24th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 14 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150158251 | MACHINE FOR PRODUCING CIRCULAR PRODUCTS BY MEANS OF LAYER-BY-LAYER ADDITION - The invention relates to a machine for the layer-by-layer production of objects, comprising: a circular rotary container arranged in the lower part (B), the inside thereof being provided with independently and vertically motor-driven cylindrical crowns ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150158252 | Three-dimensional Printing Catalog System and Methods of Use and Doing Business - A three-dimensional printing catalog system and methods of use and doing business. A 3D printer provides access to one or more catalogs of printable models. The printer includes a three-dimensional print engine, a device interface in communication with the print engine, a user interface in communication with a catalog of remotely-stored model data sets, local storage, and a network communication link in communication with the user and device interfaces, the local storage, and the remotely-stored model data sets. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158253 | METHOD FOR DIGITAL MANUFACTURING OF JEWELRY ITEMS - In various embodiments, digital manufacturing of jewelry items is provided, including a physical process and software automation for implementing the physical process. Further, models formed during the process, as well as the resultant jewelry items, are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises forming a digital model of the jewelry item, forming a physical model of the jewelry item based on the digital model, and manufacturing the jewelry item in a lost wax process using the physical model. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158254 | CLEANING DEVICE - A cleaning device for removing a residue adhered to a discharging nozzle of a three-dimensional printing apparatus is provided. The cleaning device includes a plate and at least one flexible cleaning member disposed on the plate. The flexible cleaning member has a notch corresponding to an outer profile of the discharging nozzle. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158255 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING LAMINAS MADE OF A MATERIAL HAVING MONOCRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE - A method is described for obtaining a plurality of laminas, made of a material having monocrystalline structure, from an ingot made of the material having monocrystalline structure, the ingot having a distal end and an axis of symmetry (X), the method comprising: creating, in the ingot by use of a pulsed laser beam, a plurality of sacrificial layers with modified crystalline structure, the plurality of sacrificial layers being distributed along the axis of symmetry (X), the plurality of sacrificial layers dividing the ingot in a plurality of intermediate layers with altered thermal coefficient; and thermally causing the sequential or simultaneous breakage of the sacrificial layers to produce the plurality of laminas made of a material having monocrystalline structure. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158256 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DIAL KNOB FOR OPENING/CLOSING AIR VENT - A method of manufacturing a dial knob for opening/closing an air vent may include integrally molding a knob body, a decoration member and a knob actuator using a single mold to produce a semi-finished product, and plating the decoration member with a metal to form a metal plating to produce a finished dial knob. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158257 | ADAPTER FOR SWITCHING LIQUID PATCH DEVICE AND AIR PUMP - An adapter for switching liquid patch device and air pump includes a body which has an air intake path, an air outgoing path, a liquid outgoing path and a tire connection path. The air outgoing path and the liquid outgoing path are connected to the liquid bottle. The air intake path and the tire connection path are respectively connected with the pump connector and the tire connector. The body has an air inlet, an air outlet, a liquid outlet and a tire connection hole. The air inlet, the air outlet, the liquid outlet and the tire connection hole are respectively connected with the air intake path, the air outgoing path, the liquid outgoing path and the tire connection path. A stationary ceramic disk, a movable ceramic disk, and a knob are respectively installed to the installation face of the body. The knob is rotated to operate the air-pumping position and liquid-introducing position. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158258 | Systems and Methods for On-Aircraft Composite Repair Using Double Vacuum Debulking - An in-situ double vacuum debulk (DVD) composite repair system designed to produce partially or fully cured autoclave-quality hot-bond composite repairs on contoured structures. The system provides vacuum pressure for hot bond repairs to be performed on flat and contoured structures using one set-up capable of debulking (partially curing) and then fully curing composite repairs on composite and metallic aircraft structures. The use of in-situ DVD also eliminates handling of the patch/adhesive when transferring from an off-aircraft DVD chamber to the repair site on the aircraft. This can increase the probability of successful repairs because the possibility of contaminating and misaligning the adhesive and repair patch are eliminated. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158259 | POLARIZED PLASTIC LENS FOR SPECTACLES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLARIZED PLASTIC LENS FOR SPECTACLES - There is provided a polarized plastic lens for spectacles configured to be thin having almost the same thickness as the thickness of a normal plastic lens for spectacles, and a method for manufacturing the polarized plastic lens for spectacles, the plastic lens including a first lens base material having an object-side surface; a second lens base material having an eyeball-side surface; and a polarized film provided between the first lens base material and the second lens base material so that a minimum value of a distance between the polarized film and the object-side surface is 0.3 mm or more and 0.7 mm or less. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158260 | RIGID CORE FOR FORMING TIRE - A core main body comprises first core segments having a small circumferential width and having both circumferential end surfaces as first butting surfaces, and second core segments having a large circumferential width and having both circumferential end surfaces as second butting surfaces, the core main body is formed into an annular shape by butting the circumferentially adjacent first and second butting surfaces against each other. The first butting surface comprises a parallel surface portion being parallel with a center plane in the circumferential width of the first core segment connected to radially outside of an outwardly inclined surface portion inclined so that the circumferential width increases toward the inside in a radial direction. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158261 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING TYRES - In an assembly station a carcass sleeve and an outer sleeve manufactured along respective building ones are mutually coupled. Integrated into the assembly station are engagement devices that can be alternatively coupled to an auxiliary drum carrying an outer sleeve and to a building drum carrying a carcass sleeve. A grip unit picks up the outer sleeve from the auxiliary drum associated with the engagement devices in order to position it to a location radially external to the carcass sleeve carried by the building drum associated with the engagement devices in place of the auxiliary drum. Shaping devices that can be operatively coupled to the building drum cause radial expansion of the carcass sleeve so as to enable the latter to be coupled to the outer sleeve retained by the grip unit | 2015-06-11 |
20150158262 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADAPTIVELY CONTROLLING A HYDRAULIC PRESS - A method and apparatus for adaptively controlling a hydraulic press comprising a hydraulic drive unit for lifting and lowering a press ram. A piston chamber of the drive unit can be connected to a hydraulic accumulator formed by at least two groups of storage bottles, the connection established by hydraulic pipes that allows an expandable volume, stored in the storage bottles to supply the energy required for the press to perform a working stroke. Different filling pressures can be established in the storage bottles. A hydraulic accumulator can be adjusted to three operating modes, allowing a press controller to automatically analyze utilization and accordingly block individual groups or compartments of storage bottles, transfer the gas between storage bottles during a charging process at the end of the cycle, or adjust individual groups of storage bottles to different pressure levels. Advantageously, these three scenarios entail no waiting or transfer time. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158263 | EMBOSSING APPARATUS AND METHODS USING TEXTURE FEATURES DIGITALLY APPLIED TO A WORK ROLL OR SHEET FOR SUBSEQUENT ROLL EMBOSSING - An embossing method and apparatus utilizes 3D printing by digitally dispensing\ink jet printing to apply texturing features to a work roll or a sheet that may be fed into a rolling mill to emboss sheet material like aluminum alloy sheet. The printed pattern is highly variable and may be produced quickly and easily allowing low volume embossing. The printed pattern may be removed from a work roll after use to allow the roll to be reused. Alternatively, a sheet receives the printed pattern, is rolled and then the printed material removed from the resultant depression. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158264 | INTERACTIVE PROCESS CONTROL FOR SINGLE FACE PRODUCTION - A method for minimizing cross-machine direction variations in temperature and moisture content of a web running through a corrugator single facer. The method includes running the web through a web preheater station of the single facer and capturing an image representing an actual temperature of the web downstream of the preheater station in the cross-machine direction with a thermal imaging device. The method includes sending the image to a programmed process controller that applies thermal pattern recognition to the image and determining with the controller if the actual temperature of the web deviates from a desired temperature range. The method also includes determining with the controller a corrective action that will bring the actual temperature of the web within the desired temperature range and generating and sending a control signal with the controller to vary an operating condition of the preheater station so as to bring about the corrective action. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158265 | UV-impermeable and light-impermeable with a high degree of reflection - The invention relates to a multi-layered film, particularly in the form of a hose-shaped outer film ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150158266 | HOUSEHOLD TEXTILE PRODUCT WITH ANTI-SLIP EFFECT - A household textile product has an anti-slip effect in which a household textile product body is provided with anti-slip material. The anti-slip material is distributed in one or combination of an array of dots at equal or unequal distances from each other, the ant-slip material can be provided in the form of multiple wavy lines, in the form of multiple diamond-shaped anti-slip dots distributed equidistantly in an array, or in the form of a grid structure formed by criss-crossing sloping lines. A side of the textile product can be provided with anti-slip material. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158267 | TWO-LAYER COMPOSITE HEAT SHIELD FOR UNDERBODY OF A VEHICLE - Embodiments of heat shields are provided, as well as methods for producing the heat shields. One two-layer heat shield described herein includes a first layer of aluminum having opposite first and second surfaces and a second layer of a synthetic fiber material fixedly attached to the second surface of the first layer. A pattern is formed in the second layer that has a higher compression and a smaller thickness than other locations of the second layer, the pattern providing structural support for the first layer. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158268 | FUNCTION TRANSFER PRODUCT, FUNCTIONAL LAYER TRANSFER METHOD, PACKED PRODUCT, AND FUNCTION TRANSFER FILM ROLL - A function transfer product ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150158269 | NATURAL FIBER POLYMER COMPOSITE AND ECO-FRIENDLY LIGHTWEIGHT BASE MATERIAL FOR AUTOMOTIVE INTERIOR - The present invention relates to an eco-friendly lightweight substrate material for the automotive interior, characterized in that isocyanate or epoxy is added to enhance the function of a substrate material having a sandwich-type structure for the automotive interior including natural fiber that is vulnerable to high temperature and humidity conditions, preventing degradation of physical properties by water-impregnation into the natural fiber and thus enhancing the humidity-resistance and strength of a natural fiber reinforcing layer; and the substrate material is continuously prepared in a thermoplastic foam sheet core layer by thermal-laminating. The substrate material prepared according to the present invention is an eco-friendly material, also is capable of weight lightening by weight reduction, and is excellent in humidity-resistance and strength, thus providing for application to various industries such as train interior, aircraft interior, and architectural interior as well as automotive interior. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158270 | LIGHT-WEIGHT, MULTI-LAYERED COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A lightweight, multi-layered composite substrate for a vehicle interior material and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. A method for manufacturing a lightweight, multi-layered composite substrate including a core layer being a foam sheet and reinforcement layers stacked on both surfaces of the core layer includes preparing the foam sheet, forming each of the reinforcement layers by forming a low-density reinforcement sheet by mixing a natural fiber with a synthetic fiber by carding, subjecting the mixed natural fiber and synthetic fiber to cross wrapping and needle punching, coating polyolefin-based powder to a weight per unit area of 10 g/m | 2015-06-11 |
20150158271 | CROSSLINKABLE RESIN MOLDED BODY, CROSSLINKED RESIN MOLDED BODY, AND LAMINATE - The present invention provides: a crosslinkable resin formed article that is obtained by impregnating an inorganic fibrous support with a polymerizable composition, and subjecting the polymerizable composition to bulk polymerization, the polymerizable composition comprising (A) a cycloolefin monomer, (B) a metathesis polymerization catalyst, (C) a crosslinking agent, (D) an inorganic filler that consists of particles having an average particle size of 0.1 to 1.0 μm, and (E) an inorganic filler that consists of particles having an average particle size of 1.5 to 5.0 μm, the polymerizable composition having a total content of the component (D) and the component (E) of 60 to 80 wt %, and having a weight ratio (component (D):component (E)) of the component (D) to the component (E) of 5:95 to 40:60; a crosslinked resin formed article obtained by crosslinking the crosslinkable resin formed article; and a laminate produced by stacking the crosslinkable resin formed articles. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158272 | CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE COMPONENT AND METHOD OF FORMING THEREOF - A method of forming a ceramic matrix composite component is provided. The method includes applying a first amount of adhesive across a surface of a release film, providing a first ceramic foam panel including a plurality of channels formed on a first side of the first ceramic foam panel, contacting the first ceramic foam panel and the release film such that adhesive transfers to the first side of the first ceramic foam panel, and coupling the first ceramic foam panel to a second ceramic foam panel. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158273 | POWDER METALLURGICAL ARTICLE - A powder metallurgical article and process are disclosed. The article is a repaired or enlarged powder metallurgical article. The repaired or enlarged powder metallurgical article includes a formed article including a first alloy and a material including a second alloy. The material is welded to the formed article to form the repaired or enlarged powder metallurgical article. The repaired or enlarged powder metallurgical article includes a substantially uniform grain structure. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158274 | HEAT SHIELDING LAMINATION STRUCTURE - A heat-ray shielding lamination structure composed of two laminated plates of plate glass, plastic, or plastic containing particles having a heat-ray shielding function, metal salts of carboxylic acids, metal carbonate, metal hydroxides carbonates, and metal hydroxides, interposing an interlayer containing particles having a heat-ray shielding function and one or more kinds of metal salts of carboxylic acids, metal carbonate, metal hydroxides carbonates, and metal hydroxides, wherein the particles are composite tungsten oxide particles expressed by general formula M | 2015-06-11 |
20150158275 | NON-YELLOWING GLASS LAMINATE STRUCTURE - A glass laminate structure comprising an internal glass sheet, an external glass sheet, and at least one polymer interlayer intermediate the external and internal glass sheets where the polymer interlayer includes a phenol, 2-(2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-4,6-bis(1,1-dimethylpropyl) additive, a 2-(2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-4,6-bis(1-methyl-1-phenylethyl)phenol additive, a 2-(2H-Benzotriazol-2-yl)-6-(1-methyl-1-phenylethyl)-4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenol additive, or an hydroxyphenyl substituted benzotriazole additive without a chlorine substituent. In some embodiments, the external and/or internal glass sheets can be formed from non-chemically strengthened glass, and in other embodiments, the external and/or internal glass sheets can be formed from chemically strengthened glass. Use of such an additive can reduce or eliminate discoloration of the polymer interlayer when using high ultraviolet transmission glass sheets. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158276 | POLYMER INTERLAYERS COMPRISING UV ABSORBERS - A UV stable polymer composition comprising a poly(vinyl acetal) resin, a plasticizer and at least one UV absorber, wherein the ultraviolet absorber comprises structure (1) | 2015-06-11 |
20150158277 | PROCESS FOR LAMINATING THIN GLASS LAMINATES - A process for producing glass laminates including at least one sheet of glass having a thickness not exceeding 1.0 mm with reduced optical distortion and shape consistency. A pre-laminate stack of two glass sheets and a polymer interlayer are stacked between two buffer plates that are formed nominally to the desired shape of the laminate mold. The pre-laminate stack is held between the buffer plates while a vacuum is applied to the edges of the pre-laminate stack and the stack is heated to a temperature somewhat above the softening temperature of the interlayer to de-air and tack the interlayer to the two glass sheets forming the desired shaped laminate with reduced optical distortion. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158278 | MULTILAYER BARRIER FILM, LAMINATES AND PROCESS THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a multi-layer barrier film comprising: a first layer of an ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) layer or a polyamide layer having a thickness in the range of 3 micron to 15 micron; a second layer of a polyamide layer having a thickness in the range of 3 micron to 15 micron in contact with the first layer; and a third layer of an ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) layer having a thickness in the range of 3 micron to 15 micron. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158279 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR IMPINGING A FLUID ON A SUBSTRATE - Apparatus and methods for impinging a heated fluid onto the surface of a substrate and then locally removing the impinged fluid. The apparatus and methods may be used to heat a surface of a substrate e.g. so that the substrate can be melt-bonded to another substrate. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158280 | METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF REINFORCED MATERIALS AND MATERIAL THAT CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THIS METHOD - A method for the manufacture of reinforced core composites, comprises: inserting of a pin into a foamed core material or a filled honeycomb-shaped core material, wherein the pin and the core material contain a thermoplastic polymer, or a mixture of thermoplastic polymers; the pin is heated such that as the pin is inserted the core material softens or melts at the point of insertion; and/or the core material is heated at the point of insertion such that the core material softens or melts. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158281 | CONTINUOUS PREFORM DEVICE FOR COMPOSITE STRINGER - A continuous preform device for a composite stringer continuously preforms the composite stringer having three-dimensional curved surfaces in an efficient manner, the continuous preform device including a dispenser device | 2015-06-11 |
20150158282 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A JOINT - Means for joining two surfaces comprise providing a heat activated sealant ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150158283 | ADHESIVE BOLT AND ATTACHMENT METHOD - An adhesive bolt for forming a fastening point to a workpiece has a head and a shank connected to the head. The shank is set up to be introduced into a cutout on the workpiece. An adhesive is situated in the region of the shank and the workpiece. The shank is configured to enter into a non-positive preliminary connection with a bounding face of the cutout until the adhesive has hardened. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158284 | REDUCING COSMETIC SURFACE INTERFERENCE FROM EMBEDDED COMPONENTS - The described embodiments relate to a method for embedding one or more electrical components in a flexible substrate. The method includes receiving a substrate of a flexible material, wherein the substrate includes a cosmetic surface and an opposing surface. The method further includes applying a carrier form to the substrate to create a carrier assembly, wherein the carrier form includes one or more positive images representative a design to be transferred to the opposing surface of the substrate. The method further includes removing or cutting a portion of material from the opposing surface of the substrate to form a new opposing surface. Subsequently, the carrier form is removed from the substrate to reveal one or more embedding cavities extending into the substrate at the new opposing surface. In some embodiments, the embedding cavities can thereafter receive one or more electrical components. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158285 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICALLY MODIFYING GEL ADHESION - The invention concerns a method for controlling the adhesive bond between an electric-field responsive material and a substrate, which method comprises using an electric field to control the strength and integrity of the adhesive bond. The method may be used, for example, for removing or delaminating a material, which material is responsive to an electric field, from a substrate. The invention further comprises elimination of the application of the electric field and application of the previously removed electric-field-responsive material to the substrate, thereby resuming the strength and integrity of the adhesive bond. The invention includes apparatus for use in the bond controlling process. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158286 | Variable Cutoff Printing Press with Off Impression Gap - A variable cutoff printing press includes a plate cylinder, a plate cylinder support removably supporting the plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder, a blanket cylinder support removably supporting the blanket, an impression cylinder and an impression cylinder support. An actuator for moving the blanket cylinder support accommodates different blanket cylinder sizes, the actuator further moving the impression cylinder support so that regardless of blanket cylinder size a gap exists between the blanket cylinder support and the impression cylinder support. An on impression actuator moves the impression cylinder support against the blanket cylinder support to set a desired print load. A method is also provided. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158287 | PRINTING MACHINE, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing machine ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150158288 | PRINTING APPARATUS WITH PAD - A printing apparatus is described, comprising:
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20150158289 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The number of recording-permitted pixels in an increment in each of multiple mask patterns is a relatively small number, and the number of recording-permitted pixels in an increment in each of multiple logical sum patterns is a relatively large number. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158290 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus has an ink printing device onto which a flat item being transported om the x-direction for printing thereon is pressed by a contact pressure device, wherein the base of the contact pressure device has a contact pressure body floor plate biased by a spring force. A notch at the edge of the contact pressure body floor plate extends further in the contact pressure body in the z-direction, up to the ink printing device. An additional contact pressure device for strip-shaped printing substrates has a contact pressure element designed so as to be movable separate from the contact pressure body, and biased with a spring force of an additional spring or resiliently elastic element. The contact pressure element is arranged so as to be movable in the notch. A sensor for print triggering is arranged at a front wall of a lower housing shell of the printing apparatus and has a sensor region that is adjacent to the separate contact pressure element in the insertion direction y of a box-shaped module. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158291 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING PRINTING DATA - A printing apparatus, comprising a driving unit for driving a printhead including a plurality of nozzles each of which prints a dot, a conveying unit for conveying a printing medium, a memory and a unit, wherein the plurality of nozzles are arranged to form nozzle arrays adjacent to each other, the unit performs a first operation for developing printing data column by column on the memory, a second operation for assigning the printing data to each nozzle array, and a third operation for controlling the driving unit based on the assigned printing data, and, after the first operation and before the second operation, the unit specifies a portion of the printing data corresponding to a dot deviated from a correct printing region due to a tilt of the nozzle arrays and rearranges the portion. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158292 | INKJET PRINTER AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING PROGRAM THEREFOR - An inkjet printer is provided with a conveyor, a carriage movable in a scanning direction, and mounting a printing head and a sensor configured to output a detection signal based on absence/presence of the sheet, and a controller. The controller is configured to obtain image data representing an image to be printed on the sheet, calculate, based on the image data, an estimate margin value which is used to determine a margin width at an end, in a scanning direction, of the sheet, and detect end positions, in the scanning direction, of the sheet based on the detection signal during movement of the carriage in the scanning direction when the margin width estimated based on the estimate margin value is less than a threshold width, while the detection process is not executed when the margin width is not less than a threshold width. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158293 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - An ink jet printer includes an ejection unit including a nozzle which ejects a liquid containing a pigment; a cavity which communicates with the nozzle; and a piezoelectric element which is provided in the cavity, and a driving signal generation unit which generates a driving signal allowing the piezoelectric element to be displaced such that the cavity expands or is contracted. The ink jet printer includes a detection unit that detects a cycle of a residual vibration waveform of the piezoelectric element which is generated by the driving signal being applied to the piezoelectric element and indicates a value according to change of the pressure inside of the cavity and a determination unit that determines the pigment is settled based on the cycle of the residual vibration waveform detected by the detection unit. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158294 | INK JET HEAD AND INK JET PRINTER - A channel-structure has first to third nozzle-rows for first-ink, and first and second nozzle-rows for second-ink. Between the first nozzle-row for the first-ink and the first nozzle-row for the second-ink, and between the second nozzle-row for the first-ink and the second nozzle-row for the second-ink, each nozzle is located in the same position. The third nozzle-row for the first-ink is located in a different position with respect to the first and second nozzle-rows. Either the first and the second nozzle-rows for the second-ink are arranged between the first and second nozzle-rows for the first-ink, or the first and second nozzle-rows for the first-ink are arranged between the first and second nozzle-rows for the second-ink. A distance between the first nozzle-row for the first-ink and the first nozzle-row for the second-ink is equal to a distance between the second nozzle-row for the first-ink and the second nozzle-row for the second-ink. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158295 | Print Head Design for Ballistic Aerosol Marking with Smooth Particulate Injection from an Array of Inlets into a Matching Array of Microchannels - Disclosed herein is a material ejector (e.g., print head) geometry having alignment of material inlet channels in-line with microchannels, symmetrically disposed in a propellant flow, to obtain smooth, well-controlled, trajectories in a ballistic aerosol ejection implementation. Propellant (e.g., pressurized air) is supplied from above and below (or side-by-side) a microchannel array plane. Obviating sharp (e.g., 90 degree) corners permits propellant to flow smoothly from macroscopic source into the microchannels. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158296 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes: a head main body for ejecting liquid from nozzle openings on a liquid ejecting surface provided with the plurality of nozzle openings; a maintaining member which is adhered to the head main body at a surface side opposite to the liquid ejecting surface side of the head main body in a direction perpendicular to the liquid ejecting surface; and a fixing board which is provided at a side opposite to the maintaining member with respect to the head main body. The fixing board includes a bending portion which is bent to the head main body side. The bending portion is adhered to a side surface of the maintaining member. The head main body is disposed in a space formed by adhering the maintaining member and the fixing board to each other. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158297 | Method of Operating a Printing Device and an Image Generation Kit - A method for operating a printing device and an image generation kit are disclosed. The image generation kit is adapted to controllably eject individual drops of a gating agent, and is operating the image generation kit in synchronism with a principal substance application apparatus to deposit the drops of the gating agent on a substrate and to transfer a principal substance to the substrate. The drops of the gating agent on the substrate define image and non-image areas of the substrate, the image and non-image areas of the substrate are undefined until the drops of the gating agent are deposited thereon, and the substrate with the principal substance transferred to the image areas is an end product of the printing device. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158298 | PRINTHEAD HAVING TWO ADHESIVES - The present teachings describe a printhead assembly. The printhead assembly includes a first plate and a second plate stacked together. The printhead assembly includes a first adhesive between the first plate and the second plate for bonding the plates together. The printhead assembly includes a second adhesive surrounding an outer edge of the first adhesive wherein the second adhesive has an oxygen migration rate lower than an oxygen migration rate of the first adhesive. An oxygen sensitive component is contained within the outer edge of the first adhesive. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158299 | LIQUID JET HEAD AND LIQUID JET APPARATUS - A liquid jet head includes: a head chip including a plurality of common terminals arranged in a reference direction; and a circuit board connected to the head chip. The circuit board includes: a plurality of shared terminals installed on a lower surface on the head chip side and electrically connected to the common terminals, respectively; an upper common wiring installed on a top surface opposite to the head chip side and extending in the reference direction; and a through electrode electrically connecting each of the shared terminal to the upper common wiring. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158300 | NOZZLE PLATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NOZZLE PLATE, INKJET HEAD, AND INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - A nozzle plate having a nozzle hole that penetrates through the nozzle plate in a thickness direction is disclosed. The nozzle plate includes a discharge outlet that is formed at the nozzle hole, and provided curvatures of four corner portions of an opening shape of the discharge outlet are denoted as R1, R2, R3, and R4, the opening shape of the discharge outlet is configured to approximate the equation R1=R2≧R3=R4≈0. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158301 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - There is provided a liquid-ejecting head including: a fixing board which can abut against a cap for a liquid-ejecting surface at a ring-shaped abutting area; and a driving element for ejecting liquid via nozzle openings provided on the liquid-ejecting surface. The fixing board has an acute-angle portion and an obtuse-angle portion. The abutting area includes: a pair of first-curved parts corresponding to the acute-angle portion; a pair of second-curved parts corresponding to the obtuse-angle portion; and a plurality of straight-line parts which can connect the two curved parts. On the liquid-ejecting surface, among a first-intersection point on virtual lines extended from each of the two straight-line parts connected the first-curved part and a second-intersection point on virtual lines extended from each of the two straight-line parts connected to the second-curved part, the fixing board has reference holes positioned nearer to the first-intersection point than the second-intersection point. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158302 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting portion provided with a nozzle opening area in which a plurality of nozzles ejecting liquid onto a medium are open; and a wiping portion that wipes the nozzle opening area in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction, in which the nozzle opening area includes a first wiping target area and a second wiping target area which are at different positions in a direction intersecting with the first direction, and the wiping portion wipes the first wiping target area in the first direction, and wipes the second wiping target area in the second direction. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158303 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT - There is provided a liquid-ejecting apparatus which ejects liquid from a liquid-ejecting head toward a recording medium in a first direction, including: the liquid-ejecting head which ejects the liquid from nozzle openings of a liquid-ejecting surface; a fixing board which is provided on the liquid-ejecting surface side of the liquid-ejecting head; and a wiper which relatively moves in a second direction. The plurality of fixing boards are disposed along the second direction. The fixing board includes: a bending portion in which an outer circumferential side part is bent to the liquid-ejecting head side; and an edge portion in which the outer circumferential side part is not bent. The plurality of edge portions are disposed on a side further outward than the nozzle openings in the first direction. The wiper wipes the liquid-ejecting surface side of the plurality of fixing boards in the second direction. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158304 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is an ink jet recording method, including: scanning a recording medium with an ink jet head and simultaneously discharging an ultraviolet-curable ink composition for ink jet recording from the ink jet head to adhere the ink composition to the recording medium; irradiating the ultraviolet-curable ink composition for ink jet recording adhered to the recording medium with ultraviolet rays two times or more; and wiping a nozzle of the ink jet head, from which the ultraviolet-curable ink composition for ink jet recording has been discharged, using a nozzle wiping member. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158305 | PRINT APPARATUS - A print apparatus includes a carriage configured to move reciprocally along one direction; a liquid supply tube, one end thereof being connected to the carriage; a housing in an interior of which the carriage and at least a part of the liquid supply tube are arranged; and a control unit configured to control reciprocal movement of the carriage. The liquid supply tube is connected to the carriage from a counter-home position side that is the opposite side in the one direction to a home position side at which the carriage is located before the start of printing. The control unit carries out a movement control, before the start of printing, to cause the carriage to move at a first speed toward the counter-home position side from the home position side, and then to move at a second speed faster than the first speed toward the home position side. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158306 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS, MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE, AND INK CARTRIDGE CONTAINER - An inkjet recording apparatus, including an ink cartridge, an ink cartridge container, a tray with a supporting surface, and a slider member, is provided. The slider member is slidable on the supporting surface along a first direction, which is an orientation from a front side toward a rear side of the inkjet recording apparatus, or a second direction, which is an orientation orthogonal to the first direction. The ink cartridge container includes a container compartment to contain the ink cartridge in a position on at least one of an upstream side and a downstream side of the slider member with regard to the second direction, and a bridging section connected with the container compartment and placed on an upstream side of the slider member with regard to the first direction in a position to spread over the slider member with regard to the second direction. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158307 | Hybrid Communication Module - Equipment system including a first and a second series of pieces of equipment, each of the pieces of equipment belonging to either the first or the second series, and being adapted to receive a communicating consumable device and including communication means with said consumable device, the communication means of the pieces of equipment of the first series including electrical contact fingers, the communication means of the pieces of equipment of the second series being of a contactless type. It further includes a plurality of identical consumable devices including each an hybrid communication module including both electrical pads configured and arranged to be connected by the contact fingers of a piece of equipment of the first series, as well as an antenna circuit adapted for contactless communication with a piece of equipment of the second series. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158308 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body; a printhead to discharge droplets; a sub tank to hold a liquid to be supplied to the printhead for discharge as droplets; a movable carriage for scanning, including the printhead and the sub tank; a main tank to contain the liquid to be supplied to the sub tank; a liquid supply pump, disposed on the carriage, to supply the liquid from the main tank to the sub tank; a first liquid supply tube that connects the main tank to the liquid supply pump; and a second liquid supply tube that connects the liquid supply pump to the sub tank. A fluid resistance of the first liquid supply tube is greater than a fluid resistance of the second liquid supply tube. The liquid supply pump includes a deformable portion that shrinks and expands in a carriage scanning direction, by scanning movement of the carriage, to take the liquid in and pump the liquid out, and the volume of liquid supplied to the sub tank being greater than the volume of liquid supplied to the main tank when the liquid supply pump supplies the liquid to the sub tank. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158309 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CALIBRATION METHOD, AND DRYING DETERMINATION METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a printing unit that prints at least one object image using a color material; a color information acquiring unit that acquires color information of the object image; and a control unit that starts one of colorimetry of the object image using the color information acquired by the color information acquiring unit and color adjustment of the printing unit after a variation amount of color information of the object image measured at different points of time is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158310 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING ON A FLEXIBLE BODY - A printing system includes carriage assemblies, a preparation station, a printing station, and a selection station. The carriage assemblies receive flexible bodies and are coupled to a conveyance assembly that moves the carriage assemblies along a direction of travel. The preparation station receives the flexible bodies from the loading station and manipulates the flexible bodies to at least partially flatten printing surfaces of the flexible bodies. The printing station prints images on the flexible bodies. The selection station examines the images on the flexible bodies and selects one or more of the flexible bodies based on the images. The selection station also individually grips and removes selected flexible bodies from the carriage assemblies and conveys the selected flexible bodies to a first collection location while the other flexible bodies remain on the carriage assemblies and are conveyed to a different, second collection location. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158311 | DROPLETS DRYING DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR DROPLETS DRYING, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A droplets drying device includes: an illuminating unit that applies infrared laser light to droplets that have been ejected onto a recording medium by an ejecting unit that ejects droplets in accordance with an image to be formed; and a control unit that controls at least one of timing, a position or positions, and an amount or amounts of application of infrared laser light to the droplets by the illuminating unit in accordance with an attribute that influences image quality of an image formed. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158312 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EMITTING OFFSET ILLUMINATION FOR REDUCED STRAY LIGHT - A method for example of irradiating a light-curable material, may comprise irradiating light about a first axis from an array of light-emitting elements towards a light-curable surface, directing the irradiated light through an optical element interposed between the array of light-emitting elements and the light-curable surface, wherein a central axis of the optical element is offset from the first axis, and deflecting the irradiated light directed through the optical element asymmetrically away from the first axis towards the light-curable surface. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158313 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording section configured and arranged to apply a liquid (UV ink) onto a recording medium (roll of paper) and record an image, a pre-treatment section (corona treatment section) configured and arranged to perform a pre-treatment on the roll of paper prior to when the UV ink is applied, and a first conveyance route along which the roll of paper is conveyed from the corona treatment section to the recording section. The first conveyance route has a first bend section configured and arranged to change the direction in which the roll of paper is conveyed. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158314 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND SETTING METHOD - A recording apparatus includes a support shaft that supports a roll-shaped recording medium; a motor that applies a rotational force to the support shaft; a motor control section that controls the motor; and a recording section that performs recording on the recording medium transported from the support shaft, in which the motor control section is capable of controlling the motor so that the motor alternately enters a braking state and a non-braking state. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158315 | PRINT MEDIUM-CONVEYING DEVICE AND INKJET PRINTING DEVICE - There is provided a print medium-conveying device and an inkjet printing device that can convey a print medium without causing wrinkles, float and damage. In an embodiment, the front surface of paper passed to an image recording drum is pressed by a pressure roller, and is made to contact the peripheral surface of the image recording drum. The front surface of paper is sucked by a suction unit in a position immediately before it enters between the image recording drum and the pressure roller, and back tension is given. The back tension giving is turned on/off according to the thickness of the paper, and the back tension giving is turned off for paper whose thickness is equal to or greater than a threshold. It is possible to prevent paper with stiffness from strongly contacting an adsorption holding surface of the suction unit and the front surface from being damaged. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158316 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording head which performs recording on a medium. The recording apparatus includes a first roller that reverses a medium which is transported from the recording head side and a medium reception unit that is provided on the downstream side of the recording head on the medium transport path on which the medium is transported. The medium reception unit also functions as a first medium support unit that supports a medium that is inserted from a discharging direction side of the medium. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158317 | EXPANDED COLOR GAMUT - A method of extending the gamut of standard 4 color process printing is presented. The method thus yields various novel process printing ink sets. According to exemplary embodiments, an extended color gamut can be provided without requiring the addition of a sixth or seventh primary ink to the existing 4-color ink set. In some embodiments, an enhanced gamut can be achieved by changing the colors of the four basic primary inks and only adding a fifth primary ink. This may be done, for example, by shifting the hue of two or three of the CMY primaries and adding an additional primary. Using only five process inks thus provides, for example, the typical packaging printer with more open print stations for spot color printing or for overprint varnish application. In another illustrative embodiment, a sixth process color may be added to the inventive five color ink set. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158318 | METHOD OF PRINTING INFORMATION ON A SUBSTRATE - A method for printing information on a substrate includes printing the information on a first surface of the substrate; and heating the substrate causing at least a portion of the printed information to migrate to a second surface of the substrate. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158319 | CONDUCTIVE THERMAL IMAGING RECEIVING LAYER WITH RECEIVER OVERCOAT LAYER COMPRISING A SURFACTANT - This invention relates to a conductive thermal image receiver element that has an aqueous-based coatable dye-receiving layer comprising a water-dispersible acrylic polymer, a water-dispersible polyester, a water-dispersible conductive polymeric material and a surfactant. This invention also relates to a method for making this thermal image receiver element as well as method for using it to provide a dye image by thermal transfer from a donor element. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158320 | CONDUCTIVE THERMAL IMAGING RECEIVING LAYER WITH RECEIVER OVERCOAT LAYER COMPRISING A SURFACTANT - This invention relates to a conductive thermal image receiver element that has an aqueous-based coatable dye-receiving layer comprising a water-dispersible acrylic polymer, a water-dispersible polyester, a water-dispersible conductive polymeric material and a surfactant. This invention also relates to a method for making this thermal image receiver element as well as method for using it to provide a dye image by thermal transfer from a donor element. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158321 | PLATE PRINTING METHOD - A plate printing method includes a repetition of a first step of depositing ink on a printing master to form a predetermined print pattern on it, a second step of transferring the ink to a blanket, a third step of pressing the blanket against a surface to be printed, a fourth step of pressing the blanket against a cleaning surface, a fifth step of pressing the blanker against an absorbent, a sixth step of blowing air to the blanket, and a seventh step of pressing the blanket against a dry surface. In the first step, the blanket with a proper amount of water or solvent impregnated into it is pressed against the printing master. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158322 | POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND POST-PROCESSING METHOD - A post-processing apparatus for performing post-processing on a sheet having an image formed thereon, the post-processing at least including case bookbinding by using paste, the apparatus including: a paste applicator having a paste application member and configured to supply paste to coat a back of a sheet bundle with the paste; a pressurization member for pressing a cover onto the back of the sheet bundle with the paste coated thereon; and a controller configured to receive information relating to a cover gutter setting on the sheet bundle and to perform control over the paste applicator and the pressurization member, the controller being configured to cause, in a guttered cover setting, the paste to overflow in a larger amount from the back of the sheet bundle toward a gutter than an amount of overflow in a non-guttered cover setting based on the information relating to the cover gutter setting. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158323 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SECURITY ELEMENTS AND HOLOGRAMS - The present invention relates to a method for forming a surface relief microstructure, especially an optically variable image (an optically variable device) on a transparent or translucent substrate and a product obtainable using the method. A further aspect of the invention is the use for the prevention of counterfeit or reproduction of a document of value and a method of forming a coating showing an angle dependent color change. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158324 | CLIPBOARD AND PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE SYSTEM - A clipboard system comprising a clipboard that cooperates with a case of a portable computing device (e.g., a tablet computer) such that the case attaches to the clipboard to enable interchangeable usage of the portable computing device and the clipboard. The case enables the portable computing device to be enclosed and supported, and utilized while coupled with the clipboard. The case receives the computing device and secures the device therein, while exposing the device display and the device controls for user interaction. The case comprises a backside having affixed thereto an attachment material such as one part of a two-part fastener that securely interfaces to the other part of the fastener material affixed to the clipboard. The attachment material is of sufficient strength to hold the case and enclosed computing device to the clipboard during normal usage. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158325 | SPECIAL-EFFECTS SURFACES - A special-effects treatment is provided that is applied to a substrate to create a special-effects surface. In embodiments, the special-effects surface includes a washable chalkboard treatment applied to a substrate to provide a washable chalkboard surface. A chalk marking on the washable chalkboard surface may be removed using water. In a further embodiment, the special-effects treatment includes a high-intensity treatment applied to a substrate to provide a high-intensity surface. The high-intensity surface maintains a marking in close proximity to the surface to provide a brighter and/or bolder appearance compared to a marking on a non-treated surface. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158326 | Material Panel Having a Graphic Surface Structure - The particular advantage of the present invention is that a decorative layer is precisely matched to a surface structure. This enables very realistic wood patterns and other natural and artificial patterns to be produced. In addition, the edge contours of the individual areas in the structure and decoration can have an irregular form, but it is equally possible to additionally provide the individual areas with a separate structure that, for example, points in different directions. Thus, a strictly graphic motif can be created that is suitable for the manufacture of furniture as well as for the manufacture of door elements or panels, for either floors or walls. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158327 | METHOD OF ADAPTING A PAINT TRANSFER IMAGE TO THE GENERATION OF A MURAL - A method for creating imagery on a surface by establishing a visual boundary between two surface color regions and applying a dry transfer object proximate the visual boundary such that when the dry transfer object is substantially the same color as one of the surface regions, a negative space effect is created within the second surface color region to define thereby a desired image. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158328 | PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF SURFACE ELEMENTS - A process for the manufacturing of surface elements is provided herein. The surface elements can include a decorative upper layer and a supporting core. A supporting core with a desired format can be manufactured by press molding and provided with an upper side and a lower side. The upper side of the supporting core can be provided with a structure by a momentary pressing operation using a surface structured matrix. A ground coating can be provided on the structured upper side of the supporting core. A digitally printed decor comprising inks of at least four colors can be applied directly on top of the ground coating by an ink-jet type printer. The structure of the supporting core can enhance the realism of the decor, wherein the decor can be selected from the group consisting of woods and minerals. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158329 | DECORATED RIGID PANEL - A panel includes a thermoset material, and an image comprising sublimation ink. The sublimation ink is absorbed in the thermoset material. The rigid component may be a rigid structure formed by the thermoset material. The panel may be for a bath or shower enclosure. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158330 | Pressing Plate or Endless Belt with Different Gloss Levels, and Composite Board Produced by Way Thereof - The invention relates to a composite board ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150158331 | TEXTILE COVER FOR STREAMLINING WIDE BASED TRUCK OR BUS WHEELS - Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for streamlining wheels. In one implementation, a wheel streamlining device includes a cover assembly having a flexible connection extending around a periphery of a ring configured to contact a tapered portion of a wheel. A hook is configured to removably engage the cover assembly, and a bale is configured to releasably engage an inner surface of an opening in a face of the wheel. A springy portion extends between the bale and the hook and is configured to apply a tension force between the ring and the tapered portion of the wheel. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158332 | MECHANUM WHEEL - A Mecanum wheel having a circular plate with a plurality of peripheral flanges formed thereon, the flanges having tab portions bent at an angle of less than 90° from said plate; a roller being mounted to and cantilevering off of each of said tab portions such that the axis of rotation of each roller is at corresponding angle of less than 90° from said plate. In some cases, the angles are approximately the same, being approximately 45°. By cantilevering the rollers, more space is available for use by machines using this Mecanum wheel design. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158333 | 360 autoview portable turntable - A fast set-up and very portable turntable, able to rotate objects up to 7500 pounds at varying revolutions per minute. The modified “H” beam framework creates a low profile turntable with built-in loading and exiting ramp. Heavy duty casters riding on a large plate steel base, provide a smooth, stable surface for the revolving casters. Proximity switches are used to create a synchronized system, which operate the hydraulic cylinders used for stability. These switches can also trigger a digital camera every few degrees of rotation, creating a 360 degree virtual reality image. The custom designed trailer carries the turntable on its underside with the use of an inverted four inch drop axle to gain ground clearance. Winches are used to lift the turntable from the ground. Inverted towers with casters at the four corners of the trailer offer protection to the turntable from irregular surfaces or curbs. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158334 | Wheel Assembly for an Infant Support Apparatus - A wheel assembly for an infant support apparatus includes a wheel mount, a wheel pivotally connected with the wheel mount about a pivot axis, and a brake member assembled with the wheel for movement between a braking state and a release state, the brake member when in the release state being rotatable with the wheel relative to the wheel mount, and the brake member when in the braking state engaging with the wheel mount to block rotation of the wheel relative to the wheel mount. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158335 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING REAR AXLE, AND REAR AXLE - A method for manufacturing a rear axle includes: a brake flange press-fitting step of press-fitting a brake flange to an outer peripheral surface of a rear axle housing; a brake flange welding step of welding the rear axle housing and the brake flange; an axle end press-fitting step of press-fitting an axle end to an inner peripheral surface of an end portion of the rear axle housing; and an axle end welding step of welding the rear axle housing and the axle end. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158336 | Pneumatic Tire - A pneumatic tire comprising: an inner liner layer formed from a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by blending a thermoplastic resin with an elastomer; a coating rubber layer; and a tie rubber layer; the pneumatic tire being configured to effectively prevent separation of the inner liner layer. In a pneumatic tire comprising an inner liner layer formed from a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by blending a thermoplastic resin with an elastomer, a tie rubber layer, and a coating rubber layer, the coating rubber layer and the inner liner layer are disposed in a manner such that the coating rubber layer and the inner liner layer overlap each other, and a rubber composition in at least a region of the coating rubber layer where the coating rubber layer and the inner liner layer overlap has an adhesion to the inner liner layer. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158337 | WHEEL AND TIRE ASSEMBLY - A wheel assembly includes a rigid wheel with a plurality of circumferentially spaced radially outermost mounting elements and a flexible tire mounted on the wheel. The tire engages the mounting elements such that portions of the tire not engaging the mounting elements are separated radially from the wheel by a space, the portions of the tire not engaging the mounting elements being configured to flex inwardly toward the wheel when subject to ground engaging pressure. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158338 | TIRE COMPRISING A TREAD FORMED BY MULTIPLE ELASTOMER BLENDS - A tire with a radial carcass reinforcement, having a crown reinforcement, itself capped radially by a tread connected to two beads by two sidewalls, the tread containing at least two layers of blended elastomeric compounds that are radially superposed and have a voids ratio that is lower in the central part than at the axially outer parts. A first layer of blended elastomeric compounds of the tread is made up of a first blended elastomeric compound forming a part extending at least into the region of the equatorial plane and of at least two axially outer parts formed of a second blended elastomeric compound, the first blended elastomeric compound having a macro dispersion Z-value higher than 65 and a maximum tan(δ) value, denoted tan(δ)max, lower than 0.150, and the elongation at break in a tearability test of the second blended elastomeric compound at 100° C. having a value at least 10% higher than that of the elongation at break of the first blended elastomeric compound in a tearability test at 100° C. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158339 | TIRE WITH KNOBS - A tire includes knobs that are small in relation to the size of the tire. The knobs are closely positioned together in groups and may be disposed in recesses to lower the tops of the knobs relative to the circumferential outer surface of the tire. The recesses may comprise a variety of shapes and designs. The knobs may have varying lengths, widths, heights and shapes. The knobs may also be grouped to form letters, numerals, symbols and graphic images. The size of the knobs and distance of spacing between adjacent knobs may be proportionally small in relation to the tire's width, diameter, circumference, or ridable surface area. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158340 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - Provided is a pneumatic tire where a main groove extending in a tire circumferential direction and a projection projecting toward the inside of the main groove from a groove side wall of the main groove are formed on a tread portion, wherein a projecting amount of the projection from the groove side wall is decreased as the projection extends to a groove bottom of the main groove, the projection terminates at a position outside the groove bottom in a tire radial direction, and a length of the projection along the tire circumferential direction is shortened as the projection extends to a distal end side of the projection in a projecting direction. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158341 | Tire Comprising A Tread With Asymmetric Groove Profiles - A pneumatic tire comprises an annular tread portion including a plurality of circumferentially extending main grooves comprising an innermost groove, an outermost groove, and at least one middle groove arranged between the innermost groove and the outermost groove. The outermost groove comprises an inner sidewall, an outer sidewall, a groove bottom, and a groove opening opposite to the groove bottom, wherein the outermost groove has an asymmetric cross section with respect to any straight line perpendicular to the groove opening, and wherein the outer sidewall of the outermost groove is tilted by more than 20° with respect to a straight line perpendicular to the groove opening. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158342 | WHEEL FOR COPING WITH TIRE PUNCTURE - The use of the tire support during tire puncture is such that the size of a ground-contacting section of the outer diameter of the tire support is close to the size of the outer diameter of the space within the tire, the connection strength of tire support sections is maintained, the use of the tire support is easy, and a level difference resulting from the gap at the joint formed between tire supports is small. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158343 | BONDING TO A PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire assembly includes: a tire having a pneumatic cavity; a rigid structure for facilitating operation of the tire assembly, the rigid structure being bonded to the tire by a layered thermoplastic material such that a stiffness gradient is created between the structure and the tire; first and second sidewalls extending respectively from first and second tire bead regions to a tire tread region, the first sidewall having at least one bending region operatively bending when radially within a rolling tire footprint; and a sidewall groove defined by groove walls positioned within the bending region of the first tire sidewall, the sidewall groove deforming segment by segment between a non-deformed state and a deformed, constricted state in response to bending of the bending region of the first sidewall while radially within the rolling tire footprint. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158344 | Pneumatic Tire - A pneumatic tire includes a carcass layer, a belt layer, a tread rubber having a cap tread and an undertread, a pair of side wall rubbers, a pair of rim cushion rubbers, and an earthing tread that is exposed to a road contact surface of the tread rubber and that penetrates the cap tread and the undertread to contact the belt layer in an electrically conductive manner. The earthing tread includes a widened portion having a cross-sectional area that widens toward a contact surface with the belt layer at the contact portion with the belt layer. The widened portion of the earthing tread has a profile shape that bulges outward in a tire width direction. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158345 | TIRE CONDITION ADVISORY SYSTEM - A pressure detection device and a controller in communication with the device are used to implement a tire pressure optimization system for a vehicle. The pressure detection device detects a vehicle tire's inflation pressure. The controller is programmed to identify the vehicle as being in a warning state when the inflation pressure is below a warning low pressure threshold, identify the vehicle as being in an optimum state when the inflation pressure is within an optimum pressure range where the vehicle will exhibit optimum performance, and identify the vehicle as being in an advisory state when the inflation pressure is within an advisory pressure range where the vehicle will exhibit an undesirable performance characteristic. The advisory pressure range is outside of the optimum pressure range and above the warning low pressure threshold. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158346 | Pneumatic Tire Comprising An Air Pressure Regulator And Pressure Regulator Kit - A self-inflating tire assembly comprises a tire having a tread region, first and second sidewalls, and first and second bead regions, wherein the first and second sidewalls extend respectively from the first and second bead regions to the tread region, wherein the tread region and the first and second sidewalls enclose an annular tire cavity. Further, the assembly comprises an air passageway connected to one of the sidewalls and extending essentially in a circumferential direction of the tire for pumping air from outside of the tire into the tire cavity, wherein the air passageway has an air passageway inlet for receiving air from outside of the tire and an air passageway outlet for releasing air into the tire cavity. Moreover, the assembly comprises an air pressure regulator having an air pressure regulation chamber, a connector end, and a channel fluidly connecting the pressure regulation chamber with the connector end, wherein the air pressure regulator is detachably connected to one of the air passageway inlet and the air passageway outlet via the connector end for allowing fluid communication between channel and the air passageway via the connector end. In addition, the invention relates to a pressure regulator kit for regulating the pressure of a tire, the kit comprising a plurality of air pressure regulators. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158347 | TIRE CONDITION ADVISORY SYSTEM - A display and a controller are used to implement a tire pressure optimization system for a vehicle. The controller is programmed to receive inflation pressure information indicative of a vehicle tire's inflation pressure, and identify an operating state of the vehicle as being in an optimum state when the inflation pressure information indicates optimum performance, in a warning state when the inflation pressure information indicates the inflation pressure is beyond a warning pressure threshold, or in an advisory state when the inflation pressure information indicates an undesirable performance characteristic outside of the warning state and the optimum state. The controller is programmed to operate the display to output an optimum state indication when the operating state is in the optimum state, a warning indication when the operating state is in the warning state, and an advisory indication when the operating state is in the advisory state. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158348 | COMPRESSOR FOR A PNEUMATIC TIRE AND A PNEUMATIC TIRE COMPRISING A COMPRESSOR MOUNTED WITHIN THE TIRE CAVITY - An air compressor mountable within an annular cavity of a pneumatic tire comprises an air inlet for receiving air to be pumped into the tire cavity, an air compression chamber in fluid communication with the air inlet, and an air outlet in fluid communication with the air compression chamber. Further, the compressor comprises a pressure compensation chamber in fluid communication with the tire cavity when the air compressor is mounted within the tire cavity, and a double piston having a shaft and two opposing piston ends, the shaft rigidly connecting both piston ends with each other, wherein the first piston end is arranged and movable in the compression chamber and is actuatable by hydraulic pressure between a compression state and an intake state, and wherein the second piston end is arranged and movable in the pressure compensation chamber and subject to the pressure of the tire cavity when the compressor is mounted within the tire cavity. Moreover, the present application is directed to a tire comprising the aforementioned air compressor | 2015-06-11 |
20150158349 | Compressor For A Self-Inflating Pneumatic Tire - The invention relates to an air compressor mountable in an annular tire cavity of a pneumatic tire. The compressor comprises an air inlet, an air outlet, and a body in which are formed a blind hole having a sidewall and a compression chamber in fluid communication with the air inlet and the air outlet. Further, the tire comprises a compression piston configured for reciprocating in the compression chamber for providing compressed air to the tire cavity through the air outlet, and a hydraulic fluid passage for providing hydraulic fluid into the blind hole, as well as a guiding piston configured for reciprocating in the blind hole in sealed contact with the sidewall and for guiding a reciprocating movement of the body relative to the compression piston. The invention further relates to a tire assembly comprising a tire and the compressor. | 2015-06-11 |
20150158350 | Air Compressor For A Pneumatic Tire And A Tire Comprising A Compressor Mounted Within The Tire's Cavity - An air compressor mountable to a sidewall of an annular tire cavity, wherein the compressor comprises an air inlet for receiving air to be pumped into the tire cavity and an air outlet for releasing air into the tire cavity. Further, the compressor comprises a double membrane assembly having a first membrane and a second membrane arranged in parallel to the first membrane. A pressure compensation chamber is provided between the first membrane and the second membrane, the pressure compensation chamber being in fluid communication with the tire cavity. Further, an air compression chamber is arranged on a side of the second membrane opposite to the pressure compensation chamber, wherein the compression chamber is in fluid communication with the air inlet and the air outlet. Moreover, a tire comprises the aforementioned compressor. | 2015-06-11 |