Shaping Material And Uniting To A Preform Patents (Class 264/259)
  • Patent number: 8685301
    Abstract: A filter element includes a filter media pack and an axial seal member configured to axially seal against a filter housing. The axial seal member may be supported by and attached to the filter media pack by a media pack seal member. Alternatively, the axial seal member may be carried by a frame, which is attached to the filter media pack by the media pack seal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Baldwin Filters, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Swanson, Chad Banzhaf, Steven J. Merritt
  • Publication number: 20140078651
    Abstract: A housing includes a base body and a waterproof portion formed on the base body. The base body includes an inner wall, and a first end wall adjacent to the inner wall. The waterproof portion is formed on the inner wall and the first end wall. The waterproof portion contains water-absorbent acrylic resin. A method for manufacturing the housing, and an electronic device using the housing are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicants: FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED, SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SHU-XIANG ZHOU, HE-XIAN LIN
  • Publication number: 20140070439
    Abstract: A method for molding a non-pneumatic tire includes placing a hub into a lower mold portion, and associating at least one temperature sensor with the lower mold portion. The method further includes placing an upper mold portion onto the lower mold portion and the hub, heating the mold assembly, heating a molding material, and transferring the heated molding material into the interior of the mold assembly. The method further includes heating the mold assembly and molding material until the at least one temperature sensor indicates that the molding material has reached a first temperature, and maintaining the temperature of the molding material at the first temperature for a first predetermined period of time. The method further includes reducing the temperature of the molding material to a second temperature after the first predetermined period of time, and separating the upper mold portion and molded tire from the lower mold portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Kevin L. Martin, Aaron K. Amstutz, David J. Colantoni, Stephen J. Pierz, Kevin D. Kempa
  • Patent number: 8662874
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cogged belt for conveying articles and/or for power transmission, and an apparatus for realization thereof. The cogged belt (30, 50) comprises: a prefabricated belt (8) comprising a textile or a meshed net; and a covering (26) made of a thermoplastic or heat-hardening material fixed in a single body by fusion to the prefabricated belt (8) and substantially entirely covering a side of the prefabricated belt (8), the covering (26) forming a cogged profile (43). The cogged belt (30, 50) can further comprise at least a cord-shaped reinforcing core (61) at least partially incorporated in the covering (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Vision Tech S.r.l.
    Inventors: Attilio Rubino, Maurizio Vincenzi
  • Patent number: 8663525
    Abstract: Drip emitter having a pressure compensating element that does not contact the enclosing pipe. First known drip emitter formed from a two-shot injection mold process that includes a deformable element, membrane, compressible element or pressure compensating element that compensates pressure or flow of water against a stiff injection molded surface that is part of the drip emitter body. In addition, this is the first drip emitter (two-shot or otherwise) that includes a compensating surface that is not parallel to the membrane, i.e., at an angle to the plane of the pressure compensating element. May include fluid retainment valve, ventable/anti-siphon/non-drain or other, as part of second injection with second or third material. Allows for simple injection mold construction and eliminates need for ISO conditioning to properly seat the membrane before testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Shay Mamo
    Inventor: Shay Mamo
  • Patent number: 8661849
    Abstract: The invention discloses jewelry made of disinfected, pulverized and chemically bonded primary teeth. The teeth are pulverized into two or more parts, located in a mold, and bonded with a bonding agent to form a tooth matrix that is shaped for connection to a jewelry frame. In another embodiment, a hollow interior of a deciduous tooth is filled with a bonding agent. The tooth is positioned in a mold with other tooth particles and bonded to form the tooth matrix. In another embodiment, the hollow interior and/or occlusal of a deciduous tooth is filled with a bonding agent to form a tooth matrix for mounting on a jewelry frame. A display side of the tooth is positioned adjacent to a display surface in a mold. A bonding agent fills the space between the tooth and the mold to form a solid tooth matrix. The solidified tooth matrix is machinable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Shawdon, LP
    Inventor: John G. Fischer
  • Publication number: 20140054063
    Abstract: The method of fabricating a very high, high, or medium voltage composite insulator (1) comprises an insulating core (2) made of glass fiber reinforced synthetic material based on a mixture of a resin having epoxy groups, and a covering (3) made of an elastomer material surrounding said core (2), said elastomer material being selected from silicone, ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) and mixtures thereof, and vulcanizing at a vulcanization temperature higher than 130° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: SEDIVER SOCIETE EUROPEENNE D'ISOLATEURS EN VERRE ET COMPOSITE
    Inventors: Jean Marie George, Guy Thevenet, Sandrine Prat
  • Patent number: 8658074
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatic elastomer extrusion apparatus and method. An apparatus 400 for in-situ extrusion of an elastomeric coating 410 on a profiled helical surface 450 can include a template (100, 200) forming a gap between the profiled helical surface 450 and an adjacent profiled helical surface (102, 202) of a template (100, 200) itself to extrude an elastomer therethrough. A tracking mechanism 302 and/or carriage 300 can allow a template to follow the contours of the profiled helical surface 350. The apparatus can include means for providing relative movement between the profiled helical surface and the template. The apparatus (500, 600) can include a cleaning module (502, 602), an adhesive application module (504, 604), an elastomer deposition module (506, 606), and/or a curing module (508, 608). Each module can further include a template (100, 200) and/or a tracking mechanism 302.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Geoff Downton, Lawrence Lee
  • Patent number: 8656588
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flange for a fuel pump module, which includes an adhesion enhancing member so that there is no gap between a power supply terminal and a resin material for forming a flange, thus further increasing injection efficiency and sealing performance. A method of manufacturing such a flange is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Coavis
    Inventors: Ha Young Cho, Jae Won Choi, Jin Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 8658068
    Abstract: A touch fastener including an elongated base having multiple segments connected by articulable joints. Each segment has an upper surface, a lower surface, and a plurality of touch fastener elements extending from the lower surface of the base. A flexible barrier extends across at least one articulable joint between adjacent base segments. The fastener may include a magnetically attractable material disposed along a center region of the upper surface of the base. The fastener base may define a pair of first and second notches in opposite longitudinal edges of the base at the articulable joint to allow bending of the base. The base may also define a slit extending through the base from a longitudinal edge thereof at the articulable joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Velcro Industries B.V.
    Inventors: Kevin Keith Line, Stephane Xavier Girard, David Pubrat, Daniel Lee Janzen, Michael Cina, Kristel L. Ferry, Mark A. Clarner, David P. Kraus, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140048975
    Abstract: Steel reinforcing cables in concrete are protected against corrosion by injecting a carrier fluid and corrosion inhibitors into interstitial spaces between the wires of the cable at a first location along the cable and causing the fluid to pass through the interstitial spaces between the wires of the cable to a second location along the cable. The cable comprises an array of wires confined together and intimately surrounded by a covering material which is engaged with a periphery of the cable so that there are insufficient interconnected spaces between the cable and the covering material to allow passage of fluid longitudinally along the cable outside the cable itself. The method can be used with pre-stressed concrete, with post-tensioned bonded cables and with extruded un-bonded mono-strand cables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventor: David Whitmore
  • Patent number: 8652383
    Abstract: To provide an insert part weld molding method for reliably welding an insert part to a blow molded object while preventing an unwelded portion from being created at a circumferential edge of the insert part in a thickness direction thereof. An insert part weld molding method welds a blow molded object to an insert part 3 set in a mold 7, wherein a molding surface 7a of the mold 7 is set higher than a front surface 6d of a portion to be welded of the insert part 3, and an entire surface of a circumferential edge 6b of the insert part 3 in the thickness direction thereof and a parison 11 of the blow molded object are brought into a gapless welded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hidesaburo Gotsu
  • Patent number: 8652381
    Abstract: A resin transfer molding (RTM) molding device is designed to mold a fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) molded body by injecting a resin composition into a mold and by impregnating the molded body therewith. The resin composition is a chain curing polymer (CCP). A CCP accommodating layer is disposed adjacent to an outer side of the molded body. The layer contains the CCP. The layer is provided with a Vf limit value, the value defined by the curing characteristics of the CCP and the characteristics of dissipation of heat from the CCP to the exterior. An element for separating the molded body is disposed between the body and the layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriya Hayashi, Hiroshi Mizuno, Koichi Hasegawa, Kazuo Ota
  • Patent number: 8652391
    Abstract: Substrate containers formed from improved compositions comprise a polymer and carbon nanotubes to provide enhanced characteristics. In some embodiments, the carbon fibers, e.g., nanotubes, can be mechanically blended or incorporated into the polymer, while in some embodiments carbon nanotubes also may be covalently bonded to the polymer to form corresponding covalent materials. In particular, the polymer can be covalently bonded to the side walls of the carbon nanotubes to form a composite with particularly desirable mechanical properties. The processing of the nanotubes can be facilitated by the dispersion of the nanotubes in an aqueous solution comprising a hydrophylic polymer, such as ethyl vinyl acetate. A dispersion of nanotubes can be combined with a polymer in an extrusion process to blend the materials under high shear, such as in an extruder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Entegris, Inc.
    Inventor: Sanjiv M. Bhatt
  • Patent number: 8652374
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a process for producing an in-mold decorated molded article, which can eliminate the need for deburring after molding and the need for an extra allowance of the molded article. The process includes: clamping a first mold (1) and a second mold (2) to hold a decorative film (207) between the molds; cutting a transfer layer (302) of the decorative film (207) in the molds; injecting resin (5) into the cavity of the mold; cooling the resin (5); and opening the molds to remove the in-mold decorated molded article on which the transfer layer (302) is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kaneuchi, Gakuei Shibata, Shinji Kadoriku, Mitsuhiro Iseri
  • Patent number: 8650742
    Abstract: The application relates to a process for preparing a crosslinked cable, including: —applying one or more layers including a polymer composition on a conductor, wherein at least one layer includes one or more free radical generating agents, —crosslinking by radical reaction said at least one layer including said free radical generating agent(s), —cooling the obtained crosslinked cable in pressurized conditions, and —reducing or removing the content of volatile decomposition products(s), which are originating from optionally in elevated temperature, from the crosslinked cable obtained from cooling and recovery step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventor: Annika Smedberg
  • Publication number: 20140027947
    Abstract: The invention proposes a device for manufacture of a composite piece, which exhibits a shaped plate and at least one plastic functional piece molded on to the shaped plate. The device has a heater for heating a plate blank; a shaping tool with at least two shaping elements and for admitting and shaping of the plate blank, to bring the plate blank into a desired shape and thus to manufacture the shaped plate; means for insertion of a shaped mass into the shaping tool for molding the plastic functional piece onto the shaped plate in the shaping tool to manufacture the composite piece, wherein the shaping tool is so configured that after the shaping of the plate blank, at least one cavity remains, in which the plastic functional piece is shaped; and a closing unit for opening and closing the shaping tool; wherein the heater is integrated into the closing unit and the closing unit is furnished to open and close the heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventor: Wolfgang MEINDL
  • Patent number: 8636943
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a fuel tank equipped with an internal accessory and having a plastic wall produced from a parison, said process comprising, in order, the following steps: a) the accessory and the molten parison are introduced into a mold so that the accessory is surrounded by the parison, said mold comprising cavities equipped with at least one moving part; b) a pressurized gas is introduced inside the parison to carry out a pre-blow molding of said parison; c) the pre-blow-molded parison is pressed locally against the accessory using the moving part in order to firmly attach the two without piercing the parison; d) the mold is closed and the final blow molding of the parison is carried out by flattening it against the mold cavities using the pressurized gas; and e) the tank is removed from the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Sylvain Roos, Manuel Bretnacher
  • Patent number: 8636936
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a laminated composite body including a metal foil and a plurality of fiber plies. The method includes perforating a sheet of metal foil, stacking the perforated metal foil sheet and the plurality of fiber plies in face to face relation in a predetermined order and orientation, and infusing resin into the stacked sheet and plies so that resin flows through the perforations in the metal foil sheet and intersperses between the plurality of fiber plies to form the laminated composite body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Andrew E. Modin, Robert D. Hawkins, Robert G. Albers, Jack A. Woods
  • Publication number: 20140023430
    Abstract: Techniques for attachment of sapphire substrates with other materials and the resulting structures are provided. One embodiment may take the form of an attachment method including creating an aperture within a sapphire substrate and filling the aperture with an attachment material. The method also includes mechanically coupling a member to the sapphire substrate using the attachment material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Prest, Dale N. Memering, David A. Pakula, Fletcher Rothkopf, Matthew D. Hill, Stephen B. Lynch, Tang Yew Tan
  • Publication number: 20140023541
    Abstract: Improved seal components for compressors, such as scroll compressors, are provided. Such seal components have a molded composite on a seal plate that is preformed, which serves as an improved face seal for floating seal assemblies. The preformed seal plate may be formed of a sintered powder metal or cast gray iron. The molded composite comprises a thermoplastic polymer and at least one reinforcing or lubricating particle. Methods of forming such seal components for a scroll compressor by injection molding are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Matthew J. Heidecker, Jeffrey Jay Lichty, Dennis D. Pax, Dale Joseph McEldowney, Todd A. Manning, Natalie M. Gehret
  • Publication number: 20140024481
    Abstract: The invention provided is directed to a soccer training device, module training system and method of use. The device is a deflection wall that may be portable or permanently affixed to a ground surface. The wall having a larger and smaller embodiment, mimicking the silhouette of a soccer goal or an average player of a given age range from a far distance at simulated closer range. The inventive features of the wall intended, to enhance quantity, quality, speed, and accuracy of interaction and perception between the user, the ball and the wall according to professional quality and professional level training techniques. Multiple wall units may be combined to create individualized training modules wherein one person may train in a simulated multi-player environment of varying levels of complexity. Two or more module units may be combined to create a soccer training system. The modules and systems may be staged in limited ground surface area both indoor and outdoor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventor: Wayne P. Adema
  • Patent number: 8632719
    Abstract: A method for producing an injection-molded product includes steps of placing, in an injection mold, a heat-shrinkable resin sheet having region A and region B which have different surface temperatures when irradiated with infrared rays; integrating the resin sheet with an injection molding resin by injecting the injection molding resin into the mold; and, before the resin sheet is placed in the injection mold or before the integration step after the placing of the resin sheet in the injection mold, irradiating the resin sheet with infrared rays so that the surface temperatures of region A and region B are different from each other and the surface temperature of at least region A is equal to or higher than an orientation release stress inflection point temperature T of the resin sheet, thereby forming a difference in thickness between regions A and B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Ohya, Toshiro Ariga
  • Publication number: 20140015164
    Abstract: A tool and method for forming a container from a construct. The tool comprising a cavity for receiving a construct, a core operatively associated with the cavity and being operable to move into the cavity, an injection cavity for receiving injection-molding material and directing injection-molding material around at least a portion of the perimeter of the construct, and a clamping feature. The clamping feature is operatively connected to at least one of the cavity and the core and is for clamping a peripheral portion of the construct as the core moves into the cavity to form the construct into the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Scott W. Middleton, Mark Sinclair, Brian R. O'Hagan, Patrick H. Whek, Terrence P. Lafferty, Peter W. Blaas, Kevin J. Hjort, Patrick J. Smith
  • Patent number: 8623263
    Abstract: A process for curing a porous muffler preform defined by a plurality of glass fibers and a heat-curing thermoset or thermoplastic materials applied to the plurality of glass fibers is disclosed herein. The process includes the step of enclosing the muffler preform in a chamber. The process also includes the step of surrounding the muffler preform with steam. The process also includes the step of causing steam to enter the muffler preform from multiple directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: OCV Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Norman T. Huff, Janakikodandaram Karra
  • Patent number: 8617442
    Abstract: A process for the bonding of a fiber-reinforced material to an injection-molding material and an article produced by the process. The process improves the bond between a fiber-reinforced starting material and a material applied by injection. A further plastics material is inserted under pressure into a fiber-reinforced plastics material. This results in interlock bonding between the further plastics material and the fibers of the fiber-reinforced plastics material. This type of bonding is substantially more stable than known bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Lanxess Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Ulrich Dajek
  • Publication number: 20130341827
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an annular bead core-apex subassembly comprises a first station having a first support surface and a second station having a second support surface. The first support surface is mounted to a first support element and is rotatable on the first support element. The second support surface is mounted to a second support element and is rotatable on the second support element. The apparatus comprises a moving device for moving the first support surface from a first location to a second location and for moving the second support surface from the second location to either the first location or to another location. The apparatus comprises at least one handling device selected from a loading device or an unloading device, and a first nozzle in fluid communication with a first pumping or extrusion device for discharging a rubber compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Erich Nicolaus Lemaire, Daniel Kohnen, Patrice De Monte
  • Publication number: 20130341826
    Abstract: Decoration films and manufacturing methods for decorated articles are provided. One of the decoration films includes a substrate, a releasing layer formed on the substrate, an ink layer formed on whole surface of the releasing layer, and a first adhesive layer formed on part surface of the ink layer. Another one of the decoration films includes a substrate, a releasing layer formed on the substrate, and an adhesive ink layer formed on part surface of the releasing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: ETANSI INC.
    Inventors: Shih-Chiang Hu, Shih-Min Huang, Fang-Yu Su
  • Publication number: 20130342423
    Abstract: An electronic device, a decorated article, a decoration film, a manufacturing method for the decorated article and a manufacturing method for the decoration film are provided. The decoration film includes a substrate, a releasing layer formed on the substrate, a durable layer formed on the releasing layer, an antenna formed on the durable layer and an adhesive layer covering the durable layer and the antenna. The durable layer has an opening. The antenna covers the opening. The electronic device includes a casing and an electronic module disposed inside the casing. The casing includes a body, an antenna transferred on a surface of the body and a durable layer covering the surface of the body and part of the antenna. The durable layer has an opening, and other part of the antenna is exposed in the opening. The electronic module is electrically connected to the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Etansi Inc.
    Inventor: Wei-Hsiang Huang
  • Patent number: 8608995
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a separated tip catheter having a separated tip configuration includes the steps of: extruding an extrusion material through a die to form a catheter including a catheter body having a proximal end and a distal end and defining a first lumen and a second lumen, the catheter body having a septum positioned between the first and second lumens; and feeding a strip into the die so that the strip is positioned between the first lumen and the second lumen along a length of the catheter, the strip having a first proximal section formed of a first material capable of bonding with the extrusion material and a second distal section formed of a second material incapable of bonding with the extrusion material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Michael R. Sansoucy
  • Publication number: 20130330500
    Abstract: A process is described for making a resin panel having a grid support backing, comprising (a) applying a layer of liquid gelcoat or first resin to a surface of a mold and allowing the gelcoat or first resin to harden as a surface layer, (b) applying a layer of liquid second resin to a surface of the surface layer, (c) affixing a support grid on top of the layer of liquid second resin, (d) curing the liquid second resin at ambient temperature and pressure, so that the support grid is integral with the cured layer of resin to form a resin panel, and (e) removing the resin panel from the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Giovanni Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Kirk D. Williamson, Doug E. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20130327002
    Abstract: A centrifugal separator for separating particles from a fluid has a housing with a structural element provided with an opening. A cyclone cell having an inflow opening and an outflow opening is provided and is adapted to produce a swirl in a fluid that is flowing in through the inflow opening and exits through the outflow opening. The cyclone cell is secured in the opening of the structural element by being form-fittingly embedded by injection molding in the structural element. In a method for producing the centrifugal separator, at least one cyclone cell is provided and is embedded by injection molding so as to form the structural element that secures at least one cyclone cell in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Steffen Ackermann, Karlheinz Muenkel
  • Publication number: 20130330394
    Abstract: Composites, constructs and implants comprising a non-resorbable polymer, such as polyetheretherketone (PEEK), having structure of interconnected struts, which may be coralline. Composites may comprise a first phase comprising a ceramic; and a second phase comprising a non-resorbable polymer; wherein each of the first and second phases have an interconnected strut structure and are substantially continuous through the composite. Implants may also comprise a non-porous component containing the non-resorbable polymer that is contiguous with a surface of the core, a surface of the porous layer (if present), or both. Methods are also provided comprising infusing a porous ceramic body, having a plurality of interconnected channels, with a non-resorbable polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Michael Ponticiello, Bradford J. Coale, Paul D'Antonio, Joseph M. Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20130318753
    Abstract: A tongue for a seatbelt device includes: a metal core at which an insertion portion is formed continuously from a metal core base portion; a molded portion formed by the metal core base portion of the metal core being covered with a synthetic resin material; a webbing pass-through portion, one end of which opens along the thickness direction of the metal core base portion in one face of the molded portion, and another end of which opens in an end portion of the molded portion at a side opposite to the insertion portion; and a groove portion formed between the metal core base portion and the webbing pass-through portion, the groove portion opening in the end portion of the molded portion at the side opposite to the insertion portion and opening in an inner periphery face of the webbing pass-through portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENK-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Toshinari NAKAI, Yutaka HIRAKO
  • Publication number: 20130313255
    Abstract: A molded article comprising a food container top, and a method for producing same, is disclosed. The method includes providing a mold for forming the molded article, wherein the mold defines a frame, a utensil located substantially coplanar with the frame and a frangible link between the frame and the utensil, providing an in-mold lidding film having a heat activatable lower surface, positioning the in-mold lidding film adjacent to an interior molding surface of the mold, molding the molded article from a heated thermoplastic resin contained within the mold, whereby the heated thermoplastic resin contacts a perimeter of the heat-activatable lower surface of the in-mold lidding film, and the perimeter of the heat-activatable lower surface of the in-mold lidding film is molded to the frame of the article such that the in-mold lidding film hermetically seals an opening defined by the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Phoenix Packaging Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Robert, William Traynor
  • Publication number: 20130313766
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a suspension bearing device, comprising at least one rolling bearing, a bottom cup and a top cup made of plastic, each in contact with the rolling bearing, and at least one seal suitable for protecting the rolling bearing from ingress of water or of polluting particles. The method is characterized in that it comprises at least one step of positioning a seal made of thermosetting elastomer on a supporting element made of plastic between the bottom cup and the top cup and, for the or each seal made of thermosetting elastomer, a step of curing this seal on its supporting element. The invention also relates to a suspension bearing device and a strut of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Sylvain Bussit, Richard Corbett, Christophe Houdayer, Bruno Montboeuf, Adrien Nerriere, Samuel Viault, Desire Vidot
  • Publication number: 20130316104
    Abstract: A reinforcing element and a method of forming the reinforcing element are generally described. The reinforcing element may be used in reinforcing a cementitious material and may comprise a settable material and a tension-resistant material that extends for a length of the element. To form the reinforcing element the settable material and tension-resistant material may be disposed together such that the settable and tension-resistant materials generally take the form of the reinforcing element. The settable material may then be cured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, LLC
    Inventor: Quentin Arthur Carl Adam
  • Patent number: 8591790
    Abstract: A shoe (and fabrication techniques therefor) on which is provided a bottom portion that includes a sole portion and a heel portion and that has a bottom surface and an upper portion extending upwardly from the bottom portion. The bottom surface of the bottom portion of the shoe has areas of a fabric material (such as cotton, nylon, polyester, any other cloth or fabric), or any of a variety of other first materials, interspersed with areas of a durable material (such as ethylene vinyl acetate, polyvinyl chloride, thermoplastic rubber, any other plastic, and/or any other natural or synthetic leather or rubber), or any of a variety of other second materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Seychelles Imports, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Cox, John C. S. Koo
  • Publication number: 20130309465
    Abstract: With respect to fiber-reinforced plastics in which a base member is at least partially reinforced with a continuous fiber-reinforced resin member, there is provided a fiber-reinforced plastic in which the continuous fibers forming the continuous fiber-reinforced resin member do not bend, and, further, the base member and the continuous fiber-reinforced resin member are made to favorably adhere to each other, as well as a method of producing same. Provided is a fiber-reinforced plastic in which at least a portion of the base member is laminated with, as a reinforcement member, the continuous fiber-reinforced resin member. An adhesion layer comprising a thermoplastic resin is present between the base member and the reinforcement member, the adhesion layer making the two adhere to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Oda, Yuji Kageyama
  • Patent number: 8585850
    Abstract: An apparatus has a communications device associated therewith. In another aspect of the present invention, a pallet is made from thermoformed polymeric sheets with an attached communications device. A further aspect of the present invention provides a radio frequency identification device attached to an apparatus. In still another aspect of the present invention, a communications device is incorporated into one or more sheets of a pallet or other container prior to forming. Methods of making and using a thermoformed pallet and container, having a communications device, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Nextreme, LLC
    Inventor: Scott A. W. Muirhead
  • Publication number: 20130302591
    Abstract: Barrier films, in-mold label formed from barrier films, and containers incorporating in-mold labels with barrier properties. Films according to embodiments of the invention include multi-layer or composite films that include one or more layers of a barrier material. The films can be used to form labels in standard in-mold labeling processes such that standard robotics, molds, and materials can be used. Preferably, the film can seal on itself such that an overlap seam can be made. The film has adequate desired barrier properties, i.e. water vapor, oxygen, light, aroma, and/or flavor retention barriers depending on the application, such as packaging of consumable products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventor: Precision Press, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8580177
    Abstract: A rail support block assembly includes a resilient member and a molded block having a top, a bottom and peripheral wall. The block is adapted for fastening one or more rails on the top. The prefabricated resilient member has an outer tray and inner tray arranged within the outer tray, and includes a resilient intermediate structure between the trays. The block is molded. The block is fixed in the inner tray to extend under the bottom of the block and along a lower region of the peripheral wall. The resilient member may form a part of the block mold, so that a mold member combined with the resilient member delimit the mold for the block. The moldable material is introduced and adheres directly to the inner tray of the prefabricated resilient member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Edilson Sedra B.V.
    Inventor: Gerrit Marinus Van Der Houwen
  • Patent number: 8581100
    Abstract: A cover for an electronic device includes a display window and a cover body injection molded with the display window. The display window includes a window body and at least one protruding portion projecting form the window body. The cover body includes a cover wall and ribs. The window body includes a front surface, a rear surface and a peripheral surface connecting the front surface and the rear surface. The at least one protruding portion is fixed on the peripheral surface and embedded between the cover wall and the ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Nai-Lin Yang, Bing Zhang, Shi-Feng Wang
  • Publication number: 20130291500
    Abstract: An air cleaner assembly includes an air cleaner cover and a resonator. The air cleaner cover includes an air outlet having a receiving portion configured to receive a resonator. The resonator may be disposed within the receiving portion of the air outlet, and may include a plurality of concentric baffles defining an inner flow path, and an inner skin circumferentially disposed about the inner flow path and in contact with a the plurality of concentric baffles. The inner skin may define at least one opening. The inner skin, the plurality of concentric baffles, and an inner surface of the receiving portion may cooperate to define at least one back volume. The at least one back volume may be in fluid communication with the inner flow path through the at least one opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Harold V. Rodabaugh
  • Publication number: 20130295342
    Abstract: An active energy ray-curable ink composition includes (component A) monofunctional radically polymerizable monomers, (component B) a polyfunctional oligomer having a glass transition temperature of 20° C. or lower and an acrylate value of 300 g/value or more, and (component C) a bifunctional radically polymerizable monomer having a viscosity at 25° C. of 15 mPa·s or less, wherein the component A includes an N-vinyl compound and a compound represented by the following formula (I), the content of the N-vinyl compound with respect to the total amount of the ink composition is from 10 to 50% by mass, and the content of the component A with respect to the total amount of the ink composition is 70% by mass or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Kenjirou ARAKI, Atsushi SAKAMOTO, Kazuhiro YOKOI
  • Patent number: 8574478
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a fatty acid ester as a slip additive in the production of molded polyethylene terephthalate articles, to a thermoplastic molding composition comprising a polyethylene terephthalate and a fatty acid ester selected to be effective for reducing the co-efficient of friction of molded articles formed from the composition, to a molded polyethylene terephthalate article comprising a fatty acid ester selected to be effective in reducing the co-efficient of friction of the molded article, and to a process for producing a molded thermoplastic article comprising providing a thermoplastic molding composition comprising polyethylene terephthalate, admixing with the thermoplastic molding composition at least one fatty acid ester selected to be effective in reducing the co-efficient of friction of the molded article, heating the composition and molding the hot composition so as to form a molded article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Colormatrix Europe Limited
    Inventors: Steven Burgess Tattum, Matthew Jackson
  • Patent number: 8574953
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a melt-processed organic-inorganic hybrid material including the steps of maintaining a solid organic-inorganic hybrid material at a temperature above the melting point but below the decomposition temperature of the organic-inorganic hybrid material for a period of time sufficient to form a uniform melt and thereafter, cooling the uniform melt to an ambient temperature under conditions sufficient to produce the melt-processed organic-inorganic hybrid material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick W. DeHaven, David R. Medeiros, David B. Mitzi
  • Publication number: 20130288025
    Abstract: A multi-layer bio-based composite film with a bio-based heat seal layer. The compostable bio-based film can comprise a crystalline bio-based heat seal layer and an amorphous bio-based barrier web layer. The heat seal layer has a second heat melting temperature which is lower than its first heat melting temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: FRITO-LAY NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Eldridge M. MOUNT, III, Deepali PALTA
  • Patent number: 8568647
    Abstract: A method of fabricating structural elements on the surface of a component is provided. The structural elements are configured to modify flow of a fluid passing over the surface. Conveniently, the fabrication is performed using a Direct Write technique. A three dimensional element is formed by depositing material on the surface, and subsequently curing the deposited material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: BAE Systems PLC
    Inventors: Jagjit Sidhu, Jennifer L McDonald, Sandeep S. P Raja
  • Patent number: 8568641
    Abstract: A human body support includes a composite material base frame having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a cover element formed from a first polymer material associated to the base frame. The support also includes a film of a second thermoplastic polymer material, which is fixedly attached to the base frame. The second thermoplastic material has an affinity for the first polymer material so that the cover element may be fixedly attached to the base frame, thereby forming an integral support. A polyurethane gel may be disposed in a recess of the base frame. The first polymer material has a thickness of 0.1 to 0.3 mm, the second material has a thickness of 0.01 to 0.025 mm, and both may be optically transparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Selle Royal S.p.A.
    Inventor: Stefano Segato