42nd week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 17 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210323158 | RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD USING MULTIPLE SENSOR INPUTS - A system and method for automatic recovery from a failure in a robotic assembly operation using multiple sensor input. Moreover, following detection of an error in an assembly operation from data provided by a first sensor, a recovery plan can be executed, and, if successful, a reattempt at the failed assembly operation can commence. The assembly stage during which the error occurred can be detected by a second sensor that is different from the first sensor. Identification of the assembly stage can assist with determining the recovery plan, as well as identifying the assembly operation that is to be reattempted. The failure can be detected by comparing information obtained from a sensor, such as, for example, a force signature, with corresponding historical information, including historical information obtained at the identified assembly stage for prior workpieces. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323159 | END DEVICE, THREE-PARTY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING CLOUD SERVER AND EDGE SERVER FOR CONTROLLING END DEVICE, AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFOR - An end device including a communication module configured to wirelessly communicate with an edge server managed by a cloud server, and at least one processor connected to the communication module, the at least one processor configured to receive a control command from the edge server through the communication module, and operate according to the control command. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323160 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A DIRECTON OF GRAVITY WITH RESPECT TO A ROBOT - A method, system, and non-transitory, computer-readable medium are provided for estimating a direction of gravity with respect to a robot. The method includes rotating a first joint. A first torque information of the first joint is recorded during rotation of the first joint. A second joint is then rotated. A second torque information of the second joint is recorded during rotation of the second joint. The direction of gravity is then estimated with respect to the robot based on the first torque information and the second torque information. The method provides an efficient way for determining the direction of gravity with respect to the robot. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323161 | Ultrasonic testing system of dual robot arms and method thereof - An ultrasonic testing system of dual robot arms and an ultrasonic testing method for use in testing quality of surface and interior of a workpiece. The system includes an extension rod provided between a tail-end of a master robot arm and an emitting probe and/or between a tail-end of a slave robot arm and a receiving probe. One or more connected extension rod rotating shafts is provided between the extension rod and the emitting probe or between the extension rod and the receiving probe. The method uses an X-axis constraint method to convert posture data of the discrete points in a trajectory file of the tested workpiece into Euler angles, and constrain the X-axes of the auxiliary coordinate systems at the same time so that the positive direction of the X-axis of each of the auxiliary coordinate systems is the trajectory tangent direction. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323162 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING OPHTHALMIC LENS GRIPPERS - A method for calibrating lens grippers prior to use of the grippers in a lens manufacturing line includes providing a remote gripper calibration tool having an assembly plate and a Z-directional position sensor; providing a master gripper having a length dimension terminating in a tip, the length dimension being predetermined to match a desired final extension length of a lens gripper; mounting the master gripper to the assembly plate; measuring the Z-directional position of the tip of the master gripper with the Z-directional position sensor; unmounting the master gripper from the assembly plate; mounting a lens gripper to be calibrated to the assembly plate, the lens gripper having a tip, and calibrating the lens gripper by adjusting the final extension length of the tip of the lens gripper to a predetermined position relative to the measured Z-directional position of the tip of the master gripper. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323163 | Mobile Construction Robot - A method of operating a mobile construction robot includes placing an optical tracker on an architectural construction site and parking a driving platform of the robot on the site. An end effector of the robot is moved in first and second positions and the first and second positions of the end effector relative to the driving platform are measured. An optical marker mounted to the end effector is tracked in the first and second positions of the end effector with the optical tracker and the first and second positions of the optical marker relative to the optical tracker is measured with the optical tracker. A position and an orientation of the driving platform is determined based on the measured first and second position of the end effector relative to the driving platform and the measured first and second position of the optical marker relative to the optical tracker. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323164 | AUTOMATIC SENSOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION FOR SENSOR FUSION SYSTEM - A system and method that automatically resolves conflicts among sensor information in a sensor fusion robot system. Such methods can accommodate converging ambiguous and divergent sensor information in a manner that can allow continued, and relatively accurate, robotic operations. The processes can include handling sensor conflict via sensor prioritization, including, but not limited, prioritization based on the particular stage or segment of the assembly operation when the conflict occurs, overriding sensor data that exceeds a threshold value, and/or prioritization based on evaluations of recent sensor performance, predictions, system configuration, and/or historical information. The processes can include responding to sensor conflicts through comparisons of the accuracy of workpiece location predictions from different sensors during different assembly stages in connection with arriving at a determination of which sensor(s) is providing accurate and reliable predictions. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323165 | ROBOT SYSTEM - A robot system includes a robot body having a working part, a robot manipulation device used by an operator to manipulate the robot body, left and right-eye cameras configured to capture left and right-eye capturing images of a work area where the working part performs the work, a stereoscopic display unit configured to display parallax images seen three-dimensionally by the operator with both eyes, an area manipulation device operated by the operator to specify a stereoscopic vision target area to be seen three-dimensionally on the display unit, in an absolute space in a field of view common between the cameras, a robot controlling module that controls operation of the robot body according to manipulation of the robot manipulation device, a stereoscopic display controlling module that extracts images corresponding to the target area, from the left and right-eye capturing images, and display the extracted images on the stereoscopic display unit. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323166 | INFINITE ROBOT PERSONALITIES - Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to providing a large variety of robot personalities. In certain aspects, a robot personality may be represented as a personality location in a personality space, which may be a continuous unidimensional or multidimensional space. The dimensions of the personality space may be based on one or more factors. Based on the personality location, an affective state may be maintained for the robot, which may be represented as an affect location in an affect space. The affect location may be updated based on one or more inputs. Accordingly, robot expressions may be influenced based upon the affect location, which in turn is affected by the personality of the robot in the personality space. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323167 | LEARNING FRAMEWORK FOR ROBOTIC PAINT REPAIR - A method and associated system for providing robotic paint repair includes receiving coordinates of identified defects in a substrate along with characteristics of the defects, and communicating the coordinates to a robot controller module along with additional data needed to control a robot manipulator to bring an end effector of the robot manipulator into close proximity to the identified defect on the substrate. The characteristics of the defect and current state of at least the end effector is provided to a policy server that provides repair actions based on a previously learned control policy that is updated by a machine learning unit. The repair action is executed by communicating instructions for the repair action to the robot controller module and end effector. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323168 | INTERMEDIATION DEVICE AND INTERMEDIATING METHOD USING THE SAME - An intermediation device ( | 2021-10-21 |
20210323169 | Robotic Arm Comprising a Human-Machine Interface - The invention relates to a robot arm ( | 2021-10-21 |
20210323170 | INTELLIGENT GRIPPER FOR HYDRAULIC TORQUE CONVERTER HAVING AUTOMATIC TOOTH ALIGNMENT - The intelligent gripper for a hydraulic torque converter includes an upper supporting plate. A clamping mechanism, a vibration excitation mechanism and a drive rotating mechanism are arranged on the upper supporting plate. The clamping mechanism is used for automatically clamping a T-shaped cap of a hydraulic torque converter. The vibration excitation mechanism comprises a plurality of vibration excitation cylinders and a plurality of vibration excitation heads. The plurality of vibration excitation heads is driven to be alternately telescopic through alternate actions of the plurality of vibration excitation cylinders, to hit the hydraulic torque converter so as to achieve automatic and precise tooth alignment. The drive rotating mechanism includes at least two shifting blocks and at least two guide shafts. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323171 | GRIPPING APPARATUS - The present disclosure relates to a gripping apparatus for controllably placing an object, the gripping apparatus including: a gripper assembly mounted to a robot arm via a connector body, the gripper assembly including a housing that supports one or more gripper drive assemblies operatively coupled to a pair of opposing gripping clamps, and in use the robot arm is configured to drive the gripper assembly along a placement axis towards a placement surface via the connector body; a sensor configured to either measure a relative movement between the gripper assembly and the connector body or to measure a force between the gripper assembly and the connector body, wherein the sensor generates a sensor output signal based on the measurement; and, a controller configured to send a stop signal to the robot arm to stop further drive of the gripper assembly along the placement axis when the sensor output signal indicates the measured relative movement or measured force exceeds a predefined threshold. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323172 | SYSTEM FOR ATTACHING SEAL MEMBER ON OBJECT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IN THE ATTACHMENT SYSTEM - In attachment system provided with an industrial robot having a hand movable at an arm tip, a base is attached to the hand. The base supports a plurality of suction pads such that angles of virtual suction surfaces including suction pad ends intersect each other in a hand operating space. Under control of a control device, the respective pads suction a sealing material at the respective suction surfaces, and the position and orientation of the base is controlled in the operating space such that partial suction surfaces face a designated attachment position on the object. Further, an attachment surface of the sealing material is partially attached to the designated attachment position on the object, in a state the sealing material to part of which the partial suction pads are suctioned is still faced to the designated attachment position. Such steps are repeated for the remaining attachment positions of the object. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323173 | Securement Apparatus and Method of Use - A securement apparatus is provided that includes a robotic arm having a plurality of axes of rotation, one or more position cameras, a controller in communication with the robotic arm to control displacement and articulation of the robotic arm using at least in part, position data received from the one or more position cameras, a mirror gripper positioned at a first end of the robotic arm for engaging a mirror, and an air knife having one or more nozzles for providing an air sheet of forceful air. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323174 | Systems for Robotic Harvesting - An example system includes a vacuum generating device, a robotic arm, and a harvesting device coupled to the robotic arm. The harvesting device includes an end-effector having an inlet; a vacuum tube coupled to the inlet of the end-effector and to the vacuum generating device, where the vacuum generating device is configured to generate a vacuum environment in the vacuum tube; an outlet mechanism coupled to the vacuum tube; and a deceleration structure configured to decelerate fruit that has traversed at least a portion of the vacuum environment. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323175 | TWO-STAGE EJECTOR - This two-stage ejector comprises a body ( | 2021-10-21 |
20210323176 | ROBOTIC ARM COMPRISING CASING SHELLS CONNECTED BY AT LEAST ONE LINEAR CONNECTION ELEMENT - A robotic arm includes a plurality of joints and a plurality of links, each connecting two adjacent joints to one another in a fixed arrangement. At least one of the links includes at least one first casing shell and at least one second casing shell, wherein the first casing shell is connected to the second casing shell in a form-fitting manner in order to form a hollow link, and wherein structure connecting the casing shells includes at least one zip fastener. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323177 | BLADE-REPLACEABLE CUTTING TOOL - The present invention provides a blade-replaceable cutting tool, which includes: a first handheld portion and a second handheld portion; the second handheld portion is rotatably connected to the first handheld portion; and further includes a blade mounting plate and a blade, the blade mounting plate is rotatably mounted to the first handheld portion; the blade is detachably mounted to the blade mounting plate. Wherein, the blade mounting plate and the blade may be replaced with a ratchet blade which is detachably and rotatably mounted to the first handheld portion. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323178 | KNIFE WITH A KNIFE HANDLE AND A BLADE - A knife has a knife handle and a blade, the blade being extendable and retractable in relation to the knife handle. A reinforcing part is provided which can support an extended portion of the blade, and is movable in respect of the knife handle and is detachably connected to the blade. Alternatively, the knife has a blade-moving carriage and/or a reinforcing part-moving carriage and a latching holder for latch-adjusting different extended positions of the blade is provided. In another embodiment, the blade-moving carriage has a holding magnet for holding cooperation with the blade. In yet another embodiment, a closing cap is arranged on the knife handle at the rear end of the blade, the closing cap closing the movement path for the blade-moving carriage and/or the reinforcement part-moving carriage. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323179 | SHAVER WITH SENSORS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A SHAVING LUBRICANT HAVING A SMART POLYMER - A system and a method for adaptively releasing a lubricant or a cosmetic for a razor cartridge, a sensing unit detects a property of at least one of skin, air, water and a chemical agent in a region adjacent to the razor cartridge. A smart polymer provided on the razor cartridge is selectively responsive to a characteristic external stimulus by undergoing a physical or chemical change. A processing unit controls the release of the lubricant or the cosmetic by providing the characteristic external stimulus to cause the smart polymer to undergo a change. The processing unit compares the detected property to a reference threshold parameter and determines whether to provide the characteristic external stimulus to the smart polymer based on the comparison, thereby generating the lubricant or the cosmetic. The determined level of depletion of the smart polymer is indicated by a light, aural, or haptic indication. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323180 | RAZOR CARTRIDGE - A razor cartridge is provided comprising: a housing and a blade assembly mounted to the housing. The blade assembly may comprise at least one razor blade defined by a substrate comprising a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may comprise first and second outer surfaces. The second portion may comprise first and second sections separated by a split line. The first section may comprise a first facet and an end facet. The second section may comprise an end facet. The end facets of the first and second sections may converge at a tip to define a cutting edge. A shoulder may be positioned between the first facet and the end facet of the first section and define a skin-contacting surface. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323181 | RAZOR BLADE - A razor blade is provided comprising a substrate comprising a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may comprise first and second generally parallel outer surfaces. The second portion may comprise first and second sections separated by a split line. The first section may comprise a first facet extending directly from the first outer surface of the first portion and an end facet extending directly from the first facet. The second section may comprise an end facet. The end facets of the first and second sections may converge at a tip to define a cutting edge. The split line may pass through the tip and is generally parallel with and extends between the first and second outer surfaces of the first portion. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323182 | COATINGS FOR A RAZOR BLADE - A razor blade including: a substrate having a tip portion including a tip region, a blade body including a base, and first and second outer sides disposed opposite a split line of the substrate that converge at a tip; and first and second coatings disposed substantially on the first and second outer sides, respectively. Also provided is a method of coating the razor blade, including: applying a first coating to at least a portion of the first outer side; and applying a second coating to at least a portion of the second outer side. The first and second coatings each extend from the tip region toward the base and are substantially different, as compared to each other. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323183 | MULTI-LAYER COATINGS FOR A RAZOR BLADE - A razor blade including: a substrate having a tip portion including a tip region, a blade body including a base, and first and second outer sides disposed opposite a split line of the substrate that converge at a tip; and first and second coatings disposed substantially on the first and second outer sides, respectively. Also provided is a method of coating the razor blade, including: applying a first coating to at least a portion of the first outer side; and applying a second coating to at least a portion of the second outer side. The first and second coatings each extend from the tip region toward the base and are substantially different, as compared to each other. One or both of the first and second coatings comprise a plurality of layers of material. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323184 | COATINGS FOR A RAZOR BLADE - A razor blade including: a substrate having a tip portion including a tip region, a blade body including a base, and first and second outer sides disposed opposite a split line of the substrate, in which the first and second outer sides converge at a tip, the first outer side comprises a first coating disposed substantially thereon and extending from the tip region toward the base, and a first portion of the second outer side is substantially free of any coating, the first portion extending from the tip region toward the base or being spaced apart from the tip region and the base. Also provided is a method of coating the razor blade. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323185 | CUTTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CUTTING PAPER - The invention relates to a cutting device and a method for cutting paper, wherein the cutting device comprises a cutting blade and a counter-member that cooperate to cut the paper along a cutting line, wherein the cutting blade is movable towards and away from the counter-member in a driving direction transverse or perpendicular to the cutting line, wherein the cutting device is provided with a drive mechanism to drive the movement of the cutting blade with respect to the counter-member in the driving direction, wherein the drive mechanism comprises a first spindle and a second spindle, wherein the drive mechanism further comprises one or more motors and a mechanical synchronization element in the form of a chain or a toothed belt that is arranged to synchronize the first spindle and the second spindle in a 1:1 ratio. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323186 | SLICING MACHINE WITH PRODUCT RECOGNITION DEVICE - In order to reliably detect, without supplying electric current or any other type of energy to a gripper, whether a rear end of a product caliber is in a grippable position close to a gripper base body and/or gripper claws are extended into the product caliber, i.e., are activated, a signal transmitter may be moved into an activated position via a purely mechanical operative connection between a sensing element, which detects the approach of the product caliber to the gripper base body in a contacting manner, which position can be detected by a sensor arranged far behind the gripper at a base frame of the machine. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323187 | PANEL CUTTING DEVICE AND PANEL CUTTING METHOD - The present invention provides a panel cutting device and a panel cutting method. By using a sensing member to sense a mass change of residual material and prompt according to the mass change of the residual, it can be determined according to a prompt whether to stop the panel cutting device from operating, so the residual material is prevented from entering downstream equipment and damaging display panels. This solves an existing problem in a conventional panel cutting device, which residual material enters downstream equipment and damages display panels. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323188 | PIPE CUTTING APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USE OF THE SAME - A fixture includes a pipe having a vertical axis that is coaxial with a center of the pipe, a cutting element having a cutting blade, and a jig assembly coupled to the cutting element and arranged to orient the cutting blade at an angular orientation relative to the vertical axis of the pipe. Related methods and components are also provided. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323189 | Portable Circular Saw - A portable circular saw has a sole plate, a housing, and a drive unit which is arranged at least partially in the housing and to which a tool receptacle for an interchangeable saw blade is assigned. The drive unit is configured to drive the interchangeable saw blade in rotation about an associated axis of rotation, and the portable circular saw is guidable along a workpiece by means of the sole plate. The saw further includes a securing device having at least one sensor element. The securing device is configured to detect at least one breaking of the portable circular saw into the workpiece during a sawing operation and, upon detecting any breaking into the workpiece, to brake and/or switch off the drive unit. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323190 | POWDER SPREADING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - A powder spreading apparatus includes a hopper having a first end, a second end opposite from the first end, a front wall, a rear wall opposite from the front wall, and a floor. The front wall, the rear wall, the first end, the second end, and the floor define an interior. An impeller is disposed within the interior of the hopper. The impeller includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced flutes and is configured to rotate about an impeller axis that extends from the first end of the hopper to the second end of the hopper to deposit powder onto a print area. A spreader rod is coupled to the hopper and extends along a spreader rod axis parallel to the impeller axis. The spreader rod is configured to rotate about the spreader rod axis to smooth the powder as it is deposited onto the print area. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323191 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING EQUIPMENT AND SCRAPER ASSEMBLY THEREFOR - The present disclosure relates to a scraper component of a three-dimensional printing device, which includes a scraper, a fixing frame, a pulley and a sliding rail, the scraper is installed on the fixing frame, and the pulley is set on at least one end of the fixing frame; the sliding rail has a horizontal first rail and a tilted and movable second rail, and a first end of the second rail is connected to the first rail and a second end is located on the first rail; when the pulley slides from a middle to an end of the first rail, the pulley enters the second rail from the first end and leaves the second rail from the second end then comes back to the first rail; when the pulley slides from an end to a middle of the first rail, the pulley passes through the second rail from below. The scraper of the present disclosure can push the printing slurry to the side plate of the storage tank without squeezing the slurry out of the storage tank, and can better push the printing slurry with high viscosity or low fluidity. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323192 | METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF FRICTION MATERIAL, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF BRAKE PADS AND ASSOCIATED BRAKE PADS - Method for creating a brake pad with a block of friction material, in which sodium hydroxide and sodium silicate are dissolved in water, the aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide and sodium silicate is mixed with commercial metakaolin until a wet paste is obtained, the wet paste is formed and dried until a dried geopolymeric aggregate is obtained, the aggregate is ground to a powder, the dried ground aggregate is used as an exclusive or almost-exclusive inorganic geopolymeric binder in a friction material compound and the raw compound is hot-molded under a pressure greater than a water saturation pressure at the molding temperature. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323193 | Mouthpiece for Extruding a Molding Compound into a Formed Body, and Method for Producing a Mouthpiece of This Type - A mouthpiece ( | 2021-10-21 |
20210323194 | POWDER FOR POWDER BED FUSION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A powder for powder bed fusion has a grain size distribution where D10 is not less than 20 μm and not more than 42 μm, D50 is not less than 42 μm and not more than 70 μm, and D90 is not more than 100 μm, and includes polybutylene terephthalate having a melting peak half width in a DSC chart of not less than 1° C. and not more than 10° C. The powder for powder bed fusion benefits from excellent crushability and is prevented from the elongation of the particles or the softening of the resin even when the resin has been pulverized with a rotary blade or the like, and can form a uniformly thick powder layer without vacancies in a printing process and thus can be built up into a desired article with high accuracy. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323195 | PREFORM FOR A CONTAINER MADE OF PLASTIC MATERIAL - The invention concerns a preform for a container made of plastic material, comprising a cylindrical body that extends along an axis of revolution of the preform and a bottom that closes the cylindrical body. The bottom has an outer profile with a central portion and a curved portion joining the central portion to the cylindrical body. The central portion has, in longitudinal cross-section, a first concave section. The curved portion has successively, in longitudinal cross-section, from the first concave section towards the cylindrical body, a first convex or frustoconical section, a second concave section and a second convex or frustoconical section. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323196 | FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN MOLDING MATERIAL AND MOLDED ARTICLE THEREOF - A fiber-reinforced resin molding material [C] includes a chopped fiber bundle [A] and a matrix resin [B], the material being characterized in that, when divided into n layers along the thickness direction of the fiber-reinforced resin molding material [C], the number-average fiber length [Lk] of the chopped fiber bundle [Ak] constituting each layer Fk (1≤k≤n) gradually increases from one outermost layer F | 2021-10-21 |
20210323197 | METHOD FOR MAKING POLYETHYLENE/GRAPHENE COMPOSITE - A method of forming a polyolefin-carbon nanomaterial composite which contains oriented electrically conductive pathways. The method involves milling a polyolefin with particles of a carbon nanomaterial, molding to form a composite plate, and subjecting the composite plate to an AC voltage. The AC voltage forms oriented electrically conductive pathways by partial dielectric breakdown of the composite. The presence of the oriented electrically conductive pathways gives the polyolefin-carbon nanomaterial electrical and thermal conductivity higher than the polyolefin alone. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323198 | Method and Apparatus for Recycling Post-Consumer Plastic Waste - A method of recycling post-consumer plastic waste into mono filament for use in fused filament fabrication, injection molding, or other plastic manufacturing processes. Contaminated curbside plastic waste is sorted and granulated to uniform sized flakes. The plastic regrind is cleaned in a closed-loop wash cycle and dried at 160° F. and −70 dew point to reduce the moisture content to less than 0.03%. The effluent water is purified to be reused in the system. The flake plastic is extruded to a molten state and passes through additional melt filtration. A laser micrometer measures extrudate metrics like diameter and ovality to dynamically control feed and flow rates of the extruder to maintain diameter uniformity within 0.018 mm of target diameter. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323199 | IMPROVEMENT INTRODUCED IN THE PROCESS FOR OBTAINING THERMO-STRUCTURAL COMPOSITES - “IMPROVEMENT INTRODUCED IN THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING THERMO-STRUCTURAL COMPOSITES”, resulting from the union of various synthetic materials (F), which go through a phase of couplings (union of materials), to be subsequently heated and pressed into molds (M) of specific size for each part to be molded, at temperatures and pressure suitable for the fusion of these elements, featured by the fact that the thereto-structural composite ( | 2021-10-21 |
20210323200 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A DENSIFIED INSULATION MATERIAL FOR USE IN APPLIANCE INSULATED STRUCTURE - A method for forming a vacuum insulated structure using a prepared core material includes preparing a powder insulation material defining a bulk density, pre-densifying the powder insulation material to form a pre-densified insulation base, crushing the pre-densified insulation base into granular core insulation to define a core density of the granular core insulation, disposing the granular core insulation having the core density into an insulating cavity defined within an insulating structure and expressing gas from the interior cavity of the insulating structure to further densify the granular core insulation to define a target density. The granular core insulation defines the target density disposed within the insulating structure defines the vacuum insulation structure, wherein the target density defines a density in the range of from approximately 80 grams per liter to approximately 350 grams per liter. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323201 | INTERNAL HYDROFORMING METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HEAT PIPE WICKS - A forming assembly configured to form a wick is disclosed. The forming assembly includes an expandable tube and a forming shell assembly. The expandable tube is hydraulically expandable to an expanded configuration. A wick mesh is configured to be wrapped about the expandable tube. The forming shell assembly includes a first forming shell comprising a first recess defined therein and a second forming shell comprising a second recess defined therein. The first recess and the second recess cooperate to define an outer diameter of the wick. The expandable tube and the wick mesh are positionable between the first recess and the second recess. The expandable tube and the forming shell assembly are configured to deform the wick mesh and form the wick based on the expandable tube hydraulically expanding towards the expanded configuration. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323202 | METHOD OF FORMING LEVERAGED POROMERIC POLISHING PAD - The invention provides a method of forming porous polyurethane polishing pad that includes feeding liquid polyurethane onto a web sheet with a doctor blade while back tensioning the web. Coagulating liquid polyurethane onto the web sheet forms a two-layer substrate. The two-layer substrate has a porous matrix wherein the porous matrix has large pores extending upward from a base surface and open to an upper surface. Spring-arm sections connect lower and upper sections of the large pores. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323203 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING MOLDED PRODUCTS - A press apparatus for forming molded products is provided and includes a motive source and a press assembly in fluid communication with the motive source. The press assembly includes a press plate and a device configured to actuate axial movement of the press plate. A mold base is positioned within the press assembly and configured for engagement with the press plate. The mold base includes a plurality of mold cavities and each of the mold cavities includes a mold cavity aperture. Each of the mold cavity apertures is arranged in a pattern and configured to provide access to a molded product positioned in a mold cavity. A release assembly is configured for engagement with the mold base and has a plurality of release fingers, each extending from a base plate. The plurality of release fingers is arranged in a pattern that aligns with the pattern of the mold cavity apertures. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323204 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MOLDED ARTICLE, MOLDED ARTICLE, BAND AND TIMEPIECE - A molded article includes a primary molded article which is made of a soft material and includes an exposed section and an embedded section, and a secondary molded article in which the embedded section of the primary molded article is embedded with the exposed section being exposed and which has shoulder sections that laterally project outside an outer periphery of the primary molded article. The upper surface portions of the shoulder sections of the secondary molded article on the exposed section side coincide with boundary portions between an outer peripheral surface of the exposed section and an outer peripheral surface of the embedded section in the primary molded article. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323205 | COSMETIC LIP APPLICATOR - A method of producing a cosmetic applicator via injection molding is described. In the method, a thermoplastic material is introduced into a mold cavity. The mold cavity comprises a surface which engages the thermoplastic material. The surface may provide micro-etched features recessed therein. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323206 | Device for Encapsulating or Casting Rotors - A tool, in particular for encapsulating or casting rotors of electric machines, having an arrangement space which extends along a longitudinal axis and is designed to arrange and encapsulate or cast a component, wherein the arrangement space is delimited at least in sections by at least one adjusting tool, the position of which can be adjusted in such a way that a size of the arrangement space can be changed. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323207 | INJECTION MOLDING APPARATUS AND INJECTION MOLDING METHOD - An injection molding apparatus includes a mold, an injection device, a porous structure, and a gas-driven unit. The mold has a mold cavity. The injection device is adapted to inject a material into the mold cavity so that the material is formed into a forming article. The porous structure is disposed on an inner surface of the mold cavity and corresponds to a non-appearance surface of the forming article. The gas-driven unit is connected to the mold and is adapted to drive a gas to flow into or flow out of the mold cavity through the porous structure. In addition, an injection molding method is also provided. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323208 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING NORMAL VECTOR TO DIE AND NORMAL VECTOR TO ATTACHMENT - A method of estimating a normal vector to an attachment mounted to an approach frame of an apparatus for taking out a molded product and a normal vector to a die mounted to a molding machine is provided. A normal vector to a take-out head is estimated through computation using a coordinate/depth determination section and a normal vector computation section on the basis of depth data or coordinate data on three mounting members. Three or more extending portions are specified from the image, the extending portions being each a part of a fixed die or a movable die or a part of a surrounding component and extending in a direction that coincides with the open direction for the dies. A normal vector to the die is estimated through computation on the basis of the depth data or coordinate data on the specified extending portions. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323209 | COEXTRUDED ARTICLES, DIES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - Coextruded articles comprising first and second layers each having first and second opposed major surfaces and between the first and second layers a series of first walls providing a series of microchannels, and methods for making the same. Embodiment of coextruded articles described herein are useful, for example, in cushioning applications where high levels of compression are desired. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323210 | STARCH-BASED MULTI-CHANNEL AIRFLOW UNIT AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF - The invention discloses a starch-based multi-channel airflow unit and a preparation method and an application thereof. The preparation method of the present invention comprises the following steps: melting a polylactic acid, wherein a temperature of a first temperature control zone is 135° C. to 145° C., a temperature of a second temperature control zone is 175° C. to 185° C., a temperature of a third temperature control zone is 190° C. to 200° C., and a temperature of a fourth temperature control zone is 175° C. to 185° C.; gelatinizing a starch-based material, adding the starch-based material in the third temperature control zone and fully mixing the mixture; adding a polyol in the third temperature control zone, and fully mixing the mixture; and extruding out the mixed material through twin screws, sizing in vacuum, cooling and sizing, and winding and cutting to obtain the starch-based multi-channel airflow unit. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323211 | Coating System and Method - A coated article comprises a composite substrate with an outer surface and a coating comprising a protective bilayer. The bilayer includes a first thermoplastic protective layer comprising an inner face coupled to the composite substrate outer surface. The first protective layer is a first acrylic or acrylic-based polymer. The bilayer also includes a second thermoplastic protective layer coupled to the first protective layer at an interface. The second protective layer includes an outer face that opposes the interface. The second protective layer is formed from a blend of a first thermoplastic polymer and a second thermoplastic polymer. The first thermoplastic polymer comprises a fluoropolymer comprising polymerized monomer units derived from a hydrofluoro-olefin or a perfluorinated alkene or a combination thereof. The second thermoplastic polymer comprises a second acrylic or acrylic-based polymer. The first thermoplastic polymer is at least about 75 wt. % of the polymer blend. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323212 | RUBBER MATERIAL SUPPLYING METHOD AND RUBBER MATERIAL SUPPLYING DEVICE - Provided are a rubber material supplying method and a rubber material supplying device, whereby a rubber material can be smoothly supplied to a rubber inlet even when the width of the rubber material is greater than the width of the rubber inlet. The rubber material supplying method includes a separation step S | 2021-10-21 |
20210323213 | Method for Switching the Production of a Flat Film Machine from a Feed Product to a Follow-On Product - The invention relates to a method for switching the production of a flat film machine ( | 2021-10-21 |
20210323214 | BLOW MOLDING METHOD AND APPARATUS - In a method of forming a container from a thermoplastic material, a thermoplastic preform may be introduced into a blow cavity at a temperature greater than or equal to a glass transition temperature of a thermoplastic material and less than a melting temperature of the thermoplastic material. A fluid pressure may be introduced into a preform that may expand the preform radially outwardly to form a semi-finished container. An external surface of the semi-finished container may be engaged with a wall of the blow cavity. The wall of the blow cavity may be rapidly heated. Heat may be transferred to the external surface of the semi-finished container. A surface finish may be imparted from the wall of the blow cavity onto the external surface of the semi-finished container. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323215 | 3D THERMOFORMED ELEMENT - A three-dimensional vacuum thermal insulation element having a compressed three-dimensional porous structure and a shell closed in an airtight manner. The shell includes a thermoformable barrier wall and encloses the porous structure arranged between two major surfaces of said barrier wall. The porous structure has a pressure of between less than 105 Pa and more than 10-2 Pa at ambient external temperature and pressure. The barrier wall is thermoformed at the site of said two major surfaces, between which the porous structure has a curved shape and/or reliefs and/or depressions. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323216 | STAND ALONE THERMOFORMING SEPARATOR FILM - Improved separator film compositions, methods and systems for use in producing thermoformed dental appliances are disclosed. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323217 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A HEAT-SHRINK ELASTOMERIC ELEMENT - Provided are methods and systems for manufacturing and using heat-shrink elastomeric. An example method of manufacturing a heat-shrink elastomeric element comprises providing a thermoplastic elastomeric element having a first shape; modifying the thermoplastic elastomeric element to produce a thermoset elastomeric element having the first shape; heating the thermoset elastomeric element to a temperature of at least the glass transition temperature of the thermoset elastomeric element; adjusting the first shape of the thermoset elastomeric element to produce a second shape with at least one dimension greater than that of the first shape; and cooling the thermoset elastomeric element to a temperature below that of the glass transition temperature of the thermoset elastomeric element to produce the heat-shrink elastomeric element. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323218 | SYSTEM FOR 3D PRINTING - An additive manufacturing (AM) system includes a carriage that deposits material in a defined pattern and a building platform that receives material deposited from the carriage. The carriage includes a pre-heating assembly with a plurality of pre-heating chambers and a printing block with a plurality of slots for receiving a plurality of printing heads. The carriage is equipped with more pre-heating chambers than head slots. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323219 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING USING THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMER - An additive manufacturing process for the manufacture of an object in an additive manufacturing apparatus, wherein the object is formed by one or several individual solid filamentous units, said additive manufacturing process comprises the steps of,
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20210323220 | ADDITIVE PRINTING FILAMENT MATERIAL - A filament strand ( | 2021-10-21 |
20210323221 | 3D PRINTING SYSTEM FOR PREPARING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT WITH AN AUTOCLAVE - A three-dimensional printing system for preparing a three-dimensional object made at least partially of an expanded polymer includes an autoclave, a printing device and a three-dimensional movement device. The printing device prepares an expandable polymer melt and deposits a strand of the expandable, expanding or expanded polymer onto a surface. The three-dimensional movement device adjusts the position of the printing device in a predefined three-dimensional matrix so as to enable depositing of the strand of expandable, expanding or expanded polymer at a predetermined time at a precise position within the three-dimensional matrix. The printing device includes a feed section, a cooling section, a backflow prevention section, a heating section and a terminal printing head section including a die for depositing the expandable, expanding or expanded polymer strand onto the surface. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323222 | 3D Printed Component Part Comprising a Composite Material of a Thermoplastic Material and Boron Nitride, Method for Making a 3D Printed Component Part and Use of a 3D Printed Component - The present disclosure relates to a filamentary structure manufactured during 3D printing by fused filament fabrication, the filamentary structure comprising a continuous strand comprising a thermoplastically workable material and filler particles, wherein the filler particles comprise hexagonal boron nitride particles comprising hexagonal boron nitride platelets. The present disclosure further relates to a 3D printable filament for manufacturing said filamentary structure, to a 3D printed component part formed from said filamentary structure, to a 3D printing method for making said 3D printed component part, and to the use of said component part. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323223 | Window Variability Correction in Additive Manufacturing - A method of making an object on a bottom-up stereolithography apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a light source, a drive assembly, and a controller operatively associated with the light source and the drive assembly, with the light source and/or the drive assembly having at least one adjustable parameter that is adjustable by the controller. The method includes installing a removable window cassette on the apparatus in a configuration through which the light source projects, the window cassette comprising an optically transparent member having a build surface on which an object can be produced, and with the optically transparent member having and at least one variable property therein; and then modifying the at least one adjustable parameter by the controller based on the at least one variable optical property of the window; and then producing the object on the build surface from a light-polymerizable liquid by bottom-up stereolithography. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323224 | BUILD PLATES FOR CONTINUOUS LIQUID INTERFACE PRINTING HAVING PERMEABLE BASE AND ADHESIVE FOR INCREASING PERMEABILITY AND RELATED METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES - A build plate for a three-dimensional printer includes a rigid, optically transparent, gas-permeable planar base having an upper surface and an opposing lower surface; a gas permeable adhesive layer on the base upper surface; and a flexible, optically transparent, gas-permeable sheet having upper and lower surfaces, the upper surface comprising a build surface for forming a three-dimensional object, the sheet lower surface positioned on the adhesive layer opposite the base. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323225 | Three-Dimensional Printing System Throughput Improvement by Sensing Volume Compensator Motion - A three-dimensional (3D) printing system includes a resin vessel containing photocurable resin, an imaging system, a build plate with a plate upper surface, a vertical positioner, a volume compensator (VC), and a controller. The controller is configured to: (a) operate the VC to maintain a resin upper surface proximate to a build plane, (b) operate the imaging system and the vertical positioner to generate a plurality of base layers upon the plate upper surface, (c) receive a first signal responsive to vertical motion of the resin upper surface, (d) analyze the first signal to determine a metric that is related to an extent of immersion of the plate upper surface below the resin upper surface during formation of the base layers, and (e) operate the imaging system and the vertical positioner to begin generation of the 3D article after the metric has reached a predefined threshold. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323226 | Methods and Materials for Creating Three-Dimensional Objects within a Fluidized Bed - This disclosure concerns building of three-dimensional objects in a fluidized bed of particles. The invention uses the fluidized bed as a medium for building three-dimensional objects by joining individual particles together in a planned pattern to fabricate a product. The fluid-like properties of the fluidized bed permit movement of computer-controlled, mechanically driven probes through the fluidized medium. The probes deliver adhesives or energy to specific points in the fluidized bed. The adhesives bind the particles together. Energy delivered by the probes causes fusion and welding or chemical bonding of the particles. The invention encompasses any shape, size, or composition of particles. Particles may be joined but not limited to adhesion, welding, and chemical bonding. Auxiliary features include use of stationary or mobile forms, changing the pattern of fluidization, use of multiple probes working simultaneously, and introduction of solid objects into the build, etc., to assist in forming the product. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323227 | POST-PRINT PROCESSING OF THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) PRINTED OBJECTS - Example post-print processing of three dimensional (3D) printed objects are disclosed. An example system includes an energy source to apply energy to a selected portion of an outer surface of a 3D printed object. The energy provided by the energy source is to cause a polymer of the selected portion to melt and reflow. The selected portion and a non-selected portion of the outer surface to form a pattern on the outer surface of the 3D printed object. A controller to direct the energy of the energy source to the selected portion of the outer surface. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323228 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH NOZZLES AT DIFFERENT DIE WIDTHS - In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, an additive manufacturing module is described. The additive manufacturing module includes an agent distributor to selectively distribute a fabrication agent onto layers of build material. The agent distributor includes at least one fluidic ejection die. Each fluidic ejection die includes a plurality of nozzles arranged a long a die length and a die width, the plurality of nozzles arranged such that, for each set of neighboring nozzles, a respective subset of each set of neighboring nozzles are positioned at different die width positions along the width of the fluidic ejection die. The fluidic ejection die also includes, for each respective nozzle of the plurality of nozzles, a respective ejection chamber fluidically coupled to the respective nozzle and for each respective ejection chamber, at least one respective fluid feed hole fluidically coupled to the respective ejection chamber. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323229 | NOZZLE STRUCTURE APPLYING RF HEATING DEVICE FOR 3D PRINTER - A nozzle structure applying an RF heating device for a 3D printer, the structure includes: a nozzle unit for melting and discharging an inflowing material using heat transferred from the outside; a transfer unit for transferring the material to the nozzle unit; an RF nozzle heating unit for heating up the nozzle unit using a high frequency so that the material is melted in the nozzle unit; and a cooling unit for cooling down the heat discharged from the nozzle unit | 2021-10-21 |
20210323230 | Three-Dimensional Printing System with Precision Optical Path - A three-dimensional printing system for fabricating or manufacturing a three-dimensional article includes a support plate, a resin containment structure, an actuator, a light engine, a support tray coupled to a movement mechanism, and a controller. The resin containment structure is supported by the support plate and includes a lower substructure that is moveably coupled to an upper substructure. The upper substructure defines an upper central opening that is closed by a transparent sheet. The lower substructure defines a lower central opening that is closed by a transparent plate. The actuator is affixed to the support plate and configured to rotate the upper substrate about the hinge between a (1) a raised position in which the transparent plate contacts and supports the transparent sheet and (2) a lowered position in which the transparent plate is out of contact with the transparent sheet. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323231 | LIQUIFIER ASSEMBLY - An apparatus is provided for liquefying a filament of a solid state material. The liquefying apparatus comprises a hollow tube having a longitudinal length extending between a proximal inlet end and an outlet nozzle at a distal end. The tube defines a passage for passing the material in solid and molten states. A cold block unit is mechanically attached to the tube. A heating block unit is mechanically attached to the tube and positioned along the longitudinal axis of the tube between the cold block and the distal end of the tube for heating the tube to convert the material received at the proximal inlet end of the tube to a molten form. The material advances through the passage from the inlet end to the distal outlet end such that the molten material is extruded from the nozzle for printing each layer of the three-dimensional object. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323232 | BUILD MATERIAL EXTRACTION USING VIBRATION AND AIRFLOW - In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, an additive manufacturing platform is described. The additive manufacturing platform includes a vibrating bed on which a volume of build material is to be disposed. The bed is to vibrate to remove excess build material and operates in at least two extraction modes during a build material extraction period. The additive manufacturing platform also includes a non-vibrating frame to support the vibrating bed. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323233 | METHODS OF POST-PROCESSING PHOTOFABRICATED ARTICLES CREATED VIA ADDITIVE FABRICATION - Methods for post-processing photofabricated articles created via additive fabrication processes are described and claimed herein. Such methods include providing a photofabricated article, preferably an article that has been at least partially cured via cationic polymerization mechanisms, optionally, post-processing the photofabricated article, and base-washing the photofabricated article in an alkaline solution or dispersion to create a neutralized photofabricated article. In another embodiment, the methods include treating a photofabricated article having a residual acid or base species with a treatment composition in order to create a neutralized photofabricated article. Also described and claimed are the neutralized photofabricated articles created via the methods herein elsewhere described. Such articles are preferably biocompatible, especially as determined by their lack of cytotoxicity potential. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323234 | SPIN CLEANING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - A method of separating excess resin from at least one object includes: (a) stereolithographically producing at least one object, each object having at least one retention feature ( | 2021-10-21 |
20210323235 | ASEPTIC PRINTER SYSTEM INCLUDING DUAL-ARM MECHANISM - A system and method are provided for fabricating 3D structures from biomaterial. The system includes a printer assembly having a dual-arm assembly including an upper arm, and a lower arm connected by an elbow joint to the upper arm. A disposable barrier encloses a printing surface from an external environment and from components of the printer assembly. The upper arm and lower arm are inserted into an inlet of the barrier, so as to be isolated from the print surface. The lower arm is provided with an extruding system, and the extruding system includes an actuator-driven syringe configured to deposit biomaterial on the print surface. The biomaterial is deposited on the print surface to carry out 3D fabrication in an aseptic environment. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323236 | ENCODING VOLUMETRIC DATA TO SUPPORT TRUSTED TRANSACTION DELIVERY - According to some embodiments, a computer processor may receive an item definition file containing a volumetric description of the three-dimensional item and create a compressed item definition file including a compressed volumetric description of the three-dimensional item. For example, the item definition file may include a plurality of item slices, from a bottom item slice to a top item slice, each item slice describing a two-dimensional portion of the three-dimensional item. For at least some of the item slices, the computer processor may encode data in the item definition file describing a particular item slice in terms of differences between that particular item slice and another item slice (e.g., a neighboring item slice directly below that particular item slice or an anchor item slice below that particular item slice). | 2021-10-21 |
20210323237 | FABRICATION OF OBJECTS HAVING DIFFERENT DEGREE OF SOLIDIFICATION AREAS - According to examples, an apparatus may include a fabricating system, a processor, and on memory on which are stored machine readable instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, may cause the processor to control the fabricating system to spread a first layer of build material as part of an object fabrication process, the build material comprising particles or a paste. The instructions may also cause the processor to control the fabricating system to selectively solidify a first area of the layer to a higher degree of solidification than a predefined second area encompassed by the first area, in which the predefined second area has a lower fracture toughness than the first area to propagate a crack in the object more readily than the first area. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323238 | LAYERING OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - In one example, an apparatus comprising a controller to instruct a build platform to support a plurality of layers of build material in a build zone, wherein the build platform is moveable during a build of a three-dimensional object to change the size of the build zone, wherein the controller is to determine respective displacements of the build platform to successively receive each of the plurality of layers of build material in the build zone during the build, wherein at least one of the respective displacements is based on data determined from a three-dimensional object obtained in a previous build. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323239 | DETERMINING COOLING AGENT AMOUNTS - In an example, a method includes determining, using at least one processor, a proportion of a layer of build material which is intended to remain unfused in an additive manufacturing process. Based on the proportion, an amount of cooling agent to apply to the layer of build material may be determined. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323240 | THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING - An example three-dimensional printing system receives a sensor response indicating a density of build material at positions of a layer of build material on a build platform. The three-dimensional printing system determines, based on the sensor response, an amount of energy to apply to the positions and instructs an energy source to apply the determined amount of energy to the positions. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323241 | HIGH RATE ULTRASONIC SEALER - Embodiments herein include a system for joining components. The system can include a rotating base platform, a plurality of receptacles mounted to the base platform, and a rotating sonotrode platform. A plurality of sonotrodes are mounted to the sonotrode platform. Each sonotrode can correspond to a receptacle. Each sonotrode can move in a reciprocating motion between a release position distant from a corresponding receptacle and a compressing position proximal to the corresponding receptacle. The compressing position occurs at a first angular position of the sonotrode platform. Each sonotrode is energized at the compressing position. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323242 | NOZZLE AND APPLICATOR SYSTEM FOR FABRIC BONDING - Nozzle assemblies and methods of bonding fabric by jetting an adhesive are disclosed. A method of bonding fabrics with an adhesive includes receiving the adhesive from an adhesive supply into a nozzle assembly. The nozzle assembly has a valve seat, a valve stem configured to slidably move towards and away from the valve seat, and a plurality of outlet channels. The method further includes jetting the adhesive from the plurality of outlet channels onto a first fabric and applying a second fabric to the first fabric to adhere the first and second fabrics to each other. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323243 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR GLUING FABRIC - A method and system applying glue to a fabric to create a bonded seam by applying a carrier liquid to a predetermined area of a first piece of fabric and in a pre-determined pattern; applying uniformly, to the first piece of fabric, particles of a powdered elastomer such that the particles of the powdered elastomer adhere to the applied carrier liquid; removing excess particles of the powdered elastomer, the excess particles of the powdered elastomer being particles of the powdered elastomer not adhering to the applied carrier liquid; applying a second piece of fabric to the predetermined area of a first piece of fabric; and curing the particles of a powdered elastomer to create a bonded seam between the first piece of fabric and the second piece of fabric. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323244 | MACHINE FOR FITTING PIPE AND COMPONENTS TOGETHER - A machine for fitting pipe and components together that has a traveling beam that rolls over a support structure. Various clamps, vices and other devices to hold pipes and fittings are attached to the beam or other parts of the support structure. Motion could be in any direction so as to algin pipes or fittings to be in position to be joined together. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323245 | Disposable Mold Core, Method for Producing a Component and the Component Itself - A disposable mold core for producing a fiber-reinforced component includes a support core having a granulate and a binder. The support core has a hard shell formed of the binder and the granulate, and an inner core which is binder-free and formed of the granulate. A related method of producing a fiber-reinforced component is disclosed. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323246 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A composite material includes a fibrous reinforcement and a polymer matrix. The polymer matrix includes two interpenetrating phases, namely a thermoset phase and a continuous thermoplastic phase. The thermoset phase and the thermoplastic phase form a matrix microstructure. The matrix microstructure includes a thermoplastic matrix formed by the thermoplastic phase. The matrix microstructure includes a multitude of thermoset particles formed by the thermoset phase. The thermoset particles have dimensions in a range between 0.1 μm and 10 μm. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323247 | PREPREG AUTOMATIC LAYERING DEVICE - Compactors arranged adjacent to each other in one direction are independent of one another. A raising and lowering mechanism raises and lowers the compactors independently of one another. A control device controls the raising and lowering mechanism. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323248 | Robotic Deposition of Pre-Preg Patches - A robot is disclosed that deposits pre-preg patches. The end effector of the robot comprises a source of light that is characterized by a wavelength λ; a plenum comprising a plurality of thru-holes and a plurality of gas shafts, wherein each of the plurality of thru-holes comprises a first opening and a second opening, and wherein each of the plurality of thru-holes intersects at least one of the plurality of gas shafts; a hermetic window that: (i) is substantially transparent to light characterized by the wavelength λ, and (ii) substantially prevents the gas from flowing through the first opening of the each of the plurality of thru-holes; and an optical instrument that directs the light from the source through the hermetic window, through the first opening of each of the plurality of thru-holes, and through the second opening of each of the plurality of thru-holes. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323249 | TOOLING SET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPOSITE PART - A method of producing a composite part using first and second mandrels is presented, wherein each of the mandrels has a respective side, a respective generally planar tool surface for forming a respective portion of the composite part thereon and a respective chamfer between the respective side and the respective tool surface. The method includes disposing the first and second mandrels with their respective sides abutted with each other such that the tool surfaces are flush with each other and define a generally planar combined surface and the chamfers define a trough, placing an elastomeric plug in the trough, wherein the elastomeric plug substantially fills the trough, and applying a layer of composite material across the generally planar combined surface and across a top surface of the elastomeric plug so as to form the composite part. A tooling set for producing a composite part using the method is also presented. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323250 | METHOD FOR SHAPING A FIBROUS PREFORM BY COMPACTING IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A COMPOSITE MATERIAL PART - A process for shaping, by compaction, a fibrous structure obtained by three-dimensional or multilayer weaving between a plurality of layers of warp yarns and a plurality of layers of weft yarns. The yarns of each plurality of layers of warp yarns and layers of weft yarns are coated with a sizing composition. The shaping includes a pre-compaction stage followed by a stage of final compaction of the fibrous structure. During pre-compaction and final compaction, the fibrous structure is at a temperature greater than or equal to the softening temperature of the sizing composition. The process further includes the cooling of the fibrous preform obtained after final compaction of the fibrous structure. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323251 | PRODUCTION LINE MOULDING ASSEMBLY FOR MANUFACTURING A NON-METALLIC ARMATURE, PRODUCTION LINE AND METHOD OF FORMING A ROD USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A COMPOSITE ARMATURE - The present invention relates to manufacturing of a non-metallic armature. More particularly, the present invention relates to thread squeezing devices and to forming of a composite armature rod. There is provided a moulding assembly allowing sequential forming of a rod and squeezing of threads after passing an impregnating bath. There is provided a production line moulding assembly for manufacturing a non-metallic armature, the moulding assembly comprising a thread squeezing assembly and further comprising at least two sequentially arranged rows of dies ( | 2021-10-21 |
20210323252 | FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION OF TRANSITION STRUCTURES INTO FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE LAYUPS - A method for preparing a multi-material component including providing a fiber reinforced component, the fiber reinforced component having one or more working layers of a fiber reinforced composite material, wherein each of the one or more working layers includes one or more fiber reinforced composite material laminae. The method includes attaching the fiber reinforced component to a multi-material transition component, wherein the multi-material transition component includes a metallic component and a transition laminate includes a transition material, wherein the transition laminate includes one or more partially embedded transition laminae each having a first embedded end that is embedded in the metallic component. Also provided are multi-material transition components and multi-material components provided by the method. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323253 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING AN INTEGRATED HULL BY USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE TYPE FIBER CLOTHES AND A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VACUUM INFUSION PROCESS - A method for manufacturing an integrated hull by using 3D structure type fiber clothes and 3D vacuum infusion process includes: sequentially stacking at least one first fiber cloth, at least one core material and at least one second fiber cloth on a mold; deploying structural materials on the second fiber cloth; stacking the third fiber clothes to cover the structure materials and a part of the second fiber cloth, whereby the first fiber cloth, the core material, the second fiber cloth and the third fiber clothes are formed to a lamination; determining a pipe arrangement of vacuum pipes and first and second resin pipes; deploying a vacuum bag on the lamination and covering the first and second resin pipes and the vacuum pipe; executing the 3D vacuum infusion process; curing the resin; and executing a mold release process to complete an integrated hull. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323254 | PANEL STRUCTURE WITH FOAM CORE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLES USING THE PANEL STRUCTURE - A composite panel structure has opposing outer walls or surfaces and a core comprising a plurality of ribs extending between and connected to the outer walls and defining chambers which are filled with expanding foams, non-expanding foams, gases, or a combination thereof. The outer panel surfaces and internal chamber walls or ribs are made of woven or non-woven fibrous material impregnated with one or more resins. The panel structure may be used for making a variety of products including sports equipment such as sports paddles, surfboards, kite boards, skateboards, wakeboards, as well as construction panels for walls, ceilings or floors, display panels, panels for the vehicle industry, furniture, and other structures requiring high strength to weight properties. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323255 | POLYMER COMPOSITE MATERIAL HAVING ORIENTED ELECTRICALLY AND THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE PATHWAYS - A method of forming a polyolefin-perovskite nanomaterial composite which contains oriented electrically and thermally conductive pathways. The method involves milling a polyolefin with particles of a perovskite nanomaterial, molding to forma composite plate, and subjecting the composite plate to an AC voltage. The AC voltage forms oriented electrically and thermally conductive pathways by partial dielectric breakdown of the composite. The presence of the oriented electrically and thermally conductive pathways gives the polyolefin-perovskite nanomaterial electrical and thermal conductivity and dielectric permittivity higher than the polyolefin alone. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323256 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A COMPONENT OF AN OUTSOLE FOR USE IN AN ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR - An outsole component for use in an article of footwear is manufactured using a molding process that incorporates a second polymeric material with a film component including a first layer formed of a polymeric hydrogel material. The first layer forms the external or ground-facing layer of the outsole. Methods of manufacturing the outsole component, as well as articles of footwear including outsole component and methods of manufacturing such articles of footwear are also described. | 2021-10-21 |
20210323257 | PLASTIC STRUCTURES FOR OBFUSCATION OF SONAR SIGNATURE RETURNS AND RELATED TECHNIQUES - Techniques are disclosed for modifying the acoustic signature of plastic structures. An example structure implementing the techniques includes an inner wall forming an inner shell of the structure, the inner wall having a first edge and a second edge opposing the first edge, and an outer wall forming an outer shell of the structure, the outer wall having a first edge and a second edge opposing the first edge. The structure also includes an upper wall member joining the first edge of the inner wall to the first edge of the outer wall and a lower wall member joining the second edge of the inner wall to the second edge of the outer wall to form a wall cavity, an infill structure within the wall cavity, and at least two holes in the structure providing an opening from an exterior of the structure to the wall cavity. | 2021-10-21 |