With Cutting, Punching, Tearing Or Severing Patents (Class 156/250)
  • Publication number: 20150143874
    Abstract: A sensor device comprises a sensitive element (1) and a support (2) for the sensitive element, the support having a surface (3) with an access opening (4) to the sensitive element (1). A layer of adhesive material (5) covers at least parts of the surface (3). A venting medium (6) extends over the entire surface (3) of the support (2) and the access opening (4) and is attached to the support (2) by the layer of adhesive material (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Werner HUNZIKER, Stephan Braun
  • Publication number: 20150144379
    Abstract: A method produces a multilayer element with a substrate and at least one conductor structure connected in an areal manner to the substrate, which has first regions of electrically conductive material, which is present in accordance with a prescribed pattern, while electrically non-conductive second regions lie between the first regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: 3D- Micromac AG
    Inventors: Tino Petsch, Maurice Clair, Alexander Böhm, Martin Sachse
  • Patent number: 9039860
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of manufacturing a polarizing plate having a polarizer layer and a protection film, sequentially having a drawing step of uniaxially drawing a stack film constituted of a base film and a polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer, a removal step prior to bonding of removing by cutting, opposing first end portions in a direction of width after dyeing and cross-linking the resin layer of the stack film, and a bonding step of bonding a protection film on a surface opposite to a surface on a side of the base film of the polarizer layer in the stack film from which the first end portions were removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Yuichiro Kunai
  • Patent number: 9039851
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of manufacturing a (plastic) card with a flexible inlay. Said method comprises following steps: manufacturing a upper housing and a lower housing; coating colloidal on inner surfaces of the upper housing and the lower housing; placing the inlay in said upper housing or the lower housing; closing the upper housing and the lower housing together to have a housing-closed card; laminating the closed housings to have a finished card. Preferably, there is provided in either the upper housing or the lower housing a slot(s) in match with the inlay(s); the inlay is placed within the slot accordingly. By means of the invention, a card with flexible inlay is manufactured, for example, an intelligent card (i.e., smart card) comprising a flexible and active circuit board and a flexible display, and properties of a new kind of card with flexible inlay are guaranteed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Hierstar Limited
    Inventors: Xueli Xie, Zheng Zhang, Jixiang Guo, Taoling Xie
  • Patent number: 9039859
    Abstract: A ceramic green sheet laminate is produced by stacking ceramic green sheets, each including conductive films for forming first or second internal electrodes on a surface thereof. A first cutting step is performed in which the ceramic green sheet laminate is cut to form first and second end surfaces at which the first or second internal electrodes are exposed. A second cutting step is performed in which the ceramic green sheet laminate is cut to form first and second side surfaces at which the first and second internal electrodes are exposed. In the second cutting step, the ceramic green sheet laminate is pressed and cut by moving a cutting blade in a length direction or a width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junya Tanaka, Hironori Tsutsumi
  • Publication number: 20150136306
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light distribution member has steps of providing a plurality of first light blocking film members, each of which including a first light blocking film covering a surface of a light-transmissive board, bonding a plurality of first light blocking film members, such that each first light blocking film is sandwiched between light-transmissive boards of adjacent first light blocking film members, to form a first bonded body, and cutting the first bonded body in a direction perpendicular to a lamination surface of the first light blocking film members so as to form a plurality of slices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Dai WAKAMATSU, Masatsugu ICHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150135589
    Abstract: Method of manufacturing a plant receptacle wherein the following steps are performed: a) a PLA thread is co-extruded with a flexible aliphatic polyester, said flexible aliphatic polyester comprising 10 wt % to 30 wt % bamboo material, such that the flexible aliphatic polyester covers the PLA thread, thereby creating a weldable biodegradable thread; b) using said weldable biodegradable thread in a woven or non-woven process, making a permeable sheet material; c) continuously forming said sheet material into a continuous receptacle, by bringing the side edges of said sheet material into contact and welding said side edges together; d) cutting said continuous receptacle in predetermined lengths thereby creating separate plant receptacles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Merethe Ellegaard, Carsten Kulmbach
  • Publication number: 20150128475
    Abstract: A fishing rod that includes an elongated, tapered rod blank at least a portion of which is quadrilateral in cross section, the quadrilateral portion of the rod blank diminishing in cross-sectional area toward a tip end of the rod blank, the quadrilateral portion of the rod blank comprising a sandwich-structured composite of a core disposed between facings, the core less dense than the facings, the quadrilateral portion of rod blank less stiff in a casting direction than transverse to the casting direction; fishing line guides mounted at intervals along the length of the rod blank; a reel seat mounted at the base end of the rod blank; and a handle mounted at the base end of the rod blank adjacent to the reel seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: TRENT S. TATE
  • Publication number: 20150131198
    Abstract: Embodiments of a high-permittivity, low-leakage energy storage device, such as a capacitor, and methods of making the energy storage device are disclosed. The disclosed device includes electrically conductive first and second electrodes, and a sterically constrained dielectric film disposed between the first and second electrodes. The sterically constrained dielectric film comprises a plurality of polymeric molecules, and at least some of the polymeric molecules are bound to the first electrode. The disclosed device may include an insulative layer between the first electrode and the dielectric film and/or between the second electrode and the dielectric film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: David Reginald Carver, Robert Glenn Carver, Bradford Wesley Fulfer, Jaime Hayes Gibbs, Sean Claudius Hall, Aaron Trent Priddy, Sean William Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20150132137
    Abstract: A wing or blade in at least two sections facing each other. Each section has a longitudinal bearing structure provided with at least one sole of which the link between the sections includes at least one first link plate linking the end of the soles of the sections facing each other. A method of producing such wing or blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS
    Inventors: Antoine Humblot, Francois Naud
  • Patent number: 9028637
    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 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Textile Management Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Sean Plunket, Ryan Whitman Paris, James S. Street
  • Patent number: 9028634
    Abstract: The embodiments are directed to a method and apparatus for preferably producing a two layer off-axis composite prepreg material in tape form that has fiber direction at angles such as plus or minus five degrees to the longitudinal direction of the backing paper. The use of such off-axis prepreg composite material tape is primarily for fabricating high length-to-width ration parts such as composite wing stringers or spars for aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Paul E. Nelson
  • Patent number: 9028638
    Abstract: Provided is a multilayer adhesive sheet which enables easy separation between an adhesive layer and a die attach film during the pick-up even in cases where an acrylate ester copolymer is used in the die attach film, thereby making the pick-up work of semiconductor chips after the dicing easy. The multilayer adhesive sheet comprises a base film, an adhesive layer that is disposed on one surface of the base film, and a die attach film that is disposed on an exposed surface of the adhesive layer. The adhesive that constitutes the adhesive layer contains: (A) a (meth)acrylate ester copolymer; (B) an ultraviolet polymerizable compound; (C) a multifunctional isocyanate curing agent; (D) a photopolymerization initiator; and (E) a silicone polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Saito, Kazunori Shikano
  • Publication number: 20150126952
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liner/composite web for use in an absorbent article includes joining a leg elastic member to a web moving in a machine direction and joining a flap elastic member to the web. The flap elastic member is spaced from the leg elastic member. The web is folded to form a leg and flap elastics composite including an outer side edge. The web is joined to a substrate to form the liner/composite web. The liner/composite web is joined to a web of material such that the outer side edge of the leg and flap elastics composite is coterminous with one of a pair of laterally opposing side edges of the web of material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Luis Alberto Tenorio, Jeffrey Alan DeBroux, David Kyle Stankewicz, Darin Allen Engelhart, James Richard Schermerhorn, Michael Donald Sperl, Daniel Mark Duhm, Michael Lee Lohoff, Anita Marie-Nanette Gilgenbach, Kenneth James Quella
  • Patent number: 9021705
    Abstract: A fully or partly edged panel (10; 200) of wood or wood fiber. The panel (10; 200) includes a sandwich blank (10*; 200*) having outer layers (11) of solid consistency, and at least one supple inner layer (12) with a lightweight, possibly “honeycomb” or supple foam material, structure. The panel (10; 200) is characterized by having at least one spacer (13; 213) inserted between the two outer layers (11) of the blank (10*; 200*) at at least one corner thereof. The peripheral outer faces (15) of the blank (10*; 200*) may be edged with an adhesive edging strip (16). Also described are methods (100; 1000) for manufacturing the panel (10; 200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Inventor: Valter Naldi
  • Patent number: 9023169
    Abstract: The invention refers to a method for manufacturing such a functional laminate, the method comprising the following steps: providing at least one patchwork layer; stacking the patchwork layer with at least one other layer in order to obtain a stack of layers, wherein at least one proximate layer directly adjacent to the patchwork layer comprises at least one zone comprising a first material or a second material; laminating the stack of layers together by heat and/or pressure and/or gluing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Hid Global GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Michalk, Franziska Hofmann, Andreas Griesbach
  • Publication number: 20150114555
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vent array comprising a plurality of venting regions comprising a porous PTFE matrix material and a nonporous material comprising a substrate material having a plurality of perforations, wherein the substrate material fills the pores of a porous PTFE matrix material to form nonporous regions, the nonporous regions interconnecting the plurality of venting regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Andrew J. Holliday
  • Publication number: 20150114554
    Abstract: Known semiconductor wafer process technologies are used to manufacture an optical MUX/DeMUX with very precise dimensional control. The manufacturing process eliminates the need to polish optical surfaces of the MUX/DeMUX, which reduces the overall manufacturing costs and the amount of time that is required to manufacture the MUX/DeMUX.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Tak Kui Wang, Ye Chen, Frank Yashar
  • Patent number: 9017496
    Abstract: A drum for cutting linerless labels from a continuous strip and transferring the labels to a container movable with a given trajectory and speed on a machine, the drum including a side surface suitable for guiding the strip by contacting a non-adhesive surface of the labels, the side surface defining a vertical slit, a coaxial and concentric sleeve for centering the drum on a corresponding support spindle, a cutting blade parallel to a vertical direction of the drum, the cutting blade being displaceable in a radial direction from a position retracted inside the drum to a position at least partially extended through the vertical slit outside the side surface of the drum, a fixed cam relative to which the drum rotates and that is configured to press against the cutting blade so as to cause the cutting blade to extend out in a predefined angular position, and a seat that extends in the vertical direction (Z-Z) and is connected to the cam and which is suitable for engagement with a corresponding fixed reference p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: ILTI S.r.l.
    Inventors: Tarcisio Scapinelli, Andrea Botrini
  • Patent number: 9017504
    Abstract: A system for manufacturing an optical display device includes providing a roll of a belt-shaped sheet material including an optical film and a release film, which has score lines previously formed by cutting layers of the material other than the release film. The optical film is bonded to a rectangular optical display unit of the display device. In the bonding steps, a first optical film is divided by the score lines into pieces each having a length corresponding to a long side of the display unit, and a second optical film is divided by the score lines into pieces each having a length corresponding to a short side of the display unit. The first optical film has a first polarizing plate whose longitudinal direction is parallel to its absorption axis, and the second optical film has a second polarizing plate whose longitudinal direction is parallel to its absorption axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Kitada, Tomokazu Yura, Satoru Koshio, Takuya Nakazono
  • Patent number: 9017505
    Abstract: A waterproof invisible bather seam is formed between two fabric laminates, an outer shell fabric laminate and an inner lining fabric laminate. The seam includes an invisible seam tape that forms a hydrostatic bather within the seam. The design of the seam allows the formation of an effective hydrostatic barrier along the seams of a soft shell garment, while retaining flexibility, stretch, aesthetic appearance, and reversibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Cohesive Systems LLC
    Inventor: Joseph E. Gallagher
  • Patent number: 9016182
    Abstract: A device and a method for cutting through the adhesive bead of panes that have been fixed by bonding is specified, said device having a base body on which at least one suction plate for fixing on a pane to be separated out as well as one motor-drivable coil for winding-on a separating wire are accommodated, wherein at least two guide rollers are held on the base body by means of extension arms at a distance which is adjustable in respect to each other. The device is preferably positioned approximately diagonally on the pane in such a manner that the guide rollers are situated on the outer ends of the extension arms in the vicinity of the corner regions of the pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: C. & E. Fein GmbH
    Inventor: Ralf Seebauer
  • Publication number: 20150110991
    Abstract: Provided is a laminate (1) obtained by integrally laminating glass sheets (4) on both surfaces of a resin sheet (2). The glass sheets (4) have a thickness of 300 ?m or less and end surfaces (4a) of the glass sheets (4) are chamfered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Miwa, Yoshinori Hasegawa, Takayuki Noda, Hiroki Mori, Michiharu Eta
  • Patent number: 9012017
    Abstract: A barrier layer-attached substrate according to the present invention is the barrier layer-attached substrate for a display component comprising: a barrier layer-attached substrate in which the barrier layers are formed on the substrate; a plurality of display elements formed on the barrier layer of the barrier layer-attached substrate; and an upper multilayer sealing film formed on the display elements so as to cover the display elements. And the barrier layer-attached substrate is characterized in that a plurality of the barrier layers are formed on the substrate into a divided pattern. With the use of the barrier layer-attached substrate of the present invention, a long-life display component of the present invention can be manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Shinichi Morishima
  • Patent number: 9011626
    Abstract: In a step of performing a stretching process performed by using an embossing roll mechanism, a continuous body of an exterior sheet is conveyed in a state in which strand-shaped members are joined with each of an end region and an end region of the continuous body of the exterior sheet, along a conveyance direction of the continuous body of the exterior sheet; and the strand-shaped members joined with the end region are sandwiched by tooth units of a first embossing roll and interdental units of a second embossing roll corresponding to the end region side, and the strand-shaped members joined with the end region are sandwiched by the tooth units of the first embossing roll and the interdental units of the second embossing roll positioned at the end region side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Unicharm Corporation
    Inventors: Noriaki Ito, Yoshikazu Ogasawara, Satoru Sakaguchi, Tomomi Oku
  • Publication number: 20150104613
    Abstract: The present application provides systems, apparatus, and methods for providing high quality printed corrugated sheets and webs through the use of a variable sleeve offset press. In one embodiment a method is provided comprising the steps of: printing a paperboard web to provide ink to the linerboard web. The printing step may comprise using an offset printing press having variable repeat length. The method may further comprise rewinding the printed paperboard web onto a roll; providing the printed paperboard web to a high speed corrugation machine via the roll; laminating the printed paperboard web to a fluted web thereby producing a printed corrugated web. The method may further comprise applying heat to at least one of the printed paperboard web and the fluted web which causes heating of the ink on the paperboard web printed thereon by the offset printed press.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Sergio Morales Garcia de la Vega, Alex Norman Green
  • Publication number: 20150103319
    Abstract: A polarization conversion element includes first light transmissive substrates and second light transmissive substrates each of which has a light incident surface and a light exiting surface and which are disposed alternately, polarization separation films, reflection films, and retardation plates. One of each of the polarization separation films and a plasma polymerization film is formed on a first surface of each of the first light transmissive substrate. Each of the reflection films is formed on a second surface of each of the first light transmissive substrate. An adhesive layer is formed on a first surface of each of the second light transmissive substrates. The other of each of the polarization separation films and the plasma polymerization films is formed on a second surface of each of the corresponding second light transmissive substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Mitsuru MIYABARA, Jun IWABUCHI, Masaki IWAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150101740
    Abstract: The present application provides systems, apparatus, and methods for providing high quality printed corrugated boxes through the use of a variable sleeve offset press. In one embodiment a method is provided comprising the steps of: printing a linerboard web to provide ink to the linerboard web. The printing step may comprise using an offset printing press having variable repeat length. The method may further comprise rewinding the printed linerboard web onto a roll; providing the printed linerboard web to a high speed corrugation machine via the roll; laminating the printed linerboard web to a fluted medium web thereby producing a printed corrugated web. The method may further comprise applying heat to at least one of the printed linerboard web and the fluted medium which causes heating of the ink on the linerboard web printed thereon by the offset printed press.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: COLOR-BOX, LLC
    Inventors: Sergio Morales Garcia de la Vega, Alex Norman Green
  • Publication number: 20150101745
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems methods for using ink comprising organometallics in a flexographic printing process using engraved anilox rolls to transfer ink to an impression roll that prints a pattern on a substrate. A banded anilox roll with more than one geometry and/or volume of cells may be used in these production systems and methods. The pattern printed may comprise a plurality of lines which are each from 1 micrometer-25 micrometers wide and may be part of an electronics application such as a touch screen sensor or an RF antenna that requires microscopic conductive patterns such as touch screen displays or antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Ed S. Ramakrishnan, Danliang Jin
  • Patent number: 9005386
    Abstract: A sling label comprises a single layer label portion having an upper surface and a lower surface, a cut in the label portion forming a sling, and adhesive on the lower surface of the label portion. The adhesive is inactivated on the lower surface of the label corresponding to the position of the sling. Further, a method for making a sling label comprises placing a single layer label portion over a backing layer so that the label portion adheres to the backing layer by means of the adhesive, and inactivating a portion of the adhesive on the lower surface of the label portion. A diecut is made in the label portion where the adhesive on the lower surface of the label portion has been inactivated, and the label portion is re-fastened to the backing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Pharmaceutic Litho & Label Company, Inc
    Inventors: Tom Moore, Ed Bergmann
  • Patent number: 8999100
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for applying a label to an article travelling along an article path, said label being received on a movable surface at an input location to be retained against said surface whilst being glued and advanced to an output location, at which the label is transferred to the article; the article being rotated with a tangential speed about an axis whilst travelling at a speed along the path including providing at least three portions of surface with independent and controllable vacuum means for retaining the label, including curtailing the application of vacuum means at the first portion of the surface upon the first portion reaching the output location and interrupting the application of vacuum means at the third portion of the surface, with the trailing edge of the label being retained at the second portion of the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: SIDEL S.p.A. con Socio Unico
    Inventor: James Carmichael
  • Publication number: 20150090400
    Abstract: A semi product for building panels or structural elements comprising several wood lamellas (5) fixed by distance elements (4), a building panel with such a semi product and a method of producing the semi product and the building panel. A method of producing a semi-product for a structural element or for a core for a building panel, wherein the method comprises the step of: attaching at least two distance strips by an adhesive to a first wood board; attaching a second wood board to the distance strips by an adhesive; and cutting the first and the second wood boards and the distance strips in the length direction of the wood boards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Välinge Innovation AB
    Inventors: Marcus BERGELIN, Darko PERVAN, Hans Brännström, Agne PÅLSSON
  • Patent number: 8992713
    Abstract: Multi-layer printed wiring boards may be produced by: (1) conveying an adhesive sheet from an adhesive sheet roll wherein an adhesive sheet having a prepreg formed on a support film is wound in a roll and placing the adhesive sheet such that a prepreg surface contacts one or both of the surfaces of a circuit board, (2) partially adhering the adhesive sheet to the circuit board by heating and pressing a part of the adhesive sheet from the support film side, and cutting the adhesive sheet according to the size of the circuit board with a cutter, (3) heating and pressing the temporarily fitted adhesive sheet under reduced pressure to laminate the adhesive sheet on the circuit board, (4) forming an insulating layer by thermally curing the prepreg, and (5) detaching the support film after the thermal curing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeo Nakamura, Seiichiro Ohashi, Eiichi Hayashi, Tadahiko Yokota
  • Patent number: 8992715
    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: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen-und Anlagenbau
    Inventors: David R. Cramer, Neal J. Beidleman, Colin R. Chapman, Don O. Evans, Michael K. Passmore, Michael L. Skinner
  • Patent number: 8991674
    Abstract: An adhesive tape cutting device includes a cutting member and a supporting unit. The supporting unit includes a shaft seat mounted to the outer surface of an adhesive tape roll, a first pressing member disposed on the shaft seat, and a first supporting member disposed on the shaft seat. The cutting member is disposed on the shaft seat. The first pressing member has a biasing rod section extending from the shaft seat, and a pressing portion pressing against an inner surface of the adhesive tape roller. The first supporting member has a biasing rod section extending from the shaft seat such that the biasing rod sections of the first pressing member and the first supporting member flank the adhesive top roll, and a retaining portion retaining removably the pressing portion thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Inventor: Boy Lee
  • Publication number: 20150083314
    Abstract: Disclosed in one example embodiment is a method for fabricating a reinforced multi-body optical device. One method involves applying a coating to sides of an interior plate and bonding two plates to either side of the interior plate. The bonded plates are diced at an angle that is not orthogonal to the bonded plates. The top and bottom portions of a diced section are removed to form a multi-body polarization beam splitter (PBS) having a generally rectangular perimeter. A supporting plate is bonded to the multi-body PBS to form a reinforced multi-body PBS, wherein the supporting plate has a CTE that is within about 0.5 parts per million of the CTE of the multi-body PBS. The multi-body PBS is grinded to reduce the thickness of the multi-body PBS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Fan CHEN, Maofeng GU, Fahua LAN, Huiping LI
  • Publication number: 20150082549
    Abstract: In one preferred form there is provided a mattress (10) for a bed. The mattress (10) includes an upper layer (12) formed from visco elastic foam material of a first kind; an intermediate layer (14) formed from visco elastic foam material of a second kind; and a lower layer (16) formed from foam material of another kind. The intermediate layer (16) is provided between the upper layer (12) and the lower layer (16). The upper layer (12) and the intermediate layer (14) have a combined thickness of at least 50 mm. The lower layer (16) has a thickness of at least 70 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Simon CAIRNS, Michael MORTIMER
  • Publication number: 20150082677
    Abstract: The invention is made by creating various designs by hand or via modern software for the purpose of manufacturing frames and frame mat board designs. These designs are then transferred, either from the virtual space where they were designed or by hand, to: vinyl, paper, canvas, metal, or other material for the purpose of designing the display face of a mat board, foam board, frame molding, glass or any other material that has the purpose of being the face of a frame. The finished product is a frame product that encompasses a design by utilizing original artwork, licensed artwork, patterns, designs, photographs, or common print patterns for the creation of a unique frame molding and mat board, or any other material or medium that could be used for the purpose of being the display face of a frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Framed Memorabilia, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis W. CRUMP, James S. KUHN
  • Publication number: 20150083313
    Abstract: A method of forming a pneumatically controlled microfluidic device containing a micro-fluidic network that includes micro-elements in the form of micro-particles or micro-length hollow flow elements, and a pneumatic network that includes pneumatic micro-channels and micro-valve features enabling membrane valves to operate to control fluid conditions in the microfluidic network, including the steps (a) forming two portions, denominated fluidic layer, in which microfluidic channels are formed, and pneumatic layer, in which pneumatic micro-channels and micro-valve features are formed, each having a backing that is rigid in the plane of extent of the layers, (b) providing an intervening elastic membrane, and (c) permanently bonding both layers to opposite sides of the membrane, the permanent bonding of the membrane to the fluidic layer being effective to permanently enclose a set of inserted micro-elements in the fluidic network and relate the two layers to enable pneumatic control of fluid conditions in the micr
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Martin A. Putnam
  • Patent number: 8986477
    Abstract: Device for embedding a thread in a rubber profiled element comprising: a continuous thread feeder arranged on a structure, a moving support able to run along the structure between a raised and a lowered position. A hollow needle, comprising a canal in which the thread runs is fixed by one of its ends to the base of the moving support in the duct, and a tip at its other end capable of penetrating the rubber profiled element, a cutter arranged on the structure, comprising a rotary blade able to cut off the thread at a given distance from the tip of the needle upon each cycle of reciprocating movement of the needle. The cutter comprises a paddle arranged behind the cutting wire of the blade and intended to fold the tail around the tip of the needle just after the thread has been cut by the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignees: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Compagnie Generale des Etablissments Michelin
    Inventor: Henri Hinc
  • Publication number: 20150079457
    Abstract: A small-sized lithium-ion secondary battery which can be produced at a low cost with a high degree of productivity and which has high degrees of output density and cell performance. The lithium-ion secondary battery includes a plurality of laminar sheets 16 laminated on each other. Each laminar sheet 16 includes a positive electrode sheet 12 consisting of a positive electrode active substance layer 20 and a first solid electrolyte layer 24 laminated integrally on each of the opposite surfaces of a positive electrode collector foil 18, and a negative electrode sheet 14 consisting of a negative electrode active substance layer 28 and a second solid electrolyte layer 32 laminated integrally on each of the opposite surfaces of a negative electrode collector foil 26.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Masumi NOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8980035
    Abstract: A method for making a carbon nanotube film structure is related. A rotator having an axis and a rotating surface is provided. A carbon nanotube film drawn from a carbon nanotube array is adhered on the rotating surface of the rotator. The rotator is rotated about the axis to wrap the carbon nanotube film on the rotating surface of the rotator to form a carbon nanotube layer. The carbon nanotube layer is cut along a direction to form the carbon nanotube film structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Beijing FUNATE Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liang Liu, Li Qian, Yu-Quan Wang, Chen Feng
  • Patent number: 8980033
    Abstract: A filament winding method performs a hoop winding step including a first step of fixing an end of a fiber bundle to a liner surface at a starting position of hoop winding, a second step of hoop winding the fiber bundle having the end fixed to the liner surface in the first step, a third step of fixing the fiber bundle hoop wound in the second step to the liner surface at an ending position of hoop winding, and a fourth step of cutting the fiber bundle upstream in a fiber bundle supplying direction of the position where the fiber bundle is fixed in the third step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motohiro Tanigawa, Tadashi Uozumi, Daigoro Nakamura, Ken Hatta
  • Patent number: 8980412
    Abstract: The present application discloses a composite pad structure that includes a substrate bonded to a plurality of discrete, spaced-apart, resilient elements engaged to at least one reinforcing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Applied FT Composite Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Kim
  • Publication number: 20150072160
    Abstract: A method for producing an optical film includes laminating a plurality of unit films each including a transparent layer in the thickness direction of the unit film to form a laminate; bonding a support on the lateral face of the laminate along the lamination direction; and cutting a lateral face layer of the laminate to which the support is bonded so that the plurality of unit films are continuous in the lamination direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya FUJIOKA, Kanji NISHIDA
  • Patent number: 8975347
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing electronic component improved in chip-holding efficiency, pickup efficiency and contamination resistance in a well-balanced manner, the method comprising a semi-cured adhesive layer-forming step of forming a semi-cured adhesive layer on the rear face of a wafer, a fixing step of fixing the semi-cured adhesive layer of the wafer on a ring frame with a cohesive sheet, a dicing step of dicing the wafer into semiconductor chips, a UV-irradiating step of irradiating ultraviolet ray, and a pick-up step of picking up the chips and semi-cured adhesive layers from the cohesive layer, wherein the cohesive sheet has a cohesive layer of a cohesive agent having a particular composition formed on one face of its base film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Saito, Tomomichi Takatsu
  • Publication number: 20150060391
    Abstract: A method for making a touch panel is provided. A number of first transparent conductive layers are formed on an insulative substrate. Each of the first transparent conductive layers is resistance anisotropy. An adhesive layer is formed on the insulative substrate to cover only part of the first transparent conductive layers. A carbon nanotube layer is formed on the adhesive layer. The carbon nanotube layer is patterned to obtain a number of second transparent conductive layers spaced from each other and with each corresponding to one first transparent conductive layer. A number of first electrodes, a first conductive trace, a number of second electrodes, and a second conductive trace are formed contemporaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: TIANJIN FUNAYUANCHUANG TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.
    Inventor: HO-CHIEN WU
  • Publication number: 20150059970
    Abstract: A method for making a touch panel is provided. A number of first transparent conductive layers are formed on an insulative substrate. Each of the first transparent conductive layers is resistance anisotropy. A number of first electrodes and a first conductive trace are formed corresponding to each first transparent conductive layer. A number of adhesive layers are formed on the insulative substrate with each to cover one of the first transparent conductive layers. A carbon nanotube layer is formed on the number of adhesive layers. The carbon nanotube layer is patterned to obtain a number of second transparent conductive layers spaced from each other and with each corresponding to one first transparent conductive layer. A number of second electrode and a second conductive trace are formed corresponding to each second transparent conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: TIANJIN FUNAYUANCHUANG TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.
    Inventor: HO-CHIEN WU
  • Publication number: 20150059971
    Abstract: A method for making a touch panel is provided. A number of first transparent conductive layers are formed on an insulative substrate. Each of the first transparent conductive layers is resistance anisotropy. A number of first electrodes and a first conductive trace are formed corresponding to each first transparent conductive layer. An adhesive layer is formed on the insulative substrate to cover the first transparent conductive layers. A carbon nanotube layer is formed on the adhesive layer. The carbon nanotube layer is patterned to obtain a number of second transparent conductive layers spaced from each other and with each corresponding to one first transparent conductive layer. A number of second electrode and a second conductive trace are formed corresponding to each second transparent conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: TIANJIN FUNAYUANCHUANG TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.
    Inventor: HO-CHIEN WU
  • Patent number: 8961718
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for laminating an anisotropic conductive film on a flat display panel. The apparatus includes: a feeding device, a cutting device, a pressing device, and a collection device. The feeding device supplies an anisotropic conductive film. The anisotropic conductive film includes a film body and a release sheet laminated on the film body. The cutting device includes an ultrasonic cutter, which is arranged under the feeding device to cut off the film body of the anisotropic conductive film passing therethrough. The pressing device is arranged at one side of the cutting device to attach the film body of the anisotropic conductive film that has been cut off and is ready to laminate to the flat display panel. The collection device is arranged at one side of the pressing device that is away from the cutting device to collect the release sheet of the anisotropic conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Fangfu Chen