Conditioning Or Treatment Of Preform Patents (Class 264/265)
  • Patent number: 11279067
    Abstract: A resin molded article is equipped with a laminated body in which a core material layer, a cushion layer, and a skin layer are included and laminated. In this configuration, a lowermost layer and a peripheral edge portion of the laminated body are covered by a resin covering layer, and only the upper surface of the skin layer is exposed and serves as a design surface. Moreover, the peripheral edge portion of the laminated body is embedded in an interior part of the resin covering layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Sakaiya Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seonghun Lee, Tatsuya Akimaru, Takuro Ojima, Masaru Sugino
  • Patent number: 11199094
    Abstract: A turbine machine blade has an aerodynamic surface that is made of organic matrix composite material reinforced by fibers and metal structural reinforcement that is adhesively bonded by an epoxy adhesive bond on the leading edge, which is of matching shape, and that presents along its entire height a section that is substantially V-shaped with a base extended by two lateral flanks of respective profiles that become thinner at free ends going towards the trailing edge. In order to increase the toughness of the epoxy adhesive bond in the event of the epoxy adhesive bond cracking, the epoxy adhesive bond includes a reinforcing sheet of elastomeric polymer enabling the reinforcing sheet to be torn into two portions, the elastomeric polymer having the following properties at 23° C.: Young's modulus E?10 MPa; stress at rupture ?r>10 MPa; strain at rupture ?r>80%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Vincent Joudon, Franck Bernard Léon Varin
  • Patent number: 10994443
    Abstract: Method for cutting crystal boules using diamond wire, wherein this boule is driven about a main axis, a cutting wire is held taut and driven through a temporary drum immobilising each boule in position with respect to the main axis throughout the entire cutting operation, this temporary drum being made by overmoulding a coating material on at least one boule bonded onto a sacrificial core, the cutting being followed by the slicing of cut rings from which are detached, particularly using heat, crystalline plates with parallel faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: COMADUR S.A.
    Inventors: Naser Berisha, Roland Dechant-Wagner, Christian Russi
  • Patent number: 10756410
    Abstract: A filter is provided and includes potting material formed into a body defining a through-hole. The body includes first and second opposing faces and a sidewall extending between the first and second opposing faces. The sidewall is formed to define first and second openings at opposite ends of the through-hole, first angles at an interface between the sidewall and the first face and second angles, which complement the first angles, at an interface between the sidewall and the second face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David W. Abraham, Antonio D. Corcoles Gonzalez, James R. Rozen
  • Patent number: 10569489
    Abstract: Compacting assembly comprising a shaper mold (24) defining an upwardly open housing suitable for receiving a woven preform (10a) that has previously been cut out, and a vertically movable compacting tool (128) that, together with the shaper mold (24), forms a compacting assembly for compacting said preform previously placed in the housing. The compacting tool (128) comprises at least a root portion (128A). The invention is applicable to fabricating turbine engine composite blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Yann Marchal, Matthieu Gimat
  • Patent number: 10144162
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cable with resin molded body, wherein the cable with resin molded body includes a cable and a resin molded body formed by resin molding, wherein the resin molded body includes a main body to cover the tip portion of the cable and a flange integrally molded with the main body, and wherein the flange includes a bolt hole through which a bolt is inserted so as to fix the flange to the attachment object. The method includes molding the resin molded body by injecting a resin into a mold, the mold including a main body-molding portion for molding the main body, a flange-molding portion for molding the flange and an outlet formed behind the flange-molding portion in relation to the main body-molding portion, and draining the resin through the outlet during the molding of the resin molded body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Kataoka, Yukio Ikeda, Takashi Onimoto
  • Patent number: 10046206
    Abstract: The invention provides a golf ball that is a one-piece golf ball or a golf ball having a core and a cover of one layer or a plurality of layers, wherein the one-piece golf ball or core is formed of a material molded under heat from a rubber composition containing: (A) a base rubber, (B) an organic peroxide, (C) water, (D) a metal methacrylate and (E) zinc oxide. The content of component (D) per 100 parts by weight of component (A) is from 30 to 45 parts by weight. The molar ratio (C)/(D) between components (C) and (D) satisfies the formula 0.9<(C)/(D)<1.1. The core has an initial velocity V0 of at least 72.0 m/s and up to 75.0 m/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Ohira, Tsuyoshi Nakajima, Eiji Takehana
  • Patent number: 9855466
    Abstract: The invention provides a golf ball having a core and a cover of one layer or a plurality of layers, the core being formed of a material molded under heat from a rubber composition containing: (A) a base rubber, (B) an organic peroxide, and (C) water and/or a metal monocarboxylate. The core has a hardness profile which satisfies specific relationships between the JIS-C hardness at the core center (Cc), the JIS-C hardness at a position 10 mm from the core center (C10) and the JIS-C hardness at the core surface (Cs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Nakajima, Yuichiro Ozawa
  • Patent number: 9764196
    Abstract: The invention provides a golf ball having a core and a cover of one layer or a plurality of layers, the core being formed of a material molded under heat from a rubber composition which includes (A) a base rubber, (B) an organic peroxide, and (C) water and/or a metal monocarboxylate. The product P×E of the difference P (mol/m3) in crosslink density between the core surface and the core center, as measured based on a toluene swelling test, multiplied by the deflection E (mm) of the core when compressed under a final load of 1,275 N (130 kgf) from an initial load state of 98 N (10 kgf) is at least 28×102 mol/m3·mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nakajima, Yuichiro Ozawa
  • Patent number: 9724568
    Abstract: The invention provides a golf ball having a core and a cover of one layer or a plurality of layers, wherein the core is formed of a material molded under heat from a rubber composition containing (A) a base rubber, (B) an organic peroxide, and (C) water and/or a metal monocarboxylate, and has a hysteresis loss of 50% or less when compressed at a load cell speed of 500 mm/min and under a constant load of 5,000 N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kae Yamazaki, Tsuyoshi Nakajima, Yuichiro Ozawa
  • Patent number: 9527230
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a joint member obtained by joining a carbon fiber composite material containing a thermoplastic resin as a matrix and a metal. The method includes a step (i) of forming an uneven shape having a depth of 0.02 to 0.6 mm on a surface of the metal at a joining portion; a step (ii) of providing a thermoplastic resin layer having a thickness in the range of 5?m or more and 5 mm or less at a joining portion between the surface of the metal and a surface of the composite material; and a step (iii) of melting the thermoplastic resin layer by heating the joining portion to thereby combine the metal and the composite material into one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Masaki Takeuchi, Masumi Hirata, Takumi Kato, Hiroki Sano
  • Patent number: 9263173
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a high-voltage electrical insulator (1), having at least one metal insulator element (4, 6) cemented to a dielectric insulator element (2) by a cement mortar (5), includes at least one of the following steps: preparing the cement mortar (5) from aluminous cement and sand that are mixed with at least water; assembling the dielectric element (2) with the metal element (4, 6), the mortar (5) being placed between the dielectric insulator element (2) and the metal element (4, 6); and vibrating the dielectric element (2) and the metal element (4, 6) as assembled together, so as to distribute the mortar (5) between the dielectric element and the metal element (2, 4, 6). In order to prepare the mortar (5), an active ingredient of the polymer superplasticizer type based on polyglycol methacrylic acid ester is added, and the vibrating is performed for a duration lying in the range 2 seconds to 20 seconds, and preferably in the range 4 seconds to 15 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SEDIVER SOCIETE EUROPEENNE D'ISOLATEURS EN VERRE ET COMPOSITE
    Inventors: Sandrine Prat, Jean-Marie George, Gilles Barthet
  • Patent number: 9250467
    Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing mold for a color filter including: a mold boy provided with an injection hole for overcoat material and having a recess for forming a pad at a side facing color photoresist. The present invention further relates to a manufacturing method for a color filter. The manufacturing method and the corresponding manufacturing mold of the present invention can realize an integral formation of the color filter, so as to solve the technical problems of redundant working processes, troublesome control and low manufacturing efficiency in existing manufacturing method for the color filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiao-long Ma, Chun-liang Lee
  • Patent number: 9211683
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of manufacturing a gas tank, this method including: a step of forming a fiber reinforced plastics layer by winding a fiber that is impregnated with thermosetting plastics around at least part of a mouthpiece and around a liner; and a step of thermally curing the fiber reinforced plastics layer through induction heating, wherein the mouthpiece is heated by a heating unit that is distinct from the induction heating while the fiber reinforced plastics layer is thermally cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Sakuma Emori
  • Publication number: 20150114243
    Abstract: A cylindrical printing plate precursor of the present invention comprising a cured resin sheet formed into a cylindrical shape, the cylindrical printing plate precursor comprising an overlap margin part comprising opposite end parts of the cured resin sheet superimposed on one another, each end part of the cured resin sheet in the overlap margin part having a thickness that is smaller than the thickness of the cured resin sheet other than in the overlap margin part, and a joining part, in the overlap margin part, in which a hole providing communication between the opposite end parts of the cured resin sheet is filled with a cured resin, the overlap margin part having a specific width, the joining part having a specific size, and the joining part having a specific cross-sectional area in the plate surface direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yusuke NAMBA
  • Publication number: 20150107945
    Abstract: Method for the production of braking elements for vehicles, in particular brake pads, including a die forming step by means of fine and/or traditional shearing of a metal support and a molding step upon the metal support of a block of friction material; the friction material is selected from the group of asbestos free materials, while the metal plate is made of an aluminum alloy selected from the group consisting of aluminum alloys subjected to precipitation hardening (age-hardening alloys) and is made from the fine and/or traditional shearing of a metal sheet when the alloy is in a solubilized state; the alloy, being aged during a friction material baking step, gains its mechanical properties needed for its operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Pietro Bertoldo
  • Patent number: 9005493
    Abstract: A 3-d stereoscopic viewing lens which the retarder film is made of a PVA film. A 3-D stereoscopic viewing lens having a linear polarized film, one or more lens substrate layers, and an epoxy layer. A process of making retarder film including mounting a PVA film to an assembly line; wetting, cleaning, and washing the PVA film through said assembly line; softening, expanding and stretching the PVA film's x-axis through said assembly line; adding gap filling agent to the PVA film; stretching the PVA film's y-axis through a width frame holder and as a result transforming the PVA film into a retarder film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Inventor: Roger Wen-Yi Hsu
  • Patent number: 8980153
    Abstract: A method for making products made of plastics comprises the steps of molding a piece made of polyethylene PE, or made of polypropylene PP, and mechanically folding in a guided manner a flap portion of the aforesaid piece at a folding temperature that is greater than ambient temperature ed less than the alpha-type intermediate physical transition temperature of the material. The method reduces the spring-back of the folded portion and the yield in the folding zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa
    Inventor: Alessandro Falzoni
  • Publication number: 20150069658
    Abstract: A mine support includes an elongate metal member and a coating comprising post-consumer recycled thermoplastic disposed on the member. The thermoplastic may include post-consumer recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate), and the coating may be an injection molded coating. A first layer of the coating may be provided with a thickness at least about 0.1 mm and a crystallinity between about 16% and about 30%, and a second layer of the coating may be provided with a thickness at least about 0.1 mm and a crystallinity between about 6% and about 14%. Either the first layer or second layer may contact the elongate metal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Terrasimco Inc.
    Inventors: Walter John Simmons, Walter Neal Simmons
  • Publication number: 20150064409
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a joint member obtained by joining a carbon fiber composite material containing a thermoplastic resin as a matrix and a metal. The method includes a step (i) of forming an uneven shape having a depth of 0.02 to 0.6 mm on a surface of the metal at a joining portion; a step (ii) of providing a thermoplastic resin layer having a thickness in the range of 5?m or more and 5 mm or less at a joining portion between the surface of the metal and a surface of the composite material; and a step (iii) of melting the thermoplastic resin layer by heating the joining portion to thereby combine the metal and the composite material into one.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Masaki Takeuchi, Masumi Hirata, Takumi Kato, Hiroki Sano
  • Publication number: 20150044419
    Abstract: Disclosed in this specification is seat back frame comprising a thermoplastic matrix of randomly dispersed carbon fibers forming the structure, with the structure reinforced by affixing a pad up of a thermoplastic matrix comprising oriented fibers to the structure. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the seat back which comprises injection or overmolding the thermoplastic matrix comprised of randomly dispersed fibers onto the pad up which is a compression molded oriented fibers in the thermoplastic matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: William V. Carson, JR., George Bielert, Rocco Deangelis
  • Publication number: 20140363657
    Abstract: A metal-resin composite and method for producing the same are provided. The method comprises: A) forming nanopores in at least a part of a surface of a metal sheet; and B) injection molding a thermoplastic resin directly on the surface of the metal sheet. The thermoplastic resin includes a main resin and a polyolefin resin. The main resin includes a mixture of polyphenylene ether and polyphenylene sulfide. And the polyolefin resin has a melting point of about 65° C. to about 105° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Qing GONG, Xiong ZHANG, Yihu ZHANG, Wei ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20140353874
    Abstract: A cover window and a method of manufacturing the cover window include a film layer and a resin layer disposed on the film layer to surround an edge of the film layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang-Woo HAN
  • Publication number: 20140349127
    Abstract: The present invention is a thermoplastic polymer composition which contains 10-120 parts by mass of a polar group-containing polypropylene resin (B) per 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic elastomer (A) that is a block copolymer having a polymer block containing an aromatic vinyl compound unit and a polymer block composed of a conjugated diene unit having 40% by mole or more of 1,2-bonds and 3,4-bonds in total, or a hydrogenated product of the block copolymer (provided that a thermoplastic polymer composition containing 1 part by mass or more of a polyvinyl acetal resin is excluded). This thermoplastic polymer composition is able to be bonded with a ceramic, a metal or a synthetic resin without requiring a primer treatment, and has excellent flexibility, mechanical characteristics, moldability, heat resistance and storage stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Asako Minamide, Mikio Masuda, Masahiro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140333012
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hearing aid component (24, 25, 30, 32, 34), having the steps of providing a substrate component (23); and applying a functional structure (22) of a viscoelastic material having a thickness of at least 50 ?m onto a surface of the substrate component by an inkjet printing process utilizing a jet of droplets (18) having a volume from 0.1 nl to 10 nl. The hardness of the functional structure is lower than the hardness of the substrate component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Matthias Riepenhoff, Axel Schlesinger
  • Publication number: 20140332995
    Abstract: Molds for preparing a viscoelastic material for dynamic analysis that include mold sections that when closed in alignment define such elements as a specimen cavity having an open end and dimensioned to provide a sample of the viscoelastic material of a predetermined size. Other elements may include a support member holder adjacent to the open end of the specimen cavity and a fill channel in fluid communication between the specimen cavity and a fill port. The fill port is adapted for receiving a reactive mixture of the viscoelastic material to fill the specimen cavity, wherein the support member holder is adapted for securing a support member having a surface that seals the open end of the specimen cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicants: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Scott Powell Anderson, Steven M Cron, Michael Edward Dotson
  • Publication number: 20140334114
    Abstract: A device housing of an electronic device includes a main body and a reinforcing plate. The reinforcing plate includes a plate portion and at least one buffer body. The plate portion is integrally formed in the main body, and the at least one buffer body is formed on the plate portion. The main body is assembled with a circuit board of the electronic device. The at least one buffer body elastically resists against with the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicants: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited, SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: NAI-LIN YANG, BING ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20140306383
    Abstract: An access device provides needleless access to patient fluid lines such as intravascular catheters. A septum assembly of the access device is formed from a frame integrally molded with a septum and provides access for a tubular portion, such as a male luer taper of a syringe, of a medical device. The frame of the septum assembly is bonded to the housing of the device, which minimizes axial and rotational movement between the septum and the housing, so that the access device properly operates through multiple uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Weston F. HARDING, Marty Lee Stout
  • Patent number: 8858857
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a composite vessel encompassing rapid manufacturing that is applicable to composite hydrogen and other gas storage tanks, both for high-pressure cylinders, as well as low-pressure conformal tanks. The process of fabrication includes using a liner, of metal or plastic materials, over which a braided or developed preform is wrapped. The dry fiber wrapped liner is placed in a mold and resin injected into the cavity formed between the liner and the mold outer walls. The liner is flooded with heated and/or cooled pressurized fluid thus enabling complete and independent process control from within the liner for both the resin injection and the cure phases. Fiber placement control is determined through combined biaxial and triaxial braid/preform design, and by wrapping at controlled tension onto the supporting liner. Fiber tension control is further enhanced by the methodology of mold loading whereby tensioning forces are enacted during actual load and close.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Inventors: Geoffrey Michael Wood, Pamela M. Schneider, Steven C. Stenard
  • Publication number: 20140300023
    Abstract: In a method for coating a molded part (1), in particular a molded part produced by injection molding, the molded part (1) is arranged in a cavity (2) of a molding tool (3), wherein a partial cavity (4) between the molded part (1) and a first molding-tool half (5) of the molding tool (3) remains when a closing force (F) is applied to the molding tool (3) at a first closing-force level. A coating mass (6) is introduced into the partial cavity (4) and the coating mass (6) is cured/cross-linked. The closing force (F) of the molding tool (3) is increased during the curing/cross-linking of the coating mass (6), wherein the increase in the closing force (F) causes a volume reduction of the partial cavity (4) due to elastic deformation of the molding tool (3) and/or elastic deformation of the molded part (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Bernd Klotz
  • Patent number: 8844113
    Abstract: A medical device includes a polymer stent scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. A process for forming the medical device includes placing the scaffold on a support supported by an alignment carriage, and deionizing the scaffold to remove any static charge buildup on the scaffold before placing the scaffold within a crimper to reduce the scaffold's diameter. The polymer scaffold is heated to a temperature below the polymer's glass transition temperature to improve scaffold retention without adversely affecting the mechanical characteristics of the scaffold when deployed to support a body lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Yunbing Wang
  • Patent number: 8834768
    Abstract: A process and a facility for manufacturing foam molded resin articles are provided which facilitate for a secondary material at least partially formed of a synthetic resin to be arranged so as to extend along a curved surface of a mold inner surface, and further to be released from the mold after molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Masato Oota
  • Publication number: 20140253873
    Abstract: A method of forming a support member to a flexible membrane is provided by the present disclosure. In one form, the method includes placing the flexible membrane onto an outer periphery of a fixed tool, translating a movable tool towards the fixed tool, and engaging the flexible membrane such that the flexible membrane is deformed and placed into tension. A molten resin is then injected into a support ring molding cavity, and the resin is allowed to cool such that the support ring is secured to the tensioned flexible membrane. The movable tool is then translated away from the fixed tool to eject a flexible membrane and support ring assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: David Nicholas CROSBY, Richard Edward TAYLOR, Gregor Allan STOREY
  • Publication number: 20140239546
    Abstract: A method for forming a vehicle body, comprising: forming a rigid tub; mating the rigid tub to a first mould for a superstructure of the vehicle body; and subsequently rigidifying material in the first mould whilst part of that material is in contact with the tub to thereby form the superstructure of the vehicle body integral with the tub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: McLaren Automotive Limited
    Inventor: Claudio SANTONI
  • Patent number: 8790565
    Abstract: A composite structure, such as a structural member (12), is formed by the steps of knitting a three dimensional pre-form (17) from one or more selected fibers such as natural fibers selected from hemp, cotton, flax, jute and synthetic fibers such as boron aramide fibers, carbon fibers, glass fibers and polymer based fibers, using a three dimensional knitting machine (16). The pre-form (17) has a shape commensurate with that of the structure (12) to be formed. The pre-form (17) is caused to take its three dimensional shape by inflating or otherwise expanding the pre-form such as by injecting a foamable synthetic plastics material into the interior of the pre-form, and thereafter fixing the shape of the shaped fibers to form the composite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Futuris Automotive Interiors (Australia) Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Jason Anthony Miller
  • Publication number: 20140203518
    Abstract: An elastomeric seal (20), such as a shaft seal for automotive vehicle applications, includes an elastomeric compound (22) chemically coupled to a metal sealing ring (24) and is formed without an oven post curing step. The elastomeric seal (20) provides exceptional physical properties, similar to those of elastomeric seals of the prior art formed with an oven post curing step. The elastomeric seal (20) has an elastic modulus of 6.0 MPa to 13.0 MPa and a tensile strength of 11.1 MPa to 14.8 MPa. The elastomeric compound (22) includes 52.0 to 68.0 wt. % fluoroelastomer, 20.0 to 35.0 wt. % calcium silicate, and 5.0 to 15.0 wt. % diatomite. The elastomeric compound (22) is fully cured and chemically coupled to the metal sealing ring (24) during the compression or injection molding step, and thus an oven post curing step is not required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: Junfeng Bian, Roger Holliday, Bhawani Tripathy
  • Publication number: 20140205801
    Abstract: A hydrophilic laminate, including: a substrate made of a resin; and a hydrophilic resin layer on the substrate made of a resin, wherein the hydrophilic resin layer comprises micro convex portions or micro concave portions in a surface thereof, and wherein a pure water contact angle of the surface of the hydrophilic resin layer is less than 40°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Iwata, Mikihisa Mizuno, Shinobu Hara
  • Patent number: 8771573
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a plastic housing, where at least one first plastic housing part with at least one guide or bearing for at least one mechanically movable component, in particular a sensor, is produced in a first molding step, the at least one first plastic housing part is overmolded in a second molding step while a second plastic housing part is being formed, in order to form an integral plastic housing. Moreover, the invention relates to a plastic housing with at least one first plastic housing part including at least one guide or bearing for at least one mechanically movable component, where the at least one plastic housing part is entirely or partially overmolded by a second plastic housing part so that the integral plastic housing is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Preh GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Knüttel, Annegret Suckfüll
  • Patent number: 8747719
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an insert-molded cover for electronic devices, including manufacturing a metallic body, processing the metallic body by a chemical method and forming an oxide film on a surface of the metallic body, and molding a plastic antenna lid on the metallic body by insert molding so that the plastic antenna lid is attached on the oxide film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han-Ming Lee, Chih-Chien Hung, Hsiang-Sheng Chou, Ching-Hsien Chang
  • Publication number: 20140141167
    Abstract: Polymer Pen Lithography materials that retain the simplicity characteristic for the fabrication of poly(dimethyl siloxane) tip arrays while preserving the control over feature dimensions and to understand the role of the mechanical properties of the different materials on Polymer Pen Lithography printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: New York University
    Inventors: Adam B. Braunschweig, Xiao Zhong, Kevin B. Schesing, Shudan Bian
  • Patent number: 8728264
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a hemocompatible article. A non-thermally stabilized polytetrafluoroethylene membrane comprised of non-oriented fibers is heated to a temperature of around 400° C. and above the gel point of the polytetrafluoroethylene, while the membrane is being applied against a forming mold. The membrane is applied against the forming mold by generating a pressure differential between opposing faces of the membrane to form a conformed membrane. The conformed membrane is then cooled, thereby producing the hemocompatible article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Carmat
    Inventors: Antoine Capel, Alain Carpentier, Marion Melot
  • Publication number: 20140124980
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a laminated core, in which while a laminated core body 10 formed by caulking and with permanent magnets 20 inserted in a plurality of magnet insertion holes 17, 18 is held between a resin injection die 23 and a receiving die 22 opposed to each other, resin is injected into the magnet insertion holes 17, 18 from resin reservoir portions provided to the resin injection die 23 to fix the permanent magnets 20, the method comprising: at a time of resin injection, pressing a flat press surface 24 of the resin injection die 23 against caulking portions 13 protruding from a surface of the laminated core body 10 to apply pressure thereto, thereby allowing the surface of the laminated core body 10 whereon the caulking portions 13 are formed to be pressed against the flat press surface 24 so as to prevent resin leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Akira Nagai, Jin Oda
  • Publication number: 20140123610
    Abstract: Z-filter media pack arrangements and methods for providing them are described. The preferred arrangements have a cured-in-place jacket around an outside of a coiled z-filter media combination. The preferred cured-in-place jacket is a mold-in-place overmold which includes, integral therein, a housing seal arrangement. Preferably a cured-in-place center core is used, most preferably one that has opposite concave ends with seal arrangements configured to seal a lead end portion of the coiled z-filter media combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: KEVIN SCHRAGE, EUGENE LENSING, JEFF RAHLF, WAYNE BISHOP, GREGORY REICHTER, BENNY NELSON, RODGER SPEARS, BRUCE CRENSHAW, VLADIMIR KLADNITSKY
  • Patent number: 8685303
    Abstract: A mine support includes an elongate metal member and a coating comprising post-consumer recycled thermoplastic disposed on the member. The thermoplastic may include post-consumer recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate), and the coating may be an injection molded coating. A first layer of the coating may be provided with a thickness at least about 0.1 mm and a crystallinity between about 16% and about 30%, and a second layer of the coating may be provided with a thickness at least about 0.1 mm and a crystallinity between about 6% and about 14%. Either the first layer or second layer may contact the elongate metal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Terrasimco Inc.
    Inventors: Walter John Simmons, Walter Neal Simmons
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20140045093
    Abstract: A metal electrode assembly includes a cathode catalyst layer, an anode catalyst layer, and an ion conducting membrane disposed between the cathode catalyst layer and the anode catalyst layer. The ion conducting layer includes a polyphenylene sulfide mat with a first polymer imbibed therein. The polyphenylene sulfide mat includes the polyphenylene sulfide-containing structures. A method for forming the ion conducting layer is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: James Mitchell, Lijun Zou, Timothy J. Fuller
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20140021645
    Abstract: A method for constructing layers of polymers through a core of open cell porous material such as metal foams is provided comprising the use of temporary filler material to fill certain volumes within the cellular material. This is followed by filling the remaining volume with polymeric material. The temporary filler material is then removed revealing a layer of a composite of polymer and cellular material as well as a layer of unfilled cellular material. The process can then be repeated to create other layers using same or different polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Nassif Elias Rayess, Marcos Zamora
  • 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