Preform Is Completely Surrounded By Shaped Material Patents (Class 264/279.1)
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Patent number: 8721949Abstract: A method of making a passenger conveyor handrail includes forming a drive member having a plurality of longitudinally spaced drive surfaces. The drive member has a longitudinal stiffness for maintaining a desired spacing between the drive surfaces. The drive member is inserted into a molding device. A gripping surface portion of the handrail is formed using the molding device such that the gripping surface portion and the drive member are secured together. Another method includes forming a belt drive member having a plurality of teeth that establish a plurality of longitudinally spaced drive surfaces. The belt has a longitudinal stiffness for maintaining a desired spacing between the drive surfaces. Each of the teeth extends across an entire width of the belt. The belt is secured to a gripping surface portion of the handrail.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2007Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Otis Elevator CompanyInventors: John P. Wesson, John M. Milton-Benoit, Changsheng Guo, James R. Irish, Gopalakrishna Rajagopalan, Xiaomei Yu, Jun Ma, Foster P. Lamm, Justin R. Hawkes
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Publication number: 20140127445Abstract: The present invention relates to molding and overmolding compositions for delicate components. More particularly the invention relates to compositions for low pressure molding and overmolding, making these compositions particularly well suited for electronic devices. The molding and overmolding composition is suitable for low pressure injection molding processes, particularly at 0.5 to 200 bars at 70° C. to 240° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: Henkel CorporationInventors: Cynthia L. Cain, Charles W. Paul, Maria Cristina Barbosa DeJesus
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Publication number: 20140120347Abstract: An injection molded element (1) made from plastic material from which one or plural electrical conductors (3) shall exit the electrical conductors are not directly encased when the injection molded element (1) is injection molded. Instead, an inner element (2) that has to be inserted into the injection mold first is prefabricated, for example also through injection molding, wherein the electrical conductors (3) are subsequently inserted into the inner element. The inner element (2) with the inserted conductors (3) is then inserted into the injection mold, wherein the inner element (2) protrudes at its faces beyond the injection molded element (1) enveloping it on the outside, so that the injection mold has to seal only relative to the outer circumference of the inner element (2) and not relative to the elastic electrical conductors (3) themselves.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: Ditter Plastic GmbH + Co KGInventor: Burkhard Neumaier
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Patent number: 8696967Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a tube during plastic injection overmolding, the apparatus comprising at least one rod adapted to support essentially the entirety of an inner surface of a tube during at least a part of a plastic injection overmolding process for coating at least a portion of an outer surface of the tube.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2009Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Keter Plastic Ltd.Inventor: Efraim Haimoff
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Patent number: 8679381Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide methods and apparatus of forming fibrous carbon foams (FCFs). In one embodiment, FCFs can be formed by flowing a fuel rich gas mixture over a catalytic material and components to be encapsulated in a mold to form composite carbon fibers, each composite carbon fiber having a carbon phase grown to encapsulate the component in situ. The composite carbon fibers can be intertwined with one another to form FCFs having a geometry according to the mold.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2011Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: STC.UNMInventors: Zayd Chad Leseman, Mark Andrew Atwater, Jonathan Phillips
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Publication number: 20140081398Abstract: The present invention provides, in various embodiments, a breast implant with an RFID transponder embedded therein, so that the implant can be conveniently identified while inside the human body, and methods of making the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: VERITEQ ACQUISITION CORPORATIONInventors: Ezequiel Mejia, Randolph Keith Geissler, Juan Jose Chacon Quiros
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Patent number: 8673195Abstract: A reinforced structural part and method are provided. The reinforced structural part includes a body made from a plastic material provided with a core made from a metallic material. The method includes the steps of positioning the metallic core in a first mold cavity, injecting a plastic material into the first mold cavity, the cavity being arranged so that the plastic material over-molds at least part of the inner surface of the core, positioning the over-molded metal core in a second mold cavity and injecting a plastic material into said second mold cavity, the cavity being arranged so that the plastic material over-molds the entire outer surface of the core.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2011Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Faurecia Bloc AvantInventor: Laurent Gillard
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Publication number: 20140066244Abstract: The durability of a frictional power transmission belt is improved. A V-ribbed belt (10) comprises an adhesion rubber portion (12) and a compression rubber portion (14) provided below the adhesion rubber portion (12). A cord (11) that is a tension member of the belt is embedded in the adhesion rubber portion (12). The adhesion rubber portion (12) includes an upper layer (12A) constituting the upper side and a lower layer (12B) constituting the lower side, which are located across the cord (11). The upper layer (12A) and the lower layer (12B) are obtained by vulcanizing a rubber composition including a high-viscosity elastomer such as EPM or EPDM, and a low-viscosity elastomer which is lower in Mooney viscosity than the high-viscosity elastomer, and contain modified nylon microfibers as short fibers (21A), (21B), respectively. The short fibers (21A), (21B) are oriented, respectively, in the width direction and longitudinal direction of the belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: The Gates CorporationInventors: Satoshi Furukawa, Kazuma Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8663527Abstract: A method for arranging engagement means in a concrete body. These engagement means can come into contact with securing means, resulting in a coupling of considerable strength between the concrete part and the said securing means. The engagement means may comprise a screw thread, bayonet-like structure or the like arranged in the concrete. However, it is also possible for the engagement means to be designed as a separate component which is placed into the concrete material. This separate component is then provided with the engagement means proper in that it is provided with a screw thread, bayonet catch or the like. In this way, it is possible to secure construction parts to the concrete part, to hoist the concrete part and to carry out further actions with this part. It is also possible to adjust the concrete part with the aid of adjustment bolts which engage in the engagement means.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2003Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Connector Vinkeveen B.V.Inventor: Robertus Cornelis Maria van Rijn
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Patent number: 8658074Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 8, 2011Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Geoff Downton, Lawrence Lee
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Patent number: 8652387Abstract: Method of producing an administering device for infusing or injecting a product, whereby in order to mold a housing shell serving as a case for components of the administering device in a multi-component injection molding process at least one pre-molded, transparent insert part made from a first plastic material is inserted in an injection mold molded to a shape matching the shape of the housing shell, a dimensionally stable, curable second plastic material is injected into the injection mold around the insert part to render it watertight and an opening left free in the second plastic material is closed to render it watertight by injecting on an elastomeric third plastic material.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Roche Diagnostics International AGInventors: Philip Etter, Marco De Polo
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Patent number: 8652385Abstract: An eyeglass frame including a thermoplastic sheet laminate incorporating transfer printing eyeglass decorative patterns and a one or more covering layers bonded thereto. A process for manufacturing an eyeglass frame including: preparing a thermoplastic sheet laminate incorporating eyeglass decorative patterns; bending said thermoplastic sheet laminate under heat and pressure forming a one or more intermediate products in a first mold; and bonding a one or more covering layers to the intermediate products from the bending step in a second mold.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2009Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Okia Optical Company Ltd.Inventors: Yin Sang Lam, Yan Hui Zou, Yan Zhang
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Publication number: 20140042666Abstract: The invention relates to a method and unit for the production of a cement mortar body (2) molded with a cement mortar. According to the invention, the following elements are introduced into a vertical kneading machine provided with a drain in the flat bottom thereof: an amount of water corresponding to an amount comprised between 29% and 32% by weight of the cement mass, followed by additives and colorants; an amount of aggregate having a rounded surface, a grain-size distribution comprised between 0.1 and 1 mm and a silica content of 99.5%; and an amount of cement having particles in the order of 5 microns comprised between 27% and 37% by weight of the total dry aggregate and cement mass. The kneading operation is continued until a completely homogeneous mass is obtained, with full hydration of the cement, and said mass is poured in a mold.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Inventor: Carlos Fradera Pellicer
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Publication number: 20140017405Abstract: A self-destructive irreversible security packaging water soluble film and method for manufacturing the same. The water soluble packaging film is embedded with various security elements, which will get irreversibly destroyed upon final usage as the whole package along with its contents will dissolve in water. This process of self-destruction will control the duplication of the package or alteration of the product inside the package.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: Arrow Coated Products Ltd.Inventors: Shilpan Pravinchandra Patel, Nikita Kamlesh Thanawala
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Publication number: 20140008893Abstract: A metal matrix composite article is described that includes a metal component, a ceramic component, and a lubricious component. The metal matrix composite article has a first surface and a second surface. The lubricious component is present in an amount that is highest at the first surface and is lowest at the second surface. The ceramic component is present in an amount that is highest at the first surface and is lowest at the second surface. The metal component is present in an amount that is highest at the second surface and is lowest at the first surface. In some cases, the metal matrix composite article is a wear plate for a fifth wheel hitch.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Inventors: Adam R. Loukus, Josh E. Loukus
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Patent number: 8623263Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 21, 2009Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: OCV Intellectual Capital, LLCInventors: Norman T. Huff, Janakikodandaram Karra
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Patent number: 8623254Abstract: A method for producing a magnetic field sensor for use in drive train of a motor vehicle includes encapsulating an electrical assembly and an end of a connecting cable via injection molding and integrally extruding a fastening tab. After a first injection step in which the electrical assembly and the connecting cable are encapsulated in a core-type first molded part, a second injection molding step in implemented in which a fastening tab is integrally formed via injection molding on the core-type insertion part in a specifiable longitudinal and/or angular position. The core-like insertion part is held in the injection mold in a longitudinally displaceable and/or rotatable manner.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2008Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Rolf Goetz, Steffen Schulze, Daniel Matthie, Markus Kny, Frank Weishaeutel
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Patent number: 8617442Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 14, 2010Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Lanxess Deutschland GmbHInventor: Ulrich Dajek
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Patent number: 8591787Abstract: A method of creating a foam pattern comprises mixing a polyol component and an isocyanate component to form a liquid mixture. The method further comprises placing a temporary core having a shape corresponding to a desired internal feature in a cavity of a mold and inserting the mixture into the cavity of the mold so that the mixture surrounds a portion of the temporary core. The method optionally further comprises using supporting pins made of foam to support the core in the mold cavity, with such pins becoming integral part of the pattern material simplifying subsequent processing. The method further comprises waiting for a predetermined time sufficient for a reaction from the mixture to form a foam pattern structure corresponding to the cavity of the mold, wherein the foam pattern structure encloses a portion of the temporary core and removing the temporary core from the pattern independent of chemical leaching.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2011Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: IC Patterns, LLCInventors: Anil R. Chaudhry, Robert Dzugan, Richard M. Harrington, Faurice D. Neece, Nipendra P. Singh, Travis Westendorf
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Patent number: 8585850Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Nextreme, LLCInventor: Scott A. W. Muirhead
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Publication number: 20130301395Abstract: An ultrasound probe includes a thermal drain across which heat is thermally conducted from an ultrasound transducer to an outer polymeric casing wall of the ultrasound probe.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2012Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Jean Marc Hebrard, Daniel Vignet
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Patent number: 8568643Abstract: A method includes forming an elongated member having a tubular shape. The elongated member includes a sidewall that defines a lumen. A spiral-shaped opening is formed in the sidewall such that the elongated member is configured to move between a retracted configuration and an expanded configuration along a longitudinal axis of the lumen. In some embodiments, the method further includes forming a distal retention structure. The distal retention structure can be disposed at a distal end of the elongated member and can define a lumen in fluid communication with the lumen defined by the sidewall of the elongated member.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2012Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventor: Barry N. Gellman
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Publication number: 20130281232Abstract: A method of making a ball, comprising: forming an inner core having a diameter of about 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventors: William E. Morgan, Herbert C. Boehm, Michael McNamara, Diomar Correia, Donald A. Serino
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Patent number: 8562890Abstract: A headset can include a cable structure connecting non-cable components such as jacks and headphones. The cable structure can be constructed using a molding process. Different approaches can be used to ensure that a conductor bundle extending through the cable structure remains centered within the cable structure during the molding process. In some cases, a movable tube can be placed in the mold such that the conductor bundle is retained within the tube. As material is injected into the mold and reaches the tube, the tube can be displaced and progressively removed from the mold. Alternatively, the movable tube can be constructed such that the tube may combine with injected material to form a shell of the cable structure. In some cases, gates from which material is provided in the mold can be positioned and controlled to facilitate the injection of material in the mold while maintaining the centered position of the conductor bundle.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2011Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Aase, Cameron Frazier, John Thomas
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Publication number: 20130270745Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a golf ball having a single cover layer of heterogeneous composition. One embodiment of the invention describes a method wherein a core, comprising one or more layers, has pre-molded hemispherical cover cups placed about the core and each cover cup has at least two layers of distinct resinous materials, and the cover cups are heated and compressed such that the resinous materials in the cover cups intermingle with each other to form a single heterogeneous cover layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Inventors: Edmund A. Hebert, Michael J. Sullivan, Donald A. Serino
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Patent number: 8556612Abstract: The present invention relates to an educational method and apparatus for the instruction of basic scientific principles relating to mining. The apparatus consists of a kit for science instruction that comprises a topographic mold, casting compound, and one or more components simulating materials found in nature beneath the surface of the earth. The kit may include a tool for obtaining core samples of the resulting topographic model and may include a topographic map. The components of the kit may be used in conjunction with weight measurement tools.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2011Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Carolina Biological Supply CompanyInventor: Brian Matthew Kloepfer
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Patent number: 8557161Abstract: An in-mold label container with ribs enabling an increase in heat insulation property against a temperature on the inside of the container and an increase in heat absorbing property against a temperature on the outside of the container and a method of manufacturing the container. In the in-mold label container (1) with the ribs, a resin container body (1a) having the plurality of ribs (5) on the side face (2) outer periphery thereof is formed integrally with a label (6) disposed on the side face (2) outer periphery of the container body (1a). The label (6) is holdingly installed between a resin portion on the container body (1a) side and a resin portion on the rib (5) side. Normally, the label (6) is formed of a material higher in heat insulation property or heat absorbing property than the resin of the container body (1a).Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2011Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: K.M. Planning Co., Ltd.Inventor: Koubu Mizukoshi
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Patent number: 8555455Abstract: A windscreen wiper device includes an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped. the wiper blade includes at least one groove, in which groove at least one longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed. The windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating wiper arm, with the special feature that the connecting device comprises an internal reinforcement element.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2009Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Federal-Mogul S.A.Inventor: Xavier Boland
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Patent number: 8551384Abstract: A permanent-magnet rotor for external-rotor electric motor (1) particularly for washing machines of unusual silence comprising a cup-shaped support structure (6) having a bottom (7) and a side wall (10) and a plurality of magnetic poles (12) arranged in the support structure (6) and arranged along said side wall (10), with elastomeric material interposed between said magnetic poles (12) which forms with them a massive structure (14) of uniform thickness.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2006Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Askoll Holding S.r.l.Inventor: Elio Marioni
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Patent number: 8529816Abstract: Universal mold frames for producing multi-piece golf balls are provided. The mold frames include lower and upper frame plates having locator pins that are inserted into corresponding locator slots in the mold cavities. The eccentric pin layout of the frame plates and corresponding slots in the cavities means the cavities can be fitted easily and aligned in the frame plates. The interior surfaces of the mold cavities define a specific dimple pattern such as icosahedron or tetrahedron-based patterns. The mold frames can accommodate cavities having different dimple patterns. A castable liquid polymer, for example, polyurethane is dispensed into the mold cavities, which are then pressed together to form the spherical cover for the ball.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2010Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Michael R. Madson, Nicholas M. Nardacci, Mark R. Verronneau, Thomas L. Mydlack
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Publication number: 20130228983Abstract: A foldable seal comprising an elastomeric seal substrate and at least one moulded-in stiffener plate embedded within the seal substrate. Also, a method of manufacturing the seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Inventors: James Wilson, Colin John West, David Alistair Sutton, Paul Hadley
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Patent number: 8524147Abstract: A process for producing powder green compacts includes centrifugally compacting a slip containing a material powder, a binder resin and a dispersion medium in a mold, into a compact containing the material powder and the binder resin. A process for producing sintered compacts includes sintering the green compact. A powder green compact contains a material powder and a binder resin, the binder resin being present between particles of the material powder and binding the material particles. A sintered compact is obtained by sintering the green compact.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2008Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignees: Hiroshima University, Alloy Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Suzuki, Yoshinobu Shimoitani
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Patent number: 8512619Abstract: Embodiments provide methods and systems for manufacturing a golf ball that precisely control the retraction of mold pins based on feedback sensor data, to avoid the formation of imperfections in the finished golf balls. An embodiment may involve holding a golf ball sub-part within a mold using at least one retractable mold pin; injecting molten molding material into the mold; detecting, during injection, operating conditions within the mold indicative of positions of the molten molding material relative to the at least one mold pin; and based on the detected operating conditions, retracting the at least one mold pin before the molten molding material reaches the at least one mold pin. Other embodiments may retract a mold pin after the molten material contacts the pin but within a duration suitably short enough to avoid undesirable part properties.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventor: Bradley C. Tutmark
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Publication number: 20130209945Abstract: A candle with an embedded item and methods for manufacturing same are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for manufacturing a candle having an item embedded within includes providing a first set of items of a first value and a second set of items of a second value different from the first value, combining the two sets to create a third set, and distributing the items of the third set among a set of candles, one item per candle, where the presence, nature, or value of the item within the candle is obscured. In one embodiment, the method further includes selling the candles for a first price, wherein, at the time of purchase, the presence of the embedded item, the nature of the embedded item, the value of the embedded item, or the value of the embedded item relative to the first price is not known to the purchaser.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2012Publication date: August 15, 2013Inventors: David Anthony Cayton, Brenda Lea Pulliam Cayton
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Publication number: 20130200550Abstract: Surgical instrument for the removal of bone material with a surface from which at least one tooth projects, preferably teeth made from plastic material designed to come into contact with bone to remove a portion thereof, characterised in that the width (1) of the tooth or each tooth (5), that is the smallest width dimension at the level of the said one surface of the instrument from which it projects, is between 1 mm and 7 mm, preferably between 2 mm and 5 mm, more preferably between 3 mm and 4 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2013Publication date: August 8, 2013Inventor: Jean-Francois BIEGUN
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Publication number: 20130196067Abstract: A molded game ball and process for making the same. The game ball comprises a molded outer cover having a mold line that mimics the seam of a conventional game ball and a raised stitch pattern presented along said mold line. The game ball is made by forming an outer cover in a mold that has a pattern that is positioned to mimic the inverse of the pattern of a seam of a conventional game ball. Material is then injected into an interior volume enclosed by the outer cover to form an inner core that permanently bonds with the outer cover. The outer cover of the game ball has a stitch pattern that mimics the stitching and seam of a conventional stitched game ball.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: August 1, 2013Inventors: Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc., Shyi Ming Chen
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Patent number: 8486322Abstract: The invention provides a method of manufacturing golf balls having a core and least one cover layer which involves injecting a molten cover resin material around a core so as to form a cover layer. The cover resin material is a single resin composition made up of (A) a thermoplastic polyurethane, (B) a polyisocyanate compound and (C) a thermoplastic elastomer other than the thermoplastic polyurethane in a weight ratio (A):(B):(C)=100: {2-50}: {0-50}, and is injected with from 10 to 99% of the total number of isocyanate groups in component B remaining in an unreacted state within the cover resin material. The method of the invention provides a high manufacturability and a good amenability to mass production, and the manufactured gold balls thus obtained have a high rebound and excellent scuff resistance.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Nagasawa, Hiroshi Higuchi, Motoki Aoyagi, Daisuke Arai
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Publication number: 20130175116Abstract: Transparent panel of acrylic glass (PMMA) having internal reinforcement elements for securing fragments of the acrylic glass formed upon an impact with a foreign body. The reinforcement elements are embedded interspersed within the panel and spaced apart in parallel longitudinally. The reinforcement elements include rigid cables and elastic cables. The rigid cables are formed of a metal having an ultimate tensile strength of at least 500 MPa. The elastic cables are formed of a metal having a percentage elongation (engineering strain at fracture) of at least 30%, preferably between 40% and 80%. The rigid cables and elastic cables may be separate and spaced apart from one another, or intertwined with each other. The panels may be used to form an acoustic barrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: July 11, 2013Applicant: PLAZIT IBERICA PLASTIC SOLUTIONS, S.A.Inventors: Ehud Kedar, Joaquin Aliu Agullo, Mariona Mata Molinet
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Patent number: 8475881Abstract: The present invention is a method for forming a golf ball, the method comprising mixing an aqueous polyurethane dispersion with an azridine to form an aqueous polyurethane dispersion/aziridine mixture. Then, adding the aqueous polyurethane dispersion/aziridine mixture to a water tank, to form a PUD/aziridine solution and dipping a polybutadiene core in the PUD/aziridine solution. The PUD/aziridine solution comprises 0.4 percent aziridine, 4 percent aqueous polyurethane dispersion, and 95.6 percent de-ionized water, which forms a dipped polybutadiene core. The dipped polybutadiene core is then dried at room temperature.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2011Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Callaway Golf CompanyInventors: David M. Melanson, Vincent J. Simonds, Shane R. Parnell
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Publication number: 20130165261Abstract: A multi-core golf ball having a split inner core with an RFID tag disposed thereon is described herein. The multi-core golf ball includes a split spherical inner core having a first inner core section and a second inner core section that interfaces with the first inner core section. The multi-core golf ball also includes an RFID tag, an outer core, and a dimpled cover. The RFID tag is positioned between the first inner core section and the second inner core section. The outer core encapsulates the split spherical inner core and the RFID tag. The dimpled cover encases the outer core.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Inventors: Robert A. Luciano, JR., Warren White, David Grieshaber
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Patent number: 8470163Abstract: A method of manufacturing an exhaust gas sensor that includes positioning at least a portion of a subassembly of the exhaust gas sensor in a mold fixture, overmolding at least a portion of the subassembly with a ceramic material, and removing the overmolded subassembly from the mold fixture.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: John Robison
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Publication number: 20130154157Abstract: A process for manufacturing a material including glass in particulate form and plastic, comprises the steps of heating the glass in particulate form and/or the plastic to a threshold temperature sufficient to change the state of the plastic from a solid to a viscous liquid, mixing together the glass and plastic to form a mixture, pressing the mixture into a desired shape and curing the pressed mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Inventor: Gary Thompson
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Patent number: 8454338Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing infiltrating water-proof material for zippers comprising a lower mold and an upper mold, wherein the lower mold is positioned with a positioning recession and a groove, the upper mold is provided with a mold cave on a top thereof and a scraper portion on a bottom edge thereof and adhering to a bottom surface of the positioning recession, whereby the upper mold is assembled to the lower mold into a unitary member in which the upper mold is fitted in the positioning recession, a liquid PU rubber which has been treated with thickening step is poured into the mold cave of the upper mold, and then a zipper tap is moved by transferring rollers to the positioning recession to provide a water-proof film therefor.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2008Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Inventor: Shih Sheng Yang
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Patent number: 8449800Abstract: A preventative maintenance method of strengthening the connection between high pressure, in situ piping. An encapsulation mold is installed over a properly functioning, non-leaking coupling or joint interconnecting pipe sections carrying gas in excess of 60 psi. A resin sealant having tensile strength in excess of 3000 psi fills the mold, so that it circumscribes the coupling and adjacent portions of the pipe sections extending from the coupling, forming a permanent bond to the coupling and pipe sections. The method prevents high pressure pipe connection pullout, which otherwise could lead to catastrophic failure.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2011Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Inventor: Howard Hardwick
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Patent number: 8444792Abstract: Method of manufacturing aerogenerator blades that avoids or reduces some formation deficiencies existing in the traditional methods of manufacturing aerogenerator blades. The method comprises: positioning at least one support plate (2) on a plug (3) corresponding to a predetermined shape of at least a portion of the blade; removably fixing the support plate (2) to the plug (3); stacking a plurality of layers (1) of at least one material over the support plate (2); stitching the plurality of layers (1) to the support plate (2); displacing the plurality of layers (1) stitched to the support plate (2) into a mold (4), the mold (4) having a shape corresponding to the counter shape of the plug (3).Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2009Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Tecsis Tecnologia E Sistemas Avançados LtdaInventor: Leo Ossanai
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Publication number: 20130119581Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a decorative part, comprising the method steps, in sequence, of: placing and locating a decorative element in a mould, applying an initially substantially liquid plastics coating over the entire surface of the decorative element, reinforcing the decorative element by solidifying the plastics coating, and subsequently applying a support structure to the substantially solidified plastics layer of the reinforced decorative element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: NBHX TRIM GMBHInventor: Ulrich Arlt
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Patent number: 8430403Abstract: A chip member and method of constructing a chip member including an outer portion surrounding an inner portion. The outer portion has a first outer side. The inner portion forms a first cavity opening to the first outer side. The first outer side has a first lip overlying the first cavity. A first flexible tab is secured within the first cavity by the first lip.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2011Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Inventor: Timothy A. Wright
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Patent number: 8425826Abstract: The invention relates to a method for encapsulating electronic components mounted on a carrier, comprising the processing steps of: A) heating encapsulating material, B) displacing the encapsulating material to a mold cavity, C) filling the mold cavity, and D) curing the encapsulating material in the mold cavity. The temperature regulation of the encapsulating material takes place during separate sections of the path covered by the encapsulating material by creating different temperature zones at least partially separated from each other thermally by means of at least one temperature carrier. The invention also relates to a device for encapsulating electronic components mounted on a carrier.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2005Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Fico B.V.Inventor: Johannes Lambertus Gerarus Maria Venrooij
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Patent number: 8419883Abstract: A fiber reinforced core panel is formed from strips of plastics foam helically wound with layers of rovings to form webs which may extend in a wave pattern or may intersect transverse webs. Hollow tubes may replace foam strips. Axial rovings cooperate with overlying helically wound rovings to form a beam or a column. Wound roving patterns may vary along strips for structural efficiency. Wound strips may alternate with spaced strips, and spacers between the strips enhance web buckling strength. Continuously wound rovings between spaced strips permit folding to form panels with reinforced edges. Continuously wound strips are helically wrapped to form annular structures, and composite panels may combine both thermoset and thermoplastic resins. Continuously wound strips or strip sections may be continuously fed either longitudinally or laterally into molding apparatus which may receive skin materials to form reinforced composite panels.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2007Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Milliken & CompanyInventors: Stephen W. Day, G. Scott Campbell, Danny E. Tilton, Frederick Stoll, Michael Sheppard, Robin Banerjee
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Patent number: 8419571Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a golf ball having a solid core formed of a rubber composition and a cover of at least one layer encasing the core, which method includes the steps of treating a surface of the core with a solution containing a halogenated isocyanuric acid and/or a metal salt thereof, and covering the treated core with a cover material. The invention also provides a golf ball obtained by such a method. Golf balls obtained by this method have a good feel and a good scuff resistance, and also have a high durability to impact.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Ohira, Shinichi Hinomoto, Junji Umezawa, Hideo Watanabe