Patents Issued in May 28, 2024
  • Patent number: 11993033
    Abstract: A method for positioning wrinkling of a cured composite material at a predetermined location in fabricating a composite part, which includes positioning a caul plate in contact with an uncured composite material. The uncured composite material has a geometric change in shape and the caul plate has a first slit which extends through and along the caul plate. The method further includes positioning a fiber and a resin of a portion of the uncured composite material within the first slit and curing the uncured composite material positioning a wrinkle within the first slit of the caul plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Gagandeep Saini
  • Patent number: 11993034
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for applying a vacuum-based pressure on an uncured composite structure. Membranes are bonded to a boundary of a caul. The membranes include positive features that define vacuum channels. The membranes are spliced to each other. The positive features that define the vacuum channels in the membranes are aligned to each other during splicing of the membranes. The membranes spliced to each other and bonded to the caul to form an integrated caul. The integrated caul applies a pressure on the uncured composite structure during operation of the integrated caul.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Samuel Shane Brickey, Julia Karolina Slusarski
  • Patent number: 11993035
    Abstract: A method for producing a composite fiber component, in which a sensor apparatus having a flexible circuit carrier and/or a sensor module, in particular a micromechanical acceleration sensor module, is integrated, includes loading a tool for producing the composite fiber component with textile layers and the sensor apparatus; closing, in particular air-tight sealing, of the loaded tool and compressing the textile layers and the sensor apparatus; introducing a liquid matrix, in particular a resin, in particular a pure resin, into the sealed tool to produce the composite fiber component; detecting, in particular in real time, an acceleration relative to the introducing and/or sealing by means of the sensor apparatus and/or the sensor module of the sensor apparatus; and deriving and/or evaluating a process parameter of the production method depending on the detected acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Linda Klein
  • Patent number: 11993036
    Abstract: A tire sealant composition, comprising: latex emulsion, surfactant, anti-freezing agent, dendrimer, and water, and optional component(s) selected from the group consisting of wetting agent and porous particles. The tire sealant compositions are excellent in high temperature stability and/or long term stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: ACTIVE TOOLS INTERNATIONAL (HK) LTD.
    Inventors: Wai Kwong Ching, Angeline Widjaja, Koon Fung Lam
  • Patent number: 11993037
    Abstract: A method or use of a contact lens, includes applying to at least one eye of a contact lens wearer the contact lens that is a free radical reaction product of a reactive mixture that includes one or more polymerizable compounds suitable for making the contact lens; and a high energy visible (HEV) light absorbing compound; and improving, by the contact lens, at least one clinical attribute comprising overall preference of the contact lens while using computer screens and digital devices as observed by the contact lens wearer, comfort at the end of the day, CLUE Comfort score, CLUE Vision score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Shivkumar Mahadevan, Dawn D. Wright, Patricia Martin, Jie Xu, John R. Buch
  • Patent number: 11993038
    Abstract: An apparatus for spin casting lenses includes a rotatable tube, the rotatable tube defining a longitudinal cavity, wherein the longitudinal cavity is configured to receive molds. According to one exemplary embodiment, the rotatable tube is made of metal and includes a plurality of apertures configured to permit the transmission of actinic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Menicon Singapore PTE LTD.
    Inventor: Stephen D. Newman
  • Patent number: 11993039
    Abstract: A plant for building different models of green tyres for vehicle wheels, including a plurality of workstations using elementary semi-finished products is described. A first carcass structure of a first model of tyre is built on a first forming support, in a first workstation, the first carcass structure including at least one first carcass ply obtained from a first elementary semi-finished product, and at least one first pair of annular reinforcing inserts. The first forming support is delivered to a bypass device to go beyond at least one second workstation without transiting through it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Stefano Sangiovanni, Maurizio Marchini
  • Patent number: 11993040
    Abstract: A method of making a tire includes forming a first sheet of material having a circular shape. The first sheet of material includes an upper ring and a lower ring. The first sheet of material further includes a plurality of spoke portions extending from the upper ring to the lower ring. A reinforcement is placed on the first of polymeric material, which includes placing the reinforcement on at least a portion of the upper ring. A second sheet of material having a circular shape is formed. The second sheet of material is placed on the first sheet of material such that the reinforcement is sandwiched between the first and second sheets of material. The method further includes placing additional sheets of material and additional reinforcements on the second sheet of material until a tire is built.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew V. Haidet, Douglas B. Costlow
  • Patent number: 11993041
    Abstract: Provided is a tire vulcanizing bladder comprising fluororubber, wherein a plurality of grooves extending in a width direction are formed on a circumference of an outer surface of the tire vulcanizing bladder, and a plurality of recesses connecting the grooves to each other are formed between the grooves. Also provided is a pneumatic tire comprising one or more fluorine-containing particles having a maximum diameter of 1.0 ?m or more per area of 100 ?m2 of a tire inner surface, wherein a plurality of bladder ridges extending in a tire width direction are formed on a circumference of the tire inner surface, and a plurality of protrusions connecting the bladder ridges to each other are formed between the bladder ridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Oride, Yasuhiro Oda, Isao Matsumura, Yuya Morita
  • Patent number: 11993042
    Abstract: A stitching roller is provided for stitching a strip, in particular a continuous strip for strip-winding. The stitching roller includes a roller body that is rotatable about a roller axis. The roller body comprises a circumferential member and a support member provided with a connection end that is connected to the circumferential member and a base end for coupling of the stitching roller to a rotation shaft. The support member is made of a flexible material that allows for the circumferential member to tilt relative to the base end from a neutral orientation into a tilted orientation. The support member includes one or more reinforcements that reinforce the axial stiffness of the support member from the outer radius towards the inner radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: VMI HOLLAND B.V.
    Inventors: Gerben Mulder, Henrick Theodoor Posthumus
  • Patent number: 11993043
    Abstract: An expandable belt and tread drum with magnetic deck fixing includes an assembly defining a portion of an arcuate outer circumferential working surface of a tire building drum. The assembly comprises a deck segment carrier and one or more magnetic members provided to the deck segment carrier and configured to attach a deck segment to the deck segment carrier by magnetic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Davian Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart J. Hassell, William A. Jones
  • Patent number: 11993044
    Abstract: A mold for molding a tire tread comprises a plurality of mold segments. Each of the plurality of mold segments includes an integer number of tread pitch repetitions. The plurality of mold segments are structured to be coupled to each other end-to-end so as to form the mold such that the mold includes an integer number of tread pitches. The mold also includes at least one mold end segment positioned on at least one end of the mold and has a mold end segment length shorter than a length of each of the plurality of mold segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Bridgestone Bandag, LLC
    Inventors: Robert G. Otting, Terry A. Westaway
  • Patent number: 11993045
    Abstract: The invention includes methods for forming a retreaded tire and treads there for. Particular embodiments of such methods include providing a tire carcass configured to receive a tire tread along an annular tread-receiving area and a pre-formed tread comprising a tread body and a submerged void arranged along a bottom side of the tread and extending into the tread thickness to a top end located below the top side of the tread, the submerged void having a length and an opening arranged along the bottom side when the tread is in an uninstalled configuration, where the opening of the submerged void extends in a direction of the submerged groove length along an alternating, non-linear path. Further steps include assembling a retreaded tire by arranging the tire tread atop a bonding layer arranged between the tire tread and the tire carcass and comprising uncured bonding material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: E. Bruce Colby, Metodi L. Ikonomov, Dimitri G. Tsihlas, Michael C. Chandler, Michael Widmyer
  • Patent number: 11993046
    Abstract: A method for the cold retreading of a tire comprising the following steps: a removal step, during which the tread is removed from the tire in order to expose an equatorial surface of a casing of the tire; a deposition step, during which a cushion and a pre-cured tread strip provided with a tread pattern are deposited around the equatorial surface of the casing; and a curing step, wherein the cushion arranged between the casing and the pre-cured tread strip is cured. The cushion is manufactured with a compound comprising 1 to 30 phr of at least one conductive material having a specific surface area which is greater than or equal to 300 m2/g and is chosen among graphite and graphene. The curing step comprises a connection step, wherein said cushion is connected to a heat/power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Bridgestone Europe NV/SA
    Inventors: Luca Lelio, Jeroen Lust, Bram Vincent
  • Patent number: 11993047
    Abstract: A method for the cold retreading of a tire comprising the following steps: a removal step, wherein the tread is removed from the tire, exposing an equatorial surface of a casing of the tire; a deposition step, during which a cushion and a pre-cured tread strip provided with a tread pattern are deposited around the equatorial surface of the casing; and a curing step, wherein the cushion arranged between the casing and the pre-cured tread strip is cured. The cushion is manufactured with a compound comprising at least one conductive material in a quantity ranging from 5% to 20% by weight, having a specific surface area which is greater than or equal to 300 m2/g, and chosen among graphite and graphene. The curing step comprises a connection step, wherein said cushion is connected to a heat/power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Bridgestone Europe NV/SA
    Inventors: Luca Lelio, Jeroen Lust, Bram Vincent
  • Patent number: 11993048
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for apparel assembly using three-dimensional printing directly onto fabric apparel materials. Disclosed is a method and system for direct three-dimensional printing and assembly of an article of apparel, including designing a three-dimensional pattern for printing, positioning at least a portion of the article on a tray in a three-dimensional printing system, the portion being positioned substantially flat on the tray, printing a three-dimensional material directly onto the article using the designed pattern, curing the printed material, and removing the article from the three-dimensional printing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: David P. Jones, Ryan R. Larson
  • Patent number: 11993049
    Abstract: There is provided a press machine capable of simplifying a slide drive mechanism. The press machine comprises: a slide supported so as to be reciprocally movable; a crankshaft arranged along a longitudinal direction of the slide and having a plurality of eccentric parts; a drive unit configured to rotate the crankshaft; a plurality of yokes and each provided to each of the eccentric parts of the crankshaft and configured to reciprocate, due to rotation of the crankshaft, along a moving direction of the slide; and a plurality of points each connects each of the yokes to the slide, wherein at least one of the plurality of yokes is connected to the slide via some of the plurality of points arranged along a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the crankshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: AIDA ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventor: Takao Ito
  • Patent number: 11993050
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for a rosin press that allows improved extraction over existing presses. Computerized systems are provided for controlling and monitoring the system in an automated fashion, including via a wireless device or a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Inventor: Konstantine P. Kralis
  • Patent number: 11993051
    Abstract: Disclosed are a board creasing and cutting apparatus and a method for producing a packaging box, the apparatus comprising: a packaging box board, a housing, a feeding mechanism, a scanning assembly and an identification mechanism, wherein the identification mechanism is used for identifying sided-lines and an identification point location of the conveyed packaging box board; a material-conveying mechanism, a moving mechanism and a back point-scanning assembly, wherein the back point-scanning assembly is provided at a bottom end of the moving mechanism driving the back point-scanning assembly to move to identify the sided-lines of the packaging box board; a controller determining a creasing and cutting path of the packaging box board via the scanning assembly, the identification mechanism and the back point-scanning assembly; and a primary working platform and an actuating mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAGA Computer Numerical Control Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Hong Chen
  • Patent number: 11993053
    Abstract: A device for the production of padding products has a product guide, a product drive along a drive axis (Y), and a product crumpling device. The guide is attached to a part of the device mechanically at at least a part of its section and is held on another part of the device by magnetic repulsion forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: GP System
    Inventor: Jacky Peterlini
  • Patent number: 11993054
    Abstract: Disclosed are a composite gypsum board and a method of preparing composite gypsum board. The board contains set gypsum layers sandwiched between two cover sheets. The set gypsum layers are formed from at least stucco and water. The set gypsum layers include a board core and one or more skim coat layers. The set gypsum core makes up a substantial thickness (e.g., at least about 90%, at least about 92%, at least about 95%, or at least about 97%) of the total thickness of all the gypsum layers. A first skim coat layer is included on one side of the core, facing a first (face) cover sheet. A second skim coat layer is included on the other side of the core, facing a second (back) cover sheet. At least the second skim layer is formed from a slurry that contains starch. The stucco material generally includes a high salt impurity content, for example, when the stucco is calcined from certain sources of low-quality synthetic gypsum. For example, in some embodiments, the salts are chloride salts, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: United States Gypsum Company
    Inventors: Qinghua Li, Mark K. Hemphill
  • Patent number: 11993055
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a flexible display device including: a display panel including a touch sensor, where the display panel is foldable with respect to a folding axis; a cover window disposed on a front surface of the display panel; and a front surface film disposed on a front surface of the cover window, where the front surface film includes a protection film, and a base film having a transverse direction, and the transverse direction is perpendicular to a direction of the folding axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hwan Chung, Hung Kun Ahn, Seokwon Jang, Danbi Myung
  • Patent number: 11993056
    Abstract: The present invention provides a metal-plastic composite material having excellent adhesive strength and formability and a method for manufacturing the same, and specifically, the present invention provides a metal-plastic composite material and a method for manufacturing the same comprising: a metal layer; and a plastic layer on at least one surface of the metal layer, wherein a thin film layer formed of a silane coupling agent is provided between the metal layer and the plastic layer, and the metal layer and the plastic layer are bonded by covalent bonding with the silane coupling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Hye-Jin Yoo, Chang-Se Byeon, Jung-Su Kim, Je-Hoon Baek, Hwi-Geon Kim
  • Patent number: 11993057
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a film to hold a metal layer, a metallic decorative sheet intermediate product, a metallic decorative sheet, a metallic molded product, and a method for producing a metallic molded product which prevent the occurrence of the whitening phenomena or the like of the metallic molded product which occur during production of the metallic molded products by using a metallic decorative sheet, as well as enables molding in a wider temperature range. A film to hold a metal layer comprises a thermoplastic resin having a melting point of 230° C. to 250° C. is provided, wherein the film to hold a metal layer has transparency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Wavelock Advanced Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chikatsu Akisada, Tetsuya Kurosawa, Ryuta Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11993058
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method for preparing an electrochromic device. The method includes placing an edge protection material on a first and second substrates, placing a first and second interlayers respectively within the edge protection material on the first and second substrates, wherein the edge protection material surrounds edges of the first and second interlayers, and interposing an electrochromic film between the first and second interlayers. The edge protection material prevents chemicals in the first and second interlayers from entering into the electrochromic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: FURCIFER INC.
    Inventors: Zhao Chen, Jian Wang, Yan Zhou
  • Patent number: 11993059
    Abstract: A multi-layer film for seal-peel applications, an article comprising said film and the use of said film a disclosed. The multi-layer film for seal-peel application comprising at least two layers, namely a cover layer and a seal layer, whereby the seal layer comprises between 25 and 80 wt. % of EVA and between 20 and 75 wt. % of LLDPE based on the total weight of the layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Ling Fan, Jana Hrachova, Bart Van Den Esschert, Jun Zhou, Feng Gong
  • Patent number: 11993060
    Abstract: Multilayer film which comprises a core layer (C) and two outer layers (0-1, 0-2) sandwiching the core layer, wherein (i) the core layer (C) comprises 90 to 100% by weight of a first bimodal ethylene/1-butene/C6-C12-alpha-olefin terpolymer having a density between >925 kg/m3 and 970 kg/m3 with respect to the total weight of the layer, (ii) two outer layers (0-1) and (0-2) comprise (ii-1) the bimodal terpolymer as defined for the core layer (C) and (ii-2) a second bimodal ethylene/1-butene/C6-C12-alpha-olefin terpolymer having a density between >910 kg/m3 and <925 kg/m3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Tuan Anh Tran, Gerhard Schuster
  • Patent number: 11993061
    Abstract: Multilayer composite material comprising specific polycarbonate compositions as matrix material The present invention relates to a composite material comprising one or more fibre layers composed of a fibre material and an aromatic polycarbonate-based matrix material. The fibre layer(s) is/are embedded in the matrix material. The present invention further relates to a process for producing these fibre composite materials, to multilayer composite materials comprising several layers of fibre composite material, and to the use of the composite materials for production of components or housing components or housings, and to the components, housing components or housings themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Rolf Wehrmann, Anke Boumans, Helmut Werner Heuer, Thomas Grimm, Matthias Knaupp, John Bauer
  • Patent number: 11993062
    Abstract: A laminated glass pane is provided that includes a first glass sheet, a polymeric layer having a thickness between at least 0.5 mm and at most 1.7 mm, and a second inner glass sheet which has a thickness of at least 0.3 mm and at most 1.5 mm and is made of a lithium aluminum silicate glass. The polymeric layer is disposed between the at least two glass sheets. Furthermore, the glasses of the first and the second glass sheets are matched so that the temperatures at which the two glasses of the first and second glass sheets have the same viscosity in the viscosity range between 107 dPa·s and 1010 dPa·s differ from each other only by a maximum of 50° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Jochen Alkemper, Lutz Klippe, Rüdiger Dietrich
  • Patent number: 11993063
    Abstract: The invention provides a transparent resin film that has a smooth surface on a side to be laminated on a substrate to prevent entering of air bubbles when bonded to a substrate and has a pattern of protrusions and depressions on a side opposite to the side to be laminated on a substrate to provide high design quality, a method for producing the transparent resin film, and a decorative material. The invention relates to a transparent resin film to be laminated on a substrate including a picture layer, the transparent resin film having a pattern of protrusions and depressions with a maximum height Rz of 20 ?m or higher and 200 ?m or lower on a side opposite to a side to be laminated on the substrate, the transparent resin film having a maximum height Rz of 20 ?m or lower on the side to be laminated on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Fujii, Satoshi Furuta, Yoshiaki Netsu, Tomomi Nakajima, Yosuke Sumida
  • Patent number: 11993064
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cover structure the SMC main body of which is simultaneously pressed and bonded with two additional layers in a bonding press.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: GEORG FRITZMEIER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Stephan Fraunhofer
  • Patent number: 11993065
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal card manufacturing method including the steps of: preparing a metal sheet having a given size capable of accommodating a plurality of individual cards; preparing a ferromagnetic insulating sheet made by containing epoxy in a ferrite to the same size capable of accommodating the plurality of individual cards as the metal sheet; preparing an inlay sheet on which antenna coils are printed to the same size as the insulating sheet and forming holes on at least one or more edges of stacked sheets formed by stacking a plurality of sheets inclusive of the insulating sheet and the inlay sheet; fitting the holes formed on the stacked sheets to pins located on a loading plate; placing the metal sheet on top of the stacked sheets; forming a metal card sheet through lamination among the metal sheet and the stacked sheets; and cutting the metal card sheet along individual card outlines of the plurality of individual cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: Kona I Co., Ltd., Kona M Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki sung Nam, Han seon Kim, Suk Ku Lee
  • Patent number: 11993066
    Abstract: A lamination chuck for lamination of film materials includes a support layer and a top layer. The top layer is disposed on the support layer. The top layer includes a polymeric material having a Shore A hardness lower than a Shore hardness of a material of the support layer. The top layer and the support layer have at least one vacuum channel formed therethrough, vertically extending from a top surface of the top layer to a bottom surface of the support layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei-Jie Huang, Yu-Ching Lo, Ching-Pin Yuan, Wen-Chih Lin, Cheng-Yu Kuo, Yi-Yang Lei, Ching-Hua Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11993067
    Abstract: A warp-knitted textile composite has a spacer fabric that extends in a production direction and a transverse direction and has an outer flat warp-knitted fabric layer of predetermined stretchability, an inner flat warp-knitted fabric layer of lesser stretchability in the production and transverse directions than the outer layer, and spacer threads interconnecting the warp-knitted fabric layers. A decorative cover layer is attached to the outer flat warp-knitted fabric layer and is formed with compressed areas where the spacer fabric is permanently at least partially compressed for structuring the decorative cover layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: MUELLER TEXTIL GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Mueller, Sabine Jenewein
  • Patent number: 11993068
    Abstract: Mycotextiles, methods of making them, methods of processing them, and compositions and apparatuses for making and/or processing them are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Spora Cayman Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Leopoldo Naranjo-Briceño, Keyla M. Fuentes, Stalin A. Bermúdez-Puga, Hernán Rebolledo, José Miguel Figueroa, Pablo Zamora
  • Patent number: 11993069
    Abstract: A screen assembly is provided for screen printing and includes a screen with a perimeter frame and a tray covering the frame. The tray includes a central opening with an inner peripheral lip or edge which press fits against the screen to keep ink from contacting the frame during the screen printing process. After printing, the tray is removed from the frame so that the assembly can be cleaned and reused. The assembly and its method of use eliminates the need for conventional taping of the screen and frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: BLUEBACK, LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Eugene Nehring, John August Reglein, Jeffrey Justin Puffett
  • Patent number: 11993070
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a panel as well as a method for producing a panel, in particular a wall- ceiling- or floor panel. The method according to the invention provides that a layer of liquid radiation curing acrylate with a low Martens hardness is applied on a support layer in a first step. This is followed by an application of an intermediate layer in a second step and thereafter the application of a further layer wet-on-wet, which as a Martens hardness after curing which is larger than the Martens hardness of the first applied layer. The resulting panel has an intermediate layer with an inhomogeneous hardness profile due to the wet-on-wet application which leads to particularly advantageous properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Lignum Technologies AG
    Inventor: Dieter Doehring
  • Patent number: 11993071
    Abstract: This document discloses a system to dispense a precise and continuous amount of ink for a large printing press. The dispensing system can be judiciously combined into a more elaborate dispensing system that uses two chambers with ink having a different density to dispense ink with a precise, adjustable and stable ink density. The dispensing system can be used to compensate the drifts in quality observed in presses when the speed, or any environmentable parameters vary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: BOBST FIRENZE S.R.L.
    Inventors: Federico D'Annunzio, Antonio Bellosi, Andrea Melchiorri
  • Patent number: 11993072
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a printer including a print head, a platen roller, a sheet position sensor, an antenna, and a movable portion. The print head is configured to print on a strip-shaped sheet. The platen roller is configured to move the sheet pinched between the platen roller and the print head along a longitudinal direction of the sheet. The sheet position sensor is provided on a substrate disposed on an upstream side of the print head in a conveyance direction of the sheet, and is configured to detect a position of the sheet. The antenna is provided on the substrate and is configured to write information to a wireless tag provided on the sheet. The movable portion is configured to move the substrate along a width direction of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Kuniya
  • Patent number: 11993073
    Abstract: A printing apparatus that includes a holding unit configured to hold a roll sheet performs supplying the sheet by rotating the roll sheet held by the holding unit; nipping and conveying the supplied sheet; performing printing on the conveyed sheet; detecting occurrence of a print medium jam of the sheet; and, if the printing apparatus has detected a print medium jam of the sheet, performing a control process of supplying the sheet in a state in which the conveying is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Suzuki, Hiromasa Yoneyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Itaru Wada, Tomohito Abe, Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki, Yasuyuki Asai
  • Patent number: 11993074
    Abstract: A printing device includes: an image recording unit configured to record an image on a printing medium; a cutter unit configured to cut the printing medium on which the image is recorded by the image recording unit; and a medium receiving unit configured to receive the printing medium on which the image is recorded by the image recording unit. The cutter unit is positioned frontward of the image recording unit in a frontward direction. The medium receiving unit is positioned below the cutter unit at a time of an image recording operation and being detachable in the frontward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11993075
    Abstract: Tension rollers are each supported by, at one end regarding the axial direction thereof, a first supporting member fastened to a first tensional force adjusting member by fastening members and, at the other end regarding the axial direction thereof, a second supporting member fastened to a second tensional force adjusting member by fastening members. The first and second supporting members each include elongate insertion holes as insertion holes in which the fastening members are inserted. The first and second tensional force adjusting members each include elongate insertion holes as insertion holes in which the fastening members are inserted. The elongate insertion holes each extend in a direction intersecting the axial direction of the tension roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Mashio Takezawa, Yuki Tamura
  • Patent number: 11993076
    Abstract: A label printer includes: a thermal head to execute printing on a label sheet that includes a front print surface and a back adhesive layer and that does not include a liner; a platen roller that is provided at a position facing the thermal head, that pulls out, by being rotationally driven, one end of a roll sheet obtained by winding the label sheet in a roll shape, and that conveys the roll sheet to the thermal head; and a reciprocating control unit (configured to, when a print start instruction is received, cause a holding position of the label sheet sandwiched between the thermal head and the platen roller to reciprocate between a first position downstream in a conveyance direction of the print sheet and a second position upstream of the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kiyotaka Nihashi
  • Patent number: 11993077
    Abstract: Disclosed is a printing device including: a first nozzle that ejects a first ink; a second nozzle that ejects a second ink; a third nozzle that ejects a third ink; and at least one processor that, upon performing alignment adjustment of one nozzle preparing one of the first nozzle and any of the second nozzle and the third nozzle for alignment pattern printing and the other of the first nozzle and any of the second nozzle and the third nozzle for auxiliary printing, controls to eject any of the first to third inks selected based on ejection information from among the second ink in the second cartridge and the third ink in the third cartridge, from any of the first to third nozzles for the alignment pattern printing or the auxiliary printing. The first ink, the second ink and the third ink have different colors from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masakazu Yoshii
  • Patent number: 11993078
    Abstract: A recording device including: a liquid ejecting unit configured to eject liquid to a first surface of a medium transported in a transport direction, a roller disposed downstream of the liquid ejecting unit in the transport direction and configured to rotate in contact with the first surface, and a control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to form a first pattern of the liquid on the first surface by controlling ejection of the liquid by the liquid ejecting unit, and to form a detection region for the first pattern at a specific position on the first surface at which the roller is brought into contact with the first surface when a rotational angle of the roller becomes m °+360°, m ° being a rotational angle of the roller when the roller is brought into contact with the first pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shun Sakaihara, Yuya Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11993079
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: an ejection section ejecting a liquid; a state detection section detecting a state of the ejection section; a determination section determining whether or not the ejection section has an abnormality; a recording section recording a determination result of the determination section; a temperature detection section detecting a temperature of the ejection section; and a maintenance section executing maintenance processing on the ejection section, in which when the recording section records abnormality information indicating the abnormality of the ejection section as the determination result by determining that the abnormality occurred in the ejection section by the determination section, and the temperature detection section detects a temperature that is out of an inspection temperature range in which the state detection section detects the state of the ejection section, the abnormality information recorded in the recording section is reset if the maintenance section execute
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Daichi Orihara, Masashi Kamiyanagi
  • Patent number: 11993080
    Abstract: A drive circuit of a recording head having a recording element is provided. The drive circuit supplies a load element for recording operation of the recording element with an output signal of electric power according to operation of the load element. The drive circuit includes a voltage amplifier that amplifies a voltage of an analog drive waveform signal for operation of the recording element to generate a drive voltage signal. The voltage amplifier includes amplifiers. Among the amplifiers, at least one of subsequent-stage amplifiers which are a second and subsequent amplifiers from an upstream side includes a signal feedback unit that returns a signal to be output to an input side of the subsequent-stage amplifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kawaguchi, Hajime Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11993081
    Abstract: There is provided a head system includes: a main controller; a plurality of head units; and sub-controllers respectively connected to at least one of the plurality of head units. The sub-controllers are each serially connected via a wiring. The wiring includes: a first communication path for transmitting an image signal; and a second communication path that transmits a discharge timepoint signal indicating a discharge timepoint. Each of the sub-controllers is configured to cause liquid corresponding to an image indicated by the image signal that has been received through the first communication path to be discharged from nozzles of one of the head units to which each of the sub-controllers have been connected, at a discharge timepoint indicated by the discharge timepoint signal that has been received through the second communication path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Shimamura
  • Patent number: 11993082
    Abstract: A grayscale inkjet printing method including the steps of: a) supplying a pigmented inkjet ink to a grayscale print head having nozzles with an outer nozzle surface area smaller than 500 ?m2 and having an acoustic resonance period ARP of not more than 5.5 ?s; and b) applying a voltage wave form for ejecting pigmented inkjet ink from a nozzle of the grayscale print head within one jetting cycle; wherein the pigmented inkjet ink has a viscosity of at least 3.8 mPa·s at jetting temperature and a shear rate of 1,000 s?1; wherein the voltage wave form for ejecting the largest ink droplet includes, in chronological order, a first ejecting pulse having an amplitude A1 and a second ejecting pulse having an amplitude A3 with the amplitude A1 complying with the relationship: 0.50×A3<A1<1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Stefaan De Meutter, David Tilemans, Jens Lenaerts
  • Patent number: 11993083
    Abstract: An actuator includes a substrate, a diaphragm over the substrate, a lower electrode over the diaphragm, a lead titanate (PbTiO3) layer over the lower electrode, a piezoelectric body over the PbTiO3 layer, and an upper electrode over the piezoelectric body. The piezoelectric body comprises particles of lead zirconate titanate (PZT). An average diameter of the particles of the PZT is 40 nm or more. The average diameter is measured by capturing an electron backscatter diffraction image of the piezoelectric body in an image area of 20 ?m×20 ?m, fitting each of the particles in the image area, and determining an average value of diameters of the circles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiaki Masuda