To Cool Patents (Class 264/348)
  • Patent number: 11820107
    Abstract: Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass with which transmitted double images in the laminated glass can be suppressed. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention has one end and the other end being at the opposite side of the one end, and the other end has a thickness larger than a thickness of the one end, and when an inclination of approximate line A and a maximum value of absolute values of deviation in partial wedge angle are calculated according to determination of a specific formula of approximate line A and calculation of deviation in partial wedge angle, the inclination of approximate line A is ?0.05 mrad/m or less in at least one section A, and the maximum value of absolute values of deviation in partial wedge angle is 0.2 mrad or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Ishida, Hiromitsu Nishino
  • Patent number: 11590737
    Abstract: Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of enhancing the sound insulating property and the interlayer adhesive force in an interlayer film having increased transparency. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention is an interlayer film for laminated glass having a one-layer or two or more-layer structure, the interlayer film includes a first layer containing a vinyl monomer polymer, the vinyl monomer polymer is a polymer of a polymerizable composition containing a monomer having a functional group having hydrogen bondability, and a laminated glass in which the interlayer film for laminated glass is arranged between two sheets of float glass having a thickness of 2.0 mm, a length of 30 mm and a width of 2.5 cm in conformity with JIS R3202 has a haze, measured in conformity with JIS K6714 by using a haze meter, of 0.5% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masumi Okitsuka, Yuki Ishikawa, Shinji Kawada
  • Patent number: 11034032
    Abstract: The present application provides a vacuum absorption assembly and a manipulator device. The vacuum absorption assembly includes: a manipulator pad; vacuum nozzles, disposed on the manipulator pad and configured to absorb a substrate; and further includes a cooling component, disposed in each of the vacuum nozzles and configured to cool the vacuum nozzle. Each vacuum nozzle defines therein an accommodation groove for installing the cooling component, and a cooling medium is introduced into the cooling component. The cooling component is a cooling pipeline, and the cooling medium is cooling gas. The cooling pipeline defines therein cooling pores configured to blow gas towards an absorption surface of the respective vacuum nozzle, and the respective vacuum nozzle defines therein exhaust openings configured to exhaust internal gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chungkuang Chien
  • Patent number: 10906793
    Abstract: In a carbonated drink filling method, a preform is continuously transferred and introduced into a heating furnace, heated to a temperature for molding the preform into a container, molded into the container in a molding die after the preform exits the heating furnace, conveyed in an upright position during which a coolant (F) is injected to a bottom of the container to cool the bottom. The container is filled with a carbonated drink (a) through a mouth portion of the container, and the mouth portion is then sealed. The coolant is injected in the cooling to the bottom of the container from a nozzle opening on either or both sides of a conveyance line of the container, and the nozzle opening is directed diagonally upward to the bottom of the container in such a manner that an extension of the nozzle opening intersects with the conveyance line of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Yamashita, Atsushi Hayakawa, Takuma Miyawaki, Yusuke Suga
  • Patent number: 10112327
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a housing of an LED display device includes the steps of: (a) filling a first material into a first mold assembly at a first place to form a cover with a plurality of first display holes, followed by moving the cover to a second place, filling a second material into a second mold assembly and the cover to seal one of the plurality of the first display holes via a plurality of first transparent members; and (b) disposing an ink layer on a display side of the cover in such a manner that the ink layer covers the display side of the cover and that the first transparent member in each of the first display holes is exposed from the ink layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignees: Lite-On Opto Technology (Changzhou) Co., Ltd., Lite-On Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Cheng-Han Tsai, Shih-Yuan Kuo, Shuo-Hung Chen, Ju-Ling Cheng
  • Patent number: 9266259
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method of forming a hollow blow-molded foam and also provide such a hollow-molded foam, which are capable of improving a flow-rate efficiency of a fluid that flows through the inside of the hollow blow-molded foam. A foaming resin is sandwiched between molds so that a hollow blow-molded foam having a ventilation path is molded, and a fluid for use in cooling the hollow blow-molded foam is allowed to flow through the ventilation path so that the hollow blow-molded foam is cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Kyoraku Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Igarashi, Masaaki Onodera, Yoshinori Ohno
  • Patent number: 9017590
    Abstract: Solid-state deformation processing of crosslinked high molecular weight polymers such as UHMWPE, for example by extrusion below the melt transition, produces materials with a combination of high tensile strength and high oxidative stability. The materials are especially suitable for use as bearing components in artificial hip and other implants. Treated bulk materials are anisotropic, with enhanced strength oriented along the axial direction. The material is oxidatively stable even after four weeks of accelerated aging in a pressure vessel containing five atmospheres of oxygen (ASTM F2003). Because of its oxidative stability, the deformation processed material is a suitable candidate for air-permeable packaging and gas sterilization, which has thus far been reserved for remelted crosslinked UHMWPE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: David W. Schroeder, Jordan H. Freedman, James E. Gunter, Brian D. Salyer, H. Gene Hawkins
  • Patent number: 8992201
    Abstract: A cooling equipment to be used to cool a stator after molding includes first to third cooling stations, and a detecting station provided in front of the first cooling station. Each of the cooling stations includes a plurality of nozzles that spray dry mist to the stator, a plurality of fans that blow air to the stator, a temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the stator, and first to third control units. Furthermore, the detecting station includes a distance sensor that detects the size of the stator, and an integration control unit. The integration control unit identifies the type of the stator based on the detected size, and informs each control unit of the results. Each control unit controls the quantity of water to be supplied to each nozzle and the quantity of air to be blown by each fan based on the identified type and the detected temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Saigo, Kenji Harada, Masaru Hirako, Hideaki Yasuda
  • Patent number: 8940212
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for producing a molded plastic product having an outer skin and in inner core. The method is particularly suitable for making structural products such as panels or the like from recycled plastic material. The method comprises the steps of: providing a mold having a mold cavity; forming an outer skin from a first plastic material on at least two opposed surfaces inside the mold cavity; forming an inner core from a second plastic material inside the mold cavity; and at least partially curing the plastic materials to form a molding inside the mold cavity via the application of heat. The method is characterised by the subsequent steps of (optionally pre-cooling the molding and then) simultaneously cooling the molding and compressing the molding so as to reduce its size in at least one dimension to a desired dimension of the finished product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: 100 Percent Recycled Panel Company Limited
    Inventor: Gary Mills
  • Patent number: 8894894
    Abstract: Systems and methods compress, freeze and store forms at sufficiently low temperatures. A system provides a storage tank of liquefied gas, a gas-liquid separation tank, and a compression chamber. The compression chamber provides compression plates chilled by flow of liquefied gas through conduits traversing an interior volume of the plates. The method comprises recirculating liquefied gas to improve cooling efficiency while lowering operation costs. The system and method further provide for integrated measurement and control of the flow of liquefied gas through the primary components of the system. In one embodiment, the forms are rubber cylinders utilized in the production of torsion axles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP
    Inventor: David C. Braithwaite
  • Patent number: 8865050
    Abstract: A composite part layup is cured using a set of tools adapted to hold the layup and which include at least one tool face contacting the layup. Means are provided for heating the tool face to cure the part layup, and for selectively cooling sections of the tool face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Marc R. Matsen, Mark A. Negley, Kim E. Peterson
  • Patent number: 8784093
    Abstract: According to one exemplary embodiment, an apparatus for microreplication is disclosed. The apparatus includes a cooling unit that contains a bottom layer, a plurality of side walls, and an intermediate layer. The bottom layer has an outer perimeter, and the plurality of side walls surround the outer perimeter of the bottom layer. The intermediate layer is positioned between the bottom layer and an upper portion of the side walls. The intermediate layer may include a plurality of openings, which may either hold a device that dispenses cooling agents or be used for drainage of cooling agents. The method utilizes the apparatus after heating and pressing of a polymer film during microreplication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventor: Eugene Rozenbaoum
  • Patent number: 8765040
    Abstract: Methods of fabricating a polymeric implantable device, such as a stent, with improved fracture toughness through annealing a polymer construct below the glass transition temperature of the polymer of the construct prior to a deformation step are disclosed herein. The deformation of the construct induces crystallization in the polymer construct through strain-induced crystallization. The annealing of the polymer construct accelerates the crystallization induced during the deformation and results in an increase in crystallite density with smaller crystallites as compared to deformation of a tube that has not been annealed. A stent scaffolding is then made from the deformed tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Lothar W. Kleiner, Fuh-Wei Tang
  • Patent number: 8722161
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat shrinkable polyester film formed from a polyester resin that is mainly composed of ethylene terephthalate and contains 3-12% by mole (inclusive) of one or more monomer components, which can be amorphous components, relative to all the polyester resin components, in which the heat shrinkable polyester film has a main shrinkage direction which is the width direction. The heat shrinkable polyester film is characterized in that the shrinkage in 80° C. glycerin, the shrinkage in 130° C. glycerin and the tensile breaking strength in the longitudinal direction are controlled within specific ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Haruta, Yukinobu Mukoyama, Katsuya Ito
  • Publication number: 20140103579
    Abstract: A cooling fixture for molded components includes a support surface, at least two brackets coupled to the support surface, and at least one roller having a central axis. The roller is coupled between the brackets for rotating about its central axis and is positioned for contacting a portion of a molded component and rotating about its central axis as necessary to align the molded component and substantially inhibit gouging of the molded component when the molded component is placed in the cooling fixture for cooling. Additional cooling fixtures and related methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Emerson Network Power, Energy Systems, North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Shen-Meng Chen, Jerome Maloney
  • Patent number: 8691132
    Abstract: Stretch film is treated by passing a web of tackifier-containing, unbloomed thin polymer film through a heater so that the web is heated to a temperature sufficient to cause tackifier bloom prior to the web reaching a next stage in an in-line process. Also, a pattern can be applied to a thin polymer film. An oriented web of thin polymer film is passed across at least one heated roller having the pattern engraved thereon to define face regions and relief regions collectively conforming to the pattern. As the web contacts each roller surface, portions of the web positioned over the relief regions receive less heat than portions of the web positioned over the face regions, thereby causing the respective portions of the web to undergo differential, heat-induced shrinkage which imparts the pattern to the thin polymer film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Macro Engineering & Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Miroslav Planeta
  • Patent number: 8685305
    Abstract: The invention aims at providing a heat-shrinkable polyester film which is excellent in tearability along perforations and in break resistance after storage when used as labels of beverage bottles. The invention relates to a heat-shrinkable polyester film which is made of a polyester resin comprising ethylene terephthalate as the main constituent and containing at least 13 mol % of at least one monomer capable of forming an amorphous component in the whole polyester resin component and which has specific heat shrinkage characteristics and exhibits specific mechanical characteristics after heat shrinking treatment. The film can be produced by a sequential biaxial orientation process comprising longitudinal orientation step, intermediate heat treatment step, positive cooling step, transverse orientation step, and final heat treatment step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Haruta, Masatoshi Hashimoto, Masakazu Iwasaki, Katsuhiko Nose
  • Publication number: 20140065256
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for cooling a heated mould (12, 14, 16) of a device (10) for blow-moulding thermoplastic containers, the device including: a mould (12, 14, 16) having an internal face which delimits a moulding cavity (18) and which includes an external face (20, 28) which surrounds the moulding cavity (18); heating elements for heating the mould to a determined temperature and which are deactivated when the cooling method is implemented; characterized in that the mould (12, 14, 16) is cooled by circulating heat-transfer fluid directly in contact with the external face (20, 28) thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: SIDEL PARTICITATIONS
    Inventors: Anthony LE PECHOUR, Laurent FOUET
  • Patent number: 8591789
    Abstract: In a belling machine and in a method of forming a socket at the heated end of a pipe made of thermoplastic material, an end (20) of a pipe (2) made of thermoplastic material on which a socket is to be formed is heated until it is in a deformable state, inserted in a forming chamber (1) and formed into a socket shape. Process air, taken from a compressed air source (30), is conveyed by a process air feed line (3) into an evaporator (40) of a refrigerating machine (4) using a refrigerant recirculating in a closed circuit and passes through the evaporator (40), resulting in transfer of heat from the process air to the refrigerant inside the evaporator (40). The process air treated in this way in the evaporator (40) is then conveyed by the process air feed line (3) to the forming chamber (1) into which it is introduced through an inlet (10), at least to cool the material of the end (20) of the pipe (2) at least by means of a process air flow inside the forming chamber (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Sica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Tabanelli
  • Patent number: 8574477
    Abstract: The invention relates to the application of a fluid, especially a liquid, to a hot end wall (2) of at least one thermoplastic container (1). For this purpose, a spongy mass (4) impregnated with the fluid is brought into contact with the end wall (2) of said at least one container (1), said spongy mass being held in contact with the end wall (2) for a predetermined time. Application in particular to the cooling of the hot end walls of containers leaving a blow molding or stretch-blow molding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sidel Participations
    Inventors: Mikael Derrien, Guy Feuilloley, Yann Pernel
  • Patent number: 8557156
    Abstract: Disclosed, amongst other things, is a method of post-mold cooling of a molded article, the molded article having just been molded within mold halves, the method comprising: receiving, in a post-mold device, the molded article; subjecting the molded article to post-mold cooling, the post-mold cooling including: implementing a first post-mold cooling process portion in the post-mold cooling device at a first temperature; and implementing a second post-mold cooling process in the post-mold cooling device portion at a second temperature, said second post-mold cooling temperature being greater than said first post-mold cooling temperature; determining a switch point; triggering at the switch point, a transition from the first post-mold cooling process portion to the second post-mold cooling process portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
    Inventor: Joachim Johannes Niewels
  • Patent number: 8545747
    Abstract: A method of forming a part with a feature having a die-locked geometry is disclosed herein. A molding tool used in the method includes at least one die having a cavity defined in a surface thereof, and a protrusion formed in the cavity. The method includes disposing a shape memory polymer insert on the protrusion, where the shape memory polymer insert has i) the die-locked geometry as its temporary shape, and ii) a geometry that is removable from the die-locked geometry as its permanent shape. A material is established in the cavity such that at least a portion of the material conforms to the die-locked geometry, thereby forming the part having the feature with the at least one die-locked geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: John N. Owens, Ingrid A. Rousseau, Elisabeth J. Berger, Hamid G. Kia
  • Publication number: 20130227881
    Abstract: A composition for a recycled plastic composite composition, and a method of making the composite composition, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: ATT SOUTHERN INC.
    Inventor: Yu Bo
  • Patent number: 8287787
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a cooling process and system that can be utilized in the manufacture of flexible elongate extruded materials, such as tubing or jacketed electrical wire and cable. More particularly, the present invention relates to a cooling trough for cooling flexible elongate extruded materials after extrusion. Cooling trough embodiments have a base, a wet cooling chamber above the base, and an air dry chamber above the wet cooling chamber. The base contains a reservoir for collecting and storing a cooling liquid. An extruded material, such as a cable, enters the wet cooling chamber, where the cooling liquid from the reservoir is sprayed onto the material, the material is then passed to the air dry chamber where it is dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Cerro Wire LLC
    Inventor: Douglas P. Henderson
  • Patent number: 8287786
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for using a cryogen for cooling articles, particularly having applications for chilling extrusions. The apparatus and method including removing thermal energy from an article by conductive and convective heat transfer. The apparatus and method allows for heat transfer from an outer surface of an article, and from an inner surface of the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Inventor: Michael R. Thomas
  • Patent number: 8211339
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for curing a thermosetting material. The method comprises heating the material with a liquid heating medium; measuring an electrical or optical property of the material with a cure sensor; and regulating the temperature of the liquid heating medium in accordance with the measured property of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Ltd.
    Inventor: David Graham Inston
  • Patent number: 8147732
    Abstract: The present invention provides microporous polymers and methods for producing and using the same. In particular, microporous polymers of the present invention are highly porous as indicated by a Gurley air permeability flow rate of about 4 seconds or less per mL of air flow per 25 micron of microporous polymer thickness per square inch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Porous Power Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Kirby W. Beard
  • Patent number: 8128300
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hand-held photochromic marking implement including a photochromic colorant and solid phase colorant carrier which can be used in direct-to-media marking and a method of forming same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Kugel, Jeffrey Banning
  • Patent number: 8071008
    Abstract: A system, machine and method of forming a composite structure. The composite may be placed between a first mold half and a second mold half and heated at a first temperature, T1, and held at a first pressure, P1, wherein the first pressure is applied to the structure through the first and second mold halves. In addition, the composite may be cooled at a second temperature, T2, and held at a second pressure, P2, wherein the second pressure is applied to the composite through the first and second mold halves, wherein T1>T2 and P1<P2. The composite may also be removed from the first and second mold halves, wherein the composite has a near-net shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Ceradyne, Inc.
    Inventors: Vasilios Brachos, Vincent Borbone, Paul Crowther, Gary Robblee
  • Patent number: 8021592
    Abstract: A process of production of a monolithic article from a web of fibres of oriented polypropylene polymer, comprising the steps of subjecting the web to elevated temperature and pressure sufficient to melt a proportion of the polymer and compact it, and then cooling the compacted web, wherein an accelerated rate of cooling is employed down to 100° C. The process is of particular benefit when the weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the fibers is 250,000 or below. The resultant articles have good stiffness and strength, yet with reasonable ductility. Similar articles cooled slowly are brittle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Propex Operating Company LLC
    Inventors: Ian M Ward, Peter J Hine
  • Patent number: 8012392
    Abstract: Methods for cooling golf ball cores are provided. The methods involve passing a matrix of hot golf ball cores through a die plate to separate individual golf ball cores from the matrix. The die plate has a plurality of holes and each hole is sized to allow a single golf ball core to pass there through. A post-cure unit is arranged to receive the hot cores for additional curing and cross-linking. The hot, cured golf ball cores are then passed through a cooling section where high velocity air is passed over the golf ball cores to achieve the desired level of cooling. The cooling section may contain a fan assembly including an air diffuser to provide sufficient air flow coverage. The cooled golf ball cores may be delivered to a pneumatic delivery system for additional processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Stephen K. Scolamiero, LeRoy H. Seymour, Michael F. Vieira
  • Patent number: 8012388
    Abstract: A stretchable sheet having a large stretch amount is produced by increasing a drawing amount given to the nonwoven fabric. A method for producing the stretchable sheet from a nonwoven fabric containing a plurality of types of fibers, that is the nonwoven fabric having a longitudinal direction, a width direction and a thickness direction. The method includes a first drawing step of drawing the nonwoven fabric in the longitudinal direction by applying a tension in the longitudinal direction of the nonwoven fabric, and a second drawing step of drawing, in the longitudinal direction, the nonwoven fabric that has been drawn in the first drawing step with a plurality of teeth formed on outer circumferential faces of each of a pair of gear rolls, the drawing being performed by passing the nonwoven fabric through a gap between the gear rolls that rotate while the teeth are being engaged with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Akaki, Yoshihiko Matsumoto, Shinichi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 7964129
    Abstract: An arrangement to assist in heat transfer through a mold for applications such as injection molding of plastics material including at least one closed chamber within the mold, the chamber being only partially filled with fluid and a remainder of the chamber being filled with substantially only vapor of the fluid within the chamber, at least a portion of the chamber being positioned to transmit heat from a targeted location of the mold into fluid within the chamber, and condensing means adapted by reason of heat exchange to effect condensation of vapor within the chamber, the mold being arranged in that the fluid, such as water, is arranged to be held in the chamber in such a way that the fluid will be distributed to reach or be held at different heights within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Inventor: Malcolm Barry James
  • Patent number: 7927525
    Abstract: A process of manufacturing micro or nanostructure surfaces or parts formed of PTFE by applying a vacuum to powered or granulated PTFE in a heated compression mold. The process further includes applying a compression anvil within the metallic mold, removing the mold from a heat source and quenching the mold while maintaining the pressure in the mold during quenching. A mold or mold insert may be manufactured from sintered metal, sintered ceramic or sintered stainless steel to allow the vacuum to be applied across a surface holding the micro or nanostructures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Inventors: Todd E. Lizotte, Orest Ohar
  • Patent number: 7905721
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided an air dehumidifying sub-system and a method for use in a molding system. For example, the air source device for use with a post-mold treatment device for treating a molded article, the air source device comprising: an air inlet and a refrigerating unit operatively coupled to the air inlet, the refrigerating unit and the air inlet arranged such that air is forced between the air inlet and the refrigerating unit for cooling the air; an air outlet coupled to the refrigerating unit for connecting the refrigerating unit to an air management device of the post-mold treatment device, the air management device configured to direct, in use, cooled air onto a portion of the molded article being treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Joachim Johannes Niewels, Robert Bruce Weber
  • Patent number: 7892469
    Abstract: An intravascular catheter system for properly implanting a stent in a body lumen generally comprising a catheter having an elongated shaft with an inflatable balloon formed of compliant material and a stent mounted on the working length of the balloon. The balloon material is compliant within the working range of the balloon to provide substantial radial expansion. The wingless radially expansive balloon expands in a uniform manner, thereby producing uniform expansion and implantation of the stent. Another embodiment is directed to a balloon catheter, having a semi-compliant balloon or a noncompliant balloon formed at least in part of a block copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Florencia Lim, NianJiong Bei, Chi Le Long
  • Patent number: 7794643
    Abstract: A method of molding an object with a mold having a transfer face includes the steps of filling, separating, re-melting, re-contacting, cooling, and removing. The filling step fills a thermoplastic material, having a temperature greater than a softening temperature of the thermoplastic material, into a cavity space in the mold having a temperature smaller than the softening temperature of the thermoplastic material. The thermoplastic material comes in contact with the transfer face and is cooled. The separating step separates the transfer face from the thermoplastic material to form a heat-insulating layer between the thermoplastic material and transfer face. The re-melting step re-melts the thermoplastic material with heat energy retained inside the thermoplastic material. The re-contacting step re-contacts the re-melted thermoplastic material to the transfer face. The cooling step cools the thermoplastic material to a temperature smaller than the softening temperature of the thermoplastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Watanabe, Yasuo Yamanaka, Kiyotaka Sawada, Keiji Ueda, Yasunori Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 7785520
    Abstract: A honeycomb containing a thermoplastic material, high modulus fiber and thermoset resin has process steps of fracturing the thermoset resin, bending, molding or forming the honeycomb in a mold or over a form, heating to allow flow of thermoplastic material and cooling of the honeycomb to retain the shape of the mold or form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Subhotosh Khan, Gary Lee Hendren, Mikhail R. Levit
  • Patent number: 7744805
    Abstract: A mold for forming, molding or welding thermoplastic tubing extends through the aperture of an apertured spool supporting an RF energized coil to inductively heat a center section of the mold. A source of air is channeled through a manifold to flow about the center section of the mold and through the space between the mold and the aperture in the spool to rapidly cool the mold. Thermal chokes on each side of the center section of the mold impede heat transfer and a heat sink connected to each thermal choke serves to dissipate any heat build up. The spool may be translated along the center section of the mold to a predetermined location commensurate with a predetermined heat profile. The mold includes a passageway extending therethrough for receiving the tubing; by appropriate dimensioning, the passageway will accommodate the use of a mandrel to support the tubing to be formed, molded or welded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Engineering & Research Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph G. Augustine, Tulsie P. Sumeer, Randy L. Prior
  • Patent number: 7736743
    Abstract: Compositions containing at least one liquid epoxy resin, at least one solid epoxy resin, at least one propellant, at least one curing agent and at least one mica-containing filler produce expandable, thermally curable binder systems which may be used without the addition of hollow glass beads for the production of stiffening and reinforcing laminates and for the production of stiffening and reinforcing moldings. Said laminates according to the invention are suitable for the stiffening and reinforcing of components, in particular in the automotive industry, such as car body frames, doors, boot lids, engine bonnets and/or roof parts. In addition, the mouldings that may be produced from said binders are suitable for the stiffening and reinforcing of hollow metal structures, in particular of hollow car body parts such as body frames, body supports and posts or doors in the automotive industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Henkel KGaA
    Inventors: Xaver Muenz, Larissa Bobb
  • Patent number: 7674408
    Abstract: The present invention provides a biomedical, biocompatible, polymeric foam scaffold suitable for use in the repair and regeneration of tissue and which contains located therein a network of, branched channels that are effective to encourage and facilitate vascularization and tissue growth within the scaffold and to methods for making such biomedical scaffolds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly R. Brown, Mora C. Melican, Iksoo Chun
  • Publication number: 20100013125
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for finishing and calibrating preforms (10) which are removed from a multiple injection tool in an unstable shape, and proposes an air cooler integrated into the water cooled cooling sleeves (21) for the outer side of the open end face of the preform (10). Particularly in the case of special preform varieties, the areas which are unsupported in the cooling sleeves (21) can be pre-strengthened on the outside, from the beginning of the transfer from the open molds (8, 9) to the removing and cooling sleeves, respectively, by means of a cooling which uses cooling air or low-temperature air. With the novel solution, the highest quality can be assured, in particular with respect to dimensional stability and the absence of pressure points under load, by means of a calibration in the cooling sleeves (32) and the treatment in the area of the aftercooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: Netstal-Maschinen AG
    Inventor: STEFAN BOCK
  • Patent number: 7645416
    Abstract: A thermoforming methodology for laminated thermoplastic sheets which preserves the class “A” finish and high gloss thereof. In a thermoforming process including heating followed by vacuum and opposing air pressure application, and then followed by application of chilled compressed air, control of spherulite formation using any of: addition of a nucleating agent to the paint film, using the chilled compressed air at a temperature of substantially about 32° F., heating to no more than about 311° F., selecting a paint film having a high melting point temperature, and selecting a paint film that is non-crystalline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles K. Buehler, Charles C. Mentzer, Michael P. Balogh, Catherine A. Ostrander, Steven J. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 7611660
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for cooling material during continuous vacuum forming. The apparatus includes one or more cooling regions positioned adjacent one or more vacuum regions. A rotatable support belt including perforations therein supports a flexible patterned belt. The flexible patterned belt includes apertures spaced along the length and width thereof. The one or more cooling regions provide a cooling fluid to be drawn through the apertures in the flexible patterned belt to form an area of cooling fluid on the flexible patterned belt which contacts a bottom surface of a hot material received on the flexible patterned belt in order to cool the bottom surface of the material and the flexible patterned belt. The vacuum regions are in fluid flow communication with the perforations of the support belt and the apertures of the flexible patterned belt for drawing the material onto the flexible patterned belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Bosler Design Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth D. Bosler
  • Patent number: 7553441
    Abstract: A container made by reheat stretch blow molding process comprises a poly(ethylene terephthalate) copolymer including levels of diethylene glycol lower than that generated as a byproduct in conventional resin manufacturing process and minor amounts of naphthalenedicarboxylic acid resulting in containers which exhibit enhanced mechanical properties. Methods for making the contains and hot filling the containers are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventor: Yu Shi
  • Patent number: 7485252
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for making a molded plastic article having a stretched and crystallized neck finish. In one embodiment, a series of platforms are carried by a conveying apparatus for transporting a series of molded plastic articles along a predetermined path of travel through one or more treatment stations. At a finish widening station, the molded article, having a relatively wide and thin-walled blow-molded body portion, and a relatively narrow and thick-walled unexpanded neck finish portion, is positioned to enable insertion of a mandrel into an open top aperture of the finish portion to widen the finish. The mandrel may include a lower heated tapered portion for expanding the finish, and an upper cooled body portion on which the expanded finish may be cooled. The article may then be sent to a finish crystallizing station having a heating device that heats the widened finish portion for a time and temperature selected to crystallize at least a portion of the widened finish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, LP
    Inventors: Keith Barker, Brian Lynch, Thomas E. Nahill
  • Patent number: 7455802
    Abstract: A stress/strain relief process for a flexible, multilayered web stock includes providing a multilayered web stock including at least one layer to be treated, the at least one layer to be treated having a coefficient of thermal expansion significantly differing from a coefficient of thermal expansion of another layer; passing the multilayered web stock over and in contact with a first wrinkle-reducing roller that spontaneously creates transverse tension stress in the at least one layer to be treated; heating at least the at least one layer to be treated above a glass transition temperature Tg of the at least one layer to be treated to thereby create a heated portion of the at least one layer to be treated, a portion of the web stock in proximity to the heated portion of the at least one layer to be treated thereby becoming a heated portion of the web stock; inducing curvature in the heated portion of the web stock; and cooling the heated portion of the web stock at said curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. U. Yu, John J. Darcy, Michael S. Roetker, Scott Griffin, Felix J. Santana, Satchidanand Mishra
  • Publication number: 20080224355
    Abstract: A method for bow reduction of a composite sheet includes providing a bow composite sheet including a top sheet and a bottom sheet, the top sheet including a non-metal and the bottom sheet including a metal, and either placing the bow composite sheet on a continuous transportation unit including a cooling unit to substantially eliminate the bow through the cooling unit, or placing the bow composite sheet on a fixed cooling unit spraying a cooling fluid to substantially eliminate the bow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Chun-Liang Lin, Yu-Pan Pai
  • Publication number: 20080185758
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a continuous process for producing polymer pellets having reduced volatiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Eric Damme
  • Patent number: 7402268
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a composite profile based on a thermoplastic organic material reinforced by reinforcing fibres includes making a multiplicity of continuous reinforcing yarns come into contact with a thermoplastic organic material and shaping the composite profile. Continuous yarns based on continuous glass fibres and on a first thermoplastic are brought together to be parallel and at least one consolidated tape is formed by heating them, in which tape the reinforcing fibres are impregnated with the first thermoplastic. The at least one tape is introduced into a die sized to the cross-section of the profile and at least one second molten thermoplastic organic material is simultaneously introduced into the die in contact with the tape, to obtain a profile of at least one second thermoplastic organic material reinforced by the at least one tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: OCV Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Philippe Boissonnat, Edward Cooper, Guy Zanella, Remi Carel, Philippe Macquart, Thierry Gay