Forming Articles By Uniting Randomly Associated Particles Patents (Class 264/109)
  • Patent number: 12220668
    Abstract: A high-flux silicon carbide ceramic filter membrane and a preparation method thereof are provided. In the preparation method, a separation layer is directly coated at a time on the basis of a support, that is, after the support is sintered, the separation layer is directly coated and then sintered for carbon removal. In the present disclosure, a sintering process and a coating formula are optimized to prevent fine silicon carbide particles from entering micropores of a support due to capillary filtration and film formation during coating, such that a separation layer with an average pore size of 0.2 ?m or less can be directly coated on a silicon carbide support with an average pore size of 10 ?m or more, and fine silicon carbide particles can be effectively prevented from entering micropores of the support during the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Nanjing Hanssen Material Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Linfeng Yuan, Johnny Marcher
  • Patent number: 12203041
    Abstract: A process for using Rice Husk residue as an alternative fuel to fossil fuels (such as Natural Gas and LPP oils 1 A . . . 9 A), in the combustion chamber of the glass, glaze or similar furnace. Where a waste is collected in dump trucks and unloaded into a proper silo, then passes through a dryer feeding silo where it is atomized in the kiln combustion chamber, a high-pressure, low-flow fan is used to atomize it, along with all the necessary air, which can be used in oxy-combustion kilns; all the combustion gases are cooled by mixing with cold air and the incandescent gas from the kiln; and they are then collected and passed through a sleeve filter for proper filtration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Inventor: Dennis Ricardo Ribeiro
  • Patent number: 12187651
    Abstract: In a silicon nitride sintered body including silicon nitride crystal grains and a grain boundary phase, dislocation defect portions exists inside at least some of the silicon nitride crystal grains. A percentage of a number of the at least some of the silicon nitride crystal grains among any 50 of the silicon nitride crystal grains having completely visible contours in any cross section or surface of the silicon nitride sintered body is not less than 50% and not more than 100%. It is favorable that a plate thickness of the silicon nitride substrate, in which the silicon nitride sintered body is used, is within the range not less than 0.1 mm and not more than 0.4 mm. The TCT characteristics can be improved by using the silicon nitride substrate in the silicon nitride circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Aoki, Kentaro Iwai, Takayuki Fukasawa, Jun Momma, Takashi Sano
  • Patent number: 12172401
    Abstract: A rotary tablet press machine has a compression turret rotating about a rotation axis and including a die table with dies, lower and upper punches associated in pairs with respective dies, a dosing station for filling dosing cavities formed by the dies closed at the bottom by the lower punches with a product, and a cam device for moving the lower punches inside the respective dies and obtaining settled filling depth. The cam device includes first and second filling cams provided respectively with first and second channels to guide follower ends of the lower punches along a filling path. The machine also has first and second adjustment elements respectively supporting the first and second filling cams. The machine further has a first driving device for moving with respect to compression turret and along a first direction simultaneously the first and second adjustment elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Salvatore Fabrizio Consoli, Marco Corona
  • Patent number: 12163284
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a fiberboard manufacturing method that is suitable for efficiently manufacturing a fiberboard in which warpage is suppressed, and to provide a fiberboard that is obtained by such a fiberboard manufacturing method. [Solution] The fiberboard manufacturing method of the present invention includes the following pulp crushing step S1, mat forming step S2, and hot-pressing step S3. In the pulp crushing step S1, pulp dispersed in water is beaten in a gap between opposed blades to thereby produce a plant-based fiber material that has a particle size D50 of 50 to 110 ?m and a freeness value of 150 to 300 ml and that contains an adhesive component. In the mat forming step S2, a mat is formed from the plant-based fiber material. In the hot-pressing step S3, by hot-pressing the mat, a fiberboard is formed from the mat through a process of plasticizing the adhesive component in the mat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Sugiyama, Toshikatsu Homma
  • Patent number: 12134207
    Abstract: A machine for dry decoration of ceramic slabs or tiles, comprising: a support element (10), provided with a plurality of cavities (11) with a pre-established shape; a dispensing device (20), configured to deposit a pre-fixed amount of powder material inside one or more pre-established cavities (11); an unloading device (30), configured to move the cavities (11) from a loading position, in which they can receive the powder material from the dispensing device (20), to an unloading position, in which they can unload the powder material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: SYSTEM CERAMICS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Vaccari, Franco Gozzi, Franco Stefani
  • Patent number: 12115703
    Abstract: Rotational moulding system configured for determining at least one suitable temperature-time program and at least one suitable motion-time program for the rotational moulding of an object by means of the rotational moulding system on the basis of a predetermined rotational moulding thermal characteristic of a raw material to be used for the rotational moulding of the object. Computer-implemented method for using the rotational moulding system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: AMS Belgium bvba
    Inventor: Johan Potargent
  • Patent number: 12105251
    Abstract: The disclosure generally pertains to a metalens portion comprising a plurality of holes in a first substrate, wherein at least two holes of the plurality of holes differ in size, and wherein a refractive index of the metalens portion is defined by at least one of shape of the holes and an arrangement pattern of the holes, thereby providing a metalens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tonino Greco, Klaus Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 12083070
    Abstract: A polymeric container for storing a drug such as insulin which comprises a hard shell (2) and a flexible film (1), wherein both elements are made from the same material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: DEBIOTECH S.A.
    Inventors: François Bianchi, Gian-Luca Lettieri, Stephan Proennecke
  • Patent number: 12053904
    Abstract: The general inventive concepts relate to engineered wood products. The engineered wood products demonstrate improved properties including acoustic damping, fire resistance, and water absorption relative to similar engineered wood products that comprise only a single source of fibers. In contrast, the inventive engineered wood products include a combination of at least two types of fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Sara Akbarian-Tefaghi, Robert O'Leary, Colleen N. Kennedy
  • Patent number: 12030995
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a cork composite material and a cork composite material. The method may comprise providing a plurality of cork particles in a volume and adding a dispersion of thermoplastic elastomer to the volume to provide a mixture of the dispersion of thermoplastic elastomer and the cork particles. The method may comprise agitating the cork particles and/or the mixture of the dispersion of thermoplastic elastomer and the cork particles and heating the mixture of the thermoplastic elastomer and the cork particles. The method may comprise allowing the mixture of the thermoplastic elastomer and the cork particles to cool. The steps of the method together may result in a plurality of coated cork particles being coated in a first layer of the thermoplastic elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Edge Marketing Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Baker, Jordan Palmer
  • Patent number: 11998982
    Abstract: A system and corresponding method for additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional (3D) object to improve packing density of a powder bed used in the manufacturing process. The system and corresponding method enable higher density packing of the powder. Such higher density packing leads to better mechanical interlocking of particles, leading to lower sintering temperatures and reduced deformation of the 3D object during sintering. An embodiment of the system comprises means for adjusting a volume of a powder metered onto a top surface of the powder bed to produce an adjusted metered volume and means for spreading the adjusted metered volume to produce a smooth volume for forming a smooth layer of the powder with controlled packing density across the top surface of the powder bed. The controlled packing density enables uniform shrinkage, without warping, of the 3D object during sintering to produce higher quality 3D printed objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Desktop Metal, Inc.
    Inventors: George Hudelson, Emanuel M. Sachs, Glenn A. Jordan, Midnight Zero
  • Patent number: 11986976
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the mass decoration of ceramic products, comprising the following steps: spreading, superposed on one another, a layer (L) of granular or powder material and a decorative layer (3) on a support surface (2); transferring the layer (L) from the support surface (2) to an accumulation belt (T1), contiguous and aligned to the support surface (2), which is located at a lower height than the support surface (2), wherein the accumulation belt (T1) is mobile in advancement at a speed that is different from the advancement speed of the support surface (2), so that a variation in the thickness and longitudinal extension of the layer (L) is produced; pressing the layer (L) and the decorative layer (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SYSTEM CERAMICS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Franco Stefani, Mohamed Ouassif, Andrea Annovi
  • Patent number: 11945133
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for applying slurries, comprising a doctor blade body with at least one separation element that subdivides the doctor blade body into different compartments, and to a method for producing a three-dimensional object using the apparatus according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Fineceramics Precision GmbH
    Inventors: Nikolaos Katsikis, Sarah Diener, Carsten Russner, Pedro Henrique Da Silva Lima
  • Patent number: 11931806
    Abstract: In one example, a memory having instructions thereon that when executed cause a 3D printing system to repeatedly form each of multiple successive layers of powdered build material on a platform and apply a functional agent to build material in each layer, create a pressure difference across a thickness of build material on the platform, and increase the pressure difference over an extent of build material on the platform as the build material on the platform gets thicker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael Gabriel Monroe, Pedro Ros Zuazua
  • Patent number: 11925707
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a co-processed lubricant excipient which can be used to manufacture tablets, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: JRS Pharma GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Sabine Wetzel, Tobias Goetz, Gernot Warnke
  • Patent number: 11897193
    Abstract: An example of a build material slurry includes metallic particles having an individual particle size up to 20 ?m, from about 0.01 wt % up to 1 wt % of a water-soluble binder, based on a weight of the metallic particles, and water. The build material slurry is a ready-to-use three-dimensional (3D) printing build material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas Anthony, Lihua Zhao
  • Patent number: 11883403
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tablet comprising Afatinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the tablet is obtained by direct compression. The present invention further relates to a process for manufacturing a tablet of the invention as well as the use of the tablet of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Oncology Ltd.
    Inventors: Rajesh Khanna, Neeraj Kumar, Vijay Kumar Sharma, Ankit Gaur, Dhiraj Khattar
  • Patent number: 11883469
    Abstract: A polyacrylonitrile (PANi) based pharmaceutical composition providing a porous implant for use in treating spinal cord trauma and/or spinal cord injury. Particularly a pharmaceutical composition including polyacrylonitrile (PANi) and/or elastin (E) and/or collagen (C) to form a PANi-E and/or PANi-C and/or a PANi-EC polymer network. Particularly, a pharmaceutical composition including polyacrylonitrile (PANi), elastin (E), and collagen (C) together forming a polyacrylonitrile (PANi), elastin (E), collagen (C) polymer network (PANi-E-C), wherein the polyacrylonitrile (PANi) may be crosslinked to form a crosslinked interpenetrating polyacrylonitrile (PANi), elastin (E) and collagen (C) polymer network (xpi-PANi-E-C), and wherein secondary protein structures of elastin (E) and collagen (C) reorientate. The disclosure extends to use of the pharmaceutical composition in the treatment of spinal cord trauma and/or spinal cord injury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG
    Inventors: Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, Yahya Essop Choonara, Girish Modi
  • Patent number: 11859103
    Abstract: Polymer particles that comprise a thermoplastic polymer and a nucleating agent may be useful in additive manufacturing methods where warping may be mitigated. For example, a method of producing said polymer particles may comprise: mixing a mixture comprising a thermoplastic polymer, a nucleating agent, a carrier fluid, and optionally an emulsion stabilizer at a temperature at or greater than a melting point or softening temperature of the thermoplastic polymer to emulsify a thermoplastic polymer melt in the carrier fluid; cooling the mixture to form polymer particles; and separating the polymer particles from the carrier fluid, wherein the polymer particles comprise the thermoplastic polymer, the nucleating agent, the emulsion stabilizer, if included, and wherein the polymer particles have a crystallization temperature that is substantially the same as a crystallization temperature of the thermoplastic polymer prior to mixing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Shivanthi Easwari Sriskandha, Valerie M. Farrugia
  • Patent number: 11830973
    Abstract: Provided are electrode active materials with a porous structure and including a metal, that when loaded with sulfur serve as electrochemically superior cathode active materials. The metal structures are optionally used on their own, are coated with another material, or coats another porous structure such as a porous carbon structure that allows for excellent retention of both sulfur and polysulfides, are conductive themselves, and show long term stability and excellent cycle life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Navitas Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Pu Zhang, Michael Wixom, Qingliu Wu
  • Patent number: 11813361
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified release pharmaceutical formulation comprising one or more sustained release granules that may be prepared by over-mixing and hot melt granulation. The invention also relates to disintegrating monolithic modified release tablets comprising the sustained release granules as an internal phase and an immediate release formulation of a drug or drugs as an external phase. The drug release profile from either these granules or these tables may be adjusted by adjusting the percentages of the formulation's components. In one application, the disintegrating monolithic modified release tablets comprise amoxicillin and clavulanate and have a dissolution profile similar to brand and generic “Augmentin XR® Bilayered Extended Release Tablets (1000 mg/62.5 mg)”. The invention also relates to a method of preparing the foregoing sustained release granules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: PHARMAQUEST INTERNATIONAL CENTER, LLP
    Inventor: Mohammad Amin Mohammad
  • Patent number: 11787108
    Abstract: In an example of a method for three-dimensional (3D) printing, one or more dispersions is/are sprayed to form a layer including build material particles and a liquid agent. The liquid agent is evaporated from the layer to form a build material layer, and based on a 3D object model, a binder agent is applied on at least a portion of the build material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Krzysztof Nauka, Christopher Paul Schodin
  • Patent number: 11774093
    Abstract: A burner includes a main body having an outer surface and at least partially defining an interior. The main body further includes an upstream end axially spaced from a downstream end. The outer surface includes a burner front face at the downstream end of the main body. An annular cooling air plenum is defined in the main body radially inwardly from the outer surface. A cooling air passage extends from the outer surface to the annular cooling air plenum. A plurality of cooling channels is circumferentially spaced apart from one another along the burner front face. Each cooling channel of the plurality of cooling channels extends from a respective inlet in fluid communication with the annular cooling air plenum to a respective outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nico Biagioli, Christian Steffen Terhaar, Holger Luebcke, Andre Theuer
  • Patent number: 11766889
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for preparing a full-body marble-patterned glass mosaic, comprising mixing a glass powder with an additive to obtain a mixture; adding water to the mixture and mixing thoroughly; granulating and sieving to obtain base clay body powder; mixing a colorant and a flux according to a specific ratio to obtain a colorant mixture in powder form; distributing the base clay body powder and the colorant mixture into multiple layers via a mold; press-molding to obtain a clay body; firing the clay body to obtain the full-body marble-patterned glass mosaic. Accordingly, the present invention provides a full-body marble-patterned glass mosaic prepared by the method described above. The glass mosaic of the present invention has a strong layering texture and a well-defined structure, and it faithfully resembles the pattern and texture of natural marble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: FOSHAN PAMASE BUILDING MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tian Liang
  • Patent number: 11760016
    Abstract: According to an example, an apparatus may include a recoater, an energy source, a carriage supporting the energy source, and a controller. The controller may control the recoater to spread build material particles into a layer on top of a previously applied layer containing fused build material particles and the carriage to move ahead of the recoater to cause the energy source to apply energy onto build material particles in the previously applied layer prior to the recoater spreading the build material particles onto the previously applied layer. The energy source is to heat the fused build material particles to or maintain the fused build material particles at a temperature above a certain temperature and the recoater is to be controlled to spread the build material particles on top of the previously applied layer prior to the fused build material particles falling below the certain temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventor: Arthur H. Barnes
  • Patent number: 11759997
    Abstract: According to an example, a three-dimensional (3D) printer may include a first delivery device to selectively deposit first liquid droplets onto a layer of build materials and a second delivery device to selectively deposit second liquid droplets onto the layer of build materials, in which the second delivery device is positioned in relatively close proximity to the first delivery device. The 3D printer may also include a controller to identify a density at which the second liquid droplets are to be selectively deposited to control splashing of the build materials upon which the second liquid droplets are deposited and to control the second delivery device to selectively deposit the second liquid droplets at the identified density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Andre Garcia, Michael A. Novick
  • Patent number: 11718033
    Abstract: A method of recycling build material powder including collecting in a keg an amount of excess build material powder during the additive manufacturing of a part cake. The part cake and keg are transferred to a de-powdering station. The part cake is de-powdered to release a mixture of reusable powder and contaminants. The mixture is sieved to remove the contaminants and deposit the reusable powder to the keg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Desktop Metal, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonah Myerberg, Peter Schmitt
  • Patent number: 11707889
    Abstract: A modular system for manufacturing includes a modular housing, at least one manufacturing platform disposed within the modular housing for direct digital manufacturing of an item, and a modular grid for power and network connections positioned along a plurality of interior walls of the modular housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SCIPERIO, INC
    Inventors: Kenneth H. Church, Charles Michael Newton, Michael W. Owens
  • Patent number: 11700870
    Abstract: Tri- and tetra-saccharides are used in foods, beverages and other consumable products to mask or reduce the unpleasant taste of certain components also present in such products, such as the bitter taste of certain high intensity sweeteners. The organoleptic qualities of the products are thereby improved. In particular, melezitose, maltotriose and maltotetraose effectively reduce the bitterness of consumable products containing steviol glycosides such as rebaudioside A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC
    Inventors: Mikhail Gololobov, Joshua Fletcher, John Smythe, Ryan D. Woodyer
  • Patent number: 11702548
    Abstract: A method for producing pigments having a specified contour, comprises the steps of creating a pigment layer on a starting substrate; detaching from the starting substrate; and structuring the pigment layer into a plurality of the pigments; characterized by bringing into contact the pigment layer with an intermediate substrate, wherein the pigment layer adheres at least in sections to the intermediate substrate; and separating intermediate substrate and starting substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Fuhse, Manfred Heim, Patrick Renner, Michael Rahm, Thomas Mang, Christoph Mengel, Peter Schiffmann, Maik Rudolf Johann Scherer, Christoph Hunger
  • Patent number: 11673133
    Abstract: The disclosed apparatus, systems and methods relate to sample preparation and shipping technologies in a single shippable container. The shipping container contains a single use centrifuge. The centrifuge can be temperature controlled and meets all standards and regulations for the shipping and transport of biological specimens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Tasso, Inc.
    Inventors: Erwin Berthier, Ben Casavant, Emily Welch, Joe Himmelheber
  • Patent number: 11667082
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by a layer-by-layer solidification of building material at the points corresponding to the cross-section of the object to be manufactured in a respective layer. The apparatus includes a process chamber in which the object is to be built up layer by layer by selectively solidifying layers of a building material in a build area, a gas supply device, and a recirculating air filter device, wherein the apparatus comprises a pressure stabilization device configured to keep the pressure in the process chamber substantially constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems
    Inventors: Georg Fey, Martin Heugel, Sebastian Friedel, Dominik Wolf, Alexander Schilling, Philip Ströbel
  • Patent number: 11655870
    Abstract: A method that includes winding a composite fabric around a mandrel to form a plurality of layers defining an annulus extending along a central longitudinal axis, where the composite fabric includes a plurality of elongate axial fibers extending substantially in an axial direction relative to the longitudinal axis and a plurality of elongate circumferential fibers extending substantially in a circumferential direction relative to the longitudinal axis; and introducing, into at least a portion of the plurality of layers, a plurality of radial fibers extending substantially in the radial direction relative to the longitudinal axis, where the plurality of radial fibers mechanically bind one or more adjacent layers of the plurality of layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Shula, Christopher Evans, David L. Charles, Slawomir T. Fryska
  • Patent number: 11622865
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compressed bone-based products and methods to make the same. The maintained compressed state of the product serves to enhance the product's inherent osteoconductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Bacterin International, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Schallenberger, Helena Lovick, Todd Meyer
  • Patent number: 11597147
    Abstract: In example implementations, a spreading blade is provided. The spreading blade includes a body portion, an ultrasonic vibration source, and a kicker. The ultrasonic vibration source is coupled to a top portion of the body portion to apply a vibration along a cross-sectional length of the body portion. The kicker is coupled to a side facing a process direction at a bottom end of the body portion. The kicker comprises a tip formed by a combination of two angled surfaces that extend from a lateral side of the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: David A. Champion, Adriaan Spierings, Thomas Bauer
  • Patent number: 11541216
    Abstract: Methods of manufacturing tissue interfacing components, such as solid needles comprising one or more therapeutic agents, are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method for manufacturing a tissue interfacing component comprises compressing a granular therapeutic agent within a mold cavity of a mold to form a solid tissue interfacing component. The mold cavity may define an elongated shape extending along a longitudinal axis from an opening of the mold cavity to a distal end of the mold cavity, and the granular therapeutic agent may be compressed by moving a mold punch along the longitudinal axis towards the distal end. After compressing the granular therapeutic agent to form the solid tissue interfacing component, the tissue interfacing component may be removed from the mold and subsequently inserted into tissue to deliver the therapeutic agent to a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Novo Nordisk A/S, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlo Giovanni Traverso, Morten Revsgaard Frederiksen, Jorrit Jeroen Water
  • Patent number: 11529682
    Abstract: A metal-powder and/or ceramic-powder press device includes at least one first punch (11) which, in a pressing position, is arranged to pass from a first side into a die opening, filled with ceramic and/or metal powder, of a die (13). At least one second punch (12), in the pressing position, is arranged to pass from a second side into the die opening, filled with ceramic and/or metal powder, of the die (13). A position measuring device determines a position of the first punch (11) and includes a first measuring element (16) and a second measuring element (19). The first measuring element (16) is connectable to the first punch (11) and the second measuring element (19) is connectable to the second punch (12), such that a relative position of the measuring elements to one another changes during the pressing operation. A sensor device determines the change in the relative position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: DORST TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Roland Menzel, Max Hälterlein, Martin Rossi
  • Patent number: 11491726
    Abstract: A method for the treatment of residual thermoplastic powder from an additive manufacturing process includes, in one step of the process, a powder that includes the residual powder is provided and compressed into granules as raw material for a primary shaping process. A pressing apparatus with two roller elements rotating in opposite directions and having lateral surfaces adjacent to one another in a pressing area is used to compress the powder into the granules. The lateral surfaces each having a plurality of molding elements assigned to one another in pairs such that the powder is compressed into granules in the pressing area. A cam mechanism positioned within one of the roller elements and configured to deflect the plurality of molding elements radially as a function of an angle of rotation of the roller element can be included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Bruno Alves
  • Patent number: 11479007
    Abstract: A plane plate for a pressing tool of a press in which the plane plate activate a punch of the press by way of at least one lifting cylinder that can be displaced along an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Schmitt, Hasim Tekines, Robert Maassen
  • Patent number: 11453196
    Abstract: A disclosed reinforcer includes a shrinkable layer able to shrink in a direction of shrinkage, under the effect of a heat-shrink heat treatment, from an initial state to a shrunk state, a first corrugatable layer, which includes a gridwork of filaments added against the shrinkable layer and connected to the shrinkable layer by connection lines spaced apart and extending transversely with respect to the direction of shrinkage, the first corrugatable layer exhibiting a shrinkage that is substantially zero or that is smaller than that of the shrinkable layer, so that, when the shrinkable layer is in the initial state, portions of the first corrugatable layer, each defined between two consecutive connection lines, are bent over and, when the shrinkable layer is in the shrunk state, the portions of the first corrugatable layer are curved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: PORCHER INDUSTRIES
    Inventors: Jacques Porcheret, Freddy Macrez, Patrick Ramel
  • Patent number: 11446252
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical composition, comprising certain phosphate binder particles having a certain particle size distribution, a process for the manufacture of the pharmaceutical composition and the use of sucroferric oxyhydroxide having a certain particle size distribution for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma Ltd.
    Inventors: Laurent Chofflon, Erik Philipp
  • Patent number: 11446251
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical composition, comprising certain phosphate binder particles having a certain particle size distribution, a process for the manufacture of the pharmaceutical composition and the use of sucroferric oxyhydroxide having a certain particle size distribution for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma Ltd.
    Inventors: Laurent Chofflon, Erik Philipp
  • Patent number: 11437009
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for producing a metal structure having holes dispersed in a matrix and having inorganic particles disposed inside the holes, that are capable of moving in the holes independently of the matrix, the method making it possible to increase the proportion of inorganic particles in the metal structure that are capable of moving in the holes independently of the matrix. In the method for producing a metal structure whereby inorganic particles are disposed inside holes dispersed in a matrix so as to be capable of moving independently of the matrix, the hollow particles covering the inorganic particles which are distributed in the matrix of the metal structure are fragmented so that the inorganic particles are disposed inside the holes formed by fragmenting the hollow particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norio Inami, Go Murasawa
  • Patent number: 11424457
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a method for producing a gas diffusion electrode, the method comprising: providing a raw electrode layer comprising an electrically non-conducting web; adapting a thickness of the raw electrode layer; and applying a non-solvent to the raw electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin Kalmar Hansen, Kasper Tipsmark Therkildsen
  • Patent number: 11396720
    Abstract: A method of creating a soft and lofty continuous fiber nonwoven web is provided. The method includes providing two molten polymer components having different melting temperatures to a spinneret defining a plurality of orifices, and flowing a fluid intermediate the spinneret and a moving porous member. The moving porous member is positioned below the spinneret. The method includes using the fluid to draw or push the two molten polymer components, in a direction that is toward the moving porous member, through at least some of the plurality of orifices to form a plurality of individual bi-component continuous fiber strands. The method includes depositing the continuous fiber strands on the moving porous member at a first location to create an intermediate continuous fiber nonwoven web, and removing and/or diverting some of the fluid proximate to the first location to maintain loft and softness in the deposited intermediate continuous fiber nonwoven web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Han Xu, Gueltekin Erdem
  • Patent number: 11312040
    Abstract: A method of producing a bioplastic granulate on the basis of sunflower seed shells or sunflower seed hulls. In the method, ground sunflower seed shells/sunflower seed hull material is provided, wherein the particle size is in the region of 3 mm or less, preferably in the region of 0.01 to 1 mm, preferably in the region of 0.1 to 0.3 mm. A plastic material is provided, which is compounded with the sunflower seed shells/sunflower seed hull material, wherein the compounding operation is preferably effected in an extruder, preferably a double-screw extruder. The compounded material is chopped at the end of the extruder section with a tool with the addition of water, wherein the water is at a temperature of preferably more than 50° C., preferably about 80 to 90° C., to cool down the compound material. During the compounding operation, the compounding material is subjected to atmospheric degassing and/or vacuum degassing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SPC SUNFLOWER PLASTIC COMPOUND GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Meyer, Fabian Hummert, Reinhard Trumme, Stephan Albers
  • Patent number: 11293507
    Abstract: A fiber preform defining an annulus extending along a central longitudinal axis. The fiber preform includes a plurality of layers extending in an axial direction and a circumferential direction relative to the longitudinal axis. Each layer of the plurality of layers includes a plurality of elongate fibers. The plurality of elongate fibers include a plurality of elongate axial fibers extending substantially in the axial direction and a plurality of elongate circumferential fibers extending substantially in the circumferential direction. The fiber preform also includes a plurality of radial fibers extending substantially in the radial direction. The plurality of radial fibers mechanically bind one or more adjacent layers of the plurality of layers. At least 40% of the plurality of elongate fibers extend substantially in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Shula
  • Patent number: 11285082
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and a device for the dosing of active substances for the preparation of medicaments. In the context of the dosing method, one or more active substances dissolved in a liquid are stored in a storage container, and, in order to permit dosing, a number of drops corresponding to the desired amount of active substance are forced actively through a nozzle onto a substrate or into a collecting vessel; the device used for this purpose comprises at least one storage container for storage of a liquid, and one or more active substances dissolved therein, and also a nozzle through which a number of drops corresponding to the desired amount of active substance are forced out onto a substrate or into a collecting vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventor: Jan Franck
  • Patent number: 11230077
    Abstract: A tooling inspection and analysis system measures tooling quality of a multi-tip tablet punch having a barrel with a plurality of tips each having a tip cup for forming a tablet. The system comprises a base. A carriage assembly has a cavity for supporting a multi-tip tablet punch, which when in use is aligned with an X-axis. A Y-axis linear slide mounts the carriage assembly to the base for movement relative to the base along a Y-axis. A sensor is adapted to measure distance. A Z-axis linear slide mounts the sensor to the base for movement relative to the base along a Z-axis. A programmable controller is operatively connected to the Y-axis linear slide, the Z-axis linear slide and the sensor. The controller is programmed to move the carriage assembly and the sensor to automatically align the sensor to measure working length of each tip of a multi-tip tablet punch mounted in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Industrial Pharmaceutical Resources, Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek Pillarisetty, Mark Tate, Zach Culvey