shaft portion being inserted to the shaft supporting portion in an axial direction, and a structure configured to regulate displacement of the rotating member in the axial direction in a predetermined rotation range of the rotating member, and permit displacement of the rotating member in the axial direction in a rotation position outside the predetermined rotation range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: ATSUSHI KOHNOTOH, TAKASHI ABE, KEN TAKENAGA, YUSUKE NARATANI, KOUSUKE TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240116303
    Abstract: In one example of the disclosure, a substantially transparent substrate is provided at a printer. A primer layer is applied upon a first surface of the substrate. A security ink layer that includes security information is applied upon the primer layer. An opaque background ink layer is applied upon the security ink layer. A corona treatment is applied to a second surface, located on an opposite side of the substrate relative to the first surface. A release ink layer is applied upon the corona-treated second surface. An opaque cover image ink layer is applied upon the release ink layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: HP INDIGO B.V.
    Inventors: Yavin ATZMON, Inna TZOMIK
  • Publication number: 20240116304
    Abstract: A security article includes an optical component that includes a plurality of optical channels with a Fano resonance characteristic. An optical channel, of the plurality of optical channels, is configured to pass a first portion of a first set of light beams (that are associated with a first wavelength range) when the first set of light beams falls incident on at least one of a first surface or a second surface of the optical channel, reflect a second portion of the first set of light beams when the first set of light beams falls incident on the first surface of the optical channel, and reflect at least a portion of a second set of light beams (that are associated with a second wavelength range) when the second set of light beams falls incident on the second surface of the optical channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: William D. HOUCK
  • Publication number: 20240116305
    Abstract: A light-emitting module structure comprises a support substrate and a micro-module disposed on or in the support substrate that extends over only a portion of the support substrate. The micro-module comprises a rigid module substrate, an inorganic light-emitting diode, a power source, and a control circuit. The inorganic light-emitting diode, the power source, and the control circuit are disposed on or in the module substrate and the control circuit receives power from the power source to control the inorganic light-emitting diode to emit light. A light conductor is disposed on or in the support substrate and in alignment with the micro-module so that the inorganic light-emitting diode is disposed to emit light into the light conductor and the light conductor conducts the light beyond the micro-module to emit the light from the light conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Willner, Ronald S. Cok, Robert R. Rotzoll, Christopher Andrew Bower
  • Publication number: 20240116306
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to measuring recovery of a finger skin temperature of a writing instrument's user, comprising: measuring a first finger skin temperature of a user's finger contacting a grip area of the writing instrument during a writing session with the writing instrument; cooling the finger contacting the grip area with a cooling element and for a cooling duration; measuring a second finger skin temperature after lapse of the cooling duration; calculating the skin temperature reduction; measuring a series of finger temperature measurements after lapse of the cooling duration; calculating a temperature recovery rate based on the series of finger temperature measurements; comparing the skin temperature reduction and the temperature recovery rate to historical data and/or reference data; and providing an indication to the user in case that the skin temperature reduction and/or the temperature recovery rate are abnormal as compared to the historical data and/or reference data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: BIC Violex Single Member S.A.
    Inventors: Nikolaos CHRYSANTHAKOPOULOS, Ion-Ioannis ANTONAKIS
  • Publication number: 20240116307
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for decorating a material comprising the steps of: applying a three-dimensional layer (110) by inkjet printing on at least a part of a support (100). Apply one or more of the following layers on at least a part of the support on which the three-dimensional layer has been created: release layer, texturing layer (120), decorative layer (130), white layer (140), colored layer, functional layer, adhesive layer (150). Apply the transferable decoration on at least part of a material (160) to be decorated. Remove the support (100). Reveal the 3D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: Giorgio MACOR
  • Publication number: 20240116308
    Abstract: A wet palette for water-based paint that includes a flat container having a peripheral rim and which, in its operational state, contains water. A retaining structure for the water, preferably a sponge or a foam, is placed in the flat container and arranged to become impregnated and moisten by contact and absorption of the water contained in the flat container. A sheet of paper permeable to the water is positioned on the retaining structure, and, in its operational state, is in contact with water-based paint applied to an upper side of the sheet of paper. The sheet of paper is a sheet of one-side coated (C1S) paper, which is wet-strengthened (REH), namely a sheet of machine-finished coated (MFC) paper or a sheet of cast-coated paper, the coated upper side of which is exploited, in its operational state, as a support for the application of the water-based paint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Fabrice Massad, Vivien Massad
  • Publication number: 20240116309
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel is defined by a substrate including a face and a rim portion. The face defines a plurality of spokes extending radially outwardly between a central portion of the face and the rim portion and defining a mating portion. An applique is affixed to the wheel at the mating portion. A polymer over-coating that is substantially transparent extends over the applique and the wheel substrate defining a continuous polymer surface over the applique and the wheel substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER ALLEN WATTS, HENRY CLAY CHENAULT, III
  • Publication number: 20240116310
    Abstract: The invention is for a single spoke for an entire wheel that connects the hub to the rim in the shape of a trochoid graph, polar graph, or series of connected conic sections. It is impossible to determine where the spoke begins or terminates as it's one continuous piece of material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Blaine Forrest Weisman, Sydney Skye Weisman
  • Publication number: 20240116311
    Abstract: For a caster with a circularly positioning structure, stepping on the pedal can drive the driving rod and the driving piece to rotate, so that the positioning pin of the driving piece cyclically proceeds the first positioning point, the second positioning point and the path point of the positioning member, thereby driving the cam unit to push against the shaft to let the positioning piece and the orienting hole to be engaged or disengaged from each other, and let the locking end of the locking member to be engaged in or disengaged from the locking groove. In this way, the caster can selectively be locked to stop rotation, and be released to freely rotate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: Ching Sung LIN
  • Publication number: 20240116312
    Abstract: A spring seat body for connection to a rigid axle of a motor vehicle, including an upper spring seat surface, a lower seat surface, lateral edge surfaces which lie between the spring seat surface and the lower seat surface, and holding means for holding tensioning means for fastening at least one spring to the spring seat body. The lateral edge surfaces include a first edge surface and a second edge surface which face away from one another and, in the mounted state of the spring seat body on the rigid axle, run transversely with respect to the rigid axle, the first edge surface, in the mounted state of the spring seat body on the rigid axle, lying closer to an end of the rigid axle which bears a vehicle wheel than the second edge surface, and the first edge surface having an edge course which, in the mounted state of the spring seat body on the rigid axle, lies in overlap with the rigid axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: Raymond Aso
  • Publication number: 20240116313
    Abstract: A tire assembly that includes a tread portion, a rim, and at least a first band assembly positioned between the tread portion and the rim. The first band assembly includes a first SMA element having an outer surface and a first bead member having an outer surface. The first SMA element extends circumferentially about the tire assembly and the first bead member extends circumferentially about the tire assembly. The first band assembly also includes a plurality of fiber reinforcement members. Each of the plurality of fiber reinforcement members extend around the outer surface of the first SMA element and the outer surface of the first bead member to form the first band assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Yennie, Earl Cole, Jim Benzing
  • Publication number: 20240116314
    Abstract: A method of durably assembling a rubber part and a thermoplastic elastomer part into a composite structure is proposed. The method may comprise providing a first part comprising curable rubber and a second part made of thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) material, mediating an adhesive affinity on the at least one of the first and second parts for the other one of the at least two parts, bringing the first and second parts into contact with each other so as to form a composite structure and heat-treating the composite structure to durably bond the first part to the second part. The adhesive affinity may be mediated through adhesive, such as e.g., RFL or neoalkoxy zirconate/titanate adhesive) applied on the at least one of the first and second parts or though additives, e.g., neoalkoxy zirconate/titanate, in the rubber part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Frederic Gerard Auguste Siffer, Francesco Sportelli, Md Atiqur Rahman Bhuiyan