Exposure Of Work To Laser Patents (Class 156/272.8)
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Patent number: 8790484Abstract: A method for producing a multilayer system with at least two joining elements, these being produced in particular from plastic, is disclosed. The method includes applying a compensating means, for at least partially compensating for mechanical stresses, to a first joining element, applying a second joining element to the compensating means, for joining together the first and second joining elements, firstly connecting the first joining element to the compensating means and secondly connecting the second joining element to the compensating means. A corresponding multilayer system and a corresponding use is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Manuela Schmidt, Martina Daub, Jochen Rupp
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Publication number: 20140202253Abstract: An optical sensor is disclosed for measuring pressure and/or temperature. The optical sensor is adapted for use in high temperature environments, such as gas turbines and other engines. The optical sensor comprises an optical assembly having a sensor element, a spacer and a lens arranged along the optical axis. The sensor element is spaced from the lens by the spacer. An optical fibre is coupled to the optical assembly for illuminating the sensor element. The optical assembly is resiliently mounted in a housing such that the optical assembly is insulated from shock to the housing. There is also disclosed a method of assembling the optical sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2012Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: OXSENSIS LTDInventors: Arnold Peter Roscoe Harpin, Stephen James Fasham, Stephen Geoffrey Tyler
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Patent number: 8784599Abstract: A laser induced thermal imaging (LITI) apparatus includes a stage configured to support an acceptor substrate and a supporting portion configured to support a donor film and to move the donor film up and down relative to the stage so as to adjust a distance between the acceptor substrate and the donor film. The donor film includes a thin film to be disposed on the acceptor substrate. The stage includes a discharging outlet through which gas between the acceptor substrate and the donor film is discharged to the outside. The LITI apparatus may be used to laminate a film on an acceptor substrate including an organic light emitting display device.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin-Won Sun, Sok-Won Noh
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Patent number: 8778120Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for welding tube segments to a tubular shaped body, and to a laser welding method for connecting a tube segment to a tubular shaped body, in which the tube wall of the tube segment is constructed from at least two material layers that differ from each other, and one of these layers contains, at least portionally, an absorber for laser radiation, comprising the steps of provision of a PVC-free tube segment and a tubular shaped body, positive insertion of tube segment and tubular shaped body into one another with the result that surface regions of the tube segment and of the tubular shaped body overlap, irradiation of the overlapping surface regions with laser radiation of defined wavelength, wherein it is unnecessary, in the case of the laser welding method, to move either the joint partners or parts of the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2007Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbHInventors: Thomas Kreischer, Franz Kugelmann
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Patent number: 8778121Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for laser-assisted bonding of substrates, in which these are connected together firstly frictionally by pressing together and subsequently strengthening of the connection between the substrates is effected by activation in regions which is induced by laser irradiation. The invention likewise relates to substrates produced accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2008Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur der Andewandten, Friedrich-Schiller-Universtaet JenaInventors: Andreas Tuennermann, Ramona Eberhardt, Gerhard Kalkowski, Stefan Nolte
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Patent number: 8778118Abstract: A manufacturing method of laser processed parts in which at least a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is provided on a base material as a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for laser processing, using a material having specified physical properties. This method comprises adhering the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for laser processing to the laser beam exit side of the work by way of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, processing the work by irradiating the work with a laser beam of within 2 times of the irradiation intensity for forming a through-hole in the work, at higher than the irradiation intensity of threshold for inducing ablation of the work, and peeling the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for laser processing from the work after the machining. Therefore, contamination of the work surface by decomposition products can be effectively suppressed, and laser processed parts can be manufactured easily and at high production efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Masakatsu Urairi, Atsushi Hino, Naoyuki Matsuo, Tomokazu Takahashi, Takeshi Matsumura, Syouji Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20140179855Abstract: A laser weldable composition made from a process of melt blending a combination of a partially crystalline thermoplastic polyester component such as poly(butylene terephthalate), an amorphous thermoplastic polycarbonate having a Fries rearrangement of greater than 150 to 10,000 ppm, and a filler such as glass fiber. The laser weldable composition has a polycarbonate aryl hydroxy end-group content of at least 300 ppm and provides improved near infrared transmission at 960 nanometers. A method welding components made from the weldable composition and welded articles made therefrom are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS IP B.V.Inventors: Tony Farrell, Andries J.P. van Zyl, Johannes Hubertus Gabriel Marie Lohmeijer
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Patent number: 8753465Abstract: A method of fabricating a composite material part such as a link. The method comprises the successive operations of applying reinforcing fiber layers (14a, 14b, 14c) that are braided around a mandrel over all or part of the length of the mandrel, the layers being superposed one on another. The method includes a step of cutting an intermediate reinforcing fiber layer (14a, 14b, 14c) after it has been applied, a step of withdrawing a cut portion prior to applying the following braided layer (14b, 14c), thereby locally building up an extra thickness of reinforcing layers on each portion of the cut layer that has remained in place, the extra thickness constituting local reinforcement of the part. Resin is subsequently injected into the various braided layers prior to the resin being polymerized in order to prepare a blank. The method applies in particular to the field of aviation.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Messier-Bugatti-DowtyInventors: Richard Masson, Mathieu Gouret, Romain Boudier
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Patent number: 8747585Abstract: A method of fabricating a fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite structure comprising: placing a first layer of fiber reinforced thermoplastic material on top of a second layer of fiber reinforced thermoplastic material; providing a local heating source and locally heating a portion of at least the upper layer of thermoplastic composite material; and providing an ultrasonic transducer and locally introducing ultrasonic energy waves to the heated portion of the thermoplastic material such that ultrasonic consolidation of the fiber reinforced thermoplastic occurs.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2009Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Airbus Operations LtdInventor: David Inston
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Patent number: 8732948Abstract: A resinous blade-supporting rotator is prepared to rotate around a rotational axis. The blade-supporting rotator has rotator weld parts including rotator weld surfaces formed on one side surface in the axial direction. A plurality of resinous blades are disposed annularly around the axis. The plurality of resinous blades have hollow spaces formed in the blade interiors, and blade weld parts with blade weld surfaces. The blade weld surfaces and the rotator weld surfaces are inclined with respect to each other when facing each other in the axial direction. An axial pressure load is applied to opposite axial ends of the blade-supporting rotator so as to compress the blades in the axial direction such that the blade weld surfaces and the rotator weld surfaces are no longer inclined with respect to each other. The blade weld surfaces are fixed to the rotator weld surfaces by laser welding.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2013Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Hisanori Nishino
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Publication number: 20140138023Abstract: A plurality of thermoplastic articles are superimposed against a support, an infrared transparent solid is superimposed to form a superimposed body and infrared is irradiated to the superimposed body from the side of the infrared transparent solid. For the irradiation source, an Er: YAG laser or fiber laser is used. The interface temperature of the thermoplastic article becomes relatively lower and a high temperature region can be developed within the superimposed body due to the infiltration of laser energy. As a result, degradation of the surface configuration due to thermal damages in the infrared irradiation side surface layer of the thermoplastic articles can be suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2014Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: Campus Create Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuo Kurosaki, Kimitoshi Satoh
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Patent number: 8728268Abstract: A method for manufacturing a resin molding can be provided that uses a laser beam. The method can include providing the resin molding including welded portions that can impart high level of adhesion, have excellent appearance and provide very strong bonding strength. The method can also include arranging and pressing a weld region of a light-absorbing resin member and corresponding weld region of a light-transmitting resin member that are opposed to each other, and setting a plurality of irradiation areas in the extending direction of the welded regions. The method can also include arranging a plurality of laser irradiation scanning heads corresponding to the irradiation areas. Here, the irradiation areas can include a single irradiation area which the corresponding scanning head can irradiate with the laser beam and a composite irradiation area which the adjacent scanning heads can irradiate with respective laser beams.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Zaitsu, Kazuaki Hokoda, Tatsuya Umeyama, Shintaro Hirabayashi
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Patent number: 8722357Abstract: Systems and methods for automated laser microdissection are disclosed including automatic slide detection, position detection of cutting and capture lasers, focus optimization for cutting and capture lasers, energy and duration optimization for cutting and capture lasers, inspection and second phase capture and/or ablation in a quality control station and tracking information for linking substrate carrier or output microdissected regions with input sample or slide.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2005Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Life Technologies CorporationInventors: Thomas M. Baer, Michael G. Youngquist, Brian W. Donovan, Alan E. Wessel, Norbert H. Leclerc, Michael A. Smith, George M. Dawson, Craig S. Barker
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Publication number: 20140127668Abstract: A device for the laser transmission welding of two plastic assembly parts is provided, wherein at least one of the plastic assembly parts contains an absorber for laser light, comprising a processing head with a processing side, with a processing-side discharge shaft for at least one laser beam and with a laser-transparent pressing means for pressing together the plastic assembly parts, wherein the laser-transparent pressing means is guided decoupled from the processing head in the discharge shaft. Furthermore, a method for producing a welded joint between two plastic assembly parts by laser transmission welding is specified.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbHInventors: Franz KUGELMANN, Lars MOSER, Andreas KLEMM
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Patent number: 8715447Abstract: A method for making a polymeric microfluidic structure in which two or more components (layers) of the microfluidic structure are fixedly bonded or laminated with a weak solvent bonding agent, particularly acetonitrile or a mixture of acetonitrile and alcohol. In an aspect, acetonitrile can be used as a weak solvent bonding agent to enclose a microstructure fabricated in or on a non-elastomeric polymer such as polystyrene, polycarbonate, acrylic or other linear polymer to form a three-dimensional microfluidic network. The method involves the steps of wetting at least one of the opposing surfaces of the polymeric substrate components with the weak solvent bonding agent in a given, lower temperature range, adjacently contacting the opposing surfaces, and thermally activating the bonding agent at a higher temperature than the lower temperature range for a given period of time. The contacted polymeric substrates may also be aligned prior to thermal activation and compressed during thermal activation.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Rheonix, Inc.Inventors: Peng Zhou, Lincoln C. Young
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Patent number: 8715955Abstract: Systems and methods for automated laser microdissection are disclosed. In one variation, targeted biological material is manually or automatically selected and a transfer film is placed in juxtaposition to the location of an interior of a cut path. In another variation, a sample of biological material is mounted onto a polymer membrane which is then placed onto a substrate. Targeted biological material is manually or automatically selected and a transfer film is placed in juxtaposition with the targeted biological material on the side of the biological material. In yet another variation, a sample of biological material is mounted onto a polymer membrane which is then inverted onto a substrate. Targeted biological material is manually or automatically selected and a transfer film is placed in juxtaposition with the targeted biological material on the side of the polymer membrane.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2005Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Life Technologies CorporationInventors: Brian W. Donovan, Thomas M. Baer
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Patent number: 8715446Abstract: A latent solvent-based microfluidic apparatus and method involves laminate bonding of two non-elastomeric, cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) components having opposing surfaces to be bonded, wherein in a contacted state there is at least one interstitial space between the contacted surfaces, applying an organic latent solvent to at least one of the opposing surfaces, wherein the latent solvent is in an inactive state, contacting the two opposing surfaces together, actively removing the latent solvent from the at least one interstitial space; and adjusting a latent solvency parameter to activate the latent solvent, wherein the opposing contacted surfaces become bonded.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Rheonix, Inc.Inventors: Todd Roswech, Peng Zhou, Lincoln C. Young
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Publication number: 20140116599Abstract: A fixing member manufacturing method includes: a step of forming a laser-irradiated region by irradiating a surface of an elastic material with laser light of 120 nm or more and 10600 nm or less in oscillation wavelength; a step of applying an adhesive onto the elastic material on which the laser-irradiated region is formed; a step of coating the elastic material, after the applying step, with a resin tube and then elongating the resin tube on the elastic material in a longitudinal direction; a step of locally fixing the elastic material and the resin tube while maintaining the elongation of the resin tube in the longitudinal direction by heating the laser-irradiated region from above the resin tube; and a step of fixing a whole of the resin tube to the elastic material by curing the adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiro Miyahara, Naoki Akiyama, Hiroto Sugimoto, Takeshi Suzuki, Yoshiaki Yoshida
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Publication number: 20140119789Abstract: A fixing member includes an elastic layer and a toner parting layer. The elastic layer includes a laser-irradiated region formed by being irradiated at longitudinal end portions of the elastic layer with laser light except for at least one non-laser-irradiated region with respect to a circumferential direction of the elastic layer. The elastic layer is coated with the toner parting layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: KANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiro Miyahara, Naoki Akiyama, Hiroto Sugimoto, Takeshi Suzuki, Yuji Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20140116614Abstract: An object is to improve productivity related to a laser light irradiation step in a bonding technique of substrates using glass frit. A highly airtight sealing structure or a highly airtight light-emitting device, which can be manufactured with high productivity, is provided. When a glass layer by melting glass frit or a sintered body by sintering glass frit is irradiated with laser light, in order to increase the efficiency, a light-absorbing material is attached to a surface of the glass layer. The laser light irradiation is performed on the light-absorbing material and the glass layer. The substrates are fixed with the glass layer therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuji Fukai, Yusuke Kubota, Mika Jikumaru, Takeshi Nishi, Akihisa Shimomura, Yoji Nagano, Daiki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20140113116Abstract: The specification and drawings present a new apparatus and method for joining a window assembly (e.g., a glass window assembly) in electronic devices using optical/laser welding. A window assembly, transparent to an optical beam, may comprise an optical window such as glass window with a laminated layer (e.g., made of plastic) glued to a backside of the optical window and a back print ink layer between portions of the optical window and of the laminated layer. This window assembly may be attached to a frame such as a plastic frame, non-transparent to the optical beam, having at least one boundary with the laminated plastic layer of the window assembly using a welding joint at the at least one boundary made by the optical beam propagating transparently (with negligible optical absorption) through the window assembly and absorbed by the plastic frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2012Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: Nokia CorporationInventors: Juha O. Vienonen, Sami Ihme, Jukka P. Eerikainen, Harri Olavi Kylmanen
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Patent number: 8702884Abstract: A method for preforming a textile semi-finished product, including arranging a textile having at least two layers of fibers, interwoven fibers and/or fiber bundles that are at least in part arranged on top of each other. The method also includes; fixing-in-position of the fibers of the textile against each other and then cutting-to-size of the textile. The fixing-in-position of the textile involves irradiating via a laser beam in order for the melt-on binder of the textile to be melted on only in a localized fashion and not evaporated. The fixing-in-position occurs along a fix-in-position line, the cutting-to-size occurs along a cut-to-size line, and the fix-in-position line is located at a distance relative to the cut-to-size line that is so small that any fraying of the textile is reduced or suppressed altogether.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2010Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: EADS Deutschland GmbHInventors: Julian Kuntz, Franz Stadler
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Publication number: 20140102635Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a sealing material. The first substrate includes an active area and a driving circuit. The driving circuit has a first side facing the active area and a second side opposite to the first side. The second substrate includes a mask layer. A projection of the mask layer on the first substrate at least overlaps the driving circuit from the second side to the first side. The sealing material is between the second substrate and the first substrate, used for sealing the second substrate and the first substrate, and located beside the second side of the driving circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2014Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Chih-Che Liu, Shih-Feng Hsu
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Patent number: 8696857Abstract: A method for forming a filter mat (1) suitable for filter fluids includes forming at least one web section (39) of a mat web (9) and at least one welding line (13, 15, 41) that seals the layers of at least one web section (39) of the mat web (9) to each other. Subsequently, at least one cut (19, 37) is carried out along the at least one welding line (13, 15, 41) such that the at least one web section (39) is cut forming at least one sealed edge region (43).Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Hydac Filtertechnik GmbHInventor: Harald Mees
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Publication number: 20140078449Abstract: An electronic device is provided with a display such as a liquid crystal display mounted in an electronic device housing. The display has a layer of liquid crystal material sandwiched between an upper display layer such as a color filter layer and a lower display layer such as a thin-film-transistor layer. An upper polarizer is formed on the upper surface of the color filter layer. A lower polarizer is formed on the lower surface of the thin-film-transistor layer. To protect display layers such as a glass color filter layer substrate for the color filter layer from damage during polarizer trimming operations, a coating is deposited on a peripheral edge of the glass color filter layer substrate. The coating may be formed from an elastomeric polymer such as silicone and may remain in place or may be removed following trimming operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Mohd Fadzli A. Hassan, Nathan K. Gupta, Yu-Cheng Chen
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Publication number: 20140071595Abstract: A method for bonding two substrates can use a laser to ablate a bonding surface of at least one of the two substrates. In one embodiment, the laser can be used to produce a predetermined average surface roughness in a bonding surface region of one of the substrates. In another embodiment, the substrate can comprise a resin filled polymer. Ablating the surface of the bonding surface can increase the bond strength in the ablation region.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Erik G. DE JONG, Michael K. PILLIOD, Chuan Keat LOW, James R. KROGDAHL, Rimple BHATIA
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Publication number: 20140072438Abstract: A superalloy substrate, such as a turbine blade or vane, is fabricated or repaired by laser beam welding to clad one or more layers on the substrate. Laser optical energy is transferred to the welding filler material and underlying substrate to assure filler melting and adequate substrate surface wetting for good fusion. Energy transfer is maintained below a level that jeopardizes substrate thermal degradation. Optical energy transfer to the filler and substrate is maintained uniformly as the laser beam and substrate are moved relative to each other along a translation path by varying the energy transfer rate to compensate for localized substrate topology variations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Inventors: Gerald J. Bruck, Ahmed Kamel, Brandon W. Shinn
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Patent number: 8668801Abstract: A method for producing a laminated optical film that allows three-dimensional images to be reproduced, which is preferably used in a large image display apparatus. One embodiment of the method includes laminating a polarizing plate and a ?/4 plate and forming a ?/2 layer partially on the ?/4 plate. The polarizing plate and the ?/4 plate are laminated such that an angle between an absorption axis of a polarizer of the polarizing plate and a slow axis of the ?/4 plate is substantially 45°, and the ?/2 layer is formed such that an angle between the absorption axis of the polarizer and a slow axis of the ?/2 layer is substantially 45°.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2011Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Ikuo Kawamoto, Masatoshi Tomonaga, Yuuji Saiki
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Publication number: 20140059886Abstract: Footwear fabrication methods are disclosed, having reduced material consumption and/or waste requirements, compared to conventional methods, as well as the footwear articles made by such methods. The fabrication methods and articles are characterized by the selective use of a bonding agent, in the form of a powder or tackified (e.g., preheated) powder, to bond various material panels, such substrate, mesh, and/or skin panels in the formation of a composite panel (e.g., a bonded mesh composite panel), which may in turn be used to provide a footwear upper and ultimately an article of footwear. The bonding agent is particularly applicable to fabrication processes utilizing a combination of heat and pressure for bonding or fusing material panels, each having a suitable composition, size, shape, and thickness, into the particular configuration of the footwear upper.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: NIKE INC.Inventors: Amy LYTTLE, Todd W. Miller
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Publication number: 20140067038Abstract: In accordance with various embodiments, an anchoring system for a medical device comprises one or more biased hooks. The one or more biased hooks may be formed by any suitable process. Moreover, the one or more biased hooks may be formed from a shape memory material. The anchoring system may be processed in any suitable way to provide a designed or predefined failure mode. This failure mode may be designed to protect or prevent damage to the medical device. The anchoring system may be configured with a plurality of hooks biased in various directions. Moreover, the anchoring system may be configured with a plurality of substantially small hooks configured to engage the anatomy at multiple points. As such, the anchoring systems may be customizable and provide for an implantable medical device with a reduced delivery geometry and/or deployment geometry.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.Inventors: John R. Daugherty, Joel M. Greene
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Publication number: 20140048066Abstract: Nebulizer ampoules are labelled by laser-marking or laser-engraving data on a film to produce a data film and affixing the film onto a nebulizer ampoule using a non-migratory adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Holitas LimitedInventors: Mark Gibson, Peter Ernest Tasko
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Patent number: 8652278Abstract: A shaped body comprised of individual, interconnected layers may be produced from fibers in accordance with a solid freeform fabrication or rapid prototyping method. The fibers may be produced by extrusion molding a thermoplastic material.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2008Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Fit Fruth Innovative Technologien GmbHInventors: Carl Johannes Fruth, Robert Feulner, Ernst Schmachtenberg, Dominik Rietzel
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Patent number: 8647474Abstract: The invention disclosed herein relates to the use of laser energy to weld or melt selected locations in papermachine clothing (“PMC”) and other industrial and engineered fabrics. The invention also relates to an improved seam for a papermaker or other industrial fabric that has properties such as strength, durability, openness, adequate number of support points, and fiber support index (FSI) essentially the same as the fabric body. The invention also relates to a fabric having a durable seam, wherein the seam width as measured in the MD is a fraction of the width of a normal seam or a seam that is formed using a conventional technique of equal strength.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Albany International CorpInventor: Dana Eagles
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Patent number: 8647464Abstract: A method for manufacturing a resin molding that uses a laser beam can provide a high level of adhesion, an excellent appearance, and can include very strong welded portions. The method can include preparing a light-transmitting resin member having a protruding portion formed on a rear surface of the light-transmitting resin member and having an end surface, the protruding portion having both side surfaces having asymmetric inclination angles with respect to the normal of the end surface of the protruding portion. The method can also include arranging and pressing together the end surface of the protruding portion that is a welded region of the light-transmitting resin member, and a welded region of a corresponding light-absorbing resin member so that they are opposed to each other. A laser beam can be emitted from a laser light source to be incident on a surface of the light-transmitting resin member while the laser beam is refracted.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2011Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Zaitsu, Kazuaki Hokoda, Tatsuya Umeyama
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Publication number: 20140037914Abstract: A X-Y plane is a plane parallel to abutting surfaces on which a joining portion is formed, and a Z direction is a direction perpendicular to the X-Y plane. A sealing member is held between the outer circumference side of a guide provided on a lid body and the inner circumference side of a rib provided on a case, and is pressed in a direction parallel to the X-Y plane. Laser light is scanned on the inner circumference side with respect to a ring-shaped pressurization jig with a stopper pressurized by the pressurization jig, so the pressurization jig does not break the path of the laser light. This expands the range of options in the material for the pressurization jig, which enables an easy-maintenance jig to be used, improving productivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Inventor: Seizo FUJIMOTO
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Patent number: 8641851Abstract: An apparatus and method for manufacturing a flexible display device by a roll-to-roll method, are discussed. According to an embodiment, the apparatus includes a substrate transferring part for transferring a lower substrate attached onto a carrier substrate; a substrate separating part for separating the carrier substrate from the lower substrate transferred by the substrate transferring part; an upper bonding part for bonding an upper substrate to an upper surface of the lower substrate from which the carrier substrate is separated; and a lower bonding part for bonding a rear substrate to a lower surface of the lower substrate from which the carrier substrate is separated.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: NamSeok Lee, SoonSung Yoo
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Patent number: 8641857Abstract: Process for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank provided with at least one accessory (14) connected to the internal space of the tank via at least one orifice (12) in the wall (10) of the tank, the accessory including a projecting element (24) extending to the outside of the tank, the processing comprising the steps consisting in providing a film (22) that includes a peripheral region (28) and a border region (30) around an opening in the film, in placing the film on the wall of the tank and on the outer surface of the accessory in such a way that the projecting element passes through the film via the opening, in welding the film over its entire peripheral region to the wall of the tank, and in welding the film, over its entire border region, to the outer surface of the accessory.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2007Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (S.A.)Inventors: Richard Lesschaeve, Pierre-Francois Tardy, Yannick Gerard
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Publication number: 20140030476Abstract: An assembly including a first component having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side having at least one bonding structure extending therefrom and spaced from an outer perimeter of the first component, and a second component having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the second component thermally bonded to the first component along at least one interior interface including said bonding structure, said interface fully enclosed between the first and second components. At least a portion of at least one of the first or second components is laser transparent to allow passage of laser energy through said laser transparent portion to a laser opaque portion of the interface, said laser opaque portion configured to absorb laser energy to facilitate bonding.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Inventor: Kian Sheikh-Bahaie
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Publication number: 20140027743Abstract: A sealing structure with high air-tightness and an organic electroluminescence device with high air-tightness are provided regardless of a pattern of a first metal layer overlapping with glass frit. A second metal layer is provided in a region where a common power supply line overlaps with the glass frit. Since laser light is absorbed or reflected by the second metal layer, the glass frit can be uniformly heated. Therefore, an object to be sealed can be sealed with a low-melting-point glass in which a crack is not easily generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yusuke Nishido
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Patent number: 8636867Abstract: A method for producing an escape route marking and the apparatus for an airplane comprising a luminous layer that luminesces in the dark, and a profile having two profile elements that can be connected to each other, wherein in a first of the profile elements, the luminous layer is arranged in a recess extending in the longitudinal direction, and the second profile element is provided to be connected with a base, wherein the procedure comprises the following steps: production of the luminous layer from a mixture of a silicone material and from photoluminescent pigments, and introduction of the mixture in a liquid state into the recess of the first profile element, wherein the mixture cures in the seat by crosslinking with the walls in the profile.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AGInventor: Wolfgang Sutter
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Publication number: 20140021304Abstract: A profile plate portion is disclosed for use as an outer wall of a flow body including a first profile plate panel that is fluid permeable, a second profile plate panel extending along the first profile plate panel, and a reinforcing device for supporting the first profile plate panel and the second profile plate panel on one another. Fluid can flow through the reinforcing device, and/or fluid of the flow present at the first profile plate panel, which flows through the first profile plate panel, can flow through the reinforcing device in the local profile plate thickness direction from the first profile plate panel to the second profile plate panel and in some regions can flow through to an inside that is situated opposite the flow side. A method is disclosed for manufacturing a profile plate portion and a flow body component with a suction-extraction device for fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBHInventor: Airbus Operations GmbH
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Patent number: 8623163Abstract: A method for making a touch panel is disclosed. A substrate having a surface including a touch-view area and a trace area is provided. An adhesive layer is applied on the surface of the substrate. A carbon nanotube layer is placed on the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer is solidified. The carbon nanotube layer and the adhesive layer on the trace area are removed to expose the trace area. An electrode and a conductive trace are formed on the trace area.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2011Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Shih Hua Technology Ltd.Inventors: Chun-Yi Hu, Yi-Lin Chang, Chih-Han Chao, Po-Sheng Shih
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Publication number: 20140002371Abstract: A touch-sensitive apparatus includes a first material, a second material joined to the first material such that the first material and the second material are substantially flat across an interface between the first material and the second material, and first touch sensors disposed continuously across the interface from the first material to the second material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventor: Aaron Robert ALLEN
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Patent number: 8618201Abstract: Use of thermoplastic molding compositions comprising, as essential components, A) from 29 to 99.95% by weight of a polyester, B) from 0.25 to 3.0% by weight of alkali metal oxoaluminates, or alkali metal salts of cyanic acid, isocyanic acid, thiocyanic acid, or metaboric acid, or a mixture of these, based on 100% by weight of A) and B), and also moreover C) from 0 to 70% by weight of further additives, where the total of the % by weight values for A) to C) is 100%, for producing laser-transparent moldings of any type.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Rebekka von Benten, Peter Eibeck
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Patent number: 8617329Abstract: Provided is a method of fabricating an organic light emitting display. The method includes forming an organic layer pattern on a substrate by irradiating a predetermined region of a donor substrate with a laser beam using a laser irradiation apparatus, the laser irradiation apparatus having a spatial light modulator (SLM). The spatial light modulator is used to form the organic layer pattern using the LITI method. Accordingly, it is possible to adjust various types of incident light to homogeneous and to have a desired profile. Therefore, there is provided a method of fabricating an organic light emitting display which is capable of forming an organic layer pattern without using a mask.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2004Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae-Ho Lee, Tae-Min Kang, Jin-Soo Kim, Seong-Taek Lee
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Publication number: 20130344302Abstract: A method for the laser reinforced direct bonding of two optical components having a respective bonding surface and a reinforced optical assembly made thereby are provided. The method includes a first step of assembling the two optical components by direct bonding of their respective bonding surface together, thereby defining a direct-bonded interface therebetween. The method further includes a second step of reinforcing the direct-bonded interface with a weld seam including at least one substantially continuous reinforcing weld line forming a dosed shape enclosing a sealed direct-bonded region. Each weld line is inscribed by focusing ultrashort laser pulses at the direct-bonding interface so as to generate non-linear optical phenomena inducing a localized junction between the two optical components.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2012Publication date: December 26, 2013Inventors: David Hélie, Réal Vallée, Fabrice Lacroix
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Patent number: 8610029Abstract: Systems and methods for cutting a cover from a portion of a housing of an electronic device, and positioning the cover within the housing are provided. An electronic device can include an interface having an actuator over which a cover is placed. The cover can by cutting away a portion of a housing of the electronic device. To improve the aesthetic appeal of the device, the orientation of the cover can be maintained while and after it is cut away from the housing by a fixture used for the cutting process. An adhesive sheet can be placed over the housing and the cover to ensure that the cover remains stationary relative to the housing once it is separated from the housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2011Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Kyle Yeates, Brian Lynch
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Publication number: 20130328350Abstract: An attachment arrangement for a vehicle comprises a bracket having a first end part and a second end part. The first end part of the bracket is attachable to an inside of a first vehicle body part. The first vehicle body part is attachable to a second vehicle body part. A structural foam is arranged on the second end part of the bracket. The structural foam has an expansion factor such that when the structural foam is heated, the structural foam is expandable from the second end part of the bracket and adherable to the second vehicle body part.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Inventors: Anders Magnusson, Camilla Waestlund
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Patent number: 8603619Abstract: A laser-markable, acrylic resin-based laminate having a thickness of 100 to 200 ?m and including (A3) a pigmented layer made of a crosslinked acrylic resin obtained by crosslinking an acrylic resin composition having a hydroxyl value of 10 to 100 mg KOH/g, (B3) a base layer made of a crosslinked acrylic resin obtained by crosslinking an acrylic resin composition having a hydroxyl value of 18 to 40 mg KOH/g, and (C3) a destructible layer made of a crosslinked acrylic resin obtained by crosslinking a mixture of an acrylic resin composition having a hydroxyl value of 20 to 35 mg KOH/g and polymer beads.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2012Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Nippon Carbide Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koudai Takeda, Osamu Tanaka
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Patent number: 8601834Abstract: The present invention provides a hermetically sealed container offering a strength and airtightness which are reliable over time. A joining member having a viscosity with a negative temperature coefficient, having a softening temperature lower than those of a pair of glass substrates and a frame member, and extending into a frame shape is arranged between one of the pair of glass substrates and the frame member so that the joining member contacts both the one of the pair of glass substrates and the frame member. Then, the joining member is heated and thermally melted while being pressed so that the center G of an incoming heat flux distribution in the width direction of the joining member is positioned at an inner space E rather than the center of the joining member in the width direction thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mamo Matsumoto, Tomohiro Saito, Nobuhiro Ito