With Cutting, Punching, Tearing Or Severing Patents (Class 156/250)
  • Patent number: 8182637
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an optical display manufacturing system or method that allows an increase in the yield of an optical film, a reduction in cost and an improvement in inventory control. An optical display manufacturing system includes feeding means (11, 14) that feeds a belt and sheet-shaped product (3) having an optical film from a roll (4) of the belt and sheet-shaped product, detection means (12) that detects a defect of the belt and sheet-shaped product fed by the feeding means, cutting means (13) that cuts the belt and sheet-shaped product into individual sheet-shaped products based on the result of the detection, transfer means (16) that transports each of the sheet-shaped products from the cutting process to a sticking process, and sticking means (17) that sticks the transported sheet-shaped product to an optical display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Nakahira, Hideo Abe
  • Patent number: 8182634
    Abstract: There is provided a belt member producing method including forming a strip piece 17 of a predetermined width W by cutting a strip material 12 including a plurality of reinforcement cords 11 to a regular size, conveying the strip piece 17 to a transfer conveyor 22 in such a manner that cut sides 19 of the strip piece 17 are in parallel with a traveling direction B of the transfer conveyor 22 and overlapping continuously an integral number Nint of strip pieces 17 on each other on the transfer conveyor 22 in such a manner that the strip pieces 17 are overlapped on each other by an overlapping amount P along non-cut sides 18 thereof, so as to produce a belt member 30 having a desired length equal to a predetermined length L of a belt layer of a pneumatic radial tire, the belt member producing method being characterized by including selecting a desired cutting angle ?pre relative to a traveling direction A of the strip material 17 when the strip material 12 is cut to the regular size, calculating a number Ncal of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Tatara, Tomoyuki Takatsuka, Hirokatsu Mizukusa, Osamu Fujiki
  • Publication number: 20120120003
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a touch screen panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: forming a reinforcing layer on the top and the bottom of a glass substrate by reinforcing the entire surface of the glass substrate defining a plurality of unit cell regions; forming the touch screen panels in the unit cell regions on a side of the glass substrate with the reinforcing layers; cutting the reinforced glass substrate into the touch screen panels; forming passivation layers on the outer surfaces of the touch screen panels and sequentially stacking the touch screen panels; and simultaneously with the stacking, performing healing on the non-reinforced cut-sides of the stacked touch screen panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Kyu-taek Lee, Kwan-Young Han
  • Publication number: 20120118496
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of making bamboo-surfaced layered Venetian blind slats comprising the steps of (1) selecting bamboo slices, the length of each is slightly longer than that of the slats to be made, the width of each is the total width of a plurality of the slats to be made; (2) selecting filling slices, the length and width of each are identical to those of the bamboo slices; (3) selecting adhesives and using the adhesives to adhere a bamboo slice, a filling slice, a bamboo slice in turn to form a layered slat piece and all adjacent slices are adhered to one another along their fibers with their tight and loose surfaces arranged symmetrically; (4) placing the layered blind slat piece into a flat plate mold with a large surface area, and a flat plate with a large surface area is thus formed from compression; (5) cutting along the longitude of the flat plate with a large surface area to obtain bamboo-surfaced layered Venetian blind blank slats; (6) trimming the remains of the cutting su
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventor: Zeyun CHEN
  • Patent number: 8177935
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a laminated plate (19) includes: a first step of supporting, by a support member (9), a thermoplastic resin-made laminated material (1) in which a pair of plate-like members (3, 4) are laminated to each other while interposing a longitudinal wall portion (2b) so that a peripheral edge portion (1a) of the laminated material (1) can be exposed, and heating and softening the peripheral edge portion (1a) by blowing a hot air to the peripheral edge portion (1a); and a second step of pressing the plate-like member (4) as one of the pair of plate-like members (3, 4) against other plate-like member (3) by thrusting a cutting blade (17a) of a cutting die (17) against the heated and softened peripheral edge portion (1a), thereby bringing the pair of plate-like members (3, 4) into contact with each other and welding the plate-like members (3, 4) to each other, and then cutting the laminated plate (19) out of the laminated material (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Meiwa Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Hasegawa, Sinya Noto
  • Publication number: 20120116255
    Abstract: An optical fiber sensor (100) can be used to measure pressure with high sensitivity and fine resolution. As a (108) at the end of the sensor expands or contracts, the spectrum of a beam reflected from the end of fiber shifts, producing a change linked to pressure exerted on the sensor. Novel aspects of the present inventive sensor include the direct bonding of a silica thin film diaphragm (110) to the optical fiber with localized or confined heating and a uniform thickness of the diaphragm. The resulting sensor has a diameter that matches the diameter of the optical fiber. Because the sensor is all silica, it does not from temperature-induced error. In addition, the sensor can be very sensitive because the diaphragm can be very thin; it can also make highly repeatable measurements due to its very uniform thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Wenhui Wang, Xingwei Vivian Wang, Kai Sun, Nan Wu
  • Publication number: 20120111495
    Abstract: A silicon substrate 12 has a main face in a (100) plane, whereby a fracture 17 generated from a molten processed region 13 acting as a start point extends in a cleavage direction of the silicon substrate 12 (a direction orthogonal to the main face of the silicon substrate 12). Here, a rear face 1b of an object to be processed 1A and a front face 10a of an object to be processed for separation 10A are bonded to each other by anode bonding, whereby the fracture 17 reaches a front face 1a of the object 1A continuously without substantially changing its direction. When generating a stress in the object for separation 10A, the fracture 17 has reached a rear face 10b of the object for separation 10A and thus easily extends toward the object 1A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hideki Shimoi, Naoki Uchiyama, Daisuke Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 8172977
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process wherein a rotary knife or die, with one or more cutting edges, turns against and in coordination with a corresponding cylinder to create preferably trapezoidal ears. Ear material is slit into two lanes, one for a left side of a diaper and the other for a right side of a diaper. Fastening tapes are applied to both the right and the left ear webs. The ear material is then die cut with a nested pattern on a synchronized vacuum anvil. The resulting discrete ear pieces however, due to the trapezoidal pattern of the ears, alternate between a correct orientation and an incorrect (reversed) orientation. The reversed ear is required to be rotated 180° into the correct orientation such that the ears and associated tape present a left ear and a right ear on the diaper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Curt G. Joa, Inc.
    Inventors: John McCabe, Jeff Fritz, Robert E. Andrews
  • Publication number: 20120103388
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention contemplate the formation of a solar cell module comprising an array of interconnected solar cells that are formed using an automated processing sequence that is used to form a novel planar solar cell interconnect structure. In one embodiment, the module structure described herein includes a patterned adhesive layer that is disposed on a backsheet to receive and bond a plurality of conducting ribbons thereon. The substantially planar bonded conducting ribbons are then used to interconnect an array of solar cell devices to form a solar cell module that can be electrically connected to one or more external components, such as an electrical power grid, satellites, electronic devices or other similar power requiring units. Embodiments of the invention may further provide a roll-to-roll system that is configured to serially form a plurality of solar cell modules over different portions of a backsheet material received from a roll of backsheet material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: David H. Meakin, Fares Bagh, James Gee, William Bottenberg
  • Patent number: 8168028
    Abstract: A method for forming an undergarment comprises providing a web, cutting the web to form a pre-form, the pre-form comprising the first and the second transverse edges and two longitudinal edges, each longitudinal edge having two waist sections and a crotch section located intermediate the waist sections, a sealing area being located adjacent and inboard of each waist section, and transferring the pre-form to a processing wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Uwe Schneider, Jeffrey Alan Darner
  • Patent number: 8168024
    Abstract: A method is provided for making an elastic composite for incorporation into a disposable absorbent garment. An elastic element applicator is provided that is configured to move a section of a continuous strand of elastic element generally about a plane. A first web of material is conveyed in a first web moving direction such that the first web intersects the plane. Then, the applicator is operated to move the elastic element about the plane, thereby applying the section of elastic element onto the first web along a direction generally transverse to the web moving direction and such that the first web draws the continuous elastic strand from the elastic element applicator as the first web is conveyed away from the plane. The elastic element applicator may be in the form of a spin cylinder or bracket that is operated to spin the elastic element about the moving first web, thereby applying the elastic element on the first web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: DSG Technology Holdings Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo-Shu Edward Chang, Anne Smid, Patrick King Yu Tsang, Andrew C. Wright
  • Patent number: 8168029
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a composite preform from tape material, including feeding a tape section into a tape section guide that suspends the tape across a tooling surface, moving at least one of the tape section guide and the tooling surface relative to each other to position the tape section at a desired location and orientation relative to the tooling surface, moving the tape section toward a pre-existing tape section disposed on the tooling surface, and tacking the tape section to the pre-existing tape section. A corresponding apparatus for manufacturing composite preforms is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Fiberforge Corporation
    Inventors: David R. Cramer, Neal J. Beidleman, Colin R. Chapman, Don O. Evans, Michael K. Passmore, Michael L. Skinner
  • Patent number: 8168030
    Abstract: Providing a method of manufacturing a laser processed part capable of processing at high speed and high precision when processing a workpiece by optical absorption ablation of laser beam, effectively suppressing contamination of a workpiece surface by decomposition products, and recovering the workpiece easily after processing. Another object is to present an adhesive sheet for laser processing preferably used in the method of manufacturing a laser processed part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Matsuo, Masakatsu Urairi, Atsushi Hino
  • Publication number: 20120097854
    Abstract: An infrared retroreflecting device used for a high-aspect-ratio optical touch panel, comprising an infrared retroreflecting stripe having a front surface, a back side and an elongated axis; the stripe being formed of a cube-corner retroreflecting structure having a primary groove and at least two secondary grooves; the primary groove being perpendicular to the elongated axis; and the stripe reflecting infrared emitted toward the front surface when an infrared incident angle is ranged from about 0° to about 61°. A method of manufacturing an infrared retroreflecting device used for a high-aspect-ratio optical touch panel, comprising forming a cube-corner retroreflecting sheet having a front surface, a back side, a first direction and a second direction, said first direction being perpendicular to the second direction, and cutting a retroreflecting stripe from said cube-corner retroreflecting sheet in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventor: Lok-Man Ng
  • Patent number: 8163120
    Abstract: A process for producing an IC card comprising: an application/bonding step of applying an adhesive having a curing rate ratio (80° C./40° C.) of 30 or more on the surface of an inlet film, on which a number of IC modules are mounted, and/or a skin film for covering at least one surface of the inlet film, and bonding the inlet film and the skin film together to form a laminate film; a curing step of curing the adhesive to form a cured resin layer between the inlet film and the skin film of the laminate film; and a card forming step of forming a number of IC cards by dividing the laminate film for each IC module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Emulsion Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichiro Higasa, Yoshinori Ito, Masahiko Oota, Yoshinori Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20120090776
    Abstract: A curved circularly polarized lens is used in a passive 3D system to view 3D multimedia. The lens is created in an advanced delicate process whereby two lens pieces are combined with a special glue and molded to a specific conformation. This unique method of production of curved circularly polarized lenses retains the molecular arrangement of the lens, reduces or eliminates optical distortion and physical warping, and eliminates movement between the lens layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventor: Roger Wen-Yi Hsu
  • Publication number: 20120093697
    Abstract: A honeycomb catalyst body includes a honeycomb structure and a catalyst. The honeycomb structure includes a porous honeycomb fired body having at least one cell wall defining a plurality of cells extending along a longitudinal direction of the porous honeycomb fired body. The plurality of cells is provided in parallel with one another. The honeycomb fired body contains silicon carbide particles and a silica layer formed on a surface of each of the silicon carbide particles. The silica layer has a thickness of from about 5 nm to about 100 nm measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The catalyst contains at least one of oxide ceramics and zeolite. The catalyst is provided on a surface of the silica layer. An amount of at least one of the oxide ceramics and the zeolite is about 50 g/L or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Misako Iwakura, Kohei Ota
  • Patent number: 8157947
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for manufacturing a composite, foam/fabric material for use as protective material in products, and utilizes an apparatus which includes a punch press with punches arranged in rows and correspondingly aligned dies for receiving the punches therethrough. The system operates by punching a sheet of foam material into a plurality of discrete foam elements which are transferred onto a heated fabric substrate, and retained thereon by heat bonding. The apparatus consists, in one preferred embodiment, of a clamp plate which clamps a sheet of foam material onto a die plate, and after a punching sequence, the sheet of foam material, along with the sheet of fabric material, are indexed downstream, and the process repeats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Applied FT Composite Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Kim
  • Patent number: 8153082
    Abstract: A sheet of sensors and a method of manufacturing such sheet of sensors. The sheet is configured with (A) a tessellated zipper pattern of identically shaped elements defining (i) a right longitudinal column consisting of a base portion of a right set of elements, (ii) a left longitudinal column consisting of a base portion of a left set of elements, and (iii) an intermediate longitudinal column consisting of alternating tab portions of the right and left elements, and (B) a continuous longitudinal strip of functional material positioned only within the intermediate column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Mocon, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel W. Mayer, Michael Howe
  • Patent number: 8151855
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing a seamless hat includes an assembling cutting device and a layer connecting device. The assembling cutting device includes an ultrasonic metal wheel, an ultrasonic metal platform, a feeding rubber wheel, and a feeding metal wheel. The ultrasonic metal wheel and the feeding rubber wheel are concentric and close to each other. The metal wheel is disposed at the bottom of the feeding rubber wheel. The ultrasonic metal platform is disposed at the bottom of the ultrasonic metal wheel. A top end of a tapered peripheral surface of the ultrasonic metal wheel has a sharp edge and a platform portion, which is disposed at a side away from the rubber wheel. Accordingly, the seam allowance cut pieces of the hat may not be initially connected to the edge of the hat. The assembling cutting device simultaneously proceeds the ultrasonic connection of the seam allowance cut pieces and the residue of the cloth is cut in order that the connection is uniform and to get more efficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Chuan Cheng Hat Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Yie Liao
  • Patent number: 8152948
    Abstract: One embodiment of a composite part comprises a curved elongated section comprising a plurality of stacked reinforcement layers. The stacked reinforcement layers in the curved elongated section comprise at least one of non-continuous woven fabric and non-continuous reinforcement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Donald C. Darrow, Michael R. Anderson, Michael A. Lee, Kurtis S. Wilden
  • Patent number: 8155493
    Abstract: The invention provides a flexible optical waveguide in which an optical waveguide film is directly formed on a substrate without using an adhesive and which is excellent in flexibility of the optical waveguide film, including the substrate, and excellent in adhesiveness between the substrate and the optical waveguide film, as well as a process for producing the flexible optical waveguide in a simple and easy manner. The flexible optical waveguide includes a lower cladding layer, a core layer, and an upper cladding layer successively formed on a substrate and a surface of the substrate, on which surface the lower cladding layer is to be formed, has an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of 0.03 ?m or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Cable, Ltd., Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Takami Ushiwata, Koki Hirano, Kozo Tajiri, Tomomi Makino
  • Patent number: 8153081
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, an optical-based test sensor for use in the determination of an analyte in a liquid sample is disclosed. The test sensor includes a base, a polymer carrier, and a test membrane. The base has a capillary channel formed in a surface of the base that is adapted to move a liquid sample from an inlet to a reaction area formed in the base. The polymer carrier has a lower surface adhered to the surface of the base and is disposed over at least a portion of the capillary channel. The test membrane, which contains a reagent, is adhered to the lower surface of the polymer carrier and extends from the polymer carrier into the reaction area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer Healthcare LLC
    Inventor: Rex J. Kuriger
  • Publication number: 20120080143
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a guarantee seal with a pull tab for containers includes applying adhesive to a polymeric film in intermittent strips, laminating the polymeric film with the adhesive in intermittent strips to a second film, the second film including an EPE or PE layer, an aluminium foil layer and a sealing substrate to obtain a laminated film with strips of adhesive and strips without adhesive, die cutting the laminated film to form cut bands in the shape of circles so that a first side of the circle has the strip with adhesive and a second side of the circle has the strip without adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: LAMINADOS FACARLYTE, S.A. DE C.V.
    Inventors: Jose Manuel Gonzalez Carro, Paulo Gonzalez Carro, Andrew Gonzalez Dodd
  • Publication number: 20120081671
    Abstract: A polarization conversion element is equipped with an element main body having a light incident surface and a light emission surface that are generally in parallel with each other, and a phase difference plate bonded to the light emission surface of the element main body. The element main body includes a plurality of light-transmissive substrates that are sequentially bonded at a predetermined angle with respect to the light emission surface, polarization separating films and reflection films that are alternately provided between the plurality of light-transmissive substrates, and adhesive layers formed between the plurality of light-transmissive substrates, respectively. The adhesive layers are each formed from ultraviolet light curing adhesive to a thickness between 5 ?m and 10 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshinori AWANOHARA
  • Patent number: 8147641
    Abstract: Methods and systems for making an improved integrated shipping label and packing list form. In at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, such a form comprises a first sheet material, a second sheet material, and a third sheet material. The sheet materials are joined together with the first sheet material between the other two sheet materials. Lines of weakness defining at least one shipping label and packing list label are cut into the joined together sheet materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Chicago Tag & Label, Inc.
    Inventors: F. Paul Valenti, Jr., Carl Opel, Daniel Hedger
  • Patent number: 8147643
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pro label book includes printing static indicia on a web of label material, applying an adhesive to each portion of the web of label material that will become a label page in a pro label book that is not the portion of the web of label material that will become a top page of a label book to be formed if the adhesive is applied to a top surface of the web of label material or a bottom page of a label book to be formed if the adhesive is applied to the bottom surface of the web of label material, printing variable information on the web of label material, sheeting the web of label material to form label pages, and batching the label pages together utilizing the applied adhesive. Certain embodiments include attaching one of a backer or a cover to the web of label material following the printing static indicia step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Chicago Tag & Label, Inc.
    Inventors: F. Paul Valenti, Jr., Dan Hedger, Carl Opel
  • Publication number: 20120076973
    Abstract: A contoured composite structure includes an axis of curvature and at least one curved leg. The structure is fabricated by laying up a flat stack of prepreg fiber plies each having non-zero degree fiber orientations relative to an axis of curvature, and laying up at least one prepreg fiber ply on the stack having a zero degree fiber orientation. Laying up the zero degree ply includes placing prepreg tows in segments arranged end-to-end on at least a portion of the stack. The stack is formed into a web and a curved leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Guzman, Douglas Alan McCarville, Joseph L. Sweetin, Ross Messinger
  • Patent number: 8142603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of attaching an active film (5) onto a flexible package comprising the steps of heating a foil (2); applying an active film (5) to the foil (2); and applying sufficient pressure to the active film (5) and foil (2) combination and sufficient heat to the foil (2) so that active film (5) adheres to the foil (2). In one example, the active film (5) comprises two components and wherein the two components are an active agent and a polymer. In another example, the active agent is an absorbing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: CSP Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. Sagona, Jonathan R. Freedman, Jean Pierre Giraud
  • Patent number: 8142590
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a three dimensional disposable panty, subassemblies of the panty, and an apparatus and methods for making the panty and subassemblies. The panty is designed to hold a primary absorbent sanitary pad. The panty may have elasticized leg and waist openings and be stretchable about the hip and stomach regions of a user, the panty provides backup protection to control egress of fluids that leak or seep around or through the primary sanitary pad. The panty includes a secondary absorbent positioned in the crotch area and extending into the body of the disposable panty, front and back, and preferably over the leg elastics to trap, inside the panty, leakage from the primary absorbent, and to prevent strike through onto e.g. outer clothing and bed linen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory J. Rajala, Steven C. Gehling, Paul D. Suke
  • Patent number: 8142597
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a printed-wiring board having an organic resin insulating layer and a metal wiring layer and having a film-like resistive element formed on the metal wiring layer thereof, the method including: disposing a metal wiring layer on one surface of one organic resin insulating layer 1 to form an organic resin printed-wiring board 4; forming a pair of electrodes 5 on the metal wiring layer of the organic resin printed-wiring board; forming a film-like resistive element 7 between the electrodes; applying a temperature and a pressure of a laminating press to the side of the metal wiring layer in the wiring board without use of a laminating adhesive agent to change a resistance value of the film-like resistive element; trimming the film-like resistive element for adjusting a resistance value; providing a circuit member 12 having at least one layer of insulating layer; and laminating the circuit member with a laminating adhesive agent 13 in between so as to contact with a layer of the organic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Mektron, Ltd.
    Inventor: Garo Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20120067883
    Abstract: A break seal is provided which comprises a foam sheet and a film layer. The foam sheet comprises a center hole. The film layer is partially scored through the thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Salvatore Montuori, Jeffrey K. Groth, Leland E. Moll
  • Publication number: 20120067516
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing a reinforcing ply N by assembling lengths of strip cut at an angle, comprising: a feed means (300) for delivering a strip (B), an assembly belt (101), a transfer means (200) for conveying onto the assembly belt a given length of straight-grain strip in a direction (AA?) comprising a retaining wall (211), parallel to the planes of the assembly belt (101) and of the feed means, and a first face (211a) of which is intended to come into contact with the surface of the strip, in which device the feed means (300), the transfer means (200) and the assembly belt (101) are fitted with magnetic means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Michel Druet, Jacques Lauper, Antoine Filiol, Pascal Martin, Nicolas Jaunet, Gerard Buvat
  • Publication number: 20120068374
    Abstract: A method for making a fiber reinforcement designed in particular to be incorporated in at least one matrix, characterized in that it includes performing the following steps: preparing a fiber-based material, and depositing on at least one of surfaces of the resulting material an adhesive capable of being reposition. Also, the reinforcement resulting from this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: SAERTEX FRANCE
    Inventors: Thierry KLETHI, Frédéric Pinan
  • Publication number: 20120071050
    Abstract: A core material plate for a composite structure, such as a rotor blade for a wind turbine (but not limited to) comprises plate portions of at least two core material plate blanks joined together with a binding means. The invention generates a higher standard of accuracy achieving a repeatable better quality. And, further, reducing wastage of the core raw materials using a lot less of core material plates according to embodiments of the core material plate according to the first aspect of the invention. Less wastage is benefiting the environment. All in all, the method is able to give the composite industry a better working environment and large savings on incremental costs, such as, but not limited to, transportation costs, logistics costs, warehouse stock costs and other costs involved in the production chain of manufacturing rotor blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventor: Jens Sivert Bak
  • Patent number: 8133343
    Abstract: A method comprising a step of manufacturing an elastic laminated body by laminating two webs and while inserting an elastic member in an extended state in a web length direction in between; a step of cutting the elastic laminated body in a length direction so that a concave portion and a convex portion appear alternately; a step of attaching a cover sheet to bridge between the concave portion and the convex portion of cut first elastic laminated body and second elastic laminated body, respectively; a step of widening the first elastic laminated body and the second elastic laminated body to which the cover sheet is attached; and a step of attaching an absorber onto the cover sheet, lessens the occurrence of wrinkles and creases produced when webs are cut, and eliminates a problem attributed to the occurrence of wrinkles and arising when an absorber is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Zuiko Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Wada, Toyoshi Umebayashi, Shuhei Kurata, Mamoru Itani
  • Publication number: 20120055626
    Abstract: A test strip with a sample receiving chamber having a novel flared portion that terminates in a sample receiving opening. The flared portion provides a reservoir from which sample fluid can be drawn into the capillary or sample receiving chamber. The wider opening provided by the present invention is easier to “target” with a sample fluid. In preferred embodiments, the hydrophilic reagent layer extends to the dosing end or side of the test strip and further promotes wicking of the sample into the sample receiving chamber and thus reduces dose hesitation. In other preferred embodiments, a tapered dosing end is provided on the test strip in combination with the flared portion, and this combination create a test strip that will draw sample fluid into the sample receiving chamber regardless of where along the dosing edge of the test strip the fluid sample makes contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Raghbir S. Bhullar, Nigel Surridge, Tom Funke, Paul Douglas Walling, Randall K. Riggles
  • Publication number: 20120058289
    Abstract: A tape material comprising: a thin flexible substrate; and a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) substance carried on a single side of the substrate, the PSA substance being provided in an intermittent pattern along a length of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Eman8 Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Michael William Coates, Philip John Gibbons
  • Patent number: 8128776
    Abstract: A container lid is formed as a flexible laminate of an upper layer and a lower layer and having a built-in opening feature. A pair of radially spaced concentric lines of weakness are formed in the laminate, an outer one of the lines of weakness being formed in the upper layer and an inner one of the lines of weakness being formed in the lower layer. The upper and lower layers in an annular region between the lines of weakness are readily peeled apart. The upper and lower layers outside the annular region are laminated together with an adhesive providing a bond with a greater peel strength than that required to separate the layers in the annular region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Schuetz, Teddy M. Westphal
  • Publication number: 20120048455
    Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a continuous pipe from thermoplastic materials are provided. The methods include the steps of providing an endless mandrel having a releasable surface, the endless mandrel configured for rotation, forming an inner liner layer on the releasable surface of the endless mandrel, forming an intermediate layer on the inner liner layer, forming an outer layer on the intermediate layer, thereby forming a continuous pipe and cutting the continuous pipe into segments. The method is characterized in that the inner liner layer is made of a thermoplastic material, the intermediate layer is made of commingled thermoplastic material and glass fiber reinforcement material, and the outer layer is made of a thermoplastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: OCV INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL, LLC
    Inventors: Gilles Rocher, Claude Renaud, Philippe Boissonnat
  • Publication number: 20120052269
    Abstract: A film for use in manufacturing semiconductor devices of the present invention includes a bonding layer having a first surface and a second surface, a first adhesive layer bonding to the second surface of the bonding layer and a second adhesive layer bonding to the first adhesive layer at a side opposite to the bonding layer wherein the second adhesive layer has an outer peripheral portion extending beyond an outer peripheral edge of the first adhesive layer. Further, the film is used in dicing a semiconductor wafer in a state that the semiconductor wafer is bonded to the first surface of the bonding layer while a wafer ring is bonded to the outer peripheral portion of the second adhesive layer wherein the bonding force A1 (cN/25 mm) of the first adhesive layer to the bonding layer is smaller than the bonding force A2 (cN/25 mm) of the second adhesive layer to the wafer ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Hirano, Akitsugu Sakaki, Naoya Oda
  • Patent number: 8123880
    Abstract: A method of prefabricating and installing a synthetic turf field includes providing a controlled manufacturing facility with an open area that allows a plurality of turf strips to be laid out on a floor thereof. Visual markings are placed on the floor to allow the individual strips to be properly aligned on the floor. Once aligned, inlays can be placed into the proper strip and then secured. After the inlays have been secured, the strips can be rolled up and appropriately labeled for subsequent installation. After all the strips that will make up the field have been processed and rolled up, the rolls can be taken to the job site so the field can be installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Textile Management Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Sean Plunket, Ryan Whitman Paris, James S. Street
  • Publication number: 20120043153
    Abstract: A honeycomb body for an exhaust-gas purification system may be used, for example, as a carrier body for catalytically acting coatings or as a filter, absorber or mixer in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine. The honeycomb body has channels, an axial main direction, a planar front surface, a planar end surface and a circumferential surface disposed parallel to the axial main direction. The front surface and/or the end surface are disposed obliquely with respect to the axial main direction. Such a honeycomb body is advantageous, in particular, for applying reducing agent to the oblique end or front surface. A method for producing a honeycomb body, an exhaust line section and a motor vehicle are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: EMITEC GESELLSCHAFT FUR EMISSIONSTECHNOLOGIE MBH
    Inventors: LUDWIG WIERES, ROLF BRÜCK, HUBERTUS KOTTHOFF
  • Patent number: 8118967
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing paint roller covers is disclosed in which the paint roller covers are manufactured from a seamless, tubular fabric sleeve having at least one of a backing and a pile made at least in part from a low melt fiber or yarn. The seamless, tubular fabric sleeve is placed onto a cylindrical member, and heat is applied to cause the low melt fiber or yarn in the backing and/or looped ends of the pile to be activated to cause the backing of the seamless, tubular fabric sleeve to remain in a cylindrical configuration. A liquid adhesive is then sprayed on to the integrally formed core member of the tubular fabric sleeve to provide a uniform layer thereon and allowed to cure, further enhancing the rigidity of the integrally formed core member of the tubular fabric sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Seamless Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel L. Sinykin
  • Publication number: 20120037299
    Abstract: A machine for creating multi-layer price tags. The machine has a proximal end and a distal end. The machine further has a base. A frame is attached to the base toward the distal end of the machine. A secondary frame is attached to the base toward the proximal end of the machine. An unwinder is mounted to the frame toward the distal end of the machine. At least two printers are mounted to the frame, and at least one automated label applicator is mounted between the at least two printers. A rewinder is mounted to the secondary frame. The at least two printers are preferably thermal transfer printheads. The automated label applicator preferably utilizes either a low-stick or non-stick adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jordi Baeta, Stefano Lacaita
  • Patent number: 8114235
    Abstract: A method of continuously making a disposable pants-type diaper includes feeding first and second webs in a machine direction and bonding the first and second webs together to obtain first composite web. From the first composite web, a substantially circular section defined between each pair of the adjacent chassis in the middle region as viewed in the cross direction is clipped out to obtain a second composite web. The second composite web is folded in two and halves of the second web facing each other are locally bonded together by bonding agent to obtain a third composite web. The third composite web is provided on both sides of a cutting line extending in the cross direction with seal regions to obtain a fourth composite web and finally the fourth composite web is cut along the cutting line to obtain the individual pants-type diapers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventor: Toshifumi Otsubo
  • Patent number: 8114236
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of continuously making a disposable pants-type diaper having a body waste receiving pocket. A first web is continuously fed in a machine direction and a second web is continuously fed onto the first web and is folded back onto itself in a cross direction and locally bonded together along opposite edges thereof to obtain a third web. The third web is superposed on the first web and then the first web and the third web are bonded to each other to obtain a first composite web. From between the adjacent chassis in a second composite web defined by the first and third webs, substantially semicircular web pieces are clipped out to obtain third composite web on both sides of a cutting line to obtain a fourth composite web which is cut along the cutting line to obtain the individual pants-type diapers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventor: Toshifumi Otsubo
  • Publication number: 20120034414
    Abstract: A borderless emblem for being securing to a first fabric includes a fabric base having a front surface and a rear surface. The fabric base may be made of the same or substantially the same material as the first fabric and may have the same or substantially the same weave pattern and color as the first fabric. An emblem design is applied to the front surface of the fabric base. The emblem design may be embroidered or printed. A layer of thermoplastic adhesive material is bonded to the rear surface of the fabric base for securing the emblem to the first fabric. The outer peripheral edge of the fabric base is heat fused to finish the edge of the fabric base without including a stitched or other border.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: PENN EMBLEM COMPANY
    Inventor: Carl JURNOVOY
  • Publication number: 20120034421
    Abstract: An assembly including a first wafer, a second wafer, a spacing wafer configured to be positioned between the first wafer and the second wafer, and a plurality of spacing elements configured to be positioned within the spacing wafer and to contact the first wafer and the second wafer, the spacing elements sized to define a first spacing distance between the first wafer and the second wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventor: Mordehai Margalit
  • Patent number: RE43261
    Abstract: A label sheet label sheet includes a transparent film support material, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, a release layer, a printable layer, one or more first detachment lines, and one or more second detachment lines. The transparent film support material has an inner surface and an outer surface. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is disposed over the transparent film support material inner surface. The release layer is disposed over the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The printable layer is disposed over the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and includes an inner surface facing the release layer and an opposing outer surface. The outer surface exhibits a roughness of 4 to 50 ?m (DIN 4768). The one or more first detachment lines extend from the printable layer outer surface and through the printable layer and the release layer, to thereby form a first sub-region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventor: Martin Utz