By Separately Molding Different Article Portions Patents (Class 264/250)
  • Publication number: 20110297295
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing and assembling a carbon canister for a fuel vapor management system of a vehicle includes injection molding a housing partially defining a first chamber, a second chamber, a third chamber, and a baffle. The housing includes a first wall defining an interface between the first and second chambers and a second wall with a portion of the second wall defining an interface between the second chamber and the baffle with apertures proximate a first side of the housing. The method may include injection molding first and second retention plates, filling first, second, and third chambers with carbon pellets, installing the first retention plate into the second side of the housing proximate the first and second chambers to enclose the carbon pellets, and installing the second retention plate into the second side proximate the third chamber to enclose the carbon pellets in the third chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jhun Lin, Mark Edward Hipp, Christopher Michael Kersman
  • Publication number: 20110300772
    Abstract: A building element for a toy building set, comprising a body part 1 with coupling studs 3a, 3b on the top face and complementarily configured coupling means 2a, 2b on the bottom face, and wherein one or more electrical conductors 4a, 4b is/are provided that connect one or more coupling studs with one or more complementarily configured coupling means; and wherein the conductors comprise an electrically insulating and curable material into which a plurality of electrically conductive elements are admixed and distributed, such as fibres or particles, in such a way that the conductor is able to convey he current through the conductor from the coupling stud to an electrical contact face on the complementarily configured coupling means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Frank Bo Risvig
  • Patent number: 8066926
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing reinforced tubing suitable for medical device applications are disclosed. An inner layer is molded around a core to define an inner surface adjacent to the core and an outer surface opposite the inner surface. The outer surface includes one or more recessed pathways defined therein. A reinforcement member is then formed in each of the one or more recessed pathways of the molded inner layer. An outer layer including an inner surface and an outer surface is subsequently molded over the inner layer and the reinforcement member. The inner surface of the outer layer substantially conforms to the outer surface of the inner layer and the reinforcement member. The core is then removed from within the inner layer to provide a lumen through the inner layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Inventor: Terence M. Fogarty
  • Patent number: 8062576
    Abstract: A method for producing a moldable object having a hollow plastic component and a single-piece plastic stanchion is provided. The method includes molding the single-piece plastic stanchion in a first mold. The molded stanchion includes a first substantially-closed end and a second substantially-open end, and a cap joined with the second end via a living-hinge, enabling the cap to assume and maintain a position, such that the second end becomes substantially covered. The method also includes flexing the living-hinge, wherein the cap assumes and maintains the position such that the second end is substantially covered. The method additionally includes arranging the single-piece stanchion relative to a second mold after the second end is substantially-covered via the cap. Furthermore, the method includes molding the hollow plastic component in the second mold, such that the single-piece stanchion is fixedly retained by the hollow plastic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Adam J. Campbell
  • Publication number: 20110278312
    Abstract: A method for forming an enclosure for enclosing internal electronic components of an electronic device is provided, which comprises: performing a first injection molding process, the first injection molding process forming at least a first wall of the enclosure; allowing the at least a first wall of the enclosure to solidify; thereafter performing a second injection molding process, the second injection molding process forming at least a second wall of the enclosure, the at least a second wall of the enclosure fusing with the at least a first wall of the enclosure during the second injection molding process, the at least second wall of the enclosure forming at least one different side of the enclosure than the at least first wall of the enclosure; and allowing the at least a second wall of the enclosure to solidify, the at least a second wall of the enclosure being integrally formed with the at least a first wall of the enclosure to thereby form a single-piece multi-walled enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Paul ZADESKY, Evans HANKEY, Jonathan P. IVE, Rico ZORKENDORFER
  • Publication number: 20110278759
    Abstract: An effective economical anti-delamination feature 100 and process 102 for double injected molding is provided to mold attractive high quality products 104, such as, but not limited to, grommets 106 for use in electronic communications devices 108. In the process, after a first shot 114 is injected into a double injection mold 110, an undercut 116 comprising a delamination feature is formed in the double injection mold by tool compression or partial heating, before injecting a second shot 128 into the double injection mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: MOTOROLA, INC.
    Inventors: Bk SOHN, Kt LIM
  • Patent number: 8048355
    Abstract: A bicycle rim includes a substantially H-shaped outer part including an annular body and two sidewalls. A tire space is defined between the annular body and the two sidewalls. A substantially U-shaped inner part is connected to the outer part. The inner part and the outer part are made by composite material. The outer part is made before the inner part which is combined with the outer part in another mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Carbotec Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chieh-Sheng Cheng
  • Patent number: 8048356
    Abstract: A keypad having three-dimensional patterns and a method for manufacturing the same. The keypad includes a base layer, a light-guiding plate, a pattern layer, a shielding layer and a keycap layer. The light-guiding plate is overlapped on the base layer. The pattern layer is provided on the light-guiding plate. A plurality of three-dimensional patterns is provided on the front surface of the pattern layer. The shielding layer is coated on the back surface of the pattern layer, and is formed with a plurality of hollowed regions to correspond to the three-dimensional patterns. The keycap layer is overlapped on the pattern layer and formed with a plurality of keycaps to correspond to the three-dimensional patterns. In addition, the present invention provides a method for manufacturing keypad having three-dimensional patterns. Via the above arrangement, the recognition and aesthetic feeling of each three-dimensional pattern can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Ichia Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jian-Li Chang
  • Patent number: 8043681
    Abstract: In a method of making a hybrid structure, at least one support body is fixed in a tube component which is then placed in an injection molding tool. An injection-molded part is injection-molded to an outer surface of the tube component in an area of the support body. As a result, the tube component is inwardly deformed, when regions adjacent to the support body are exposed to an injection pressure, and forms indentations for engagement of the injection-molded part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Handing, Christian Hielscher, Andreas Hitz, Andreas Wille
  • Publication number: 20110250457
    Abstract: [PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED] There are provided an in-mold coating composition having an excellent adhesion to a thermosetting molding resin or a thermoplastic molding resin and an in-mold-coated molded product formed by coating effectively with a conductive coating film in a mold. [SOLUTION] This invention is an in-mold coating composition characterized by comprising components of (A) at least one selected from a urethane oligomer, an epoxy oligomer, a polyester oligomer and a polyether oligomer each having a (meth)acryloyl group, or an unsaturated polyester resin, (B) a monomer capable of copolymerizing with the (A) component, (C) a conductive particle formed by coating a surface of an inorganic particle with a conductive metal oxide particle, and (D) an organic peroxide polymerization initiator, wherein mass ratios of the (A) and (B) components satisfy (A)/(B)=20/80-80/20, a mass ratio of the (C) component satisfies (C)/{(A)+(B)}=5/100-50/100, and a mass ratio of the (D) component satisfies (D)/{(A)+(B)}=0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Toryo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Oota, Shinichirou Shiroza, Kenji Yonemochi
  • Publication number: 20110240815
    Abstract: A one-piece molded holder clip is provided for retaining an associated sunshade rod. The clip has a body in which a hook element is formed with the body and having a generally C-shaped conformation to receive the rod therein. A sunshade guide surface is formed in the body and extends substantially tangentially from the hook element. A fastener is formed with the body and extends from a rear surface of the sunshade guide surface. First and second legs are received over a bracket extending from the automotive vehicle frame and at least one of the legs includes a locking tab dimensioned for snap-fit engagement with an associated bracket. A cover is formed with the one-piece body and extends from the hook element, and covers the fastener to provide an aesthetically pleasing design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventor: Timothy Chak
  • Publication number: 20110240041
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an anti-noise earplug having an inner tip serving as a core and an outer tip coupled to the inner tip to surround the inner tip and inserted into an ear includes the steps of: (a) shaping the inner tip; (b) fixing the inner tip to an upper mold for shaping the outer tip; (c) disposing the upper mold to face a lower mold having a cavity for shaping the outer tip; (d) injecting a resin composition for forming the outer tip into the lower mold; (e) pressing down the upper mold to the lower mold; (f) curing the resin composition to couple the outer tip to the inner tip; and (g) separating the upper mold from the lower mold and then separating the earplug, in which the outer tip is coupled to the inner tip as a body, from the lower mold. In fabricating the earplug, the inner tip and the outer tip can be molded in an in-line process, thereby improving the fabrication efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventor: Ja Heon Koo
  • Publication number: 20110233094
    Abstract: A housing includes a hollow sleeve, a top wall, and a cover. The top wall is integrally formed with the hollow sleeve. The top wall seals an end of the hollow sleeve to define a receiving chamber. An open end is formed at an opposite end of the top wall. The open end communicates with the receiving chamber. The hollow sleeve and the top wall include a transparent first molded article, a decorative layer, and a transparent second molded article. The decorative layer partially is formed on the transparent first molded article, and a transparent display window of the transparent first molded article is exposed from the decorative layer. The transparent second molded article is formed on the decorative layer and the transparent display window. The cover seals the open end. The present disclosure further discloses a method for making the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: KAI-RONG LIAO, PENG-CHENG TONG, PO-FENG HO, SHIH-WEI YANG
  • Patent number: 8025831
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to micro- and nano-scale imprinting methods and the use of such methods to fabricate supported and/or free-standing 3-D micro- and/or nano-structures of polymeric, ceramic, and/or metallic materials. In some embodiments, a duo-mold approach is employed in the fabrication of these structures. In such methods, surface treatments are employed to impart differential surface energies to different molds and/or different parts of the mold(s). Such surface treatments permit the formation of three-dimensional (3-D) structures through imprinting and the transfer of such structures to a substrate. In some or other embodiments, such surface treatments and variation in glass transition temperature of the polymers used can facilitate separation of the 3-D structures from the molds to form free-standing micro- and/or nano-structures individually and/or in a film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignees: Agency for Science, Technology and Research, The Regents of University of Michigan
    Inventors: Yen Peng Kong, Hong Yee Low, Stella W. Pang, Albert F. Yee
  • Publication number: 20110226725
    Abstract: A pattern forming method including: (a) forming a porous layer above an etching target layer; (b) forming an organic material with a transferred pattern on the porous layer; (c) forming, by use of the transferred pattern, a processed pattern in a transfer oxide film that is more resistant to etching than the porous layer; and (d) transferring the processed pattern to the etching target layer by use of the transfer oxide film as a mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Takashi OHASHI
  • Patent number: 8021587
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for sequentially delivering multiple shots of polymer material to a plurality of mold cavities to form multilayer articles. A first shot of greater than 50% of the total article weight of a first polymer material is simultaneously delivered to a plurality of mold cavities using, at each cavity, a chamber of predetermined volume that is prefilled with the first polymer material. A second shot of no greater than 10% of the total article weight of a second material is simultaneously delivered to all of the cavities beginning subsequent to the step of delivering the start of the first shot delivery step. The second shot of second material is delivered through a manifold channel that fluidly communicates with each cavity, and is injected to all cavities under pressure exerted by a source of the second material that is common to all of the plurality of cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, LP
    Inventors: Ralph Armstrong, Thomas E. Nahill
  • Publication number: 20110219631
    Abstract: Plastic cutlery and tableware made in at least two parts joinable to form a unitary utensil, serving piece, beverage container or non-food contacting tableware in which the two parts are made of different materials. The materials of the two parts differ in at least one of the following: color, type of plastic, grade of plastic, source of plastic, and additives such as the presence of an anti-microbial agent, transparency, or reflectivity. Food-grade resins, for example, can be used for the heads of cutlery and recycled resins are used for the handles. Heads can be separately metalized and then joined to non-metalized handles. Handles may be made to fit to different types of heads. The two parts of the cutlery may be joined by inserting a tang extending from one into a cavity formed in the other. The two parts of tableware may be joinable by a snap-fit configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: China Direct International, Inc.
    Inventors: Xinguan Hou, William C. Godley, William A. Gallop, Ashish K. Mithal, Wei He
  • Publication number: 20110215116
    Abstract: A container for dispensing food products can include a clump decimator portion for breaking up food clumps. In one embodiment, a container comprises a container portion having an open interior and an open top and a cover for selectively covering the open top. The cover can include a cover base portion and a rotatable top portion configured to be coupled on top of the base portion. The cover base portion can include a plurality of dispensing apertures for allowing a food product to be dispensed therethrough. The rotatable top portion can be selectively rotatable relative to the cover base portion and the container portion. The clump decimator portion can extend downwardly and radially from the top portion through the cover base portion and into the container portion. The clump decimator can rotate as the rotatable top portion is rotated to agitate the contents of the container portion while they are being dispensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Federal Molding Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin S. Fuller, James G. Skakoon
  • Publication number: 20110212318
    Abstract: Multilayer moldings (1) comprising an outer layer (2) comprising a thermoplastic polymer and at least one nanoscale IR absorber (8), and also an inner layer (3) arranged under the outer layer (2) and comprising a thermoplastic polymer. Multilayer molding (1) where the following are used as additional additives: UV absorbers, non-particulate organic IR absorbers, stabilizers, antioxidants, colorants, inorganic salts, pearl-luster pigments, NIR-reflective substances, antifogging agents, or fillers. Multilayer moldings (1) taking the form of a panel or sheeting. Process for the production of a multilayer molding (1) via coextrusion of the outer layer (2) and of the inner layer (3). Use of multilayer moldings in heat management, in agriculture, as window constituent, or as constituent of panels having cavities, twin-web panels, multi-web sandwich panels, or solid panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Johannes Loebel, Guenter Scherer, Sami Schehata
  • Patent number: 8006368
    Abstract: A process for forming a vial consisting of a tube, an insert secured within the tube, and a cap secured to the tube, which includes injection molding of the insert, removing the insert from the injection molding machine and placing it over a pin on a moving pallet by use of a manipulator, injection molding of the tube by a separate injection molding machine and moving the injection molded tube to a position where it is placed over the insert on the moving pallet by use of a manipulator, wherein a cap for the tube is formed at a separate injection molding machine where the cap is secured to the tube, wherein the joined tube with insert and cap are moved to a cap closing station wherein, after closing of the cap onto the tube, the assembled vial is inspected, tested and packaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: AIRSEC
    Inventors: Valere Logel, Christian Meyer, Thierry Carracillo
  • Publication number: 20110204545
    Abstract: A method of making a high performance seal wherein an uncured elastomeric material is tightly encapsulated in a tubular section of uncured perfluoroelastomer, where the elastomeric material and the perfluoroelastomer are chosen to have similar cure characteristics. The uncured encapsulation is formed into a desired shape for the seal, and vulcanized under heat and pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Douglas E. Tanner, Craig Busby
  • Publication number: 20110187020
    Abstract: The method of an embodiment of the present invention comprises the following steps: (A) filling a melted thermoplastic material for a first time; (B) closing the forming mold and blowing air into the forming mold; (C) opening the first forming mold and removing the chair legs; (D) placing at least two of the chair legs into a second forming mold; (E) filling the melted thermoplastic material for a second time; and (F) closing the second forming mold and blowing air into the second forming mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: CHING-CHING TRADING CO.
    Inventor: CHUN-HSIA SUN
  • Publication number: 20110186067
    Abstract: A preformed artificial nail, a nail kit including such a nail, and a method of forming such a nail, the nail including a nail bed portion formed of a first material and a free edge portion having an upper portion formed of the first material and lower portion formed of a second material disposed subjacent the first material, the free edge portion being adjacent to and distal the nail bed portion, and the first material being comparatively more flexible than the second material. The lower portion of the free edge portion may include a generally uniform thickness or a varied thickness such as a wedge shape, thickening toward the distal edge of the artificial nail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: PACIFIC WORLD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeanine Coppola, Marcelo Foglia
  • Publication number: 20110180294
    Abstract: An electronic device enclosure includes a first structural layer having a first surface and a second surface. A decorative feature is formed on the first surface of the first structural layer. The enclosure further includes a second structural layer, which is formed directly on the first surface of the first structural layer. The second structural layer is formed over the decorative feature by an overmolding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Jichen (Jeff) Qin, Charles R. Hill, Suriaprakash Narotamo, Wu Bing (Levin) Li, Spring Wu, Zhong Wang
  • Patent number: 7985362
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses a method of forming a housing that locates an internal element. This method is instigated by firstly the steps of locating an internal element within a mould, and then introducing a plastic material into the mould. Next the mould is rotated to form a plastic exterior surface of a housing on the internal surface of the mould with said internal element being located inside the exterior surface of the housing formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Gallagher Group Limited
    Inventor: Rodney John Lawrence
  • Publication number: 20110174392
    Abstract: An adaptable toilet plumbing riser shroud provides for fast and simple field installation of toilet plumbing riser shrouds without requiring custom prefabrication of shrouds or constraining the plumbing design to a predetermined shape. Two cover portions, one of which is slidably inserted inside the other are secured together. The cover portions are also secured to a wall behind a toilet plumbing riser using brackets. A bottom cover may be provided and cut to permit the riser to pass therethrough. The bottom cover may also be formed from two portions one slidably inserted in the other and then glued together after cutting with plastic cement. The bottom is then attached to the bottom of the shroud using screws. The cover portions may be molded as a single piece and then singulated, and the bottom cover portions may also be formed as a single piece prior to singulation, as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Robert Lee deLoache III, David Cory deLoache
  • Publication number: 20110175254
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for producing plastic products with an integrated reinforcing structure. To do so, a flexible fabric is first placed onto a surface of a cavity of a mold and is successively coated with plastic on the various sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Kroll, Wolfgang Nendel, Frank Helbig, Karl-Heinz Hoyer, Tino Zucker, Martin Würtele
  • Publication number: 20110174885
    Abstract: Plastic asset identification tags are described. The tags define an attachment feature by which the tag is attached to the asset. The tag also defines a cavity or slot in which an RFID transceiver is placed. Epoxy fills the remainder of the slot or cavity. The RFID transceiver is programmed to respond to interrogation by transmitting a unique identifier that is associated with the object to which the tag is attached. Additional information about the object may also be responsively transmitted, and in some embodiments that additional information is also written on the outside of the tag. Other tags seal the RFID transceiver within a pocket of flexible fabric-supported PVC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: Syntag Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventor: Peter J. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20110177473
    Abstract: A disposable dental handpiece, including a first handle portion; a second handle portion; a vibration dampening portion, the vibration dampening portion located interposed between the first handle portion and the second handle portion. In another embodiment, a multi-layer disposable dental handpiece, including a first layer of material having an outer surface defining a first outer surface portion of the multi-layer disposable dental handpiece; a second layer of material having an outer surface defining a second outer surface portion of the multi-layer disposable dental handpiece; a layer of vibration dampening material located interposed between the first and second layer of material defining a third outer surface portion of the multi-layer disposable dental handpiece. In yet another embodiment, methods for making a disposable dental handpiece are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: King Saud University
    Inventors: Saied Mohamed Hassan Darwish, Gamal Mohamed Hassan Darwish, Abdelnasser K. Daoud
  • Patent number: 7981343
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for welding two or more subcomponents together is described. The subcomponents may be welded to one another along seams, whereby sections of the seam that comprise similar materials are heated to a degree suitable for joining together those particular portions of the seam. Other sections of the seam may be heated to a different degree depending upon the material characteristics employed in that section of the seam. Embodiments of the apparatus include features for holding the subcomponents, simultaneously heating seams of each component, positioning the mating subcomponents together, and applying pressure between mating subcomponents to join them together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignees: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH, Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Nikolaus Feichtenschlager, Andreas Junger, Christian Auzinger, Philipp Seidl, Erich Katzlberger, Dieter Nagel, Leopold Eisterlehner, Hannes Zaleschak
  • Publication number: 20110170253
    Abstract: A housing assembly for an imaging assembly comprises a housing body comprising at least one passage for accommodating a respective light socket; and a filter integrated with the housing body through which an image sensor looks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: SMART Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Ning Liu, Zoran Nesic, Alex Chtchetinine
  • Patent number: 7976757
    Abstract: An in mold decoration process includes inserting a film with decorations into a first mold tool cavity side. The first mold tool cavity side is then engaged with a first mold tool core side, and the film in the first mold tool cavity side undergoes a high-pressure heat forming procedure. After the forming procedure, the film is formed with a cavity and maintained in the first mold tool cavity side. The first mold tool cavity side is then disengaged from the first mold tool core side and engaged with a second mold tool core side, and the film undergoes an injection molding procedure. The cavity is injected with a molten resin. After the molding procedure, the molten resin becomes a plastic component bound to the film to form a semi-finished product. The semi-finished product is then ejected out of the first mold tool cavity side and trimmed to form a finished product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Ju Teng International Holdings Limited
    Inventor: Jung-Feng Yang
  • Patent number: 7976752
    Abstract: An EAS marker includes a rigid bottom piece of molded plastic having the shape of an open rectangular box. An elongated resonator is disposed in the bottom piece, the resonator being bowed downwardly about its longitudinal axis. A rigid separator of molded plastic is positioned over the open top of the bottom piece, thereby loosely encasing the resonator in the bottom piece. The method of making the EAS marker is preferably automated, with the top piece, the bottom piece and the separator being manufactured by rotary extrusion molding as part of a continuous web. The various continuous webs are automatically laminated to one another at nips between pairs of rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventors: Charles L. Deschenes, Charles K. Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20110163572
    Abstract: A method for producing a moldable object having a hollow plastic component and a single-piece plastic stanchion is provided. The method includes molding the single-piece plastic stanchion in a first mold. The molded stanchion includes a first substantially-closed end and a second substantially-open end, and a cap joined with the second end via a living-hinge, enabling the cap to assume and maintain a position, such that the second end becomes substantially covered. The method also includes flexing the living-hinge, wherein the cap assumes and maintains the position such that the second end is substantially covered. The method additionally includes arranging the single-piece stanchion relative to a second mold after the second end is substantially-covered via the cap. Furthermore, the method includes molding the hollow plastic component in the second mold, such that the single-piece stanchion is fixedly retained by the hollow plastic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Adam J. Campbell
  • Publication number: 20110154889
    Abstract: Carrying cases for medical devices and components thereof are provided. Also provided are methods for carrying medical devices and for medical testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Ashley Stafford, Mark Kent Sloan, Johnny Chang, Jessica Ching, Mina Min Leung
  • Patent number: 7964130
    Abstract: A guide anchor for a seat belt, and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The guide anchor comprises a guide plate having a latching hole and a slide guide hole formed therein, a guide piece engaged with a lower circumference of the slide guide hole, and a first molded part for coupling the guide plate and the guide piece. The guide piece comprises a cover, and a second molded part injected into a lower surface of the cover. The second molded part has a recess formed in a longitudinal direction at a lower surface. The cover has cover eaves extending from a lower portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventor: Byoung-Gae You
  • Patent number: 7958630
    Abstract: A device connector producing method includes a primary molding step of forming a primary molded body (20) formed with pilot holes (24), a terminal press-fitting step of press-fitting intermediate terminals (11) into the pilot holes (24) to form an intermediate product (40), and an insert molding step of setting the intermediate product (40) in a secondary molding die (50) and forming a device connector. The primary molded body (20) includes a resin inflow opening (21) that enables resin from a gate (52) to flow through the primary molded body (20) during secondary molding, and a supporting projection (23) to contact an inner surface of the secondary molding die (50). Thus, resin flow during secondary molding is good and the intermediate product (40) will not displace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20110137280
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connector for a replaceable container to be used in a medical machine, which is comprised by at least a body, the inner side of which is traversed by inlet and outlet tubes extending from within such container towards an outer side of the connector, wherein said tubes separately extend leading to two laterally spaced-apart apertures that are removably attachable to a mounting means and supplementary connection of said machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Juan Miguel Angel Ramella, Leonardo Franco Farace
  • Publication number: 20110133409
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device has a gland-side housing member formed by a hard resin. The gland-side housing member has a trench-like gland forming portion along and close to an outer fringe of the gland-side housing member. The electronic device has a gland-opposite housing member having a gland-opposite portion facing the gland forming portion. The electronic device has a packing gland component formed by a soft resin. The packing gland component has a packing gland portion formed and integrated with the gland-side housing member in the gland forming portion. The packing gland component has a gate portion formed on the inside of the packing gland portion as the soft resin flows into the gland forming portion. The packing gland component has an overflow portion formed by the soft resin which overflows the gland forming portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Makoto SHIBUYA
  • Patent number: 7951320
    Abstract: A method of using an injection mold assembly to fabricate a bulkhead fitting. The method includes using a core plate, aperture plate and a pair of slide blocks to form the mold assembly which contains the mold cavity. The aperture plate, which has an opening through the plate, is positioned within the assembly such that the fitting, which is molded within the mold cavity, does not contain a parting line across the sealing surface and o-ring groove of the fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Kitisis Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Swanson, Mark Brosius
  • Patent number: 7947206
    Abstract: A golf club grip includes a first grip member and a second grip member. The first grip member has a dark color and a first material density. The second grip member which has a light color and a second material density which is greater than the first material density, wherein the first grip member is integrated with the second grip member in an edge-to-edge manner to form an elongated tubular structure. When the first grip member and the second grip member is heated to integrate with each other, particles of the second grip member crosses over the first grip member to form a predetermined amount of light color at the first grip member, while the light color formed at the first grip member is adapted to be overlaid by the dark color so as to render the light color and the dark color sharply distinguishable on the gold club grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Inventor: Yung Hsiang Chen
  • Patent number: 7943072
    Abstract: A resin molded article (1) is formed such that a primary molded article (10), collars (40) and a metal flat plate (50) are molded integrally as inserts in a secondary molded portion (30). A rib (12) extends in a longitudinal direction along a surface of the primary molded article (10) that is adjacent to a surface facing a gate (62), but not a terminal surface (13). Supports (61) are provided intermittently along the longitudinal direction on a cavity inner surface (63) of a molding die (60) for supporting the rib (12). The primary molded article (10) is reinforced by the rib (12), and is not likely to be deformed by resin injected from the gate (62) and is not likely to be displaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihito Maegawa, Shinyu Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20110111099
    Abstract: A food package for sliced food products to be maintained with a fluffed appearance, the package including a base member forming a compartment for receiving the food product and a lid sealed to the compartment. The base member has a gripping portion and the lid has a tab which overlies the gripping portion when the lid is connected to the base member. In one form, the gripping portion of the base member has a plurality of edges that define an outer profile of the gripping portion and expose a portion of a lower surface of the tab. The outer profile limits tacking of the tab to the gripping portion when the lid and base member are cut from respective webs of material. Additionally, a method is provided for assembling a food container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Bonita M. Hinze, James F. Schmitt, David W. Wiseman
  • Publication number: 20110108691
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the display of a tagging item. The device exhibits the tagging item vertically. The tagging item notably protrudes externally and at a right angle from the front of the shelf. The device exhibits at least one supporting wing containing at its lower end, a mounting element for attachment of the device to the shelf, in particular made of metal. There is a holder for the tagging item. The mounting element is provided in order to cooperate with a drilled shelf whereof the front edge forms a C-shaped rail. The shelf includes a plurality of lower orifices at the lower end of the C-shaped rail. The mounting elements forms into a fastening jumper to the rail exhibiting terminal ends, cooperating with the edges of the C-shaped rail. The link being slaved to the jumper close to its lower terminal end, the locking finger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: JOALPE INDUSTRIA DE EXPOSITORES, S.A.
    Inventors: Manuel Alves, Pedro Dinis, Rosa Caseiro
  • Publication number: 20110105830
    Abstract: An applicator for a self-expanding intravaginal device has a barrel and a plunger that can substantially contain the self-expanding intravaginal device without significant insertion barrel distortion while maintaining comfortable applicator insertion. The barrel has an insertion end, an opposed gripper end, and a central portion therebetween, and it is arranged and configured to substantially contain the self-expanding intravaginal device. The plunger is in telescoping relation with the barrel, and it is arranged and configured to expel the self-expanding intravaginal device out of the insertion end of the barrel when the plunger is pushed into the gripper end of the barrel. A plurality of flexible petals substantially closes the insertion end of the barrel, and the central portion of the barrel has a load to 3 mm deflection of at least about 15 Newtons. Other aspects of the invention include a self-expanding intravaginal urinary incontinence system, and methods of making the applicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Mari Hou, Raymond J. Hull, JR., Alan Trojanowski
  • Patent number: 7935285
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of manufacturing a golf ball composed at least in part of a spherical elastomeric body. The method includes the steps of extruding a bar of an unvulcanized rubber compound for obtaining the elastomeric body, cutting the extruded bar into slugs of a given length, and coating the slug with a saturated or unsaturated carboxylic acid metal salt in powder form having a melting point at or below a vulcanizing temperature. This method prevents the slugs from clumping together and improves mold releasability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiro Wachi
  • Patent number: 7935288
    Abstract: A method for making a multilayer golf ball including a solid center having a center hardness, a plurality of laminates cut into a plurality of shapes formed around the center to create an inner ball, and a cover formed around the inner ball, wherein the plurality of layers can include at least a first layer having a hardness greater than the center hardness and a second layer having a hardness greater than the first layer hardness, and optionally a third layer disposed between the first and the second layers having a hardness greater than the first layer hardness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: William Brum, Jeffrey L. Dalton, Herbert C. Boehm, Christopher Cavallaro
  • Patent number: 7935287
    Abstract: Methods for forming a keyboard case are provided. A mold cavity configured to provide a keyboard case having a plurality of apertures disposed therethrough can be at least partially filled with a molten material. At least one runner can traverse at least a portion of the apertures forming the plurality of apertures. The molten material can be at least partially solidified within the mold cavity to provide the keyboard case. The keyboard case can be removed from the mold cavity and the at least one runner can be removed from at least a portion of the apertures forming the plurality of apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mark S Tracy, Earl W Moore, Paul N Walker
  • Publication number: 20110091670
    Abstract: A double-layer container includes an outer layer and an inner layer, both of which are formed by molding. The outer layer includes a 3-D pattern. The 3-D pattern has at least two pattern units each having at least one first groove which communicates with at least one through hole. The through hole is defined through the outer layer. At least one first slot is defined between the pattern units. The inner layer is fixed to an inner surface of the outer layer and the material of the inner layer is filled in the first groove via the through hole to form a first decoration portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventor: Kun-Yi LI
  • Patent number: 7927534
    Abstract: A process is described which uses overmolding to create an all plastic waterway within a faucet leading up to an inlet port for a spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Mercury Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard F. Seman, Sr., Earl Christian, Jr.