Article Of Intermediate Shape (e.g., Blank, Parison, Preform, Etc.) Patents (Class 428/542.8)
  • Patent number: 7662880
    Abstract: Polyester compositions are disclosed that include polyester polymers or copolymers having incorporated therein metallic nickel particles that improve the reheat properties of the compositions. Processes for making such compositions are also disclosed. The nickel particles may be incorporated in the polyester by melt compounding, or may be added at any stage of the polymerization, such as during the melt-phase of the polymerization. A range of particle sizes may be used, as well as a range of particle size distributions. The polyester compositions are suitable for use in packaging made from processes in which a reheat step is desirable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Zhiyong Xia, Donna Rice Quillen
  • Patent number: 7655581
    Abstract: A woven preform used to reinforce a composite structure which includes a central portion having a plurality of interwoven layers. The preform also includes first and second end portions having a plurality of independent woven layers that are integrally woven with the plurality of interwoven layers in the central portion and which extend along the entire length the preform. Interspersed between the plurality of independent woven layers in the first and second end portions are bias plies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Albany Engineered Composites, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan Goering
  • Patent number: 7655319
    Abstract: An overmolded electronic device includes a pre-mold assembly having a positioning pin that extends upward through a mold material into contact with an inner cavity of a mold. The positioning pin is disposed within a containment area that is defined by sets of ribs configured in and conformed on the pre-mold assembly. The positioning pin thereby is sealed within the containment area that is in turn sealed from the remainder of the electronic device that prevents the intrusion of moisture or other contaminants into undesirable locations of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian G. Babin
  • Publication number: 20100018271
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a workpiece having a desired configuration as well as an associated preform assembly are provided. The forming method and apparatus as well as the preform assembly include a hydrostatic pressing medium, such as a layer of glass, disposed within the die cavity proximate to at least one side of the workpiece. The hydrostatic pressing medium is configured to have a relatively low viscosity at the temperatures at which the workpiece is processed, thereby facilitating the relatively even application of pressure to the workpiece. As such, a workpiece having a complex configuration may be formed utilizing a single acting die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Marc R. Matsen, Wesley B. Crow, Lee C. Firth
  • Patent number: 7651781
    Abstract: A multilayer plastic container comprises a layer of a polypropylene and an intermediate layer directly adjacent the layer of polypropylene wherein at least one of the polypropylene and intermediate layers comprises an adhesive such as maleic anhydride incorporated therein to adhere the layer of polypropylene to the layer of EVOH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Ball Corporation
    Inventors: Guy Richards, A. B. M. Bazlur Rashid, Robert W. Knoll, Sahin Emre, Kevin James Curie, Randolph Lee Davidson
  • Publication number: 20100015570
    Abstract: A procedure for dimensionally accurate sintering of a shaped piece manufactured from a blank of porous ceramic material, in which during the sintering, the shaped piece remains connected via at least one first connection like a rib, with a support that is manufactured from the blank. To ensure with simple procedural steps and simple design measures that the geometry does not change during sintering, the invention provides that the support is manufactured as a section of the blank that at least in sections surrounds the shaped piece by materials removal processing from the blank, and after the manufacture, the support, for one, is connected via the at least one first connection with the shaped piece, and for another, via at least one second connection with the residual blank that in sections is separated from the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: DEGUDENT GMBH
    Inventors: Martin KUTZNER, Sarah TULLNEY
  • Publication number: 20100006566
    Abstract: A microwave heating construct comprises a base, a wall extending upwardly around the base for defining a cavity for receiving a food item, and a microwave energy shielding element overlying a lower margin of the wall, the microwave energy shielding element having an upper edge including a substantially incurved portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Laurence M.C. Lai, Sandra M. Tsontzidis, Bing Liu, Angela Chen Li, Neilson Zeng
  • Publication number: 20090314772
    Abstract: A microwave cooking tray includes pop-up legs. The microwave cooking tray is formed from a blank including a main panel, at least two leg portions, each leg portion having a first panel connected to the main panel by a first fold line, a second panel connected to the first panel by a second fold line, and a third panel connected to the second panel by a third fold line, and an aperture located on each of the first fold line between the main panel and each of the first panels. When assembled each of the third panels lies flat against an underside of the main panel, such that each of the third panels reinforces the main panel, and the first panel and second panel extend downward from the underside of the main panel to form triangular legs resting on an edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: H.J. Heinz Co.
    Inventor: Richard M. Parysek
  • Publication number: 20090283936
    Abstract: A structure includes a polymer structural member, which may include a shape memory polymer material, that can change its size and/or shape. An electromagnetic source is used to impose an electric field or a magnetic field on the polymer structural material, in order to control the shape of the material. The force may be used to change the shape of the material and/or to maintain the shape of the material while it is under load. The polymer material may be a solid material, may be a foam, and/or may include a gel. A shape memory polymer material may have mixed in it particles that are acted upon by the electromagnetic field. The structure may be used in any of a variety of devices where shape change (morphing), especially under loading, is desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Terry M. Sanderson, Yvonne C. Levenson, David R. Sar
  • Publication number: 20090275531
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing starch networks. The method may include preparing a basic starch and preparing a networking starch. The method may further include manufacturing an initial product including the basic starch and the networking starch, and processing the initial product to yield the starch networks, such that the starch networks are at least partially heterocrystallized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Rolf Muller, Federico Innerebner
  • Publication number: 20090266785
    Abstract: A parison is described, as also is a method for the production of plastics bottles, in particular PET bottles, this having a rigid, substantially elongate body (2), which has a base (5) at one of its ends. At its opposite end, the body (2) of the parison (1) adjoins a neck section (3) which has been provided with a pouring aperture (6) and which is separated from the body (2) via a radially protruding, flange-like support ring (4), and which has a parison shoulder (A) below the support ring (4). The parison (1) has an external diameter of from 17.4 mm to 21.4 mm measured at the transition of the body (2) to the base (5), its wall thickness at that point being from 3.4 mm to 4.4 mm. The parison (1) also has a wall thickness of from 1.4 mm to 2.2 mm at the parison shoulder (A). The external diameter of the parison shoulder (A) has been judged in such a way that its separation (d) from the blow moulding wall (12) is from 1.2 mm to 3 mm when the parison (1) is inserted into the blow mould (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventor: Robert Siegl
  • Patent number: 7604759
    Abstract: In the process for producing dental phostheses such as bridges, crowns implants, etc. from ceramic material, production is carried out at least by way of one CAD/CAM machining station. The ceramic material to be worked consists of an unsintered disk-shaped blank or one which has not been subjected to final sintering, working of the blank into dental prostheses being undertaken at a right angle or quasi-right angle to the parallel or quasi-parallel surfaces of the blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Xawex AG
    Inventors: Daniel Gubler, Urs Brodbeck
  • Publication number: 20090239012
    Abstract: The invention relates to a preform (1) for making a package by blow-moulding comprising three separate components joined to one another, namely a side wall (3), a base (4), and an upper part (2) comprising an opening, characterized in that the thickness of the side wall (3) is smaller than the thickness of the base (4). The invention also relates to a package obtained by blow-moulding said preform (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Jacques Thomasset, Hugues-Vincent Roy, Joachim Pellissier
  • Publication number: 20090236302
    Abstract: A preform for making a plastic container includes a main body portion and a threaded finish portion that has an outer surface and an inner surface. The threaded finish portion has a proximal and that is unitary with the main body portion of the preform and a distal end that is opposite from the proximal end. At least one external thread is defined on the outer surface of the finish portion. A gripping indentation is advantageously defined in the outer surface and is longitudinally positioned between the external thread and the distal end of the finish portion. A container having such a finish portion and a method of making a container is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Labadie, Richard R. Johnston, Lance J. Novotny
  • Patent number: 7588808
    Abstract: In preferred embodiments methods and apparatuses can produce articles that have formable material. The articles may be mono and multilayer. The articles can be formed by various methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Advanced Plastics Technologies Luxembourg S.A.
    Inventors: Gerald A. Hutchinson, Robert A. Lee, Said K. Farha
  • Publication number: 20090220809
    Abstract: The invention concerns an injecting/blowing device comprising at least one mold for injecting a thin-walled hollow preform capable of being transformed into a more voluminous hollow body by blowing, said mold including a counter mold defining the inner surface of the cavity, a cure located in the cavity and spaced apart from said inner surface, a preform impression located between the counter mold inner surface and the core, and which will receive the melt, at least two main preferential flow channels (CEPP) optionally at least two secondary preferential flow channels (CEP), each CEP being delimited by at least one recessed zone at the surface of the core and the inner surface of the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: SA DES EAUX MINERALES D'EVIAN SAEME
    Inventors: Gilles Bertheol, Alain Colloud, Jean-Paul Besson
  • Publication number: 20090202854
    Abstract: An artificial skin system for use with a robotic assembly such as to provide an animated robot head with realistic skin movement. The skin system includes a receiving component for contacting the manipulator mechanism of the robotic assembly and also includes an exterior skin component that extends over the receiving component. An inner surface of the exterior skin component is integrally bonded to the receiving component such that the exterior skin component moves with the receiving component when a manipulator mechanism or robotics anchored to the receiving component moves or applies a force. The exterior skin component is formed of an elastic material with a second hardness that differs from a first hardness of elastic material of the receiving component, e.g., is less than the first hardness. The skin system includes a backing component bonded to the other components with a third hardness less than the first and second hardnesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip John Jackson, Bryan S. Tye
  • Patent number: 7560155
    Abstract: A sheet of material (21, 61, 81) formed for control bending along a bend line (23, 63) while maintaining a continuous web of material (26) across the bend line (23, 63). The sheet has at least one groove (22, 62, 82) formed therein with a central groove portion (24, 64, 84) extending in the direction of and positioned proximate to a desired bend line (23, 63). The groove is formed with a continuous web of material (26) at a bottom of the groove (22, 62, 82) and has a configuration defining at least one bending strap (27, 67) extending across the bending line (23, 63) at the end of the groove with a centerline (28) of the bending strap (27, 67) oriented obliquely across the bend line (23, 63) so that a balancing of the forces during bending of the web along the central portion (24, 64, 84) of the grooves and bending of the oblique bending strap occur and control the location of bending of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Industrial Origami, Inc.
    Inventors: Max W. Durney, Rick A. Holman, Philip M. Arnold
  • Patent number: 7560151
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions useful as a barrier layer in, for example, packaging products. The compositions generally comprise a blend of (i) a polyester resin, preferably an aromatic polyester resin such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and (ii) a polyamide material (e.g., MXD6). The blend optionally may further comprise (iii) an oxygen scavenging material. The present invention also provides containers (e.g., containers formed by expansion of preforms) having a multilayered body-forming portion including: a core layer comprising the aforementioned blend; and inner and outer layers of a formable polymer composition. The present invention also provides methods of making such containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. Share, Keith R. Pillage
  • Publication number: 20090155501
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a preform and a mold stack for producing the preform. For example, there is provided a preform suitable for subsequent blow-molding. The preform comprises a neck portion; a gate portion; and a body portion extending between said neck portion and said gate portion; the gate portion being associated with a substantially conical shape. In an example embodiment, the substantially conical shape is selected such that to substantially homogenize angle of refraction of rays used during a re-heating stage of a blow-molding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe WITZ, Bruce Clive Dearling, Laurent Christel Sigler
  • Publication number: 20090119882
    Abstract: The invention relates to a slip for producing a durable, firmly adhering release layer on a substrate, comprising a suspension of solid particles, wherein the solid particles comprise 67-95% by weight of silicon nitride and 5-33% by weight of an SiO2-based high-temperature binder and the SiO2-based high-temperature binder is derived from SiO2 precursors and has been pretreated by heat treatment in a temperature range of 300-1300° C. The invention further provides shaped bodies comprising a substrate having a durable, firmly adhering release layer and also processes for producing them. The shaped bodies of the invention are suitable for use in the field of corrosive nonferrous metal melts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventor: Krishna Uibel
  • Patent number: 7531226
    Abstract: Preferred embodiments relate to methods and apparatus for making articles made of polyester, preferably virgin polyethylene terephthalate (PET), having coated directly to at least one of the surfaces thereof one or more layers of recycled or post-consumer PET and one or more layers of a material with good gas-barrier characteristics, preferably silicon oxide. Preferably, the recycled PET layer comprises about 25% to about 50% of the entire material content. Preferably the articles take the form of preforms and the containers are blow-molded therefrom and the barrier layer is subsequently applied. The preferred barrier materials have a lower permeability to oxygen and carbon dioxide than PET. In addition, the neck of the preforms and bottles is at least partially in the crystalline state and the body is primarily in the amorphous or semi-crystalline state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Advanced Plastics Technologies Luxembourg S.A.
    Inventors: Robert A. Lee, Gerald A. Hutchinson
  • Publication number: 20090101672
    Abstract: A description is given of a semifinished product (20) for producing plastic tubes comprising a substantially cylindrical body (1), the one longitudinal end of which goes over into a head part (2) with a closable squeezing-out opening and the other longitudinal end (5) of which is formed in an open manner. The semifinished product (20) is produced in an extrusion blow-moulding process, in which an extruded parison of plastic comprising one or more layers is inflated in a blow mould in conformity with the cavity of the blow mould. The squeezing-out opening provided in the head part (2) is provided with a one-way closure (27), which has been created during the inflation process within the blow mould. A plastic tube comprising an elongated body (1) which is sealed by a pinch/weld portion (6) is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: Alpla-Werke Alwin Lehner Gmbh & Co. KG
    Inventor: Johann Kunz
  • Publication number: 20090098401
    Abstract: A cylindrical preform (11) is drawn in its longitudinal direction to be a plastic optical fiber (21) by a drawing process (27). The preform (11) is produced by polymerizing an inner clad material in a hollow portion of an outer clad pipe (23) to form an inner clad (15), and then polymerizing a core material in a hollow portion of the inner clad (15) to form a core (12). After the polymerization of the inner clad material, the outer clad pipe (23) is subject to a heating under reduced pressure (25) to reduce penetration of the inner clad material into the outer clad pipe (23), such that a concentration of the inner clad material and its polymer penetrated in said outer shell is no more than 1.6 wt. %. Accordingly, an unevenness viscosity of the melted preform (11) for the drawing is reduced and the obtained plastic optical fiber (21) has an uniform transmission property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Kosuke Yamaki, Yukio Shirokura
  • Publication number: 20090072334
    Abstract: A pre-mold package of a semiconductor device is constituted of a lead frame, a mold resin having a box-like shape constituted of a side wall and a bottom for mounting at least one semiconductor chip, and a cover composed of a conductive material. The lead frame includes a shield plate embedded in the bottom of the mold resin, a plurality of arms, and a plurality of external terminals that are exposed on the backside of the bottom of the mold resin. The arms are embedded in the side wall so that the distal ends thereof are exposed on the upper end of the side wall and are electrically connected to the cover. Instead of the arms, a plurality of internal terminals is included in the lead frame so that the distal ends thereof are exposed on the upper surfaces of racks formed inside of the mold resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Saitoh
  • Publication number: 20090064499
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method and a blank (30) for manufacturing a compressor block of a small-type refrigeration appliance, particularly for a hermetically enclosed refrigerant compressor arrangement, the blank comprising a handling section (34) and at least two working areas (43, 46). The blank (30) is clamped in a working arrangement at a handling section (34), the blank being worked during maintenance of the clamping. It is endeavoured to reduce the dimensions of a compressor block, though maintaining the opportunity of performing several working steps during one clamping process. For this purpose, it is provided that the handling section (34) is removed after the working.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: Danfoss Compressors GmbH
    Inventors: Jesper Valbjoern, Kristoffer Riemann Hansen, Anders Jakob Madsen
  • Publication number: 20090047489
    Abstract: Disclosed are composite articles having adjustable surface morphologies, methods of making the composite articles, and methods of using the composite articles. The composite articles generally include an active layer comprising a shape memory material configured to undergo a change in property upon receipt of an activation signal, a bias layer configured to provide a mechanism for the composite article to return to a first shape from a second shape, and an activation device for providing the activation signal to the shape memory material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: David S. Grummon, Yang T. Cheng
  • Publication number: 20090042048
    Abstract: A ceramic green sheet structure has a ceramic green sheet including at least a ceramic material and a resin and a conductive layer formed on the ceramic green sheet. An electrode non-formed area has a porosity equal to or greater than 17%, and preferably, equal to or less than 25%. Moreover, an electrode formed area where the conductive layer is formed may have a smaller porosity than the electrode non-formed area where no conductive layer is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iguchi, Akitoshi Yoshii, Akira Goshima, Kazuyuki Hasebe, Takaki Shinkawa, Hiroki Saitoh, Makoto Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20090026198
    Abstract: This invention provides a plastic container characterized in that an expanded layer comprising expanded cells having a flat shape with an average major axis of not more than 400 ?m and an average aspect ratio (L/t) of not less than 6 as viewed in cross section of the container wall along the maximum stretch direction, which are oriented in the stretch direction and are distributed so as to be superimposed on top of each other in the thickness-wise direction, is formed within the container wall. In this container, expanded cells having a flat shape are distributed so as to orient in a given direction and, thus, has light shielding properties and has a pearl-like appearance, that is, has a very high commercial value. Further, since any colorant is not contained, the suitability for recycling is excellent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentarou Ichikawa, Nobuhisa Koiso
  • Patent number: 7455914
    Abstract: A dimensionally-stable, injection-molded portion of a blow molded intermediate article is engaged by a conveyance mechanism of a trimmer to controllably drive the intermediate article within the trimmer to permit accurate and high speed severing of the injection molded portion and moil from a blown finish container body. An injection-molded, closed end preform is provided having a neck finish with an internal and/or external peripheral drive surface. The preform is utilized to form an intermediate article including a container body and moil. The injection-molded neck portion of the intermediate article remains substantially unchanged from its as-manufactured preform condition and provides a dimensionally stable surface for use in driving and rotating the intermediate article within the trimmer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mark Bromley, Paul Kelley
  • Publication number: 20080282743
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of heat treating quartz glass deposition tubes at between 900° C. and 1200° C. for at least 115 hours. The resulting deposition tubes are useful in forming optical preforms that can yield optical fibers having reduced added loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: DRAKA COMTEQ B.V.
    Inventors: Guangjun Xu, Larry Zeng, Ivo Flammer, Dennis Robert Simons, Cedric Gonnet, Rob Hubertus Matheus Deckers
  • Publication number: 20080280156
    Abstract: A preform for forming a structural assembly that defines a complex contour is provided. The preform and, hence, the structural assembly includes first and second skin members and a cellular core member between the first and second skin members. The skin members and/or the core member can be formed to a shape that corresponds to the desired contour of the structural member before the preform is assembled, e.g., by superplastic forming. That is, the first skin member can be disposed against a contour surface of a die to restrain the preform to the contour defined by the surface. A pressurized fluid is provided against the second skin member to urge the preform against the contour surface. A pressurized fluid is also injected in the first chamber to support the cellular core member. The preform is heated to a bonding temperature before or after being disposed against the contour surface so that the core and skin members are bonded to form the structural assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Theodore J. Eilert, Henry D. Harkins, Roger E. Kornfeld, Marlin D. Breer
  • Publication number: 20080268274
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a transferring element for transferring a dose of flowable material, said dose being provided with an elongated body having a transverse dimension and an end zone, a receiving member for receiving said dose from said transferring element, wherein said transferring element comprising an end-forming arrangement for forming said end zone in such a way as to decrease said transverse dimension in the vicinity of said end zone. A dose of plastics comprises an elongated body provided with a transverse dimension, said elongated body comprising an end zone provided with a respective transverse dimension that is less than said transverse dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Fiorenzo Parrinello, Alessandro Balboni, Maurizio Borgatti, Matteo Camerani
  • Publication number: 20080257233
    Abstract: An undercut for a blow-molded container is provided and may include a top surface, first and second side surfaces, and first and second end surfaces. The side surfaces are connected to the top surface, and the side surfaces may be substantially flat, substantially parallel with one another, and substantially perpendicular with the top surface. The first end surface is connected to the top surface and the side surfaces, and may be positioned at an obtuse angle relative to the top surface. The second end surface is connected to the top surface and side surfaces. The second end surface may include a tip portion and a concave arc portion. The tip portion may be flat and extend from the top surface at an acute angle. The concave arc portion extends from the tip portion and underlies the top surface to form a hook-shaped fastener for attaching an object to the undercut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: R. David Pallo, Kelvin H. Wildman, Mark R. Crombach
  • Publication number: 20080250721
    Abstract: Disclosed is a foam-molded member having a skin with which peeling or floating does not occur when the skin is wrapped. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the foam-molded member having a skin. A foam-molded member having a skin, such as a door trim, includes a core, a skin, foam and a fixing member. The core can be folded at a folding portion, and the skin faces the core. The foam is filled in a space between the core and the skin. The fixing member fixes the core that is integrally formed with the skin and the foam and is folded at the folding portion. The core is divided into a body portion and an extension portion, with the folding portion serving as a boundary. The extension portion folded at the folding portion is fixed to the body portion by the fixing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Hayakawa, Takeshi Yoshida, Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Fumio Saito, Kenichi Ochiai
  • Publication number: 20080233355
    Abstract: In order to avoid haloing when burning in a decoration on a glass ceramic substrate, the invention provides a method for producing a decorated glass ceramic substrate, in which a glass substrate is produced or provided, a layer containing silicon oxide is deposited on the substrate, decorative ink is applied on the layer containing silicon oxide and the decorative ink is burned in, wherein the layer containing silicon oxide is flame-pyrolytically deposited by sweeping over at least one region of the surface of a substrate with a flame and hydrolyzing a silicon compound added to the flame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Inka Henze, Michael Bug, Gerhard Hahn, Ottmar Becker, Veit Luther
  • Patent number: 7419607
    Abstract: A biofilm resistant fluid handling system is provided having at least one structural component adapted to retain or deliver fluid. The at least one structural component is formed from a biofilm resistant material comprising polymeric resin and an inorganic carrier conjugated with a biocidal metal ion. When a surface of the at least one structural component is exposed to a continuous or intermittent aqueous solution environment the formation of active biofilm on the surface is prevented and planktonic bacteria in proximity of said surface is killed. Additionally, methods for extending the biocidal properties of a biofilm resistant fluid handling system are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Inventor: Bradley Downs
  • Publication number: 20080202674
    Abstract: The present invention is predicated upon the provision of a system and method for reinforcement of a structural member, which may include attachment features for placement of an activatable material onto a carrier and/or attachment of the system to a structural member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: L&L Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Jeffrey Schneider, Joseph L. Bolton
  • Patent number: 7413999
    Abstract: A corner fitting and a method of forming a corner fitting including steps of providing a flat woven fabric including a first woven portion having first and second direction woven fibers, a second woven portion adjacent the first woven portion having first direction fibers and sacrificial second direction fibers and a third semi-woven portion having first direction fibers selectively engaged by the sacrificial second direction yarns. The method further comprising steps of folding the flat woven fabric in at least one direction, and removing the sacrificial second direction fibers, wherein during removal, the sacrificial second direction fibers are replaced in the second woven portion by the first direction fibers of the third semi-woven portion and form a corner fitting having continuous fibers connecting all sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Albany Engineered Composites, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan Goering
  • Publication number: 20080193787
    Abstract: Preform for producing containers (90) comprising a neck section (8), a wall section (6) and a bottom section (7), which is composed of a multi-layer structure comprising three layers, the one of which (1) is directed inwardly respective the preform and is composed of a primary material (PM) thereby forming a primary basis layer (1). Said primary material consists of a synthetic material. A further layer (3) is directed outwardly with respect to said primary layer (1), in such a way that it forms the outer surface layer (3) of the preform, thereby consisting of a tertiary material (TM) forming a tertiary surface layer (3). Said tertiary layer is composed of a further synthetic material. Said preform is remarkable in that an intermediate layer (2) is provided between the primary and tertiary layers (1, 3) which is composed of a secondary material (SM) consisting of a fluid. Process and device for manufacturing said preform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: RESILUX
    Inventor: William Dierickx
  • Publication number: 20080176091
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing an optical fiber base material. The method includes: connecting a dummy rod 3 to an end of a target formed of a quartz glass rod to form a rod with dummy, the target becoming the optical fiber base material by depositing thereon glass particles; forming a taper portion 10 of which a diameter of the dummy rod side is narrower than a diameter of the target side in a connecting portion between the dummy road being chucked and the target 5 when processing the rod with dummy to transparently vitrify it; and depositing glass particles on an outer circumference of the glass rod with dummy after the processing the dummy rod so as to cover the outer circumference of a large diameter side of the taper portion 10 and forming soot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Abe, Nobuyasu Mantoku, Fumio Saitoh
  • Publication number: 20080176092
    Abstract: 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. Permanent bead material is preferably made of polyacrylonitrile, carbon fiber, or graphite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: HEXAS LLC
    Inventor: Charles R. OWENS
  • Patent number: 7402333
    Abstract: A tube-like plastic container and a preform therefor are provided. The preform has a drum part and a mouth part, with a continued portion having a projecting edge in between. The drum part is thicker than the mouth part, has a flat wedge-like form, and tapers toward a thinner bottom end. The drum part is thicker at a lower portion than at an upper portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: A.K. Technical Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Yutaka Nakamura, Takekazu Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20080148777
    Abstract: An optical fiber preform comprising a plurality of longitudinal air holes is subjected to a thermal treatment (i.e., heating), coupled with the application of a compressive force on either end of the heated preform to compress the entire preform structure a predetermined amount. The thermal compression treatment has been found to smooth any roughened glass surfaces and heal microcracks that may have formed during the preform fabrication process, essentially “knitting” the glass material back together and forming a preform of improved quality over the prior art microstructured preforms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Ryan Bise, James W. Fleming, George J. Zydzik
  • Publication number: 20080152936
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for providing a high density relief structure in a recording stack (10) of a master substrate (12), particularly a master substrate (12) for making a stamper for the mass-fabrication of optical discs or a master substrate for creating a stamp for micro contact printing, the method comprising the following steps: —providing a recording stack (10) comprising a dielectric layer (14) and means (16, 18; 20) for supporting heat induced phase transitions within the dielectric layer (14); causing a heat induced phase transition in regions (22) of the dielectric layer (14) where pits (24) are to be formed by applying laser pulses; and removing the regions (22) of the dielectric layer (14), which have experienced a phase transition, by an etching process; or removing the regions (26) of the dielectric layer (14), which have not experienced a phase transition, by an etching process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventors: Erwin Rinaldo Meinders, Hinke Sijvert Petronella Bouwmans, Julien Jean Xavier De Loynes De Fumichon, Patrick Godefridus Jacobus Maria Peeters
  • Patent number: 7387825
    Abstract: To solve the limit of wall-thickness adjustment of a preform for a small flat container by a flat core by forming the outer side of a step-up-formed large-wall-thickness shell part with reducing wall thickness. A preform 1 for a small flat container whose inside diameter is completely circular and restricted to a small value is used. A shell part 12 is step-out-formed from the boundary between a neck part 11 and a shell part 12 so that the shell part 12 has a diameter larger than the neck part 11. A difference is provided between wall thickness of forward/backward sides 12a and right/left sides 12b of the shell part 12 by forming the outer side of the shell part into an ellipse form or the like from the underside of step-out at with reducing wall thickness. A stepped out part 14 is left like a disk in the underside of the neck part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: A.K. Technical Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takeda
  • Publication number: 20080138559
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus relate to a glass reference plate panel; to a modular glass reference plate assembly; and to creation of the modular glass reference plate assembly, which may include providing a plurality of glass reference plate panels, arranging the plurality of glass reference plate panels into an array of adjoining glass reference plate panels, and adhering together the adjoining glass reference plate panels. One or more embodiments may include 6.8 mm-thick borosilicate glass, ground, and polished, with reference marks on a top side and a PVD aluminum coating on a bottom side, perforated with holes, arranged in a 4×4 array of 16 glass reference plate panels, each approximately 810 mm2 in size, abutting at interfaces formed by lap joints, and bonded together with a UV-curable adhesive into a contiguous piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Douglas E. Brackley, Kiat Chyai Kang, Paul Maynard Schermerhorn, Mark Alex Shalkey, Paul John Shustack
  • Patent number: 7385724
    Abstract: A method of photo display comprises electronically selecting at least one photo from a memory and electronically arranging at least one electronic photo sheet template, including arranging the at least one photo on the template, into a manipulable configuration for producing a three-dimensional photo display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Rebecca Brown
  • Publication number: 20080131718
    Abstract: Method of producing a preform for thermoformed containers, which takes the form of a token. The method includes the following steps: producing the lower part (3) of the token, this step including the extrusion of a cylindrical bar (2) and the cutting of the bar (2) into disks (3); producing the upper part (6) of the token; and assembling the two parts by heat sealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: Siamp Cedap
    Inventor: Francis P. Pinsolle
  • Publication number: 20080128584
    Abstract: A baking tin comprises at least one foodstuffs-holding tray (2) having a bottom wall (4), a plurality of consecutive side walls (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) extending away from the bottom wall (4) to define a holding cavity, a plurality of corners (9, 10, 11, 12) each defined by two consecutive side walls, at least one of the corners (9) comprising an undercut (18). The baking tin (1) further comprises a supporting structure (3) having at least one through opening (13) delimited by a plurality of consecutive edges (14, 15, 16, 17) to define a seat for receiving the tray (2) into the supporting structure (3), at least one connecting portion (19) between two consecutive edges of the opening (13) being designed to be engaged by the undercut (18) to secure said tray (2) to the supporting structure (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventor: Tiziano Zuffi