To Remove Gas From Between Assembled Laminae Patents (Class 156/286)
  • Patent number: 8529726
    Abstract: A method for producing a hollow product comprises a film arrangement step wherein a film is arranged on a fiber layer; a molded body arrangement step wherein a molded body having a recess is arranged on the film after the film after the film arrangement step in such a manner that the opening of the recess faces the film; the gas present between the fiber layer and the film is evacuated; the gas present between the film and the molded body is evacuated; a film-molded body bonding step wherein the film and the molded body are bonded together after the step of gas evacuation from between the film and the molded body; and a fiber layer-film bonding step wherein the fiber layer and the film are bonded together after the step of gas evacuation from between the fiber layer and the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Nippi Corporation
    Inventors: Terukuni Fukuoka, Keiichi Hosoda
  • Patent number: 8529718
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a laminated glazing including a hole of substantial size, the process arranging a seal on an edge face and external faces of the glazing around an entire periphery of the hole, the seal including protruding fastening elements that are applied against the external faces of the glazing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Cédric Marguerite, Michael Labrot
  • Publication number: 20130228277
    Abstract: In this method for producing an ornament (1), wherein an ornamental sheet (3) is bonded/affixed by means of a vacuum-press-bonding method to the convex front surface (21) of a substrate (2) provided with a convex front surface (21) and a concave back surface (22), a work-support base (6) is placed on a work placement surface (121a) formed on the upper surface of the suction chamber (120) of a vacuum-press-bonding device (100), and the substrate (2) is positioned by fitting an engagement protrusion (28) formed on the back surface of the substrate (2) covered by the ornamental sheet (3) to an engagement hole (68) at the work-support surface (61) formed on the upper surface of the work-support base (6). When bonding/affixing the ornamental sheet (3) to the substrate (2) by means of the vacuum-press-bonding device (100), position deviation of the substrate (2) is prevented by the engagement of the engagement hole (68) and the engagement protrusion (28).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: FUJIGEN INC.
    Inventors: Eiji Furuya, Kei Komatsu, Kazutaka Ono
  • Publication number: 20130217283
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition having components (A), (B), (C), and (D), wherein the epoxy resin composition has a viscosity at 40° C. of about 1×103 to about 1×104 Pa·s, a curing start temperature of about 90 to about 110° C., and a minimum viscosity at the curing start temperature of about 2 to about 20 Pa·s, wherein the components (A), (B), (C), and (D) are as follows: (A) About 60 weight parts or more of a tetraglycidyl amine type epoxy resin per 100 weight parts of the epoxy resin blend; (B) Dicyandiamide; (C) Diaminodiphenyl sulfone and (D) Urea compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Arai, Alfred P. Haro, Jonathan C. Hughes, Norimitsu Natsume
  • Patent number: 8511362
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for consolidating and curing a composite part places and registers a composite laminate layer of thermoset polymer matrix and reinforcing fibers onto the temperature-controlled curing surface of a heated curing mold and provides a base mold with base surface covered by a rubber mask having a mask surface. Three-dimensional surfaces of the curing, base and mask surfaces complement each other so with the curing and base molds adjacent, a pressure space is formed between the base and curing surfaces that contains the compressed rubber mask, a bleeder layer for removing excess air and polymer matrix, and the composite laminate, the pressure space having a perimeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel Walczyk, Casey Hoffman, Michael Righi, Suvranu De, Jaron Kuppers
  • Patent number: 8496771
    Abstract: A method of filling and sealing a fluorescent layer in a slot space defined by two optical lenses and a partition ring is disclosed, in which a slot space is defined by two optical glasses and a partition frame having a partition ring on the inner wall surface. The partition frame is installed with two slots diametrically opposite to each other, and the slot space is evacuated to allow filling of a fluorescent material, and then the two slots are sealed so that the moisture is prevented from permeating into the fluorescent layer, and thus the optical performance can be maintained over a long period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Gem Weltronics TWN Corporation
    Inventors: Jon-Fwu Hwu, Yung-Fu Wu, Kui-Chiang Liu
  • Patent number: 8475620
    Abstract: A holding tool 2 for use in producing of laminated glass includes a frame 3, a bag member 4 and a supporting member 6b for suspending the bag member 4 from the frame 3. The bag member 4 is made of a film with flexibility and airtightness, is provided with a sealable opening and has evacuating ports 7a and 7b in the vicinity of an periphery of a flat shape thereof having the periphery sealed. The frame 3 has a first frame member 3w and a second frame member 3y opposing each other and disposed outside the periphery of the bag member 4, and the bag member 4 is suspended by the supporting member 6b movably against the frame 3 on a holding face formed at least by the first frame member 3w and the second frame member 3y inside an area formed by connecting ends of these frame members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsuoka, Tsutomu Anbo, Shigeru Hirata, Tsutomu Mizukami, Yoshiyuki Sato
  • Publication number: 20130153128
    Abstract: Structures such as layers of material associated with an electronic device may be assembled using adhesive. The adhesive may be dispensed onto the surface of an electronic device layer in liquid form. The liquid adhesive material may be a liquid pressure sensitive adhesive precursor material. Patterned structures such as touch sensor electrodes, black ink masking layers, and other structures may be formed on the electronic device layer. The use of liquid adhesive material may help the adhesive material flow over the edges of the patterned structures without forming bubbles or voids. Following application of the liquid pressure sensitive adhesive precursor material, the liquid pressure sensitive adhesive precursor material may be cured to form a solid layer of pressure sensitive adhesive. The layer of material on which the solid layer of pressure sensitive adhesive has been formed may then be vacuum laminated to an additional electronic device layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: James R. Krogdahl, James M. Cuseo
  • Publication number: 20130149481
    Abstract: A sheet material for thermal insulation, comprising a flat core of an open-pored material having two parallel extending surfaces, and a circumferential region inter-connecting the surfaces; a first barrier film in contact with a first surface of the core and comprising a sealing layer, and a fully circumferential protrusion of the first barrier film; a flat filter material in contact with a second surface of the open-pored core and disposed oppositely first barrier film and providing a fully circumferential protrusion a second barrier film in contact with the outer face of the flat filter material and comprising at least one sealing layer facing the flat filter material, and a fully circumferential protrusion of said second barrier film; a sealing seam extending circumferentially along the protrusion of the two films and fixing the two films to each other; wherein the filter material is welded circumferentially into the sealing seam, and wherein the volume between the two barrier films and the sealing seam is
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: va-Q-tec AG
    Inventors: Jochen Hiemeyer, Roland Caps, Stefan Roth
  • Patent number: 8460502
    Abstract: A method and part forming apparatus configured for forming an aircraft stringer. The part forming apparatus may comprise a forming tool, a rigid plate, and a hollow bladder. The forming tool may comprise a material trough, a bladder extension trough laterally aligned with and open to the material trough, and a recessed pocket extending from either side of the bladder extension trough and adjacent to the material trough. The method comprises placing composite material into the material trough, placing the bladder onto the composite material and through the bladder extension trough, placing the rigid plate into the recessed pocket and over the bladder, and then placing skin laminate over the bladder and the composite material. Once each of these components is in place, the forming tool may be vacuum bagged and the composite material and skin laminate may be co-cured to form the stringer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Blaise F. Bergmann, Dwight D. Spaulding, John P. McPherson
  • Patent number: 8444127
    Abstract: A tool comprises a caul plate having at least one suction hole and a vacuum port fluidly coupled to the suction hole for drawing a patch against the caul plate under vacuum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Megan N. Watson, Mary H. Vargas, Joel P. Baldwin
  • Patent number: 8434587
    Abstract: A purpose is to provide a tubular body soundproof cover and a covered tubular body, for which elastic deformation of the tubular body is unlikely to be inhibited. The tubular body soundproof cover includes a sound absorbing layer arranged on outside in an axially perpendicular direction of a tubular body having tubular body side curved sections; a skin layer arranged on outside in the axially perpendicular direction of the sound absorbing layer; and cover side curved sections arranged on outside in the axially perpendicular direction of the tubular body side curved sections, including at least a portion of the sound absorbing layer and at least a portion of the skin layer. The cover side curved sections have non-adherent sections in which the sound absorbing layer and the skin layer are not bonded over the entire circumferential length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Era, Hiroyuki Ochiai
  • Patent number: 8425715
    Abstract: An industrial-scale high throughput wafer bonding apparatus includes a wafer bonder chamber extending along a main axis and comprising a plurality of chamber zones, a plurality of heater/isolator plates, a guide rod system extending along the main axis, a pair of parallel track rods extending along the main axis, and first pressure means. The chamber zones are separated from each other and thermally isolated from each other by the heater/isolator plates. The heater/isolator plates are oriented perpendicular to the main axis, are movably supported and guided by the guide rod system and are configured to move along the direction of the main axis. Each of the chamber zones is dimensioned to accommodate an aligned wafer pair and the wafer pairs are configured to be supported by the parallel track rods. The first pressure means is configured to apply a first force perpendicular to a first end heater/isolator plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Suss Microtec Lithography, GmbH
    Inventor: Gregory George
  • Patent number: 8419886
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing two or more composite parts, the method comprising: assembling the composite parts on a mandrel by laying a series of layers of bands of composite material onto the mandrel with a placement machine,—rotating the mandrel as the bands are laid onto the mandrel; attaching two or more debulk frames (10, 11) to the mandrel between opposed edges of the composite parts after the composite parts have been assembled; wrapping the mandrel, debulk frames (10, 11) and composite parts in a debulk bag; heating the composite parts,—forming a vacuum between the mandrel and the debulk bag so that the debulk bag is sucked into voids between the debulk frames and the heated composite parts and progressively presses against the heated composite parts whereby excess material is squeezed by the debulk bag towards their opposed edges; and removing the debulk bag and the composite parts from the mandrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Simon Astwood, John Jacobs, Matthew Hocking, Jago Pridie
  • Patent number: 8418740
    Abstract: Composite sections for aircraft fuselages and other structures, and methods and systems for manufacturing such sections, are disclosed herein. A method for manufacturing a shell structure in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes applying composite material to an interior mold surface of a tool to form a skin extending 360 degrees around an axis. The method can further include positioning a plurality of stiffeners on an inner surface of the skin. After the stiffeners have been positioned, a vacuum bag can be installed over the stiffeners and evacuated to press the stiffeners and the skin outwardly against the interior mold surface of the tool. Next, the skin/stiffener combination can be cocured to bond the stiffeners to the skin and harden the shell structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael R. Chapman, Robert M. Watson, Donald A. Anderson, Marc J. Piehl, Joseph L. Sweetin, Douglas L. Grose
  • Patent number: 8409385
    Abstract: A transparent laminate is produced by preparing a pair of transparent substrates, forming a sealing portion along the periphery on one of the transparent substrates for sealing a curable resin composition, supplying the curable resin composition in a region on the transparent substrate surrounded by the sealing portion, overlaying the other transparent substrate on the supplied curable resin composition in a reduced pressure atmosphere so that the curable resin composition is sealed as it is sandwiched between the pair of transparent substrates, and subsequently curing the curable resin composition in an atmosphere having a higher pressure than the pressure of the atmosphere in which the composition is sandwiched, to produce the transparent laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshige Ito, Satoshi Niiyama, Satoshi Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20130056131
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for repairing a damaged laminate including the process of cutting out a damaged section and replacing damaged section with a repair laminate, then covering the repair laminate with a vacuum bag having a heater disposed therein. Thereafter, applying heat and pressure to the repair laminate with the heater and vacuum bag to adequately debulk and cure the repair laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.
    Inventors: Denver R. Whitworth, Vance N. Cribb
  • Patent number: 8388792
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nonstick material for use during removal of a part (11) of a substantially planar material layer (2) which is connected in a connecting step to at least on further, substantially planar material layer (9). According to the invention, the nonstick material (8) has a different polarity than the adjoining, substantially planar material layers (2, 9). The invention also relates to a method for removing a part (11) of a substantially planar material layer (2) which is connected in a connecting step to at least one further, substantially planar material layer (9), to a multilayer structure which consists of at least two substantially planar material layers (2, 9) to be interconnected, and to a use of the same, especially in a multilayer printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerald Weidinger, Günther Weichslberger, Markus Leitgeb, Johannes Stahr
  • Patent number: 8388789
    Abstract: For an arcuate structural member (10) of a fuselage frame, tapes of resin pre-impregnated unidirectional fibers are used. The member (10) includes a web (11) lying in a radial plane and a radially outer cylindrical flange (12). An elongate, arcuate forming mandrel (M1) having a flat radial surface (F) forming an angular edge (D) with a radially outer, convex cylindrical surface (S) is used and a series of promontories (P) radiating outwardly with respect to the cylindrical surface (S) are provided. Layers of pre-impregnated composite material are laid on the mandrel (M1) to form a first flat arcuate laminate (20?), with a part (20?) of the laminate projecting radially outwardly beyond the angular edge (D). The mandrel (M1), the laminate (20?) and the promontories (P) are covered with a membrane (E). A vacuum is then applied to urge the projecting part (20?) of the laminate against the cylindrical surface (S) and against the promontories (P).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Alenia Aeronautica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Sabato Inserra Imparato, Luigi Avagliano, Diego De Luca
  • Patent number: 8382924
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a repair laminate for a composite part having an exposed surface includes applying a release film to the exposed surface and forming an uncured ply stack assembly on the release film. The uncured ply stack assembly is formed by forming and compacting a series of uncured ply stacks. The release film and ply stack assembly is then removed from the exposed surface. A bonding material is then applied to the exposed surface, and the uncured ply stack assembly is applied to the bonding material. The ply stack assembly and bonding material are then cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Denver R. Whitworth, Vance N. Cribb, Dumitru R. Jitariu
  • Patent number: 8377247
    Abstract: A stiffened skin panel of an aircraft that includes an aircraft skin panel of composite material and a composite stringer consolidated with the aircraft skin panel. The stringer has a pair of stringer sides, each extending from a stringer top to a stringer leg. The stringer sides may each extend through a wide radius, smooth continuous curve to a stringer leg. The wide radius, smooth continuous curve may be proximate the base of the stringer side in a region where the stringer side transitions to the stringer leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Juan C. Guzman, Douglas A. McCarville, Daniel M. Rotter, Brian G. Robins
  • Publication number: 20130038876
    Abstract: A variable wavelength interference filter includes a first substrate having a fixed mirror, a second substrate bonded to the first substrate and having a movable portion and a movable mirror fixed to the movable portion, a third substrate bonded to the second substrate on the side opposite to the first substrate, and an electrostatic actuator which displaces the movable portion in a substrate thickness direction, wherein a penetration hole connecting a light exiting-side space between the first substrate and the second substrate and a light incident-side space between the second substrate and the third substrate to a space outside the filter is formed, and the penetration hole is sealed with a sealant which tightly closes each space in a reduced-pressure state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuji ARAKAWA, Nozomu HIROKUBO, Hiroshi KOMATSU
  • Patent number: 8356649
    Abstract: In order to repair a composite-material panel forming part of the external surface of an aircraft, a portable device is applied onto that surface, the portable device including an inflatable chamber consisting of a flexible and airtight membrane and a concave body of rubber-like material sealed with the membrane. The concave body incorporates an inextensible inner reinforcement. Pressurized air is introduced into the chamber via a valve. A further valve, which passes through the membrane in a zone of the membrane external to the chamber, is used to suck air from one side of the membrane to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Alenia Aeronautica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Pierluigi Cacace, Nicola Gallo
  • Patent number: 8354139
    Abstract: A system for impregnating a liner with a curable substance enables the liner to be used to repair or refurbish an underground conduit. The system includes a vacuum pump having a vacuum line communicably connected thereto. The vacuum line has a vacuum inlet formed therein. The vacuum line supports the liner such that the liner covers and encloses the inlet. A supply of a curable substance has an applicator line connected thereto. The applicator line is proximate the vacuum line and has a discharge port located proximate the liner supported on the vacuum line. An applicator pump moves the curable substance through the applicator line and discharge port onto the liner while the vacuum pump draws a vacuum on the liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Inventor: Kenneth S. Barton
  • Publication number: 20130008483
    Abstract: A foldable, portable, lightweight photovoltaic module has a carrier layer divided into equal sections separated by hinge spaces, a substrate layer on the carrier layer, and a photovoltaic cell layer on the substrate layer, wherein the hinge spaces each have a free space between opposing edges of the adjacent sections to enable them to be folded in accordion-like fashion for storage. The carrier layer may be made of rip-stop fabric and preferably supports 6 sections each with 6 PV cells of crystalline silicon of up to about 22% conversion efficiency. The module has a power output of about 122 watts at 24 volts, and weighs about 7.4 pounds (3.36 kg), with a power-to-size ratio of 14 watts/sft or more, and a power-to-weight ratio of 16.5 watts/pound or more. An improved method of lamination applies heat and pressure on upper and lower sides of the laminate layers through upper and lower chambers with respective pressure bladders and heaters that are independently controllable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventor: James A. CHANEY
  • Patent number: 8349105
    Abstract: A curved composite aircraft frame comprises a multi-ply composite laminate having a generally Z-shaped cross section. At least certain of the laminate plies include unidirectional reinforcing fibers that are substantially tangent at substantially all points along the curvature of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: David J. Kehrl, Kent E. Johnson, Douglas A. McCarville
  • Patent number: 8343405
    Abstract: The invention relates to a production method for incorporating an object into a multi-part, transparent casing. According to the method, an object is aligned on a first joint surface of a first casing part and is pressed into said part using a second casing part with a second joint surface. The first joint surface of the first casing part and the second joint surface of the second casing part are then fused by pressure and temperature, forming a region between the casing parts that is devoid of a visible seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Montblanc-Simplo GmbH
    Inventors: Dietmar Podszuweit, Manfred Martens, Holger Wuttke
  • Patent number: 8343300
    Abstract: An improved apparatus for debonding temporary bonded wafers includes a debonder, a cleaning module and a taping module. A vacuum chuck is used in the debonder for holding the debonded thinned wafer and remains with the thinned debonded wafer during the follow up processes steps of cleaning and mounting onto a dicing tape. In one embodiment the debonded thinned wafer remains onto the vacuum chuck and is moved with the vacuum chuck into the cleaning module and then the taping module. In another embodiment the debonded thinned wafer remains onto the vacuum chuck and first the cleaning module moves over the thinned wafer to clean the wafer and then the taping module moves over the thinned wafer to mount a dicing tape onto the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Suss Microtec Lithography, GmbH
    Inventor: James Hermanowski
  • Patent number: 8336595
    Abstract: A tape bonding device for bonding a tape member to a work piece, wherein the tape bonding device has a main body section, and a cover body section provided reopenable to the main body section. The main body section has a mount member on the upper surface of which the work piece is mounted; a tape holding unit which holds the tape member in a stretching state, and, at the same time, locates the tape member in the upper portion of the work piece mounted on the mount member; and a sucking unit for vacuum suction of space between the tape member and the work piece. The cover body section has a concave section which is depressed upward in the blocked state of the cover body section, and, at the same time, the upper bottom surface of the concave section presses downward the work piece and the tape member, which move upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Tsubaki Seiko Inc.
    Inventors: Kimikazu Saito, Tetsushi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20120320564
    Abstract: One aspect provides a sealed transparent panel for use in a refrigerated display case. In this embodiment, the panel comprises first and second transparent sheets having a sealed space therebetween, and at least one light emitting diode (LED) located within the sealed space and extending along a length of the first and second transparent sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC
    Inventor: Michael E. Davis
  • Patent number: 8333864
    Abstract: A flexible compaction sheet is used to compact uncured composite plies onto the surface of a ply layup. The compaction sheet includes a peripheral seal that seals the perimeter of the sheet to the surface of the part layup and forms a vacuum chamber over the plies which is evacuated through the sheet to apply compaction pressure to the plies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Joseph D. Brennan, Travis J. Sherwood
  • Patent number: 8328976
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing root of megawatt wind-turbine blade includes the following steps: (1) manufacturing an independent female mould, and arranging a positioning stop-ring on the female mould; (2) clinging on one side of the positioning stop-ring, a plurality of glass fabrics and macroporous glass fabrics are laid on the curved surface of the female mould; (3) after laying the glass fabrics, sealing the female mould using a vacuum bag, and vacuumizing the female mould after a curved supporting board is arranged on the vacuum bag; (4) after laying a plurality of glass fabrics in the blade mould, slinging the prefabricated part and the curved supporting board to arrange them in the blade mould; (5) sealing the blade mould using another vacuum bag, vacuumizing the blade mould, thereafter infusing resin into the blade mould, after curing the root of the blade is finally formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Lianyungang Zhongfu Lianzhong Composites Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guifang Ren, Guanghui Qiao, Huixiu Huang, Xiaoliang Qiao
  • Patent number: 8323446
    Abstract: In order to manufacture beams of composite material with a J-shaped cross-section, a curing apparatus includes a bar supported parallel to a table by two end supports. A J-shaped beam of uncured composite material is prepared and arranged on the apparatus, positioning the bottom flange of the beam so that it faces the table and resting the web and the upper flange against two respective sides of the bar. The beam is covered with a vacuum bag and pressure and heat are applied inside an autoclave in order to cure the resin in the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Alenia Aeronautica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Sabato Inserra Imparato, Giovanni Lanfranco
  • Patent number: 8313600
    Abstract: A method and system for fabricating a geometrically versatile composite lattice support structure having a seamless three-dimensional configuration. The lattice support structure is created by forming two or more cross supports, such as helical, longitudinal, circumferential and/or lateral cross supports, which intersect to form a plurality of multi-layered nodes. The lattice support structure may be designed without any protrusions extending outward from the overall geometry, thus enabling efficient tooling, and thus enabling ease of mass production. The lattice support structure may comprise a completely circumferentially closed geometry, such as a cylinder, ellipse, airfoil, etc. The method for fabricating the lattice support structure comprises laying up a fiber material, in the presence of resin, within rigid channels of a rigid mold, thus creating a green, uncured three-dimensional geometry of unconsolidated cross supports and multi-layered nodes where these intersect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Sigma-Tek, LLC
    Inventors: Erich A. Wilson, Michael D. Kipp, Michael D. Ridges
  • Publication number: 20120273126
    Abstract: A system and method for laminating a module. The system comprises a membrane adapted to apply a pressure on the module to press a plurality of layers of the module together, an intermediate member adapted to prevent gases set free during a lamination process from making contact with the membrane, and a base for retaining the module, wherein the membrane and the base are capable of forming a vacuum chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: 3S SWISS SOLAR SYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Roman Polo, Ronald Lange, Alessandro Chimenti, Beat Strebel, Juerg Zahnd
  • Patent number: 8298362
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a manufacturing method for a PDP which allows even high-definition and ultra-high-definition PDPs to demonstrate an excellent image display capability at improved luminous efficiency, by suppressing variation of a discharge gas composition, and by eliminating an impurity gas in a discharge space effectively. To achieve the aim, deterioration of an absorbent material 39 composed of copper ion-exchanged ZSM-5-type zeolite is prevented, by performing both sealing and evacuation steps for the front substrate 2 and back substrate 9 in a non-oxidizing gas atmosphere. This maintains properties of the absorbent material 39 for absorbing the impurity gas without degradation, even if the absorbent material 39 absorbs a Xe gas in a discharge gas introducing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Sakai, Keisuke Okada, Yayoi Okui
  • Patent number: 8298473
    Abstract: A method of making a tool for curing a composite layup and a method of removing air and volatiles from a composite layup during curing. The tool includes a tool body having a surface adapted to support a composite layup and includes an integrated breather for allowing removal of air from the layup during curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Dull, Michael K. Louie, Gordon M. Cox
  • Patent number: 8293051
    Abstract: A collapsible bladder has flexible outer walls and at least one strut inside the enclosure. The strut is connected to the outer walls and controls the shape into which the enclosure may be collapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John D. Morris, Michael A. Lee, Kenneth L. Brook
  • Patent number: 8287683
    Abstract: A holding tool 2 for use in producing of laminated glass includes a frame 3, a bag member 4 and a supporting member 6b for suspending the bag member 4 from the frame 3. The bag member 4 is made of a film with flexibility and airtightness, is provided with a sealable opening and has evacuating ports 7a and 7b in the vicinity of an periphery of a flat shape thereof having the periphery sealed. The frame 3 has a first frame member 3w and a second frame member 3y opposing each other and disposed outside the periphery of the bag member 4, and the bag member 4 is suspended by the supporting member 6b movably against the frame 3 on a holding face formed at least by the first frame member 3w and the second frame member 3y inside an area formed by connecting ends of these frame members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsuoka, Tsutomu Anbo, Shigeru Hirata, Tsutomu Mizukami, Yoshiyuki Sato
  • Publication number: 20120251776
    Abstract: An apparatus including a layer of natural, textured material including a first side and a second side; and cured adhesive impregnated into the layer of natural, textured material from the first side but not from the second side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Stuart Paul GODFREY, Caroline Elizabeth MILLAR
  • Patent number: 8277597
    Abstract: Provided is a method for bonding a high heat conductive insulating resin, by which the high heat conductive insulating resin can be bonded to a heat sink without deteriorating insulating characteristics and heat conducting characteristics. The method includes: a fixing step of fixing the heat sink by means of a jig having a vacuuming function; a placing step of placing the heat sink fixed with the jig on a sheet-like high heat conductive insulating resin previously bonded to a cooler and making a hermetically closed space; and a bonding step of having a bonding section between the heat sink and the sheet-like high heat conductive insulating resin under a negative pressure by depressurizing the hermetically closed space, heating the sheet-like high heat conductive insulating resin, and bonding the sheet-like high heat conductive insulating resin to the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ren Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8262841
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for fabricating adhesive bonded joints while minimizing the voids and/or porosity found in the cured bondline. In accordance with various embodiments, the apparatus comprises an evacuation chamber combined with a pressure inducing device to produce bonded joints that are both void free and thoroughly compacted. The surfaces to be bonded are continuously evacuated throughout the bonding process (pre-mating, mating, debulking and cure). Continuous evacuation is provided via standard vacuum, while the induced pressure can be pneumatically or mechanically provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Megan Nicole Watson, Joseph L. Hafenrichter, Mary H. Vargas, Michael W. Evens
  • Patent number: 8257541
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hermetically sealed container provided with first and second substrates includes the steps of disposing, within a chamber, the first and second substrates opposite to each other to form a gap therebetween, and separating an edge portion of at least the first substrate from the second substrate, for processing to warp the first substrate, within the chamber. Additional steps include exhausting a space between the first and second substrates, by exhausting an inside of the chamber in a state of warping the first substrate, and hermetically connecting the first and second substrates through a bonding material, within the chamber, in a state of exhausting the space between the first and second substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi Hasegawa, Toshiaki Himeji
  • Patent number: 8257130
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a high-reliability hermetic container includes an assembling step of arranging, between first and second glass substrates, a sealing material including first and second straight line portions stretching in different directions and a coupling portion connecting these straight line portions, with a viscosity of the sealing material having a negative temperature coefficient, and a scanning sealing step of performing scanning to the first straight line portion and the coupling portion while irradiating local heating light at least once. Scanning to the second straight line portion and the coupling portion is performed while irradiating the local heating light at least once, and the assembling step further forms at least a part of the sealing material at the coupling portion with a film thickness thinner than the sealing material in a region adjacent to the coupling portion of the first straight line portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Ito, Mamo Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8216500
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a blade shell half of a pre-bent wind turbine blade by means of vacuum-assisted resin transfer moulding (VARTM), a fibre lay-up (16) is placed on a mould surface (14) and a distribution layer (24) is placed above the fibre lay-up (16). At least one segmentation area is provided in the distribution layer by providing at least one transversely extending flow barrier in the distribution layer (24) preventing or restricting longitudinal resin flow to the distribution layer. A longitudinally extending first feed channel (27) is placed above the distribution layer (24). The first feed channel (27) is divided into at least two feed channel sections, a feed channel section being arranged in each distribution layer segment. A vacuum bag (43) is arranged on top of the mould part (13) to define a mould cavity. The mould cavity (44) is evacuated and liquid resin is supplied to each feed channel section through a resin inlet to fill the mould cavity and impregnate the fibre lay-up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: LM Glasfiber A/S
    Inventors: Erik Eigil Olesen, Michael Schølarth Koefoed, Steven Hauge Pedersen, Klavs Jespersen, John Joseph Jeno
  • Patent number: 8211264
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a multilayer film laminate having a first film layer comprising a perfluorinated copolymer resin layer adhered to a polymeric second film layer that has been surface treated with an aminosilane. The multilayer laminate is useful as a photovoltaic module component. Methods for preparing photovoltaic modules that include the multilayer laminate are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Sam Louis Samuels
  • Patent number: 8211265
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a multilayer film laminate having a first layer comprising a perfluorinated copolymer resin layer adhered to a second layer comprising an olefin ester copolymer that has been blended with an organosilane. The multilayer laminate is useful in photovoltaic modules. Methods for preparing photovoltaic modules are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Sam Louis Samuels
  • Patent number: 8211263
    Abstract: A method for fabricating an air-filled cellular structure for use as a resilient cushion. The method includes providing a molding structure including a shelf substantially surrounding a depression, and a platform that fits within the depression and is selectively movable between a plurality of positions relative to the shelf, moving the platform to a preselected position relative to the shelf, wherein the preselected position corresponds to a substantially predetermined amount of air to be contained by the air-filled cellular structure, and using a vacuum device to draw air from within the depression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Applied FT Composite Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Kim
  • Publication number: 20120164365
    Abstract: A vacuum insulation panel and to a method for manufacturing same. The method comprises: (a) a step of laminating a plurality of glass fiber boards to form a core, wherein the glass fiber boards are produced by a papermaking method using glass fiber dispersed in an inorganic binder; (b) a step of forming an outer cover having a structure in which a surface protection layer, a metal barrier layer, and an adhesive layer are laminated; (c) a step of producing a getter by packing quicklime (CaO) powder in a pouch; (d) a step of attaching the getter onto the core, or inserting the getter into the surface of the core; and (e) a step of forming the outer cover into a bag body, inserting the core from step (d) into the bag body, and sealing the bag body, thereby improving long-term durability of the vacuum insulation panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: LG HAUSYS, LTD.
    Inventors: Suk Jang, Sung-Seock Hwang, Seung-Min Jeon, Myung Lee, Jung-Pil Han
  • Patent number: 8206547
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a display having a display panel, a transparent protective plate, which is placed in front of the display panel, and a layer formed of a transparent organic medium, which is placed between the display panel and the protective plate, a liquid organic medium is applied to, or a sheet-like organic medium is formed on, a surface of one of the display panel and the protective plate, the display panel and the protective plate are bonded together in a reduced pressure atmosphere, and thereafter the liquid organic medium is cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinichi Kawabe