Plural Sequential Shaping Or Molding Steps On Same Workpiece Patents (Class 264/294)
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Publication number: 20120057735Abstract: Within a casing of a hearing device to be worn in the area of the auricle such as behind the ear, comprises bendable portions (5) such that the hearing device (1) can be at least partially deformed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2009Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: PHONAK AGInventors: Hans Georg Meier, Richard Niccolai, Urs Zuger
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Patent number: 8128775Abstract: A process and apparatus for producing perforated composite structures, such as acoustic skins suitable for aircraft engine nacelle and duct components. The process includes placing a mat member, a non-impregnated fabric member, and a resin film on a tool surface so that pins disposed on the mat member project through the fabric member and resin film to define holes therein. The fabric member is between the mat member and resin film, and the fabric member and resin film define a stack that conforms to the mat member and tool surface. A caul member is then placed on the stack so that apertures in the caul member are penetrated by the pins. The stack is heated to melt the resin film and cause molten resin to infuse the fabric member and yield a resin-infused fabric stack, after which the molten resin within the resin-infused fabric stack is at least partially cured.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2008Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: MRA Systems, Inc.Inventors: Mahendra Maheshwari, James J. Velten
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Publication number: 20120049410Abstract: An apparatus for making softgel capsules comprising: two extrusion nozzles; two cooling and tension rollers; two rotary dies; a wedge; and a filling station. A method is also provided for for producing softgel capsules, comprising the steps of: (a) softening or melting a suitable film forming composition; (b) extruding said suitable film forming composition through two extrusion dies directly into two tension rollers; (c) passing the extruded films over rotating dies; (d) simultaneously forming, filling, heat-sealing and cutting capsules; and (e) washing and drying said capsules.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Inventors: Carlos Salazar Altamar, Orlando Torres, Braulio Teran, Gustavo Anaya, Newman Aguas Navarro, Willmer Herrera
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Patent number: 8123087Abstract: A fluid container may have a body that defines a void for receiving a fluid. A neck extends outward from the body, and a spout the spout is at least partially located within the neck. The spout is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. When the spout is in the retracted position, a majority of the spout is located within the neck and the fluid is prevented from flowing out of the container through the spout. When the spout is in the extended position, however, the spout extends outward from the neck and the fluid is free to flow out of the container through the spout. An exterior surface of the spout may be at least partially formed from a deformable material, and a protrusion in the neck contacts the material and extends into the material to form a seal.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2008Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Terrence Joehnk, Scott C. Holt, Timothy A. Clark
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Publication number: 20120034417Abstract: According to the invention, it was recognized that the fiber products, in particular, glass fiber products, suitable for thermal insulation can be temporarily given: an inherently stable shape by fixing agents that can be activated. This enables the fiber molded parts produced from the fiber products according to the invention to be used more easily or fully automatically. Processing the fiber products to form a molded part becomes exceptionally simple if said product itself carries the fixing agents. Therefore, a fixing agent does not have to be added in a separate production step during the molding.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Inventor: Diederik Cuylits
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Publication number: 20120001366Abstract: A therapeutic device for promoting the healing of a wound in a mammal is disclosed. An exemplary device comprises a permeable structure having a plurality of depressions formed in a surface thereof. In use, the surface having the depressions is disposed adjacent a surface of the wound. A method of manufacturing a therapeutic device for promoting the healing of a wound in a mammal comprising the steps of providing a permeable substrate, and forming a plurality of depressions into a surface of the permeable substrate to provide the therapeutic device. A method of treating a wound comprises: providing a permeable structure comprising a plurality of randomly disposed fibers and having i) a plurality of wound surface contact elements disposed between end portions of the structure, and ii) a plurality of voids defined by the contact elements; and applying the permeable structure to at least one surface of the wound.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: Boehringer Technologies, L.P.Inventors: John R. BOEHRINGER, John KARPOWICZ, Christopher L. RADL
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Publication number: 20110293360Abstract: A seal assembly and method of forming a seal assembly provides a seal body having reduced strain during use, thereby increasing service life. The seal body may be formed within certain parameters, such as ranges of height-to-thickness and offset-to-height ratios, which have been found to reduce strain. Additionally or alternatively, the seal body may be modified from an initial configuration to a pre-strained configuration by axially displacing an inner section of the seal with respect to an outer section of the seal, which also reduces strain.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: CATERPILLAR, INC.Inventors: Dan J. Becker, Ross Paul Wietharn
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Publication number: 20110291325Abstract: A process for the production of a stiffener made of composite material that includes a central part with wings on both sides such that when the wings are resting against an element to be reinforced, the central part is separated from the element to be reinforced, with the process including producing a flat strip (16) that includes at least one layer of fibers, placing it on a mold (26) that includes at least one hollow shape that corresponds to the central part of the stiffener that is to be produced, heating the strip (16), and deforming it in such a way as to make it assume the shapes of the mold (26), characterized in that it includes exerting a transverse traction on the strip (16) during the deformation of the strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS)Inventor: Denis De MATTIA
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Publication number: 20110270412Abstract: The first aspect of the present invention is directed to a method of producing a vascular network preform (VNP). This method involves forming a network of elongate fibers and at least one elongate structure from a sacrificial material. The diameter of the elongate structure is greater than that of the elongate fibers. The network of elongate fibers is placed in contact with at least one elongate structure either following or during forming the network of elongate fibers or forming the at least one elongate structure. A matrix is applied around the network of elongate fibers, in contact with the at least one elongate structure. The network of elongate fibers and elongate structure, within the matrix is sacrificed to form a preform. The resulting preform contains a vascular network of fine diameter tubes in contact with at least one elongate passage having a diameter greater than that of the fine diameter tubes. The resulting solid preform and methods of using it are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2009Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: CORNELL UNIVERSITYInventors: Leon M. Bellan, Harold Craighead, Jason A. Spector
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Publication number: 20110260362Abstract: A wind turbine blade manufacturing arrangement includes a first mould and a second mould connected by a hinge mechanism and presenting respective elongated first and second moulding surfaces. The first mould is adapted to be rotated from an open mould position to a mould closing position by means of the hinge mechanism in a first and a second rotation step. The hinge mechanism is arranged so as to provide for, during at least a part of the first rotation step, the first mould undergoing a combined rotational and a translational movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/SInventor: Leif Kappel Petersen
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Patent number: 8025831Abstract: The present invention is directed to micro- and nano-scale imprinting methods and the use of such methods to fabricate supported and/or free-standing 3-D micro- and/or nano-structures of polymeric, ceramic, and/or metallic materials. In some embodiments, a duo-mold approach is employed in the fabrication of these structures. In such methods, surface treatments are employed to impart differential surface energies to different molds and/or different parts of the mold(s). Such surface treatments permit the formation of three-dimensional (3-D) structures through imprinting and the transfer of such structures to a substrate. In some or other embodiments, such surface treatments and variation in glass transition temperature of the polymers used can facilitate separation of the 3-D structures from the molds to form free-standing micro- and/or nano-structures individually and/or in a film.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2004Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignees: Agency for Science, Technology and Research, The Regents of University of MichiganInventors: Yen Peng Kong, Hong Yee Low, Stella W. Pang, Albert F. Yee
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Patent number: 8025829Abstract: In accordance with the invention, step-and-repeat imprint lithography is effected by applying balanced pressing forces from both sides of a substrate. The pressing forces are substantially equal in amplitude and opposite in direction. With the pressing forces thus balanced, the fixture that steps and holds the substrate does not bear the load of imprinting. The balance allows use of a high resolution aligning stage to carry the substrate and to maintain high accuracy of positioning without being shifted by change of load. With this method, sufficient imprint pressure can be used to obtain high quality patterning, a thin and uniform residual layer, and a high fidelity pattern.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2007Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Nanonex CorporationInventors: Wei Zhang, Hua Tan, Lin Hu, Stephen Y. Chou
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Patent number: 8021594Abstract: A method/process for curing imprint on a template prior to contact with a substrate. A curing process is used to adhere the imprint to a wafer or substrate. Monomer is deposited on a template and then partially cured using a UV exposure. The exposure is controlled so that the imprint is cured past the gel point, but still retains a thin liquid layer of uncured monomer at the surface that will bond with the wafer. Further, this partially cured layer enables the alignment adjustments between the template and the substrate to be performed after contact between the two without pulling any monomer out of the features.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2009Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Molecular Imprints, Inc.Inventors: Steven C. Shackleton, Pankaj B. Lad, Ian Matthew McMackin, Frank Y. Xu, Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan
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Publication number: 20110223209Abstract: The invention relates to compositions, implantable devices and methods related to tissue engineering. Provided is a composition comprising (i) at least one biocompatible polymer suitable for use in tissue-engineering scaffolds and (ii) at least one metal peroxide. Also provided is an implantable device comprising said composition, and methods for tissue engineering comprising the use of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2008Publication date: September 15, 2011Inventors: Roel Kuijer, Sjoerd Klaas Bulstra, Albert Gerrit Veldhuizen, Honglian Dai
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Patent number: 8017052Abstract: A process and apparatus for making a shingle, together with the shingle made thereby, is provided, in which one or more thermoplastic materials are extruded or co-extruded to form an extrudate, with the extrudate being cut into a preliminary shingle shape, which is allowed to dissipate heat, and then is delivered to a compression mold, wherein the preliminary shingle shape is compression molded to substantially its final dimensions and is then discharged from the mold and allowed to cool.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2010Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: CertainTeed CorporationInventors: Thomas Kevin MacKinnon, Robert E. Dodd, Joong Youn Kim, Douglas H. Wylie
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Patent number: 8007702Abstract: 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: December 1, 2009Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventor: Barry N. Gellman
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Patent number: 8003032Abstract: A system for processing materials includes handling and cutting stations positioned at appropriate positions along first and second conveying portions. A crust cutting station is positioned along the first conveyor portion. A crust removal station is positioned to span across the first and second conveying portions. Similarly, a stacking station is also positioned to span across the first and second conveying portions. Further, a first (vertical) cross cutting station is position along the second conveyor portion. Similarly, a second (horizontal) cross cutting station is located along the second conveyor portion. The process of using the disclosed system eliminates the need for specially designed stacking frames or trays and support rods, and improves cutting capacity and reduces processing time by only stacking the materials to be processed once, without de-stacking and restacking steps.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2008Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Inventors: Adel K. Al-Sabih, Hilal A. Abu Rumh
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Patent number: 7998391Abstract: A method of fabricating an anti-noise earplug having an inner tip serving as a core and an outer tip coupled to the inner tip to surround the inner tip and inserted into an ear includes the steps of: (a) shaping the inner tip; (b) fixing the inner tip to an upper mold for shaping the outer tip; (c) disposing the upper mold to face a lower mold having a cavity for shaping the outer tip; (d) injecting a resin composition for forming the outer tip into the lower mold; (e) pressing down the upper mold to the lower mold; (f) curing the resin composition to couple the outer tip to the inner tip; and (g) separating the upper mold from the lower mold and then separating the earplug, in which the outer tip is coupled to the inner tip as a body, from the lower mold. In fabricating the earplug, the inner tip and the outer tip can be molded in an in-line process, thereby improving the fabrication efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2010Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Inventor: Ja Heon Koo
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Patent number: 7988899Abstract: An exemplary method for making a soft mold is provided. A transparent substrate is provided. A to-be-solidified film is formed on the transparent substrate. A stamper and a guiding plate are further provided. The guiding plate is positioned between the stamper and the to-be-solidified film. The stamper inserts one of the through holes of the guiding plate. The first alignment mark is aligned with one of the second alignment marks. The stamper is pressed into the to-be-solidified film. The pressed portion of the to-be-solidified film is solidified to obtain a second molding surface on the to-be-solidified film. The previous steps are repeated for the stamper and the rest of the through holes of the guiding plate to obtain a soft mold having a plurality of the second molding surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2009Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sei-Ping Louh
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Patent number: 7976757Abstract: An in mold decoration process includes inserting a film with decorations into a first mold tool cavity side. The first mold tool cavity side is then engaged with a first mold tool core side, and the film in the first mold tool cavity side undergoes a high-pressure heat forming procedure. After the forming procedure, the film is formed with a cavity and maintained in the first mold tool cavity side. The first mold tool cavity side is then disengaged from the first mold tool core side and engaged with a second mold tool core side, and the film undergoes an injection molding procedure. The cavity is injected with a molten resin. After the molding procedure, the molten resin becomes a plastic component bound to the film to form a semi-finished product. The semi-finished product is then ejected out of the first mold tool cavity side and trimmed to form a finished product.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2009Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Ju Teng International Holdings LimitedInventor: Jung-Feng Yang
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Patent number: 7976761Abstract: A process for producing a patterned structure comprises imprinting a first pattern by pressing a stamper having a projection-depression configuration on the surface against an imprint-work layer, and imprinting a second pattern by displacing relatively the stamper from the position of the first pattern to another position on the imprint-work layer and then pressing the stamper against the imprint-work layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2007Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Aya Imada, Toru Den
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Publication number: 20110165374Abstract: Decorated three-dimensional articles (64, 78, 82, 86) may be produced having wall structure (66-72) with distortion-free images (40a, 40b) appearing through the inner and outer surfaces of the wall structure (66-72). Preferably, a sheet of paper stock (38) is imprinted on both faces with mirror images (40a, 40b), and the stock (38) is applied to a light-transmitting substrate (44) so that the image (40b) appears through the substrate (44), thereby yielding a blank (50). A plurality of lines of weakness (54) are formed in the blank (50) by laser ablation extending through the image (40a) and stock (38), but not through the image (40b), in order to define spaced apart bend areas (56). The substrate (44) is then heated along the bend areas (56), and the blank (50) is formed about a mandrel (62). If desired, the formed blank (50) may be completed by addition of a base (74).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2008Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: Barton Nelson, Inc.Inventor: Gunnard Nelson
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Patent number: 7968036Abstract: There is disclosed a method for introducing a helical formation (11) into a flexible tubular material (12). The material (12) is supported together with a surrounding helical former (13) so as to deform the material (12) to have a helical indentation (11) corresponding to the shape of the former (13). The material (12) is then set in that configuration and the former (13) is removed.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2008Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Tayside Flow Technologies LimitedInventors: John Graeme Houston, Peter Arno Stonebridge, John Bruce Cameron Dick, Robert Gordon Hood, Allana Johnstone, Christophe Emmanuel Sarran, Craig McLeod Duff
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Publication number: 20110151060Abstract: Provided is a beverage extraction filter for use in a beverage extraction apparatus, wherein costs can be reduced, and the filter is not bulky during transportation and can be discarded easily. The beverage extraction filter to be set in the predetermined position of the beverage extraction apparatus is provided with a filter section (10), in which an article of taste is to be contained, and a flat cover section (11) to be attached to the upper portion of the filter section (10). Bellows are formed in the vicinity of the upper portion of the filter section (10) such that the bellows of the bellows section stretch after the filter is set in the predetermined position and hot water is poured through the cover section.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: UCC UESHIMA COFFEE CO., LTD.,Inventor: Osamu Nakagiri
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Patent number: 7955550Abstract: The method includes providing a mold apparatus (1) that includes, a first mold portion (11) having an interior mold surface (14) having a plurality of perforations (26) and a perimeter edge (17). The mold apparatus (11) further includes at least one tubular sheet retainer (35) having an exterior surface (38) having a plurality of perforations (41) and a longitudinal axis (44) that is oriented along at least a portion of the perimeter edge (17) of the first mold portion (11). Each tubular sheet retainer (35) is reversibly and controllably: (i) positionable along an x-, y- and/or z-axis relative to the perimeter edge (17); and (ii) rotatable around its longitudinal axis (44), toward and/or away from the perimeter edge (17). A heated thermoplastic sheet (95) is formed and contacted (while at a thermoformable temperature) with the interior surface (14) of the first mold portion (11) and the exterior surfaces (38) of the tubular sheet retainers (35).Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2008Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: LRM Industries International, IncInventors: Dale E. Polk, Jr., Victor Wolynski
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Patent number: 7951319Abstract: Methods for changing the shape of a surface of an article are disclosed. The methods may include providing a liquid polymer precursor, casting the precursor against a first tool assembly, curing the precursor to form a shape memory polymer substrate, deforming one or more surfaces of the substrate, and mobilizing the shape memory polymer to shift the deformed surface of the substrate from a deformed shape to a pre-set shape.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2006Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Audrey A. Sherman, William J Bryan, Robert K. Galkiewicz, Mieczyslaw H. Mazurek, James R. Starkey, Wendi J. Winkler, Haiyan Zhang, Jeffrey M. Olofson
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Patent number: 7927445Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite tower, includes at least partially filling a form with a curable resin; at least partially curing the resin in the form; raising the form partly over the at least partially cured resin; and at least partially filling the raised form with more curable resin applied against the cured resin.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2009Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Danian Zheng, Lawrence D. Willey, Wendy W. Lin
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Patent number: 7927534Abstract: A process is described which uses overmolding to create an all plastic waterway within a faucet leading up to an inlet port for a spout.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2009Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Mercury Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Richard F. Seman, Sr., Earl Christian, Jr.
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Patent number: 7927528Abstract: A beaded preform includes a plurality of adjacently positioned beads for forming a plurality of voids in an engineered material. The beaded preforms may be comprised of a filaments (single strand of beads) and mats (two-dimensional and three dimensional arrays of beads). The filaments and mats may be coated to become tows and laminates, respectively, which may then be assembled into composite materials. The preforms may be produced using novel manufacturing apparatuses and methods, and incorporated into known manufacturing processes to produce porous structures, including stress-steering structures, in any material including metals, plastics, ceramics, textiles, papers, and biological materials, for example.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2004Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Inventor: Charles R. Owens
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Patent number: 7922853Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a component for connecting a fuselage cell skin to an annular rib of an aircraft, wherein the component is formed by bending of a flat blank along at last two edge lines and wherein the blank is formed by a CFRP. According to the invention the interlaminar sliding of the fiber layers is largely completed in a first forming step, while in a second forming step a consolidation of the component takes place by the use of pressure from the press on all sides by means of an upper tool and a lower tool. This enables complex components with at least two edge lines to be produced, which edge lines run at angles of approximately, preferably at angles of 309° to 90°, to each other, and which edge lines also lie in at least two different planes.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2010Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Klaus Edelmann, Tanja Frese, Timo Stoeven, Tobias Wirtz
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Patent number: 7922956Abstract: A method for making a cover for a component of a vehicle passenger compartment comprising the steps of molding the cover for the component from a polymeric material, and forming an integrally-formed aesthetic feature in an uninterrupted portion of the cover which simulates a seam between regions of the cover.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2006Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Leon Plastics, Inc.Inventors: David A. Scheidmantel, Michael D. Bicard, Nicholas J. Runnals
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Patent number: 7910047Abstract: A method for molding through parts employs gas-assist molding techniques. The method includes closing a mold to create a part cavity, injecting resin into the mold, injecting a gas into a resin stream to create hollow sections in the part, opening the mold, and ejecting a part using conventional mold ejection techniques. The final step of the process includes trimming the as-molded part to expose the through section of the fitting. The fitting may be molded with sealing features for use in tubing assemblies. Advantages of this process include higher working pressure ranges, as well as reduced manufacturing costs and assembly time. The molded tubing fitting formed in this process invention is a through fitting which incorporates features representing o-rings installed on a part into the mold and ultimately into the exterior surface of the molded fitting. This process may eliminate injection molded o-ring fittings from the connection entirely.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2002Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Lancer Partnership, Ltd.Inventors: Michael Troy Stuebs, William A. Edwards, Jason K. Weiss
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Patent number: 7910036Abstract: A method of moulding an object of indefinite length. A first portion of molten material is injected into a mould comprising a stationary platen and a moving platen and solidifies to form a first portion of solid material at a first position. The moving platen is moved in a given direction to open the mould and move the material in said given direction to a second position in communication with the mould. The moving platen is then moved in the opposite direction to close the mould. A further portion of molten material is injected into the mould and solidifies to form a further portion of solid material intimately bonded to said first portion. The steps are repeated to form an object comprising the first portion and further portions of material bonded together as a linear array of indefinite length.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2008Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Continuous Moulding Technologies Pty Ltd.Inventor: Michael Privan
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Publication number: 20110062628Abstract: One embodiment of the invention provides a method for compression molding cosmetic panels with visible carbon fiber weaves using clear or lightly filled resins. The method uses a modified, two-step compression molding process to reflow the surface of a partially cured preform of carbon fiber weave and epoxy resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Stanley A. Iobst, Chen-Shih Wang, Choongyong Kwag
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Patent number: 7871553Abstract: A process for forming curved thermoplastic composite material. According to an illustrative embodiment, the process includes providing a length of straight thermoplastic material; pre-forming the length of straight thermoplastic material into a selected cross-sectional configuration; pressing the length of the straight thermoplastic material; and imparting a curved shape to the length of straight thermoplastic material by providing a curved section and passing the length of straight thermoplastic material through the curved section of a process assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2007Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Randall D. Wilkerson, Alexander M. Rubin, James R. Fox
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Patent number: 7862318Abstract: A tray (100) or container (478) which may be hermetically sealed having a flange (116), rim (124), handle (258), rib, bottom surface (500), sidewall (114), or other portion that is encapsulated by or formed from injection-molded material.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2003Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.Inventors: Scott W. Middleton, Mark R. Sinclair, Brian R. O'Hagan, Patrick H. Wnek, Terrence P. Lafferty, Peter W. Blaas, Kevin J. Hjort, Patrick J. Smith
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Patent number: 7862757Abstract: A manufacturing method for seamless manmade leather ball, wherein composites such as soft bioplastic resin or manmade leather, etc are injected, extruded or hot compressed to form upper and lower half bowl type thin covers to completely matchingly sleeve and sphere the corresponding ball bladder, next it is pressingly combined in the one step or two steps curing molds to fusionly paste with the reinforcement layer on said ball bladder to become an initial blank with waterproof layer which is further pressingly combined and cooled down to a fixed form in another set of forming molds with its outside surface formed with pre-formed lines and is further treated with a surface cortex layer and put in forming molds once again allowing surface decorative lines to be pressingly combined at second time, thereby allowing the ball to appear a better simulated leather ball outlook.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2008Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Inventor: Liang-Fa Hu
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Patent number: 7854877Abstract: An imprint lithography method is disclosed, which includes imprinting a plurality of patterns in an imprintable medium provided on a substrate, wherein the order in which the patterns are imprinted in the imprintable medium is such that, for the majority of the patterns, two consecutively imprinted patterns are not imprinted adjacent to one another.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2007Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Ivar Schram, Johan Frederik Dijksman, Sander Frederik Wuister, Yvonne Wendela Kruijt-Stegeman, Jeroen Herman Lammers, Richard Joseph Marinus Schroeders
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Patent number: 7851042Abstract: Plane structure composed of a cohesive assembly of contiguous cellular cells having any cross section and essentially parallel walls from one cell to another, characterized in that the walls of the cells comprise at least two portions based on different polymeric compositions, the junction between said portions being substantially parallel to the plane of the structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2006Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: SOLVAY (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Claude Dehennau, Dominique Grandjean, Philippe-Jacques Leng
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Publication number: 20100311861Abstract: A shape memory polymer composition is described comprising an alkyne component and a thiol component.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2010Publication date: December 9, 2010Inventors: Jason D. Clapper, Kevin M. Lewandowski
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Patent number: 7846366Abstract: One embodiment of the invention provides a method for compression molding cosmetic panels with visible carbon fiber weaves using clear or lightly filled resins. The method uses a modified, two-step compression molding process to reflow the surface of a partially cured preform of carbon fiber weave and epoxy resin.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2007Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.Inventors: Stanley A. Iobst, Chen-Shih Wang, Choongyong Kwag
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Patent number: 7846238Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a porous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membrane capable of achieving both a high collection efficiency and a low pressure drop, though it has a larger average pore size and a greater thickness than conventional porous PTFE membranes. This manufacturing method includes: stretching an unsintered polytetrafluoroethylene sheet by a factor of 5 to 30 in a predetermined direction at a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of polytetrafluoroethylene; further stretching the stretched sheet by a factor of 5 to 40 in a direction different from the predetermined direction at a temperature lower than the melting point; and after the stretchings, heating the stretched sheet at a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2007Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Masatoshi Suzuki, Youji Uchida
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Patent number: 7846364Abstract: An apparatus manufactures a composite product having a first molding product and a second molding product. The second molding product is supported by the first molding product through a supporting member. The apparatus includes a molding die, and an injection molding machine supplying a mold material into the molding die. The molding die includes a first cavity for molding the first molding product, a second cavity for molding the second molding product, a first passage for introducing a molding material into the first cavity from the injection molding machine, and a second passage for introducing a molding material in the first cavity into the second cavity.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2005Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi Arai, Naoki Hiraiwa, Hiroshi Tanimura
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Publication number: 20100291287Abstract: An implantable plate for providing support to a bone of a subject when affixed thereto includes a polymeric body of a biocompatible polymer having a desired amount of polymer molecule orientation in a first direction so that the plate can be bent to conform with a contour of the bone of the subject. The polymeric body includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and at least one fastener portion. The fastener portion includes a recess and a fastener hold that is configured for receiving a fastener when affixed to the bone of the subject. A method of manufacturing the implantable plate includes: (1) injection molding a biocompatible polymeric composition into a polymeric body within an injection mold; (2) removing the polymeric body from the injection mold; and (3) forming at least one fastener hole within polymeric body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: DEGIMA GMBHInventors: Randolf von Oepen, Alexander Tschakaloff
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Patent number: 7829008Abstract: Disclosed is a method for fabricating a stent, the method comprising: positioning a polymeric tube inside a mold, wherein a high thermally conductive element covers at least a portion of the outer surface of the mold, the high thermally conductive element having a thermal conductivity that is greater than that of the mold; heating at least a portion of the mold; radially expanding the tube against the mold; and fabricating a stent from the radially expanded tube.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2007Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventors: Vincent J. Gueriguian, David C. Gale, Bin Huang
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Publication number: 20100274158Abstract: A device for loading a guide wire into the open end of a tubular instrument, such as a catheter. The device can be a block of material having a groove in its surface. The ends of the guide wire and the tubular instrument are placed into the groove and moved toward each other. When the ends meet, the groove guides the guide wire into the open end of the tubular instrument. The groove, or at least a portion of the groove, can have a cross-sectional contour that closely matches the outside radius of the tubular instrument. The groove can have a substantially vertical wall and a substantially non-vertical wall. A variety of attachment mechanisms may be provided for attaching the device to a towel draping a patient. A retaining member is disposed on the surface of the device for retaining a guide wire or tubular instrument against movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2010Publication date: October 28, 2010Inventor: Paul S. Teirstein
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Patent number: 7820083Abstract: Reflective pellets (16) are formed by extrusion of reflective micro beads (26) in a thermoplastic (20), removal of the surface layer of the pellets so as to expose the reflective beads at the surface of the pellets and applying the reflective pellets to the base line (14) of the striping applied to a paved road.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2008Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Fortson-Peek Company, Inc.Inventor: Mark S. Bjorklund
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Publication number: 20100258979Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of forming a molded core component. A mat formed from cellulosic fiber and resin is provided. The mat is consolidated in a first press until the resin is substantially fully cured, and then removed from the first press. The consolidated mat is then placed in a second press having a mold cavity shaped to form at least one depression in at least one of the major surfaces. The consolidated mat is reformed in the second press to form a molded core component having at least one depression in at least one of the major surfaces. The molded core component has a variable density, preferably of between about 10 lbs/ft3 and 80 lbs/ft3.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Inventors: Geoffrey B. HARDWICK, Henry M. Coghlan, John Peter Walsh, Allen Ray Hill
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Patent number: 7811492Abstract: A process for forming and trimming a part comprises providing a continuous web of polymeric material, thermoforming the continuous web of polymeric material into the desired part, providing a cutter arrangement comprising a blade, providing a platen assembly comprising a closed groove that generally corresponds to the outer shape of the blade and a vacuum system, wherein at least one of the cutter arrangement and the platen assembly is moveable with respect to the at least one other assembly, trimming the part of the continuous web of polymeric material from the remainder of the continuous web of polymeric material via the blade, and removing undesirable trim material formed during the trimming of the part via the vacuum system.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2004Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Pactiv CorporationInventors: Gary D. Ennis, Ming Lun Ho, David John Claudius, Lee D. Alexander
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Patent number: 7807086Abstract: A method of strengthening a boundary region between a first portion and a second portion of a fibrous body for absorbent articles. This boundary region is provided with a pattern of compressed spots, the amount of compression being gradually increasing in a direction leading away from an edge of the first portion of the fibrous body. Also, an apparatus for performing the method and an absorbent body having a strengthened boundary region.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2004Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventor: Robert Perneborn