To Remove Gas From Between Assembled Laminae Patents (Class 156/286)
  • Patent number: 12163728
    Abstract: An appliance cabinet includes a structural envelope having an exterior surface and an interior surface that defines an insulating cavity, wherein the insulating cavity defines an at least partial vacuum. A plurality of silica-based agglomerates are disposed within the insulating cavity, wherein each agglomerate of the plurality of silica-based agglomerates includes silica-based powder insulation material that is water-densified and is at least substantially free of a material binder. A secondary insulation material is disposed within interstitial spaces defined between the plurality of silica-based agglomerates, wherein the plurality of silica-based agglomerates defines an interior structure that resists inward compressive forces exerted as a result of the at least partial vacuum defined within the insulating cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ashish Nigam, Shayta Roy
  • Patent number: 12138908
    Abstract: A low cost and low air resistance belt support structure for an endless belt conveyor of an inkjet printer can be achieved with the belt support structure being provided over a suction chamber. The belt support structure includes a plurality of longitudinal, narrow support beams positioned spaced apart from one another and parallel to one another in a transport direction of the belt to define a flat support plane for the belt. The support beams provides a relatively small contact area with the belt, which results in low friction. The support beams further allow for a relatively large open area between them to achieve a low air resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: CANON PRODUCTION PRINTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Schulkes, Mark Rietbergen, Roy H. R. Jacobs
  • Patent number: 12128638
    Abstract: A method for producing a fiber-reinforced plastic from a prepreg is provided with: executing a first heating to retain the prepreg in a first atmosphere, a temperature of the first atmosphere being above a room temperature and not higher than 100 degrees C.; after executing the first heating, executing a second heating to retain the prepreg in a second atmosphere, a temperature of the second atmosphere being not lower than 150 degrees C. and lower than a curing temperature of the prepreg; and after executing the second heating, executing a third heating to retain the pregreg in a third atmosphere, a temperature of the third atmosphere being higher than the curing temperature, wherein at least the first atmosphere and the second atmosphere are under reduced pressure below an atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio Hiramatsu, Tadashi Jyunisho
  • Patent number: 12115739
    Abstract: A method for producing a fiber-reinforced plastic combined body from a prepreg, includes: heating the prepreg in an atmosphere above a room temperature and lower than a curing temperature of the prepreg; provisionally combining pre-products obtained by the heating together or with another component; and retaining and curing the combined pre-products at the curing temperature or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio Hiramatsu, Tadashi Jyunisho
  • Patent number: 12103245
    Abstract: A method for assembling a body and a cover of a vane by polymerisation of a resin. The covens positioned on a junction face of the body covered with this resin. A sheet is placed against a pressure side of the vane, formed by an outer face of the cover and an outer face of the body, so as to define a space sealed with a bead of mastic sealant. The bead of mastic sealant is deposited on the outer face of the body, around the junction face of this body. The space between the sheet and the pressure side of the vane is placed under vacuum during a heating operation of the vane in an autoclave, in order to press the cover against the body of the vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Steven Gérard Joseph Bienvenu, Pierre Antoine Bossan, Damien Bruno Lamouche
  • Patent number: 12097974
    Abstract: A method is specified for producing a structural component, in particular for an aircraft, ground vehicle, or watercraft, or for a rotor blade of a wind turbine, in which method an arrangement of fibers and plastic material is laid in a mold and subjected to an increased pressure and an increased temperature, wherein a mold is used which comprises at least one recess in which a reinforcing element is arranged. The object is to be able to cost-effectively produce a structural component of this type. For this purpose, it is provided that the reinforcing element is laid in the recess together with a core, wherein a differential volume between the recess and core, at least in a predetermined region, is chosen such that it is smaller than a segment of the reinforcing element arranged in said region by a predetermined amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Siempelkan Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Fabian Köffers, Michael Schöler, Klaus Schürmann, Lothar Sebastian
  • Patent number: 12083868
    Abstract: A composite pane with at least one functional element, includes a first pane including an inner side III and an outer side IV, a second pane including an inner side II and an outer side I, a thermoplastic intermediate layer that joins the inner side III of the first pane laminarly to the inner side II of the second pane, at least one functional element that is incorporated into the thermoplastic intermediate layer, wherein the at least one functional element is directly adjacent the inner side III of the first pane and/or the inner side II of the second pane, and a deaeration structure is mounted at least in the region of the functional element that is directly adjacent the first pane and/or second pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Christian Schürgers, Stephan Gillessen, Sebastian Arendt, Andrea Willms
  • Patent number: 12084756
    Abstract: Provided are a carrier component and a coating developer device. The carrier component includes a supporting pillar, a first carrier stage and a second carrier stage that is provided with an accommodating cavity and a through mounting hole in communication with the accommodating cavity and includes at least two casings which are assembled to form the through mounting hole matched with the supporting pillar and the accommodating cavity surrounding the first carrier stage; and the at least two casings are detachably connected to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Buxiang Chen
  • Patent number: 12083749
    Abstract: A method of producing vehicles includes coating a vehicle body with paint, drying the paint, mounting attachment parts on load-bearing components of the vehicle body that has been coated with the paint that has been dried, and applying an adhesive film including an adhesive layer to a surface of the vehicle body that has been coated with the paint that has been dried or at least one attachment part mounted thereon, wherein, to apply the adhesive film, the adhesive film is positioned between the surface and an elastic membrane with an automated system, and the elastic membrane is transformed in selected regions into a curved state with a convex and a concave side and is brought into contact with the surface with the convex side in front such that the adhesive layer of the adhesive film is pressed onto the surface by the membrane over the entire surface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: PPG Advanced Surface Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Helge Warta
  • Patent number: 12011887
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thermoplastic panel may comprise: laying up a panel preform within a consolidation assembly, the panel preform comprising a plurality of plies of material comprising thermoplastic resin and fiber; generating, via a hot bond unit, a vacuum environment within the consolidation assembly; and heating, via the hot bond unit and through a heated blanket within the consolidation assembly, the panel preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: ROHR, INC.
    Inventors: Shawn Tardy, Noushin Bahramshahi, Andrew Adan, Roberto Ramos, Nicole M. Sannes
  • Patent number: 12002703
    Abstract: Apparatuses for substrate transfer are provided. A lift pin assembly can include a lift pin, a purge cylinder, and a lift pin guide. The lift pin guide is disposed adjacent the purge cylinder. The lift pin guide and the purge cylinder have a passage formed therethrough in which the lift pin is disposed. The purge cylinder includes one or more nozzles that direct the flow of gas radially inward into a portion of the passage disposed in the purge cylinder. The one or more nozzles are disposed radially outward from the lift pin. The purge cylinder reduces particle deposition on the substrate by preventing contact between the lift pin and the support assembly as the lift pin is in motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Yogananda Sarode Vishwanath, Anand Kumar
  • Patent number: 11990444
    Abstract: A substrate bonding method and apparatus are described. The substrate bonding apparatus is used to bond a first substrate to a second substrate. The bonding apparatus includes a first bonding chuck configured to hold the first substrate on a first surface of the first bonding chuck; a second bonding chuck configured to hold the second substrate on a second surface of the second bonding chuck, the second surface facing the first surface of the first bonding chuck; a seal arranged between the first bonding chuck and the second bonding chuck and adjacent to at least one edge of the first substrate and at least one edge of the second substrate; and a process gas supply device configured to supply a process gas to a bonding space surrounded by the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taeyeong Kim, Ilyoung Han, Hoechul Kim
  • Patent number: 11988107
    Abstract: A housing for an aircraft turbine engine includes an annular body extending around an axis A. The body includes a securing flange extending radially outwards at each of the axial ends thereof, and an abradable layer arranged inside the body. A method for manufacturing the housing includes a step b) of bonding the layer to the first surface, during which the housing is heated and compressed by a system present at least partially inside the housing. The method further includes, prior to step b), a step a) of mounting at least two tools between the flanges, each of the tools being located in a circumferential area outside the body so as to exert bearing forces in opposite axial directions on the flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Vincent Pascal Fiore, Clémentine Arnold, Clément Bourolleau, Thomas Dupays, Serge Domingues
  • Patent number: 11985762
    Abstract: A flexible laminated sheet manufacturing method includes thermocompression-bonding an insulation film formed of a liquid crystal polymer onto a metal foil between endless belts to form a flexible laminated sheet. The thermocompression bonding includes heating the flexible laminated sheet so that the maximum temperature of the sheet is in the range from a temperature that is 45° C. lower than the melting point of the liquid crystal polymer to a temperature that is 5° C. lower than the melting point. The thermocompression bonding also includes slowly cooling the flexible laminated sheet so that an exit temperature, which is a temperature of the sheet when transferred out of the endless belts, is in the range from a temperature that is 235° C. lower than the melting point of the liquid crystal polymer to a temperature that is 100° C. lower than the melting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: UBE EXSYMO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eisuke Tachibana, Taro Suzuki, Makoto Totani, Kouji Kondoh, Eijirou Miyagawa, Junya Kasahara, Takao Arima
  • Patent number: 11962270
    Abstract: A solar panel assembly includes a substrate and a solar array coupled to the substrate. The solar array includes a plurality of photovoltaic cells. An optical layer is disposed over the solar array. The optical layer, the solar array, and the substrate together form a solar assembly. A frame surrounds the solar assembly and includes a plurality of frame members. Each frame member of the plurality of frame members includes an arcuate member that forms an aerodynamic outer edge of the frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZampTech Sub LLC
    Inventors: Conor Miller, Brian Butcher
  • Patent number: 11919277
    Abstract: A method for repairing window laminates in which two plies have become separated to create a void, and wherein moisture may have entered through an edge of the window laminate and into the void. The method includes the steps of: placing the window laminate in a vacuum bag and inserting the vacuum bag containing the window laminate into an oven or autoclave for a minimum of ten minutes at a minimum temperature of 120 degrees Fahrenheit to remove the moisture between the plies; removing the vacuum bag and window laminate from the oven, and removing the window from the vacuum bag; forcing a needle on a syringe through the edge of the window laminate in the area of the void; and injecting an adhesive in the syringe into the void to fill the void with the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventor: Rangel Fernandez
  • Patent number: 11920905
    Abstract: Laminates and their process of manufacture, with the laminates made with anti-ballistic materials, such as woven and unwoven fabrics. The laminates are provided with different structures, materials, bondings, and other features, and example methods of manufacturing those laminates efficiently and in mass quantities. The method of production is a process of laminating individual flexible sheets including anti-ballistic material (which may be of woven or unwoven cloth or thin solid sheets or foils comprised of one or more light-weight anti-ballistic materials) into a flexible laminate for use to protect people or spaces from ballistic objects such as bullets and shrapnel from weapons and other moderate to high-kinetic energy objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Disruptive Resources, LLC
    Inventors: John B. Adrain, Robert F. Bodi
  • Patent number: 11904557
    Abstract: A method of forming a composite product is described. An example of the method comprises providing a layer (34) comprising a sheet-form moulding material and providing a substrate (36). The layer of sheet-form material is applied onto a surface of the substrate (36); and pressed to the substrate in a mould (30). In some examples, the substrate (36) is an open celled foam and gas and/or vapour can be displaced from the pressing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ACELL INDUSTRIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Aldino Albertelli, Michael Frieh
  • Patent number: 11833800
    Abstract: A method for forming a three-dimensional curved surface on a laminated substrate is provided. In the method, the laminated substrate is brought into close contact with an elastic sheet. Here, the laminated substrate comprises a support substrate and a conductive layer on the support substrate, and the support substrate comprises a resin substrate comprising a thermoplastic resin. The elastic sheet is deformed while the laminated substrate is in close contact with the elastic sheet. The laminated substrate is brought into close contact with a temperature-controlled mold to soften the resin substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tohru Yashiro, Kohji Takeuchi, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Sukchan Kim
  • Patent number: 11827821
    Abstract: A method for curing a patch. The method includes generating the patch according to a negative of a scan of a scarf in a composite material. The method also includes pre-curing the patch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Justin H. Register, Remmelt Andrew Staal
  • Patent number: 11817814
    Abstract: A solar panel assembly having at least one solar panel array pivotally connected to a plurality of legs using a support beam. Cross members are connected to the support beam and extend transversely in relation to the support beam. The cross members are also positioned in parallel spaced relation along a length of the support beam. A plurality of rail members having a top wall with a plurality of slots that extend along a length of the top wall in a first and a second row are connected to the cross members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventor: James E. Straeter
  • Patent number: 11787148
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for manufacturing a honeycomb core sandwich panel includes placing a thermoset facesheet in contact with a thermoplastic honeycomb core without using a separate adhesive and attaching the thermoset facesheet to the thermoplastic honeycomb core by using a curing profile comprising a temperature that is lower than a gel point temperature of the thermoset facesheet and higher than a softening point temperature of the thermoplastic honeycomb core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: BELL TEXTRON INC.
    Inventors: Suvankar Mishra, Robert Mark Chris, Michael D. Ishmael, Ronald J. Turner
  • Patent number: 11780178
    Abstract: A controlled shear vacuum forming method that includes forming a three-dimensional (3D) structure from a preform material on a molding tool using restraints during vacuuming to prevent wrinkling. The restraints are withdrawn during vacuuming to allowing the preform material to come into contact with the sidewalls of the molding tool in a gradual manner. Such forming method is particularly suitable for forming wing spars with bent sections and/or curved contours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventor: Robert Parkinson
  • Patent number: 11754933
    Abstract: A mounting fixture of an apparatus for clamping a film includes a platform, a barricade, and fixing members. A surface of the platform includes a first fixing portion, and second and third fixing portions which are opposite to the first fixing portion. The second fixing portion is adjacent to the third fixing portion and located between the first and third fixing portions. The barricade is disposed on the surface between the second and third fixing portions and has channels. The fixing members are disposed on the surface. First, second, and third bars of the apparatus are disposed on the first, second, and third fixing portions, the barricade is located between the second and third bars, and the channels receive elastic elements of the apparatus. Each elastic element has two ends disposed on the second and third bars. The fixing members can fix the first and third bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Fang-Wan Lu
  • Patent number: 11724469
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tool 1 for curing a composite component, the tool comprising a lay-up surface 8 for laying-up layers of an uncured composite component, a cover assembly 9 for moving in relation to the lay-up surface to cover a layed-up uncured composite component on the lay-up surface, the cover assembly comprising a sealable cover for sealing around the uncured composite component on the lay-up surface to form a sealed zone, and a vacuum port 25 for providing a vacuum to the sealed zone, wherein the tool further comprises at least one heating element 15, 53 within the sealed zone for heating the uncured composite component. The invention also provides a method of manufacturing a composite component and a composite component. The composite component may form at least part of a piece of aircraft furniture, such as an aircraft seat shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Safran Seats GB Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas Potts, Bhaskar Biswas
  • Patent number: 11703620
    Abstract: A lens for protective gear has first and second polymer layers with a glass layer therebetween. The glass layer is fused to the first and second polymer layers and encapsulated by the first and second polymer layers with the glass layer in compression. The lens may have a coating that provides the lens with (i) less than about 5 percent transmittance for light having wavelengths of less than 400 nm and greater than about 700 nm for an entire horizontal field of view of the lens, (ii) greater than 75 percent transmittance of light having wavelengths of between about 400 nm and about 700 nm for the entire horizontal field of view of the lens with less than about 5 percent transmittance of light having wavelength between about 530 nm and about 580 nm for a horizontal field of view of the lens of not greater than 60 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: RAYOTEK SCIENTIFIC, INC.
    Inventor: William Raggio
  • Patent number: 11701815
    Abstract: The invention includes a method of providing an intermediary layer in a laminated structure, between two adjacent layers, where the intermediary layer contains a fiber having an extrusion coating. The intermediary layer may form a textile constructed from the fibers, the intermediary layer, when the lamination method proceeds, provides the adhesion between the adjacent layers, as well as reinforcement for the laminated structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Phifer Incorporated
    Inventor: Dale Barnes
  • Patent number: 11691406
    Abstract: An adhesive application valve comprising an applicator, a Z-axis actuator operably connected to the applicator, wherein the Z-axis actuator and the rotation device are each capable of moving independently of each other to position the applicator in a position to apply an amount of adhesive to a top substrate prior to bonding with a bottom substrate is provided. Furthermore, a machine comprising an end effector, and an adhesive application valve configured to apply an amount of adhesive onto the top substrate, the end effector configured to place the top substrate into a position of engagement with the adhesive application valve, and place the top substrate onto the bottom substrate to facilitate initial contact between the adhesive applied to the top substrate and a fill material applied to the bottom substrate is also provided. A method of optical bonding is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: PRECISION VALVE & AUTOMATION, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew John Nally, Jonathan Neal Urquhart, Jeffrey James VanNorden, William Edward Berkheiser, III
  • Patent number: 11626580
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a display apparatus includes forming a display layer on a substrate; forming an opening by irradiating laser onto the display layer; and sealing the display layer formed on the substrate. The laser is irradiated according to a spiral movement path, and the opening is formed by irradiating the laser at least twice at the same location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungwan Kim, Jinkuk Wee, Woojin Lee, Kyunguk Choi
  • Patent number: 11623436
    Abstract: A lamination device for laminating a photovoltaic stack on a profiled metallic panel, the lamination device including a lid covered on its underside with an upper flexible pressure membrane so as to form an airtight upper chamber that may be ventilated or evacuated and/or including an upper heating device whose bottom side has a crenellated profile, the device also including a chassis covered on its top with a lower flexible pressure membrane so as to form an airtight lower chamber that may be ventilated or evacuated and/or including a lower heating device whose upper side has a cross-section which differs from the crenellated profile of the bottom side of the upper heating device, wherein the lid is capable of sealably laying on the chassis so that the cavity thus formed is airtight and may be ventilated or evacuated. A corresponding process is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Renaud Vignal, Paul Wouters, Lionel Fourdrinier
  • Patent number: 11623418
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for curing a composite part. The method includes the steps of: disposing a heat blanket at a composite material; applying, with a controller, power to heaters distributed across multiple cells of a heat blanket to heat the composite material at the heat blanket; monitoring, with the controller, a temperature of the composite material at each of the multiple cells via thermocouples distributed across the multiple cells; and individually adjusting, with the controller, an amount of power applied to the heaters, for each of the multiple cells, in response to the monitored temperature and a target temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: The Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
    Inventors: Chathuranga Kuruppuarachchige, Edward Albert Wen, Josiah Hughes, Michelle Mahon
  • Patent number: 11604385
    Abstract: Provided are a laminated glass which has a reduced occurrence of voids and accumulation of liquid crystal, and a production method for the laminated glass. Also provided is a laminated glass which can prevent deterioration of a sealing material. This laminated glass 1 comprises a first glass plate 33A, a first intermediate film 31A, a liquid crystal film 10, a second intermediate film 31B, and a second glass plate, which are layered and disposed in this order, wherein the first glass plate 33A and the second glass plate 33B have a larger outer shape than that of the liquid crystal film 10, and a spacer 32 is provided in at least a portion of a region which is interposed between the first glass plate 33A and the second glass plate 33B and in which the liquid crystal film 10 is not disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norio Ishii, Keisuke Miura, Yusuke Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 11567373
    Abstract: Provided are a laminated glass which has a reduced occurrence of voids and accumulation of liquid crystal, and a production method for the laminated glass. Also provided is a laminated glass which can prevent deterioration of a sealing material. This laminated glass 1 comprises a first glass plate 33A, a first intermediate film 31A, a liquid crystal film 10, a second intermediate film 31B, and a second glass plate, which are layered and disposed in this order, wherein the first glass plate 33A and the second glass plate 33B have a larger outer shape than that of the liquid crystal film 10, and a spacer 32 is provided in at least a portion of a region which is interposed between the first glass plate 33A and the second glass plate 33B and in which the liquid crystal film 10 is not disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norio Ishii, Keisuke Miura, Yusuke Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 11546999
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for transferring a pattern of a composition containing particles of an electrically conductive material and a thermally activated adhesive from a surface of a flexible web to a surface of a substrate. The apparatus comprises: respective drive mechanisms for advancing the web and the substrate to a nip through which the web and the substrate pass at the same time and where a pressure roller acts to press the surfaces of the web and the substrate against one another, a heating station for heating at least one of the web and the substrate prior to, or during, passage through the nip, to a temperature at which the adhesive in the composition is activated, a cooling station for cooling the web after passage through the nip, and a separating device for peeling the web away from the substrate after passage through the cooling station, to leave the pattern of composition adhered to the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Lumet Technologies LTD.
    Inventors: Benzion Landa, Haim Touitou, Stanislav Thygelbaum, Naomi Elfassy
  • Patent number: 11519661
    Abstract: An outer wrapper that defines a top wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall, and first and second side walls and includes an inner liner. A trim breaker seals the outer wrapper to the inner liner to define an insulation space. A single vacuum port is disposed on each of the top wall, the bottom wall, and the first and second side walls. A plurality of vacuum ports is disposed on the rear wall. An insulative material is disposed between the outer wrapper and the inner liner. A filter media is disposed proximate each vacuum port such that air can be drawn from the insulation space past the filter media and through each vacuum port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Abhay Naik, Subrata Shannigrahi, Gustavo Frattini
  • Patent number: 11364692
    Abstract: An apparatus for picking, placing, and forming a composite charge over a complex geometry tool comprises a first frame, a second frame, and a plurality of dynamic mechanisms. The first frame is formed from rigid material and includes a first frame member that forms at least a rectangular perimeter. The second frame is formed from flexible material and includes a second frame member that forms at least a rectangular perimeter. Each dynamic mechanism is connected to the first frame and the second frame and located along the perimeters of the first frame and the second frame. Each dynamic mechanism includes a length-variable component positioned between the first frame and the second frame, with at least a portion of the dynamic mechanisms configured to vary a length of the length-variable component for the second frame member to conform to the shape of the complex geometry tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher James Padovano, Blaise Francis Bergmann, Christopher John Morrow, Allison Lynne Horner, Benjamin Wayne Ferrell
  • Patent number: 11358307
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of manufacturing a composite component comprising a main body and an integral flange, the method comprising applying fibre-reinforcement material on a tool having a main body portion and a flange-forming portion to provide a pre-form comprising a body region and a longitudinally adjacent flange region. The pre-form extends generally longitudinally between two longitudinal ends; and a trailing ply of the pre-form extends generally longitudinally between the longitudinal end closest to the flange region and an inner ply end located in the flange region or partway into the body region. Relative movement between the flange-forming portion and the main body portion causes sliding movement between the trailing ply and the flange-forming portion during a flange forming operation, thereby causing a tension force in at least the flange region of the pre-form of during forming of the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventor: Giovanni Antonio Marengo
  • Patent number: 11351765
    Abstract: A system for laminating and/or de-bubbling mobile electronic device screens, comprises a machine unit comprising a metal vacuum pressure chamber with lid, safety sensors and o-ring; an internal or external vacuum pump; a piston chamber, piston and piston plate; a central air distribution block with solenoid valves and pressure sensor; a control PCB (printed circuit board) with processor and operating software system for controlling the machine unit; actuators; an on/off power switch; a power inlet; an operations button; an air inlet port and an external air compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Mobile Advanced Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Georgios Christodouloy Hajipetrou, Hans Claussen, Charalampos Kalyvas
  • Patent number: 11332941
    Abstract: A device for making a molded stair tread is described. The device can have: a base; a pivoting assembly; a molding template connected to the pivoting assembly; a holding device connected to the molding template, the holding device having a clamp jaw and a pivot configured to rotate the holding device relative to the molding template; and a locking mechanism configured to hold the molding template and the holding device in an open configuration such that the holding device can accept a first part of the plastic sheet and configured to release the molding template and the holding device such that the holding device is in a securing configuration that secures, via the clamp jaw, the first part of the plastic sheet to the first side of the molding template at the first longitudinal edge of the molding template. Methods for making the stair tread are described as well as the molded stair tread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: MANNINGTON MILLS, INC.
    Inventors: Keith Bodendorf, Dennis H. Bradway, Joseph F. Finlaw
  • Patent number: 11155046
    Abstract: A hot drape-forming method for shaping fibrous preforms and prepreg plies into complex geometries. For shaping fibrous preforms, the hot drape-forming method includes: a) dividing the total number of preforms into a plurality of sub-preforms (S1, S2, S3); and b) consecutively shaping each sub-preform (S1, S2, S3) by applying vacuum pressure and heat, wherein the shaping of all sub-preforms (S1, S2, S3) are carried out in the same tool housing (10) over the same molding surface. The resulting shaped preform (S1, S2, S3) is ready for resin infusion. The same method can also be used to shape resin-impregnated prepreg plies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Cytec Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Sam Newton, Samuel J. Hill
  • Patent number: 11150755
    Abstract: A touch and display sensing integrated circuit and a touch display device using the same are provided. The touch display device includes a display and touch sensing integrated circuit and a glass substrate. The glass substrate includes touch/display common voltage electrodes, pixels, pads and conductive lines. Each pixel includes Q sub-pixels. The pads are electrically connected to the touch and display sensing integrated circuit. The Pth and (P+Q+1)th pads are electrically connected to the touch/display common voltage electrode through the corresponding conductive lines, respectively. The (P+1)th to (P+Q)th pads are electrically connected to 1st to Qth sub-pixels of a pixel through the corresponding conductive lines, respectively. The pads are arranged in a first direction, and the conductive lines, which are electrically connected to the pads in a second direction, are non-interlaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: FOCALTECH ELECTRONICS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-Nien Yang, Pi-Chun Yeh, Pei-Hung Hsiao
  • Patent number: 11028244
    Abstract: A permeable laminate body containing at least one partially impregnated prepreg which includes at least component (A) containing a matrix of reinforcing fiber, component (B) containing a thermosetting resin, and, optionally, component (C) containing a particle or a fiber of a thermoplastic resin exhibits long out time processability with good storage stability, achieving when molded and cured a fiber reinforced composite having a low void ratio and providing excellent mechanical performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Alfred P. Haro, Nobuyuki Arai
  • Patent number: 10960620
    Abstract: A method is provided for working on a composite body. This method includes: disposing material within an aperture in the composite body, the material comprising fiber reinforcement and uncured resin, and the aperture extending into the composite body from a non-planar surface; forming a first chamber between the composite body and a first bag member, the material within the first chamber; disposing a support structure on the first bag member, the support structure overlapping the material; forming a second chamber between the first bag member and a second bag member, the support structure within the second chamber; drawing a vacuum of a first amount in the first chamber; and drawing a vacuum of a second amount in the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Rohr, Inc.
    Inventors: Quyen Nguyen, Gary L. Jones
  • Patent number: 10889073
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for multi-celled pressurizable air bladders. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes a bladder. The bladder includes a casing that encloses an internal volume of the bladder, walls within the bladder that subdivide the internal volume into cells that are airtight with respect to each other, and ducting that couples each of the cells with a source of pressurized gas via a distinct pathway. The apparatus also includes a controller that progressively pressurizes individual cells within the bladder from a first portion of a laminate to a second portion of the laminate by controlling application of gas from the source via the ducting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jason G. Destories, Curtis R. Estevo
  • Patent number: 10800129
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for manufacturing a honeycomb core sandwich panel includes placing a thermoset facesheet in contact with a thermoplastic honeycomb core without using a separate adhesive and attaching the thermoset facesheet to the thermoplastic honeycomb core by using a curing profile comprising a temperature that is lower than a gel point temperature of the thermoset facesheet and higher than a softening point temperature of the thermoplastic honeycomb core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Bell Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Suvankar Mishra, Robert Mark Chris, Michael D. Ishmael, Ronald J. Turner
  • Patent number: 10723089
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite laminate structure of a wind turbine blade part is performed by resin transfer moulding. The fibre-reinforcement material is impregnated with liquid resin in a mould cavity which includes a rigid mould part having a mould surface defining a surface of the wind turbine blade part. The method includes alternately stacking on the rigid mould part: i) a number of fibre-reinforcement layers including electrically conductive fibres and ii) a flow strip layer in form of a layer of flow strips having a strip width and which are arranged so as to form voids having a void width between two juxtaposed strips. The method includes sealing a second mould part against the rigid mould part in order to form the mould cavity, optionally evacuating the mould cavity, supplying a resin to the mould cavity, and curing the resin to form the composite laminate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: LM WP PATENT HOLDINGS A/S
    Inventors: Lars Nielsen, Klavs Jespersen
  • Patent number: 10703873
    Abstract: An intermediate material of a thermoplastic prepreg for a fuel cell separation plate comprises a hydrophobic thermoplastic resin film and a fiber base. The hydrophobic thermoplastic resin film has a degree of crystallization of 1 to 20%, a thickness of 3 to 50 ?m, and (iii) a content of an electroconductive material of 1 to 20 wt. %. The film is laminated on at least one surface of the fiber base. The thermoplastic prepreg for a fuel cell separation plate is manufactured by pressurizing the thermoplastic prepreg intermediate material at a temperature higher than the melting point of the hydrophobic thermoplastic resin film. A fuel cell separation membrane manufactured using the thermoplastic prepreg intermediate material and thermoplastic prepreg is thin and light-weight, and have a good durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jee Sung Yi, Hyun Chul Lee, Joon Young Yoon, Eun Jeong Cho, Chung Seock Kang
  • Patent number: 10682821
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for manufacturing a composite structure. In an exemplary aspect, the system includes multiple flexible tooling plates that are interlocked to each other to form a tooling surface for forming a composite structure to be manufactured. Moreover, the system includes an actuator array connected to the flexible plates and that can move the flexible plates relative to each other to adjust a contour of the tooling surface to correspond to a design contour of the composite structure to be manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Samuel Bowden, Jr., Jon Paul Gunner, Antonio Bernerd Martinez, Ian Hawthorn Ashdown
  • Patent number: 10551954
    Abstract: A touch and display sensing integrated circuit and a touch display device using the same are provided. The touch display device includes a display and touch sensing integrated circuit and a glass substrate. The glass substrate includes touch/display common voltage electrodes, pixels, pads and conductive lines. Each pixel includes Q sub-pixels. The pads are electrically connected to the touch and display sensing integrated circuit. The Pth and (P+Q+1)th pads are electrically connected to the touch/display common voltage electrode through the corresponding conductive lines, respectively. The (P+1)th to (P+Q)th pads are electrically connected to 1st to Qth sub-pixels of a pixel through the corresponding conductive lines, respectively. The pads are arranged in a first direction, and the conductive lines, which are electrically connected to the pads in a second direction, are non-interlaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: FOCALTECH ELECTRONICS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-Nien Yang, Pi-Chun Yeh, Pei-Hung Hsiao
  • Patent number: 10534353
    Abstract: A system for reducing processing defects during processing of a semiconductor wafer prior to back-grinding the wafer includes a table having one or more holes formed therein, wherein the table comprises at least one of a chuck table or a support table, wherein the holes are perpendicular to the surface upon which a pre-back-grinding (PBG) process occurs. The system further includes one or more sensors disposed in said holes for monitoring a parameter during the PBG process. The system further includes a computer-implemented process control tool coupled with the one or more sensors and configured to determine whether the PBG process will continue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chen-Fa Lu, Cheng-Ting Chen, James Hu, Chung-Shi Liu