Nonuniform Coating Patents (Class 427/256)
  • Patent number: 11912051
    Abstract: An ink jet method includes a step of adhering ink jet compositions containing colorants and polymerizable compounds to be cured with radioactive rays to a recording medium by one printing operation, and the ink jet compositions includes an orange ink composition and a red ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chigusa Sato, Kyohei Tanaka, Haruya Koyama
  • Patent number: 11899335
    Abstract: An IR source may also include an electrically conductive layer defining a back contact. The IR source may also include a first dielectric layer over the electrically conductive layer, a transparent electrically conductive layer over the first dielectric layer, and a second dielectric layer over the transparent electrically conductive layer. The IR source may include a graphene layer over the second dielectric layer and having a perforated pattern, a protective layer over the graphene layer, and first and second electrically conductive contacts coupled to the graphene layer. The graphene layer may be configured to emit IR radiation when a voltage signal is applied between the first and second electrically conductive contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Michael N. Leuenberger, Muhammad Waqas Shabbir
  • Patent number: 11890864
    Abstract: An apparatus for supplying a chemical liquid may include a stage on which a substrate is placed, a chemical liquid discharging member and a direction changing member. The chemical liquid discharging member may supply the chemical liquid onto at least two first regions of the substrate for first pixels along a first direction. Additionally, the chemical liquid discharging member may supply the chemical liquid onto at least two second regions of the substrate for second pixels along a second direction. The direction changing member may change a direction of the substrate from the second direction to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Inseok Ha, Jinhyuck Yang, Jaeyoung Jang
  • Patent number: 11866551
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition containing an electron-donating polymer (D) and an electron-withdrawing polymer (A), wherein the electron-donating polymer (D) has a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (1a), Y1a in the following formula (1a) is a divalent group represented by the following formula (3a), and the electron-withdrawing polymer (A) has a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (4a): wherein the symbols in the formulas are as described in the DESCRIPTION.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION, KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masamichi Nishihara, Shiyan Feng, Byungchan Hwang, Liana Christiani, Kazunari Sasaki, Shoichi Kondo, Taichi Nakazawa, Takamasa Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11850131
    Abstract: A personal hygiene product with a digital element includes an external personal hygiene product to absorb bodily fluids and a conductive sensor assembly disposed therein. The conductive sensor assembly includes a pair of conductive elements disposed in parallel in a mirrored image about the perimeter of the personal hygiene product and at least one connector directly contacting the pair of conductive elements, said conductive sensor assembly generating a signal indicative of fluid leakage of said personal hygiene product when fluid reaches the area between the pair of conductive elements. The conductive sensor assembly is arranged and configured to communicate with a smart hand held electronic device, either directly or through a wireless connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
    Inventors: Livea Barbosa, Jose Francisco Cau, Rafael Carniato, Mariana Goulart, William Chester Neeley, Renato Pereira
  • Patent number: 11847766
    Abstract: A method and device for detecting bright spots on an image. The image is acquired from a field of view where a base extension reaction occurs, multiple nucleic acid molecules with optically detectable labels exist in the field of view where the base extension reaction occurs, and at least some of the nucleic acid molecules appear as bright spots on the image. The method includes preprocessing the image to obtain a preprocessed image; determining a critical value to simplify the preprocessed image to obtain a simplified image, determining a first bright spot detection threshold on the basis of the preprocessed image, and identifying candidate bright spots on the image on the basis of the preprocessed image and the simplified image, including determining a pixel matrix that satisfies at least two of conditions as a candidate bright spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: GENEMIND BIOSCIENCES COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Linsen Li, Weibin Xu, Huan Jin, Zefei Jiang, Zhiliang Zhou, Qin Yan
  • Patent number: 11833813
    Abstract: A system (10, 110) includes: (i) a flexible intermediate transfer member (ITM) (44, 500, 600), including: a stack of: In (a) a first layer (602), located at an outer surface of the ITM (44, 500, 600), configured to receive ink droplets to form an ink image thereon, and to transfer the ink image to a target substrate (50, 51), and (b) a second layer (603) including a matrix holding particles (622), configured to receive optical radiation (99) passing through the first layer (602), and to heat the ITM (44, 500, 600) by absorbing the optical radiation (99); (ii) an illumination assembly (113), configured to dry the ink droplets by directing the optical radiation (99) to impinge on the particles (622); and (iii) a temperature control assembly (121), configured to control a temperature of the ITM (44, 500, 600) by directing a gas (101) to the ITM (44, 500, 600).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: LANDA CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventors: Benzion Landa, Alon Siman Tov, Avraham Guttman, Yefet Nechemia, Amir Shmerling
  • Patent number: 11830735
    Abstract: Printable inks based on a 2D semiconductor, such as MoS2, and its applications in fully inkjet-printed optoelectronic devices are disclosed. Specifically, percolating films of MoS2 nanosheets with superlative electrical conductivity (10-2 s m?1) are achieved by tailoring the ink formulation and curing conditions. Based on an ethyl cellulose dispersant, the MoS2 nanosheet ink also offers exceptional viscosity tunability, colloidal stability, and printability on both rigid and flexible substrates. Two distinct classes of photodetectors are fabricated based on the substrate and post-print curing method. While thermal annealing of printed devices on rigid glass substrates leads to a fast photoresponse of 150 ?s, photonically annealed devices on flexible polyimide substrates possess high photoresponsivity exceeding 50 mA/W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mark C. Hersam, Jung-Woo Ted Seo, Jian Zhu
  • Patent number: 11830019
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods for generating a vehicle wrap design. The method includes: obtaining customer information corresponding to an entity; generating, using the computing device, a vehicle wrap design for covering a vehicle based on the obtained customer information; generating, using the computing device, a three-dimensional rendering of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle wrap design is applied to the three-dimensional rendering of the vehicle; and causing a client device to display the three-dimensional rendering with the applied vehicle wrap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: WRAPMATE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Loar, Jacob A. Lozow
  • Patent number: 11794412
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a build surface, at least a portion of which is transparent. The apparatus includes a first material depositor operable to deposit a curable resin to form a deposited resin layer on the build surface. A first sensing device is configured to measure the thickness of the deposited resin layer; and wherein the at least one sensing device is configured to generate a signal indicative of the thickness of the deposited resin layer. The first sensing device can be connected to a computer such that the additive manufacturing apparatus is configured to control the thickness of the deposited resin layer. The thickness of the deposited resin layer can be controlled such that it varies from side to side, i.e. across the width of the deposited resin layer in the transverse direction along the x-axis. The thickness can also be controlled such that it varies with time, i.e., in the machine direction along the y-axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Meredith Elissa Dubelman, Mary Kathryn Thompson, Christopher Barnhill, Xi Yang
  • Patent number: 11795333
    Abstract: Coating compositions are provided. In embodiments, a coating composition comprises a solvent system comprising water; a crosslinked organic additive in the form of particles and comprising a polymerization product of reactants comprising a multifunctional vinyl monomer comprising two or more vinyl groups; a binder; and optionally, one or more of a colorant and a wax. Methods of making and using the coating compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Richard P. N. Veregin, Kimberly D. Nosella, Majid Kamel
  • Patent number: 11800778
    Abstract: An inkjet spraying method includes preparing a spraying unit including nozzles for spraying an organic material on a target substrate including first pixels which display a same color, spraying the organic material to each of first pixels of a (1+a×n)th first-pixel row in the first pixels, and spraying the organic material to each of first pixels of a (2+a×n)th first-pixel row in the first pixels, where a first nozzle in the nozzles sprays the organic material to a first reference pixel in the first pixels of the (1+a×n)th first-pixel row, a second nozzle, which is different from the first nozzle, in the nozzles sprays the organic material to a second reference pixel in the first pixels of the (2+a×n)th first-pixel row, and the second reference pixel is disposed in parallel with the first reference pixel in a column direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongha Lee, Seoksoon Back
  • Patent number: 11781026
    Abstract: An aqueous ink composition includes a film-forming retardation additive, which enhances the pigment efficiency in the ink composition. A method for making such an ink and a method of printing with such an ink are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: CANON PRODUCTION PRINTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Marcel A. P. W. E. Leppens, Roy W. N. Evers
  • Patent number: 11783961
    Abstract: A conductive film includes a transparent supporting layer and a conductive grid. The transparent supporting layer includes a first side face and a second side face arranged opposite to each other, and the first side face is provided with grooves. A conductive material is filled in the grooves to form the conductive grid interconnected, and the conductive grid includes a plurality of circle lattices. Since the conductive material is filled in the grooves to form the conductive grid and the conductive grid includes a plurality of circle lattices, the dot pattern presented is relatively soft, and the impact on vision caused by interference is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SHINE OPTOELECTRONICS (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng Zhang, Fei Zhou
  • Patent number: 11777071
    Abstract: Provided are a coating device and a coating method for a non-uniform thickness current collector. The coating device includes a thickness sensor, an offset correction controller, and an offset correction mechanism. The thickness sensor is configured to detect an abrupt thickness change point on the non-uniform thickness current collector and output an abrupt change point signal. The offset correction controller is configured to receive the abrupt change point signal, compare the received abrupt change point signal with a predetermined abrupt thickness change point signal, determine whether the non-uniform thickness current collector is offset and what an offset direction is, and transmit an offset correction signal. The offset correction mechanism is configured to receive the offset correction signal and perform an offset correction action in a direction opposite to the offset direction. This coating device uses the coating method and can accurately coat the coating areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Xiamen Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wancai Zhang, Junmin Feng, Tingting Wu
  • Patent number: 11748768
    Abstract: The invention relates to commodity anti-counterfeit verification system based on natural biological information. The system includes an anti-counterfeit information generation module used for generating unique anti-counterfeit information corresponding to a commodity, an anti-counterfeit database used for storing the unique anti-counterfeit information generated by the anti-counterfeit information generation module, and an anti-counterfeit information verification module used for carrying out anti-counterfeit verification on the commodity according to the unique anti-counterfeit information stored in the anti-counterfeit database. The anti-counterfeit information generation module comprises an identity information generator, a natural biological information generation assembly, and an information binder. Compared with the prior art, the system has the advantages of being easy to implement, good in anti-counterfeit performance, capable of reducing costs, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Shanghai iGlobalID Network Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Wenqiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 11747723
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a massively parallel patterning tool for the deposition of single metals or metal alloys with size and composition control. Methods of the disclosure use a hydrogel array of pyramidal pen tips as a medium for localized electrodeposition, in conjunction with a scanning probe lithography platform and a three-electrode cell. This versatile technique can be used for high-throughput 3D printing, biomolecule patterning, or screening of catalyst nanoparticles or thin films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chad A. Mirkin, Rustin Golnabi, Eun Bi Oh, David Alan Walker
  • Patent number: 11739231
    Abstract: A printing treatment liquid composition which is to be adhered to a cloth, includes: a compound including a polyvalent carbodiimide group which has a carbodiimide group equivalent of 500 g/mol or less; and an aromatic carboxylic acid and/or its salt. According to the printing treatment liquid composition described above, a content of the compound including a polyvalent carbodiimide group with respect to a total mass of the treatment liquid composition is 1.0 to 35.0 percent by mass, a content of the aromatic carboxylic acid and/or its salt with respect to the total mass of the treatment liquid composition is 0.1 to 30.0 percent by mass, and the cloth contains fibers having hydroxy groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventor: Kazuki Shimura
  • Patent number: 11724441
    Abstract: A 3D printer includes a nozzle and a camera configured to capture an image, a video, or both of a plurality of drops of liquid metal being jetted through the nozzle. The 3D printer also includes a computing system configured to measure a signal proximate to the nozzle based at least partially upon the image, the video, or both. The computing system is also configured to determine one or more metrics that characterize a behavior of the drops based at least partially upon the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED, XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Raja Bala, Vijay Kumar Baikampady Gopalkrishna, Palghat Ramesh, David Allen Mantell, Peter Michael Gulvin, Mark A. Cellura
  • Patent number: 11724532
    Abstract: Described herein are adhesive gold inks, and methods for making and depositing these inks to form conductive traces. The adhesive gold inks generally contain a gold complex dissolved in a mixed solvent system including at least a diol and an amine. The mixed solvent system may further include a thioalkyldiol. The gold complex includes a first ligand and a second ligand. The first ligand may be a thioether, a phosphine, or an amine that volatilizes upon heating at a temperature of 200° C. or less. The second ligand may be a halide or a carboxylate. The adhesive gold inks are clear and particle-free and may be formulated for deposition by a wide range of printing methods on both flexible and non-flexible substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: LIQUID X PRINTED METALS, INC.
    Inventors: Christianna M Petrak, Chengeto Gwengo
  • Patent number: 11725397
    Abstract: Described herein are resilient floor coverings produced by using digitally printed UV-cured inks and exhibiting high adhesion properties between an ink layer and a wear layer. Also described herein are methods for manufacturing same. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Tom Odum, Jay Vecsey, Jeff Wright
  • Patent number: 11685109
    Abstract: In the formation of a solid object by progressively adding extruded materials to a workpiece, a mechanism is disclosed for transposing the paths by which two or more extrusion nozzles travel to deposit materials. Paralleling a surface contour of the object being formed, the paths for two or more substantially continuous extruded traces are directed in complementary fashion to cause a first extrusion trace to form the object surface while a second extrusion trace is deposited behind the first trace. At another position along the surface contour, the paths of the extruded traces may cross over one another to allow the second extruded trace to define the object surface. Where the first and second traces have a different color or visual appearance, the disclosed mechanism enables fine graphic features to efficiently be integrated into the surface of the object being formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventor: Frank A. McKiel, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11669009
    Abstract: A method for fabricating patterns on a flexible substrate in a roll-to-roll configuration. Drops of a monomer diluted in a solvent are dispensed on a substrate, where the drops spontaneously spread and merge with one another to form a liquid resist formulation. The solvent is evaporated (e.g., blanket evaporation) from the liquid resist formulation followed by selective multi-component resist film evaporation resulting in a non-uniform and substantially continuous film on the substrate. The gap between the film on the substrate and a template is closed such that the film fills the features of the template. After cross-linking the film to polymerize the film, the template is separated from the substrate thereby leaving the polymerized film on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan, Shrawan Singhal, Ovadia Abed, Lawrence Dunn, Paras Ajay, Ofodike Ezekoye
  • Patent number: 11643565
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions for three-dimensional printing. In an example, disclosed herein is a composition for three-dimensional printing comprising: (A) a powder build material; (B) a first fusing agent; (C) a second fusing agent different from the first fusing agent; (D) a detailing agent; (E) a cyan ink composition; (F) a yellow ink composition; (G) a magenta ink composition; and (H) a black ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexey S Kabalnov, Stephen G Rudisill, Jesiska Tandy, Graciela Emma Negri Jimenez, Shannon Reuben Woodruff, Jason Butler
  • Patent number: 11644421
    Abstract: A down-converted light emitting combination that generates a visible light when an ultraviolet light is incident is provided. The down-converted light emitting combination includes a first structure made of a first material that generates a visible light of a first color when an ultraviolet light of a first wavelength range is incident and a second structure made of a second material that generates a visible light of a second color different from the first color when the ultraviolet light of a second wavelength range different from the first wavelength range is incident, and the first material and the second material have different emission colors and distributions of intensities of the visible lights generated depending on a wavelength of the incident ultraviolet light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Woong Kim, Sungnam Park, Wonbae Sohn, Gangyeol Yoo, Chiho Lee
  • Patent number: 11646453
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to compositions and methods for improving the performance of batteries, such as lead-acid batteries, including reviving or rejuvenating a partially or totally dead battery, by adding an amount of nonionic, ground state metal nanoparticles to the electrolyte of the battery, and optionally recharging the battery by applying a voltage. The metal nanoparticles may be gold and coral-shaped and are added to provide a concentration within the electrolyte of 100 ppb to 2 ppm or more (e.g., up to 5 ppm, 10 ppm, 25 ppm, 50 ppm, or 100 ppm). The metal nanoparticles may be added to battery electrode paste applied to the electrodes to enhance newly manufactured or remanufactured batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ATTOSTAT, INC.
    Inventor: William H. Niedermeyer
  • Patent number: 11628593
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an engineered stone, the method including: providing a mixture comprising at least a stone or stone like material and a binder; compacting the mixture; curing the binder; and printing on at least a top surface of the engineered stone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Dal-Tile, LLC
    Inventors: Terry Adams, Claudio Caselli
  • Patent number: 11624159
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a synthetic non-perforated drainable material is disclosed herein. Generally, the method includes injecting a coating material with air, applying the air-injected coating material to the first side of the material, and curing the air-injected material such that it adheres. Once cured, the material has a highly efficient drainage rate that remains consistent throughout the life of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Sprinturf, LLC
    Inventors: Jamie Randall Collins, Timothy Bryan Wagoner
  • Patent number: 11626560
    Abstract: A pixel structure includes a plurality of first sub-pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction. A maximum dimension of at least one first sub-pixel in a first direction is less than a first set value, and a maximum dimension of the at least one first sub-pixel in a second direction is greater than a second set value. The first set value is a maximum dimension of a set sub-pixel in the first direction, and the second set value is a maximum dimension of the set sub-pixel in the second direction. The first sub-pixel has an area equal to an area of the set sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignees: MIANYANG BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Xie, Hsinju Ho
  • Patent number: 11599022
    Abstract: Stabilized precursor solutions can be used to form radiation inorganic coating materials. The precursor solutions generally comprise metal suboxide cations, peroxide-based ligands and polyatomic anions. Design of the precursor solutions can be performed to achieve a high level of stability of the precursor solutions. The resulting coating materials can be designed for patterning with a selected radiation, such as ultraviolet light, x-ray radiation or electron beam radiation. The radiation patterned coating material can have a high contrast with respect to material properties, such that development of a latent image can be successful to form lines with very low line-width roughness and adjacent structures with a very small pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Inpria Corporation
    Inventors: Jason K. Stowers, Alan J. Telecky, Douglas A. Keszler, Andrew Grenville
  • Patent number: 11597150
    Abstract: A three-dimensional printing system and equipment assembly for the manufacture of three-dimensionally printed articles is provided. The equipment assembly includes a three-dimensional printing build system, an optional liquid removal system and an optional harvester system. The build system includes a conveyor, plural build modules and at least one build station having a powder-layering system and a printing system. The equipment assembly can be used to manufacture pharmaceutical, medical, and non-pharmaceutical/non-medical objects. It can be used to prepare single or multiple articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: APRECIA PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
    Inventors: Jaedeok Yoo, Thomas J. Bradbury, Thomas J. Bebb, James Iskra, Henry L. Surprenant, Thomas G. West
  • Patent number: 11591482
    Abstract: Described herein are water-based inks that comprise water, a water miscible solvent having a boiling point of about 56° C. to about 98° C., and a latex. In one aspect, the water miscible solvent comprises about 10 wt % to about 30 wt % of the ink (based on the total weight of the ink). In another aspect, the latex is an alcohol-tolerant latex that exhibits limited or no particle size increase in the presence of alcohol. Further described herein are articles printed with the inks, and methods of printing with the inks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Ramasamy Krishnan, Russell Schwartz, Juanita Parris
  • Patent number: 11584864
    Abstract: To provide an aqueous ink having excellent ejection stability and capable of recording an image having excellent abrasion resistance and the like. An aqueous ink for ink jet containing a resin particle, in which the resin particle is formed of a first resin and a second resin, each having a carboxylic acid group, the first resin is a polyester resin not having a crosslinked structure, the second resin is at least one of a polyester resin and an acrylic resin having a crosslinked structure, and the crosslinked structure of the first resin and the second resin is an alkylene oxide group having a repetition number of 1 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Umesato, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Tsuyoshi Kasai, Naofumi Shimomura
  • Patent number: 11549028
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink-jet printing method of overprinting a first ink and a second ink on a low-liquid absorbing printing medium, in which the first ink and the second ink are respectively in the form of a water-based ink containing a colorant (A), a polymer (B), an organic solvent (C) and water, and satisfy the following formulae (1) and (2), said ink-jet printing method including the steps of forming characters or images using at least one ink as the first ink, and then forming a background image using the second ink such that the background image is superimposed on at least a part of the characters or images formed by the first ink: [T2?T1]<0 mN/m (1); and [V2?V1]?1.0 mPa·s (2) wherein T2 is the static surface tension of the second ink; T1 is the static surface tension of the first ink; V2 is the viscosity of the second ink as measured at 32° C.; and V1 is the viscosity of the first ink as measured at 32° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Matsumoto, Azusa Kuroda, Kazuki Ishida
  • Patent number: 11542396
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for applying a clear or translucent emissive coating on an aluminum containing surface. The composition includes, in a dispersion, 50 to 300 g/l of at least one of clear or translucent organic polymeric substances of a binder, and 30 to 300 g/l of sheet silicate pigments having a TE value for the thermal emissivity of at least 0.40, having a particle size distribution of which d50 is in the range of 0.3 to 80 ?m and having been comminuted, disintegrated, exfoliated or any combination of these to thin particles. The composition additionally includes the reaction product of at least one aminefunctionalized organosilane and/or oligomer and/or polymer thereof and at least one fatty acid. The molar ratio of the amino group/s of the at least one amine-functionalized organosilane and/or oligomer and/or polymer thereof and of the at least one fatty acid is 1.2:1 to 1:2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: CHEMETALL U.S., INC.
    Inventors: Hoon Kim, Ronald Ascenzo, Aaron Thompson, Charles J. Gruszka
  • Patent number: 11524517
    Abstract: A writing implement is configured to dispense material onto a work surface. The writing implement includes a body having a first end, a second end, and an inner surface. The writing implement also includes a nib coupled to the first end. The nib is configured to allow the material to be dispensed onto the work piece. The writing implement further includes a pressure regulating assembly coupled to the body. The pressure regulating assembly and the inner surface define a cavity configured to hold the material. The pressure regulating assembly is moveable relative to the body in response to a pressure change within the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventor: James G. Ballard
  • Patent number: 11512481
    Abstract: Portable apparatus for application of double-sided sheet adhesive to modular flooring products, includes a planar platform; a flooring guide; a roll of double-sided sheet adhesive unrolled onto the platform for marrying with the modular flooring product; a sheet adhesive guide to maintain the sheet adhesive in alignment with the flooring guide and the modular flooring product, and to tension the sheet adhesive as it is applied to the flooring product; and a press roll to apply pressure to mate the sheet adhesive to the flooring product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Base King, LLC
    Inventor: Devin D. Schlisner
  • Patent number: 11511307
    Abstract: A power storage device and an applicator is obtained that achieve an increase in capacity and an improvement in productivity, and that enable the thickness of a mixture layer to be inhibited from varying. A positive electrode mixture slurry is discharged into discharge regions of a belt-like positive electrode current collector that extend in a length direction of the positive electrode current collector from discharge nozzles corresponding to the respective discharge regions to form a positive electrode mixture layer on the positive electrode current collector. The discharge regions are arranged such that a part of each of the discharge regions overlaps a part of another of the discharge regions adjacent thereto when viewed in the length direction to form overlapping portions. The positive electrode mixture slurry is intermittently discharged to form an exposed portion on at least one of the discharge regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Tsukamoto, Tomofumi Yanagi, Motoki Kinugawa
  • Patent number: 11505711
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink composition, an ink encasement in which the ink composition is encased, a recording head that ejects the ink composition, and a carriage configured to move the recording head back and forth. The carriage carries the ink encasement, with the ink encasement integrated with the carriage. The ink encasement has an ink fill port that opens and shuts as a port through which the ink composition is loaded. The ink composition contains a water-soluble dye and a polyhydric alcohol with a normal boiling point of 270° C. or above, with the percentage of the polyhydric alcohol being 26.0% by mass or less of the total amount of the ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoki Maruyama, Yusuke Mizutaki, Tomohiro Aruga, Kiyomi Kumamoto, Jun Ito
  • Patent number: 11491728
    Abstract: An optimal printing speed and orientation for an object to be manufactured using an additive manufacturing process in which a photo-curable resin is cured through exposure to radiation are estimated by determining, for pixel maps defining cross-sections of the object, a critical size of a convolution kernel which provides an activation map having a maximum activation pixel value less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value. For each respective pixel map, a printing time is estimated as a function of adjusted base lift velocity and base lift height of the printing apparatus. The optimal printing speed and orientation are then estimated as a minimum value of a sum of a function of printing times for all respective pixel maps of the cross-sections of the object at each of a plurality of possible orientations of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: NEXA3D INC.
    Inventors: Izhar Medalsy, Itay Barel
  • Patent number: 11469054
    Abstract: An electronic device, such as, without limitation, a perovskite solar cell or a light emitting diode, includes an assembly including at least one electronic portion or component, and a composite coating layer covering at least part of the assembly including the at least one electronic portion or component. The composite coating layer includes a polymer material, such as, without limitation, PMMA or PMMA-PU, having nanoparticles, such as, without limitation, reduced graphene oxide or SiO2, embedded therein. The electronic device may further include a second coating layer including a second polymer material (such as, without limitation, PMMA or PMMA-PU without nanoparticles) positioned between the coating layer and the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Global Frontier Center for Multiscale Enery Systems
    Inventors: Jung-Kun Lee, Gillsang Han
  • Patent number: 11465344
    Abstract: A method of additively manufacturing an object comprises feeding a feedstock line into a delivery guide. The feedstock line has a length and comprises a continuous flexible line. The continuous flexible line has a peripheral surface. The feedstock line further comprises a covering, releasably coupled to the peripheral surface of the continuous flexible line. The method also comprises removing the covering from the peripheral surface of the continuous flexible line before the continuous flexible line is deposited along a print path and depositing the continuous flexible line along the print path using the delivery guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Mark Stewart Wilenski, Faraón Torres, Samuel F. Harrison, Nick Shadbeh Evans
  • Patent number: 11467447
    Abstract: A backlight unit and a display device including the backlight unit are discussed. By arranging at least one electronic element for driving a light source and the backlight unit on a surface where the light source is disposed in a printed circuit and arranging a pattern having a reflective characteristic in an area where the electronic element is disposed, an image quality of the backlight unit can be maintained and a design structure of the backlight unit can be simplified. In addition, the light source and the electronic element can be disposed on a same surface of the printed circuit so that a space is not present between an opposite surface of the surface of the printed circuit where the light source is disposed and a cover bottom, so the performance of a heat dissipation can be improved in an area where the light source or the electronic element overlaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JaeHo Lee, MyungJoon Park, Suhun Lee
  • Patent number: 11453782
    Abstract: A pigment particle template and a method of fabricating the same, and a method of fabricating a pigment dispersion liquid are described. The method of fabricating the pigment particle template has steps of: providing a substrate; forming a covalent organic framework layer on the substrate, wherein the covalent organic framework layer has porous network structure; forming a first porous organic layer on the covalent organic framework layer; and replacing the substrate with a second porous organic layer. The present application is beneficial to production of nanoparticles with controllable particle size and uniform size by utilizing a controllable size of the covalent organic framework structure and a stability of a sandwich structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: TCL China Star Optoelectronies Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bao Zha, Hsiaohsien Chen
  • Patent number: 11454879
    Abstract: Disclosed are a mask treating apparatus and a mask treating method. The mask treating apparatus comprises a process chamber that receives a blank mask package inclusive of a blank mask and performs a process on the blank mask, an unpacking unit that is disposed in the process chamber and unpacks the blank mask package, and a laser marking unit that is disposed in the process chamber and irradiates a laser onto the blank mask to form a fiducial mark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunsong Jeong, Hyunseok Uhm, SunPyo Lee
  • Patent number: 11446698
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for hot-spraying a non-aqueous two-component filler coating composition comprising a binder component (A) and a curing component (B) onto a substrate wherein binder component (A) comprises an epoxy resin and curing component (B) comprises a curing agent for curing the epoxy resin and wherein the filler coating composition comprises in the range of from 15 to 35 wt % hollow glass microspheres having an average density in the range of from 0.23 to 0.70 g/cm3 and a mean particle size of at most 52 ?m, in the range of from 0 to 15 wt % inorganic solid material other than hollow glass microspheres, and in the range of from 0 to 20 wt % organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.
    Inventor: Stuart Jordan
  • Patent number: 11426924
    Abstract: An additive manufactured article is comprised of at least two adhered layers of extrudates (120) comprised of a thermoset material having therein a phase change material, wherein the phase change material undergoes a phase change at a temperature less than where the thermoset material decomposes. The article may be made by dispensing a mixture comprised of an organic reactive material and phase change material forming extrudates that are 3D printed into an article having multiple layers of extrudates bound together and then allowing the organic reactive material to react forming a thermoset material having therein the phase change material to form the additive manufactured article. The shape of the article may be changed by heating to a temperature above the temperature where the phase change material undergoes a phase change while applying a force and then cooling below the phase change temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Craig F. Gorin, Aleksander J. Pyzik, Sanjay C. Solanki, Sharon Allen, Daniel P. Sophiea, Niranjan Malvadkar, Daniel L. Dermody
  • Patent number: 11430941
    Abstract: A piezoelectric polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) material, a method for manufacturing the same, and a fingerprint recognition module are provided. The polyvinylidene PVDF material includes PVDF, a first solvent, a second solvent, a fluorosurfactant, and an inducing material. Material of the inducing material is one of carbon nanotubes, carbon black, and gold nanorods. Because of the high anisotropy of the inducing material, molecular orientation of the PVDF material is induced, thereby improving piezoelectric performance of the piezoelectric PVDF material. Problems of conventional piezoelectric PVDF materials, which are used in ultrasonic fingerprint recognition modules, such as poor piezoelectric performance and high-energy loss are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yongxiang Zhou
  • Patent number: 11413826
    Abstract: A system for additive manufacturing comprises a dispensing head for dispensing building materials on a working surface, a hardening system for hardening the building materials, a cooling system for evacuating heat away from the building materials, and a computerized controller. A thermal sensing system is mounted above the working surface in a manner that allows relative motion between the sensing system and the working surface, and is configured to generate sensing signals responsively to thermal energy sensed thereby. The controller controls the dispensing head to dispense the building materials in layers, the sensing system to generate the sensing signals only when the sensing system is above the building materials once hardened, and the heat evacuation rate of the cooling system responsively to the sensing signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Stratasys Ltd.
    Inventors: Amit Feffer, Gil Shelef, Haim Rotfeld, David Prizant
  • Patent number: RE49572
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides processes for producing images with toner particles. In embodiments, toner particles of a certain diameter in size are applied to a substrate as an incomplete monolayer, and then fused to form an image that is a complete monolayer and possesses a thickness less than the diameter of the particles utilized to form the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard P. N. Veregin, Eric Rotberg, Edward Graham Zwartz, Suxia Yang, Daryl W. Vanbesien, Cuong Vong, Karen Ann Moffat