18th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 17 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200130328 | EMBEDDED WIRE LED LAMINATE - The price and performance of LED lighting have reached the point where LEDs are displacing more traditional lighting. Even though LED lifetimes are as high as 50,000 hours, they are still being designed as replaceable bulbs rather than being integrated as a permanent part of the lighting assembly. The invention provides for a means of economically producing laminated glass with integrated LED lighting designed to last the life of the vehicle. This is done by embedding the LED die into the plastic layer used to bond the glass layers of a laminate together, forming an embedded wire circuit from thin high tensile strength Tungsten wire to power the LEDs and by utilizing machine tool technology originally developed to produce integrated circuit assemblies such as RFID ID cards, tickets and passports. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130329 | THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FILM AND GLASS PLATE-CONTAINING LAMINATE - Provided is a thermoplastic resin film with which a glass plate-including laminate that looks different in color tone depending on the direction or angle can be obtained. A thermoplastic resin film according to the present invention includes a thermoplastic resin and a pigment, and when the thermoplastic resin film is planarly viewed with a transmission electron microscope, a number of pigments having an aspect ratio of 3 or more and 50 or less is 3 or more and 100 or less in a rectangular region of 13 μm long and 18 μm wide. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130330 | FILM AND HIDDEN SWITCH STRUCTURE HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a film and a hidden switch structure having the same. The film includes a base layer made of a transparent material, a first adhesive layer laminated on the base layer, a shield layer laminated and bonded on the first adhesive layer and having a symbol laser-machined after an opaque paint is applied to the shield layer, a second adhesive layer laminated on the shield layer, and a sheet layer laminated on the second adhesive layer and made of thin real wood, thereby enhancing visibility. The hidden switch structure includes a first substrate having LEDs, a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate and having a touch sensor, a molded article having a built-in prism and laminated on the second substrate, and the film, thereby increasing a degree of freedom of design and enhancing aesthetics. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130331 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR AEROGEL LAMINATE, AND AEROGEL LAMINATE ROLL - An aerogel laminate roll is prepared by winding an aerogel laminate around a roll core, the aerogel laminate comprising a support and an aerogel layer disposed on the support and having a thickness of 200 μm or less. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130332 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A POLARIZING PLATE ASSEMBLY - There is provided a polarizing plate, including: a polarizing layer having a thickness not greater than 20 μm; a first protective film stacked on one surface of the polarizing layer, with a first adhesive layer formed from an active energy ray curing adhesive being interposed; and a second protective film stacked on the other surface of the polarizing layer, with a second adhesive layer formed from a water-soluble adhesive being interposed. There are also provided a polarizing plate with a pressure sensitive adhesive layer, a substrate having a polarizing plate bonded thereto, a liquid crystal display device, and an organic electroluminescence display device, all of which include the polarizing plate. Preferably, at least one of the first protective film and the second protective film has a moisture permeability not higher than 1000 g/m | 2020-04-30 |
20200130333 | DUAL SHELL DENTAL APPLIANCE AND MATERIAL CONSTRUCTIONS - Improved dental appliances and polymeric sheet compositions are disclosed. The polymeric sheet compositions are useful for making dental appliances having outer layers comprised of a material having a modulus of from about 1,000 MPA to 2,500 MPA (“hard”) and an inner core comprised of elastomeric material or materials having a modulus of from about 50 MPa to 500 MPa (“soft”), which exhibit improved flexibility and strength, and better stain and tear resistance than currently available materials and dental appliances. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130334 | VAPOR IMPERMEABLE FLOORING UNDERLAYMENT - A water vapor impermeable flooring underlayment membrane of the present invention comprises a non-woven layer have first and second major faces, a first coating on the first major face of the non-woven layer, and, on the second major face, a water-vapor impermeable polymer layer, and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer partially coated on the polymer layer, the pressure sensitive partial coated adhesive layer being covered by a release liner. The use of partial coating pressure sensitive adhesive layer allows for quicker and more convenient floor installation compared to prior art box grid taping processes. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130335 | Composite Material and Composite Material Manufacturing Method - A composite material | 2020-04-30 |
20200130336 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CHASSIS MEMBER - A chassis member capable of improving manufacturing efficiency is disclosed. The chassis member includes a laminate in which an interlayer is provided between a pair of fiber-reinforced resin plates made of reinforced fiber impregnated with thermoplastic resin. A frame body formed of thermoplastic resin is joined to an edge of the laminate. The edge of the laminate is provided with a thin plate portion thinner than the other portion. The frame body is joined to the thin plate portion. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130337 | Decorative Material - A decorative material includes a base material, a first cover layer, and a second cover layer. The first cover layer is laminated on the base material and covers the base material. The first cover layer is made of opaque synthesis resin. The second cover layer is laminated on the first cover layer and covers the first cover layer. The second cover layer is made of chromatic and transparent synthesis resin. The first cover layer contains first coloring pigment and bright pigment. The first coloring pigment has no luster. The bright pigment has luster. The second cover layer contains second coloring pigment. The second coloring pigment has no luster. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130338 | RESIN FILM AND GLASS-PLATE-CONTAINING LAMINATE - Provided is a resin film capable of enhancing both the sound insulating property and the transparency. A resin film according to the present invention has a one-layer structure or a two or more-layer structure, and includes a first layer containing a resin component that is a thermoplastic resin or a cured product of a photocurable compound or a moisture-curable compound, and a terpene phenol resin. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130339 | MULTILAYER FILM FOR LABEL AND A METHOD FOR PROVIDING SUCH - The invention relates to providing a method for obtaining a multilayer film for thermally inducible shrink labels, products thereof and use of such products. The invention provides a multilayer film for labelling, the multilayer film comprising a first skin layer, a second skin layer and a core layer between the first skin layer and the second skin layer, wherein at least one of the first skin layer and the second skin layer comprises cyclic olefin copolymer and the core layer comprises copolymer of ethylene and butyl acrylate or propylene terpolymer. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130340 | LAMINATING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A laminating apparatus and method of fabricating a display device are provided. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the laminating apparatus includes a first jig, which is configured to fix a window having curved surfaces, and a second jig, which includes a pressure pad facing the first jig. The pressure pad includes a top surface, which is convex toward the first jig, and depressed portions, which are inwardly depressed from side surfaces, respectively. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130341 | LAMINATING SYSTEM WITH CODED FILM CARTRIDGE - A dual roll laminating film cartridge includes a body defining a first end supporting first ends of first and second rolls of continuous translucent laminating film. The body further defines a second end supporting second ends of the first and second rolls, wherein facing surfaces of the films extended from the first and second rolls in an advancing direction are coated with a heat-activated adhesive. A bridge extends between the first and second ends of the body at a position between the first and second rolls, the bridge defining an article chute for the reception of articles to be laminated by the films of the first and second rolls. The cartridge further includes a code indicative of one or more characteristics of the film of the first and second rolls, the code comprising a predetermined flag pattern of coding tabs that project outward from the body. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130342 | BONDING AND DE-BONDING SYSTEM AND PROCESS - Adhesive devices for use with components of various systems, in particular electrical or thermally sensitive systems. The adhesive device includes a light-sensitive adhesive disposed adjacent to a light-transmissive material. The de-bonding process includes irradiating the light-transmissive material, thereby exposing any adjacent adhesive to the light as well. Because the adhesive material can include a bonding material that is configured to de-bond when exposed to the light, the disassembly of devices without risk to neighboring components is simplified. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130343 | IDENTIFYING PASSES OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES DEPICTED IN THERMAL IMAGES - In an example, an apparatus includes an image processing system, a print engine, and a vision system. The image processing system generates electronic signals based on a model of an object to be fabricated using an additive manufacturing process. The print engine performs the additive manufacturing process in a plurality of passes based on the electronic signals. The vision system acquires a plurality of thermal images of the plurality of passes and assigns individual passes to individual images based on data acquired during a build of a calibration object by the additive manufacturing process. The print engine may further include a material coater to spread a powder coating material, a plurality of fluid ejection devices to eject a fusing agent, and an emitter to emit energy to fuse the fusing agent and the powder coating material into a layer of the object to be fabricated. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130344 | Print Registration System For Can Decorator - A print registration system for a beverage can decorator includes an axial registration system and a circumferential registration system. Each registration system is independent and includes a slider that is translated by a motorized lead screw. Axial movement of the axial registration slider is transmitted to axial adjustment of the plate cylinder by a mechanical connection between the axial registration slider and the plate cylinder shaft. Translation of the circumferential registration slider is transmitted to a helical gear mounted to the plate cylinder shaft such that the plate cylinder shaft is rotated by the movement of the circumferential registration slider upon engagement of the helical driven gear with a stationary drive gear. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130345 | Can Body Decorator Having A Mandrel Pre-Spin Assembly And Infeed Improvements - An over-varnish unit and mandrel pre-spin system for a can decorator, especially for beverage can bodies, can have a mandrel pre-spin belt that is outside of the over-varnish unit housing. The position of the can infeed on the mandrel wheel and the print point is controlled. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130346 | ROLLER DEVICE AND PRINTER - A roller device includes a cylindrical body, a thermoelectric converter, a first heatsink and a second heatsink that are disposed adjacent to each other, and a press-fitting member. The thermoelectric converter is disposed on an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body. The first heatsink and the second heatsink each dissipate heat of the thermoelectric converter. The press-fitting member is disposed between the first heatsink and the second heatsink. The press-fitting member makes the thermoelectric converter be held between the cylindrical body and at least one of the first heatsink and the second heatsink. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130347 | Inker Assembly Including Oscillation Rollers For A Can Body Decorator - An oscillating roller system for a beverage can decorator is driven back and forth by a cam follower. A cam body having a cam is mounted to a frame of the inker system. Three oscillating cam roller assemblies are positioned about the cam body. Rotation of the cam oscillates the cam followers for each one of the oscillating rollers. Bearings of the oscillating roller assemblies includes an inlet gallery and outlet gallery for a closed loop lubrication system. The rollers are water cooled. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130348 | MAIN BODY OF A DOCTOR BLADE CHAMBER, DOCTOR BLADE CHAMBER THEREOF AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A main body of doctor blade chambers including a first portion configured to hold a first doctor blade, a second portion configured to hold a second doctor blade, a third portion connecting the first portion and the second portion, a cavity intended to receive ink and defined at least by the first portion, the second portion and the third portion, characterized in that the main body is a single closed hollow profile extending along a longitudinal main axis X-X, the main body being made of pultruded composite material. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130349 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BODY, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An intermediate transfer body used for image formation using an active energy ray includes a transmissive member that is disposed on an outermost layer of the intermediate transfer body and transmits an active energy ray, and a reflective member that reflects the active energy ray that has passed through the transmissive member to a front layer side of the intermediate transfer body. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130350 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink jetter that jets ink and a transfer unit that has a ring-shaped intermediate transfer body. The transfer unit transfers, to a recording medium, a primary image formed on an outer circumferential surface of the intermediate transfer body with the ink that is jetted to land on the outer circumferential surface by the ink jetter. The transfer unit includes a heater that heats air in an internal space of the intermediate transfer body enclosed by an inner circumferential surface of the intermediate transfer body, and an air mover that flows the air in the internal space. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130351 | DATA LINES TO FLUID EJECTION DEVICES - In some examples, a system includes a plurality of fluid ejection devices, a fluid ejection controller, and a plurality of data lines shared by the plurality of fluid ejection devices and connected between the fluid ejection controller and the plurality of fluid ejection devices. A first data line of the plurality of data lines communicates data of a first memory of a first fluid ejection device of the plurality of fluid ejection devices, and a second data line of the plurality of data lines communicates data of a second memory of the first fluid ejection device. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130352 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DROPLET DEPOSITION - A method for depositing droplets onto a medium, utilising a droplet deposition head is provided. The head used in the method includes: an array of fluid chambers separated by interspersed walls, each fluid chamber communicating with an aperture for the release of fluid droplets and each wall separating two neighbouring chambers. Each wall is actuable such that, in response to a first voltage, it will deform so as to decrease the volume of one chamber and increase the volume of the other chamber, and, in response to a second voltage, it will deform so as to cause the opposite effect on the volumes of its neighbouring chambers. The method includes the steps of: receiving input data; assigning, based on such input data, all the chambers within the array as either firing chambers or non-firing chambers, so as to produce bands of one or more contiguous firing chambers separated by bands of one or more contiguous non-firing chambers; actuating the walls of certain of the chambers such that: for each non-firing chamber, either one wall is stationary while the other is moved, or the walls move with the same sense, or they remain stationary; and, for each firing chamber the walls move with opposing senses; such actuations result in each firing chamber releasing at least one droplet, the resulting droplets forming bodies of fluid disposed on a line on the medium, such bodies of fluid being separated on the line by respective gaps for each of the bands of non-firing chambers, the size of each such gap generally corresponding in size to the respective band of non-firing chambers. The actuations of the walls of said firing chambers in the actuating step are such that, if only one of the two walls of each firing chamber were actuated in such manner, no droplets would be ejected from that firing chamber. A droplet deposition apparatus, a droplet deposition head and a computer program product are also provided. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130353 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An object of the present disclosure is to reduce density unevenness and streaks of an image that is printed in a case where it is not possible to implement sufficient correction only by the correction for a defective nozzle. One embodiment of the present invention is an image processing apparatus that performs processing for an input image for an image forming apparatus performing printing on a printing medium by using a print head in which a plurality of printing elements is arrayed, the image processing apparatus including: a storage unit configured to store density characteristic information indicating an output density for each tone for each of the printing elements; a target value acquisition unit configured to acquire a target characteristic indicating a target value for each tone; and a first correction unit configured to correct the input image based on the density characteristic information and the target value. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130354 | INK JET HEAD ASSEMBLY AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A SUBSTRATE - An apparatus for processing a substrate may include a stage on which a substrate is placed, an ink jet head assembly for discharging chemical liquid onto the substrate, and a gantry for holding the ink jet head assembly over the substrate on the stage. The ink jet head assembly may include an ink jet head for discharging the chemical liquid onto the substrate, a supporting member for holding the ink jet head, a fixing member being combined with supporting member to fix the supporting member to the fixing member, a protruding member disposed on the fixing member, and a receiving member provided in the supporting member to receive the protruding member. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130355 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MAINTAINING LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejector having a nozzle surface having nozzles, a cap configured to perform capping when coming into contact with the nozzle surface, a capping mechanism configured to move the cap between a capping position for the capping and a separated position separated from the nozzle surface, a cleaning-liquid supply mechanism configured to supply a cleaning liquid into the cap, and a facing portion configured to face a lip portion of the cap coming into contact with the nozzle surface in the capping, in which the lip portion and the facing portion are made to face each other and a predetermined space is provided between the lip portion and the facing portion for the cleaning liquid supplied in the cap to come into contact with the facing portion. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130356 | LIQUID ABSORBING MEMBER AND LIQUID REMOVAL METHOD, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EACH USING LIQUID ABSORBING MEMBER - Provided are: a liquid absorbing member configured to remove at least part of a liquid component contained in an ink image applied to a printing medium or a transfer body by being brought into contact with the ink image, the liquid absorbing member containing a hydrophilic and oil-repellent material in at least part of a surface thereof that is to be brought into contact with an ink; and an image forming apparatus including the liquid absorbing member. Also provided are a liquid removal method and an image forming method each using the liquid absorbing member. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130357 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus comprises a carriage that includes a liquid ejection head and that moves inside a predetermined moving range, a plurality of liquid containers mounted on the carriage, the plurality of liquid containers including liquid refill ports respectively, an exterior member that covers the moving range, the exterior member including an opening configured to have a liquid outlet portion of the liquid refilling container be inserted therein, a selection information receiving portion that receives an input of a selected target liquid container, among the plurality of liquid containers, in which refilling of the liquid is to be performed, and a control unit that, using selection information that the selected information receiving portion has received, moves the carriage so that the liquid refill port of the target liquid container faces the opening. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130358 | LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE - The liquid discharge device determines a signal received from an installation sensor in response to receiving a discharge instruction, and when determined that a high level signal is received, control executing image recording in a first mode in which a waiting time Tw | 2020-04-30 |
20200130359 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING APPROPRIATENESS OF USE OF CONSUMABLES FOR PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING APPROPRIATENESS OF USE OF CONSUMABLES FOR PRINTING APPARATUS - A bottle for ink supply is shipped with a two-dimensional code attached to the bottle, individual information being embedded in the two-dimensional code. A user reads the two-dimensional code with a portable information terminal and thereby transmits the individual information to a management server. If there is no fraud or problem, the management server transmits a passcode to the portable information terminal. When the bottle is placed in a bottle storing unit, the two-dimensional code is read by a two-dimensional code reader, and a passcode is created based on the individual information embedded in the two-dimensional code. Only when the passcode matches the passcode registered by the user, ink in the bottle becomes ready to use. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130360 | LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE - A liquid discharge device includes a case receiving a cartridge having a first liquid chamber, a tank having a second liquid chamber, a head, a liquid level sensor, an alarm and a controller configured to: receive a first signal or a second signal when a position of a liquid level in the second liquid chamber is equal to or higher than or lower than a predetermined position; operate the alarm when receiving the second signal after the first signal; cancel the operation of the alarm based on determining of installation of the cartridge; and operate the alarm based on determining that a first elapsed time from a time when determining the installation of the cartridge reaches a predetermined time and the second signal is received from the liquid level sensor without receiving the first signal. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130361 | LIQUID CIRCULATION DEVICE AND LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A liquid circulation device includes a housing having an outlet and an inlet, a circulation unit configured to convey liquid out of the housing through the outlet and recover liquid into the housing through the inlet, a liquid supplying unit configured to supply liquid into the housing, an air conveying unit configured to convey air into and out of the housing, a level detecting unit configured to detect a level of the liquid in the housing, a pressure sensing unit configured to detect a pressure of the air in the housing, and a control unit configured to control a pressure of the liquid in the housing by controlling the liquid supplying unit or the air conveying unit, based on the level and the pressure of the air. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130362 | POROUS BODY, METHOD OF PRODUCING POROUS BODY AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - A porous body according to the present disclosure has a first porous layer, a second porous layer, and a third porous layer in this order, in which the first porous layer has a fiber constituted by a first fluororesin, the second porous layer has a fiber constituted by a second fluororesin and a thermoset resin, the second fluororesin is the same as the first fluororesin, and the third porous layer has a fiber constituted by a resin having surface energy higher than that of the first fluororesin. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130363 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a rotary member that rotates in a rotational direction; a first head unit that is disposed along a circumferential surface of the rotary member and ejects a first liquid; and a second head unit that ejects a second liquid whose property of attacking an organic material is stronger than the first liquid, in which an angle which an ejection surface of the second head unit forms with a horizontal plane is smaller than an angle which an ejection surface of the first head unit forms with the horizontal plane. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130364 | PRINTER - A printer includes a thermal head that performs printing on a print medium, a head unit to which the thermal head is attached, a holding part movable between a first position for holding the thermal head at an attachment position of the head unit and a second position for canceling the holding of the thermal head to the attachment position, and a receiving part that receives the thermal head when the holding part is at the second position. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130365 | PRINTER - A printer includes a printing portion configured to print on a print medium, a ribbon supply shaft configured to hold an ink ribbon to be supplied to the printing portion, and a ribbon roll up shaft configured to roll up the used ink ribbon, wherein the ribbon supply shaft is provided movably between a ribbon supply position where the ink ribbon is supplied to the printing portion, and a ribbon replacement position where the ribbon supply shaft is attachable to and detachable from the printer, and rotated in the direction in which the ink ribbon is rolled up in the middle of moving from the ribbon replacement position to the ribbon supply position. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130366 | THERMAL TRANSFER RIBBON ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A METAL LAYER AND A PROTECTIVE COATING LAYER - A method for introducing a reflective and/or diffractive metallic variable and/or non-variable image to a substrate by use of thermal transfer printing includes simultaneously transferring a defined portion of each of a protective coating layer, a metal layer, and an adhesive layer from a carrier film of a transfer ribbon to the substrate by applying heat to the transfer ribbon. The defined portions of the metal layer and the protective coating layer are adhered to the substrate using the adhesive layer. Subsequent to transferring the protective coating layer, the metal layer, and the adhesive layer, durability is provided to the metal layer by cross-linking the protective coating layer that is over the metal layer by exposing the protective coating layer to a radiation source after the defined portions of the protective coating layer, the metal layer, and the adhesive layer are transferred from the carrier film. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130367 | Printing System - A printing system includes: a movable printing device; a control unit; and a device moving unit that is configured to move the movable printing device, the movable printing device includes a thermal head and a ribbon transport unit, the control unit is configured to: execute print operation control including: device position control; ribbon transport control; and head print control; execute, when a print stop command is received, print stop control; execute, when a print resume command is received after a start of execution of the print stop control, the print resume control, and execute, when predetermined information is received after the start of execution of the print stop control, reset control of causing the device moving unit to move the movable printing device to a reference position, causing the ribbon transport unit to transport the ink ribbon by a predetermined amount and then restarting the print operation control. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130368 | Printing System - A printing system includes: a printing device including a thermal head, a supplier, a winder and a ribbon transport mechanism; a moving mechanism moving the printing device in a width direction of an ink ribbon; and a controller configured to: move the printing device in the width direction; when the printing device is moved for printing of a second row, rewind the ink ribbon; store the longest length of use of the ink ribbon by the printing in a first column of the ink ribbon; when printing with the thermal head proceeds to a second column, determine a transport amount of the ink ribbon based on the stored length; and after the first column of the ink ribbon is used by the printing, transport the ink ribbon based on the determined transport amount. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130369 | Printing System - A printing system includes: a printing device including a thermal head, a supplier, a winder, and a ribbon transport mechanism; and a controller configured to: transport an ink ribbon in a first direction from the supplier to the winder and heat the ink ribbon to perform printing; rewind the ink ribbon subjected to the printing in a second direction opposite to the first direction; after again receiving a print command, rewind the ink ribbon in the second direction by a first length corresponding to a length required to reach a printable speed; after the rewindings, store a second length corresponding to a length of the ink ribbon subjected to the printing upstream of the thermal head in the first direction; and feed the ink ribbon in the first direction by the stored second length. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130370 | Printing System - A printing system includes: a control unit; and a printing device including: a supply unit configured to be attached with a supply roll configured by an ink ribbon; a winding unit configured to be attached with a winding roll for winding the ink ribbon fed out from the supply roll; a ribbon motor configured to rotationally drive at least one of the supply unit and the winding unit; a thermal head configured to perform printing by heating the ink ribbon transported from the supply roll toward the winding roll by driving the ribbon motor; and a head drive source configured to move the thermal head. The control unit is configured to control the ribbon motor to decrease tension of the ink ribbon when the thermal head is moved in a first direction, in which the tension of the ink ribbon increases, with the head drive source. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130371 | Printing System - A printing system includes a printing device, a platen roller, a controller, and an interface. The printing device includes a thermal head, a ribbon drive source, and a head drive source. When receiving a print command, the controller executes head movement control for moving the thermal head and ribbon acceleration control for accelerating a transport speed of an ink ribbon to a target speed. After completion of the head movement control and the ribbon acceleration control, the controller is configured to control the thermal head to perform printing on the print medium. At least before receiving the print command, the controller is configured to determine a printable distance over which the print medium is transported from the reception of the print command till the completion of the head movement control and the ribbon acceleration control and outputs the determined printable distance through the interface. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130372 | Printing System - A printing system includes a platen roller, a storage unit, a controller, and a printing device including a thermal head, a head drive source that is configured to move the thermal head in a first direction along which the thermal head approaches or separates from the platen roller, and at least a sensor that is configured to detect a position of the thermal head. In the printing system, the controller is configured to determine whether setting information of a print position is stored in the storage unit, detect the print position with the head drive source and the sensor when the setting information is not stored in the storage unit, and cause the head drive source to move the thermal head from a first position to a second position, when the setting information is stored in the storage unit. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130373 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a first heating unit, a second heating unit, and a print controller. The first heating unit includes a first heat source that generates heat with alternating current power. The second heating unit includes a second heat source that generates heat with direct current power. The print controller is configured to control printing using either the first heating unit or the second heating unit. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130374 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS - A level change point detection section detects a level change point, at which an output level switches, in a first position detection signal Ens | 2020-04-30 |
20200130375 | TRANSFER PRINTER AND METHOD - A method for monitoring a characteristic of a printed image of a thermal transfer printer. The method comprises providing a ribbon and a substrate at a printing location of the thermal transfer printer. The method further comprises printing an image on the substrate at the printing location by transferring ink from a region of the ribbon in a printing operation, a negative image being formed on the region of ribbon. The method further comprises transporting the region of ribbon, by a ribbon transport system, from the printing location towards an imaging location along a ribbon transport path. The method further comprises when a characteristic of the ribbon transport meets a predetermined criterion, obtaining, by an image capture system, a ribbon image of the negative image. The method further comprises processing said ribbon image to generate data indicative of the characteristic of the printed image. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130376 | PORTABLE PRINTER - A portable printer includes a casing configured to receive a recording medium; a head configured to perform printing on the recording medium; a platen roller, which is arranged so as to be opposed to the head, and is configured to convey the recording medium while sandwiching the recording medium together with the head; a button, which is provided on the casing, and is configured to perform operation of separating the head and the platen roller from each other; and a stepped portion, which is formed on the casing along a peripheral edge of the button, and protrudes so that an inner side of the casing is higher than an outer side of the casing. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130377 | MEDIUM, MEDIUM PRODUCING METHOD, AND MEDIUM PRODUCING APPARATUS - Provided is a medium including: a base material; and a print section over the base material, wherein the print section contains an alcohol compound having a boiling point of 180 degrees C. or higher and a viscosity of 30 mPa·s or lower at 25 degrees C., and wherein the medium includes an adhesive section containing an isocyanate compound. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130378 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD - A recording apparatus according to an embodiment may include: a control unit that controls a medium conveyance unit to unwind the wound medium and convey the medium, a recording unit to record an image of recording agent on the medium, and a drying unit to dry the image of the recording agent in a first drying zone and a second drying zone downstream from the first drying zone. Upon causing the recording unit to record a second image after having caused the recording unit to record a first image, the control unit causes the drying unit to dry the recording agent of the first image in the first drying zone, and convey the medium in a direction opposite to the conveyance direction to a predetermined position downstream from the recording unit, and thereafter causes the recording unit to apply the recording agent of the second image to the medium. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130379 | DRYING DEVICE AND PRINTING DEVICE - A drying device includes: a supporting section that supports a medium on which printing was performed; a conveying section that conveys, along a conveying region, the medium supported by the supporting section; a heat generating section configured to heat, over a width direction, the medium supported by the supporting section; a fix-supporting section configured to support the heat generating section fixing the heat generating section; and free-supporting section configured to support the heat generating section so that the heat generating section can expand and contract, wherein the fix-supporting section is located in a first lateral region that is a region outside the conveying region in the width direction, and the free-supporting section is located in a second lateral region that is a region outside the conveying region in the width direction and different from the first lateral region. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130380 | MEDIA TRANSPORT - A media transport system, includes a transport path, a drive gear at one end of the transport path, a driven gear at an opposite end of the transport path, an endless loop transmission element engaged with the drive gear and the driven gear, a media clamp secured to the endless loop transmission element, and a one-way clutch coupled with the driven gear. The endless loop transmission element is to rotate in one direction to move the media clamp and transport media from the one end of the transport path toward the opposite end of the transport path, and the one-way clutch is to allow rotation of the driven gear in the one direction and resist rotation of the driven gear in an opposite direction. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130381 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PANELS HAVING A DECORATIVE SURFACE - Panels having a decorative surface may include a plate shaped substrate and a top layer, and the top layer may include a paper layer having a printed pattern. A method for manufacturing such panels may involve providing the paper layer with at least a portion of the printed pattern by depositing pigment containing inks using a digital inkjet printer of a single pass type. The printed pattern may have a definition of at least 200 dpi. The pigment containing inks may be water-based. The digital inkjet printer may include print heads with nozzles for firing droplets of pigment containing inks onto the paper layer. The droplets may have a volume smaller than 50 picoliters. The dry weight of the deposited pigment containing ink may be less than 10 grams per square meter. The printed pattern may cover 80 percent or more the paper layer. The paper layer may have a mean air resistance according to the Gurley method of below 30 seconds, and having a weight between 60 and 90 grams per square meter. The paper layer may be fed from a roll, printed upon, and rolled back up again. The paper layer, while printing, may be flexible and may be attached to the plate shaped substrate after printing. A layer of thermosetting resin may be applied above the paper layer and the printed pattern. Providing the layer of thermosetting resin may involve a press treatment. A counter layer or balancing layer may be applied to the substrate. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130382 | Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus and Platen Apparatus - There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a platen, a contact portion disposed between a pair of first ribs of the plurality of first ribs with respect to a scanning direction. A lower end of the contact portion is located lower than each upper end of the pair of first ribs. The platen includes a second rib disposed between one first rib of the pair of first ribs and the contact portion with respect to the scanning direction, and an upper end of the second rib is located lower than the upper end of the one first rib of the pair of first ribs and higher than the lower end of the contact portion. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130383 | PRINTER - A printer includes a casing, a detachable unit provided to the casing, the detachable unit being configured to be detachable from the casing, an adjacent member provided adjacent to the detachable unit, and an engagement member attached to the adjacent member, the engagement member being configured to be changeable between an engagement position with which the adjacent member is engaged with the casing and a non-engagement position with which the adjacent member is removed from the casing. The engagement member engages the detachable unit to the casing together with the adjacent member, at the engagement position. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130384 | MOVEABLE PLATEN RIBS - An apparatus ( | 2020-04-30 |
20200130385 | RACK AND PINION FOR PORTABLE THERMAL SUBLIMATION PRINTER - The present invention relates to a portable sublimation printer capable of simultaneously controlling up/down of a platen roller of a portable thermal sublimation printer and up/down of a printing medium pickup roller with a rack and pinion mechanism. A portable sublimation printer having a small thickness and a light weight to a rack apparatus of a portable sublimation printer is provided. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130386 | PRINT APPARATUS - A print apparatus includes a holding unit to hold a roll sheet obtained by winding a sheet, a driving unit, a separation flapper, a pressure contact roller, a print unit, a displacement sensor, and a control unit. The driving unit rotates the held roll sheet. The separation flapper follows a roll sheet surface to separate the sheet from the roll sheet. The pressure contact roller comes into pressure contact with the roll sheet surface. The print unit prints an image on the sheet supplied by rotating the roll sheet in pressure contact with the pressure contact roller in a forward direction. The displacement sensor detects a separation flapper displacement amount according to separation flapper rotation when the sheet is supplied to the print unit after a roll sheet front end is detected. The control unit stops the roll sheet rotation when the amount of displacement exceeds a threshold. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130387 | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO PRINTERS - A printer ( | 2020-04-30 |
20200130388 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a discharge head configured to discharge a liquid toward a medium, a head control board configured to control the discharge head, a circuit case having a box-like shape configured to house the head control board, and a carriage configured to reciprocate in a scanning direction while supporting the discharge head and the circuit case. The circuit case includes an air intake port in one surface of the circuit case, with the one surface intersecting with the scanning direction, and an exhaust port in another surface of the circuit case, with the other surface intersecting with the scanning direction. At the exhaust port, an exhaust fan configured to exhaust, to outside of the circuit case, heat that is inside the circuit case is installed, the heat being generated by the head control board. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130389 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a printing section and an unleveling section. The printing section forms an image on a sheet-like medium based on image data indicating a color component corresponding to a coordinate indicating a position on the medium. The unleveling section has a protrusion capable of abutting against the medium, and forms at least either a convex portion or a concave portion on the medium by enabling the protrusion to abut against or move away from the medium on which the printing section forms an image, the convex or concave portion formed based on height data indicating a height of each coordinate indicating the position on the medium. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130390 | Liquid Discharging Apparatus And Driving Circuit - In a liquid discharging apparatus, a head unit includes a driving element, a first circuit that controls drive of the driving element based on a first signal including a first data signal and a second data signal, and a first conversion circuit that converts a first optical signal into the first data signal, and converts a second optical signal into the second data signal, a driving circuit includes a second circuit that outputs a second signal including a third data signal and a fourth data signal, a second conversion circuit that converts the third data signal into the first optical signal, and converts the fourth data signal into the second optical signal, a first cable, and a second cable, the first cable propagates the first optical signal during a first period, and the second cable propagates the second optical signal during a second period. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130391 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND DRIVING CIRCUIT - A liquid discharging apparatus includes a head unit having a liquid discharging head that has a driving element, a position detection circuit that outputs a position information signal indicative of a position of the liquid discharging head, a first circuit that controls drive of the driving element based on a first signal, and a first conversion circuit that converts a first optical signal into the first signal; and a driving circuit having a second circuit that outputs a second signal, a second conversion circuit that converts the second signal into the first optical signal, a first cable, and a second cable, in which the first cable connects the first conversion circuit to the second conversion circuit, and propagates the first optical signal, and the second cable electrically couples the position detection circuit to the second circuit, and propagates the position information signal. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130392 | RECORDING CONTROL DEVICE, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING CONTROL METHOD - A recording control device includes: a test pattern recording control unit; a correction value calculating unit that calculates a correction value of the ink amount of each nozzle, based on a reading value of the ink recording area of the recorded test pattern; and a correction recording control unit, in which the maximum ink amount of the ink recording area corresponding to the reading value used by the correction value calculating unit to calculate the correction value is smaller when a medium type of a recording medium on which the test pattern is recorded is a second recording medium in which the ink is easier to bleed than a first recording medium than when the medium type of the recording medium on which the test pattern is recorded is the first recording medium. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130393 | STAMPING TOOL - A stamping tool is provided including a base and a cover. The cover is removably affixed to the base through a hinging assembly. The base can include a first base hinge and a second base hinge substantially perpendicular to the first base hinge. The base hinges can be one or more hinge sections. The hinge sections can include a first wall and a second wall that can be biased to define a cavity that is accessible through a channel between the first wall and the second wall. Hinge sections can be separated by one or more receptacles. The cover can include one or more hinge bars corresponding to the hinge sections on the base. The hinge bars can have an unequal aspect ratio allowing for easy insertion and removal of the cover. The cover can also include one or more protrusions separating the hinge bars. These protrusions correspond to the receptacles on the base. A method of stamping an article is also included wherein the stamping tool is provided. The cover is placed in an open position relative to the base. A stamp is adhered to the bottom surface of the cover. The article to be stamped is placed on the top surface of the base. A quantity of ink is applied to the stamp and, as the cover is placed in a closed position, the stamp is brought into contact with the article thereby stamping the article with the ink. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130394 | THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET - Provided is a thermal transfer sheet having an excellent high-speed transferability and capable of forming images with high fluorescence intensity and abrasion resistance. The thermal transfer sheet of the present invention includes a substrate, a fluorescent layer, and a thermofusible ink layer in this order, in which the fluorescent layer contains a fluorescent material, and a vinyl resin. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130395 | BINDING SYSTEM FOR RETAINING BOUND COMPONENTS - A binding apparatus including a plurality of generally coaxially arranged binding coils. Each binding coil includes a pair of generally parallel wires terminating in a tip. Each binding coil is coupled to an adjacent binding coil by a connection portion extending generally parallel to an axis of the binding apparatus. At least one binding coil is directly circumferentially attached to itself, or to a connection portion. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130396 | A SECURITY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF - A security device is provided, comprising: a colour shifting element that exhibits different wavelengths of light at different viewing angles, and; an at least partially transparent light control layer covering at least a part of the colourshifting element and comprising a surface relief adapted to modify the angle of light from the colour shifting element, wherein; a first region of the light control layer comprises a first optical characteristic, whereby light at a first viewing angle from the first region of the light control layer is perceived to have a resultant optical effect that is the resultant of the wavelength of light exhibited at that viewing angle due to the combination of the colour shifting element and the surface relief of the light control layer, and the first optical characteristic, and; a second region of the light control layer either: (i) is substantially colourless such that light at the first viewing angle from the second region is perceived to have a resultant optical effect exhibited at that viewing angle due to the combination of the colour shifting element and the surface relief of the light control layer, or; (ii) comprises a second optical characteristic different from the first optical characteristic, whereby light at the first viewing angle from the second region of the light control layer is perceived to have a resultant optical effect that is the resultant of the wavelength of light exhibited at that viewing angle due to the combination of the colour shifting element and the surface relief of the light control layer, and the second optical characteristic. Methods of manufacture thereof are also disclosed. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130397 | METHOD OF PRODUCING MICRO-IMAGE ELEMENTS ON A SUBSTRATE - Embodiments relate to producing micro-image elements on a substrate for a security document, the method comprising: producing a plurality of microstructure units comprising three-dimensionally structured formations in a clear or pale relief layer on the substrate; and applying a coloured ink fluid to the relief layer, wherein the coloured ink fluid accumulates preferentially in regions of high surface curvature on each microstructure unit to provide contrasting areas of different ink density. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130398 | MICRO-OPTIC DEVICE PROJECTING MULTI CHANNEL PROJECTED IMAGERY - A micro-optic device, including: a substrate; a plurality of image elements in an image plane; and a plurality of focusing elements, each focusing element focusing light to a focal point on the image plane and magnifying any portion of an image element falling within the focal point to thereby produce an image pixel projected to a user at one or more viewing angles, the focal point having an extent smaller than the image element, wherein each image element includes an image sub-element having a different discernible level of brightness to elsewhere in the image element, the brightness of each projected image pixel being dependent on the proportion of the focal point filled with the image sub-element, and wherein each image sub-element has one or more attributes in the image plane, such that, from a given viewing angle, the brightness of each projected image pixel is dependent on each attribute of each image sub-element. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130399 | SECURITY MARK AND A METHOD FOR VALIDATING THE AUTHENTICITY OF A SECURITY MARK - The invention provides for a security mark ( | 2020-04-30 |
20200130400 | FOLDER DESIGN - A folder blank includes a first body panel, a second body panel connected to the first body panel, a first pocket panel connected to the first body panel, a first diagonal line extending across the first pocket panel, a first horizontal scored line connected to the first diagonal line and extending across the first pocket panel, and a first dividing line extending between the first body panel and the first pocket panel. The first dividing line includes a first vertical cut line and a first vertical scored line in alignment with and connected to the first vertical cut line. The first pocket panel can be folded about the first dividing line, the first diagonal line, and the first horizontal scored line to move the first pocket panel from a vertical position to a horizontal position on the folder. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130401 | STEERING WHEEL MOUNTED CLIPBOARD ASSEMBLY - A steering wheel mounted clipboard assembly for mounting a clipboard to a steering wheel includes a vehicle that has a steering wheel. A box is positionable on the steering wheel such that the box is accessible to a driver of the vehicle. A pair of clips is each releasbly attached to the box and each of the clips engages the steering wheel to retain the box on the steering wheel. A clipboard is hingedly coupled to the box and an object can be positioned thereon thereby facilitating the object to be accessible to the driver. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130402 | SPIKE ASSEMBLY - In a first aspect there is disclosed a spike assembly ( | 2020-04-30 |
20200130403 | APPLICATOR - The present invention to provide an applicator which can solve the problems such as attachment failure of an applying body of a brush due to part of the brush stuck remaining inside the front barrel when the brush-formed applying body is attached to the front barrel to thereby reliably attach the brush-formed applying body to the front barrel. The applicator includes: a rear barrel | 2020-04-30 |
20200130404 | FINE TIP STYLUS ND PEN WITH APERTURE FOR COAXIAL, RETRACTION AND PLACEMENT - A writing instrument for alternating between a active stylus tip and an ink pen tip which is retractable from and displaceable through an annular opening at one end of the writing instrument is disclosed. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130405 | DUAL PRESSURE CLAM PRESS - A press can include an upper platen, a lower platen, a support arm, and an adjuster. The support arm can be adapted to move the upper platen substantially parallel to the lower paten between an open position and a closed position. The adjuster can have a cam adapted to engage a surface of the support arm and to rotate between a first rotational position and a second rotational position relative to the support arm. Rotation of the cam from the first rotational position to the second rotational position can move the upper platen toward the lower platen. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130406 | PANEL COMPRISING AN END-GRAIN WOOD PATTERN, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PATTERN FOR SUCH A PANEL, PANEL TRADING UNIT COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE PANEL OF THIS KIND, EMBOSSING ELEMENT FOR SUCH A PANEL AND DECORATIVE PAPER FOR SUCH A PANEL - The invention relates to a panel comprising a pattern which comprises at least two decorative portions, of which at least one is an end-grain wood surface. According to the invention, all of the decorative portions display a wood pattern. Furthermore, two decorative portions that are adjoining each other along a joint line are graphically processed adjacently to the joint line so as to result in an appearance that the human eye perceives to be natural and continuous. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130407 | HYBRID RIM OF A WHEEL WITH A WHEEL HUB MOTOR - A hybrid rim of a wheel provided with a wheel hub motor of a motor vehicle includes a non-metal part and a metal part, wherein a rotor housing of the wheel hub motor at least partially forms the metal part of the hybrid rim. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130408 | LUBRICANT SUPPORTED ELECTRIC MOTOR WITH WHEEL SUPPORT - A lubricant supported electric motor includes a stator extending along an axis, and a rotor rotatably disposed around the stator in radially surrounding and spaced relationship to define at least one support chamber. A lubricant is disposed in the support chamber for supporting the rotor around the stator. A wheel rim is fixedly attached to the rotor and is disposed in surrounding relationship with the rotor and the stator. Thus, in a first aspect, rotation of the rotor is directly transferred to the wheel rim such that the wheel rim rotates in accordance with the rotation of the rotor. In accordance with another aspect, the rotor is rotatably disposed within the stator, and a planetary gear reduction mechanism is operably interconnected to the rotor, the stator, and the wheel rim and configured to rotate the wheel rim in response to rotation of the rotor within the stator. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130409 | VEHICLE WHEEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE VEHICLE WHEEL - A vehicle wheel includes: a pair of rail members configured as separate members from the rim and fixed to an outer circumferential surface of a well portion of a rim of a wheel; and a sub air chamber member serving as a Helmholtz resonator and disposed between and supported by the rail members. A method of manufacturing the vehicle wheel is also provided. The method includes the steps of: fixing the pair of rail members to the outer circumferential surface of the well portion; and attaching the sub air chamber member to the well portion through the pair of rail members such that the sub air chamber member is supported between the pair of rail members, wherein the rail member fixing step includes fixing the pair of rail members using a jig with the rail members spaced apart by the predetermined distance. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130410 | VEHICLE WHEEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE VEHICLE WHEEL - A vehicle wheel includes: a pair of rail members configured as separate members from the rim and fixed to an outer circumferential surface of a well portion of a rim; and a sub air chamber member serving as a Helmholtz resonator and disposed between and supported by the rail members. A distance between the pair of rail members in a wheel width direction becomes gradually narrower from the outer circumferential surface of the well portion toward outside in a wheel radial direction that is orthogonal to the wheel width direction. Further, the pair of rail members have inner surfaces located to face the outer circumferential surface in the wheel radial direction, and the sub air chamber member has a contour to conform with the inner surfaces of the pair of rail members. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130411 | SEALING DEVICE FOR A WHEEL HUB UNIT - Sealing device for a wheel hub unit is disclosed herein, wherein the sealing device being able, during use, to form a static seal for protecting the wheel hub unit from any environmental pollutant and being provided with a screen, which is engaged with a collar of the wheel hub unit and has a bottom wall, a cylindrical side wall integral with and more or less perpendicular to the bottom wall. The sealing device is designed and structured to protect the wheel hub unit from any environmental contaminant that the wheel hub unit may be exposed to during usage. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130412 | Bearing Axle With Straight Shell And Hollow Cross Section - A bearing axle with straight shell and hollow cross section, is characterized in that the horizontal cross section of the axle housing is hollow, space of which is laid out an electric motor, a gearshift, a final drive and a differential. The advantages of the invention are as follows: the electric motor, final drive and differential integrated on the electric drive axle are fixed on the chassis to reduce the unsprung mass. The height of the motor is increased to change its adverse operation circumstances and the electric motor is not easy to be demagnetized. If the transmission is used, the gearshift on the spring is smoother than the gearshift under the spring. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130413 | TIRE - Provided is a tire ( | 2020-04-30 |
20200130414 | REINFORCING MEMBER FOR TIRES AND TIRE USING SAME - Provided is a tire reinforcing member that can further improve various tire performances, such as steering stability and ride comfort. Also provided is a tire in which various tire performances, such as steering stability and ride comfort, are further improved by the use of the tire reinforcing member. A tire reinforcing member ( | 2020-04-30 |
20200130415 | TIRE - Provided is a tire including a spiral cord layer formed by spirally winding a reinforcing cord, in which tire the occurrence of uneven wear attributed to the spiral cord layer is suppressed. The tire includes: a carcass (14) which toroidally extends between a pair of bead portions; and a spiral cord layer (1) which is arranged on the tire radial-direction outer side of the carcass in a crown portion and in which an upper layer (1A) and a lower layer (1B) are formed by spirally winding a reinforcing cord. At least one circumferential belt-reinforcing layer (17), whose cord direction is substantially a tire circumferential direction, is arranged on the tire radial-direction outer side of the spiral cord layer, and a tire widthwise length We of the circumferential belt-reinforcing layer is in a range of 40% to 90% of a tire widthwise length Ws of the spiral cord layer. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130416 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - An intersection point between an interface between a cap rubber layer and a base rubber layer and an outermost belt lateral reference line extending from an outer end of an outermost belt is positioned on an inner side in a tire axial direction than an intersection point between a normal line extending from an outer end of a widest belt to the tread surface and the outermost belt lateral reference line. An outer end of the cap rubber layer is terminated on an inner side in a tire radial direction than an outer end of the base rubber layer, and the outer end of the base rubber layer is positioned on an outer side in the tire axial direction than an end of the tread surface. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130417 | TIRE COMPRISING A TREAD HAVING GROOVES WITH UNDERCUT SIDE FACES AND REINFORCING ELEMENTS - A tire has a tread | 2020-04-30 |
20200130418 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A plurality of main grooves extending from a tread center region including a tire equator to ground contact ends so as to be inclined with respect to a tire width direction are provided on a tread section at intervals in a tire circumferential direction. Sub-grooves extending in a direction crossing the tire width direction with a narrower groove width than the main grooves in the tread center region are provided. Tie bars connecting blocks separated by the sub-grooves are provided inside the sub-grooves. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130419 | Pneumatic Tire - A pneumatic tire rotatable around a tire rotation axis includes a tread portion provided with a circumferential main groove extending in a tire circumferential direction, and a projecting body provided on a groove bottom of the circumferential main groove and projecting outward from the groove bottom in a tire radial direction. The projecting body includes a first portion connected to the groove bottom and a second portion disposed outward from the first portion in the tire radial direction. In a tire lateral direction, a dimension of the first portion is W1 and a dimension of the second portion is W2, and a condition W12020-04-30 | |
20200130420 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING TIRE WEAR USING EMBEDDED IMAGE SENSORS - A tire wear tracking system including network interface hardware configured to communicatively couple a vehicle with a remote server, a processor, and a memory module that stores one or more processor-readable instructions. When executed by the processor, the one or more processor-readable instructions cause the tire wear tracking system to receive image data of one or more tires of a vehicle from one or more image sensors, determine tire information associated with the one or more tires, retrieve reference image data based on the determined tire information, compare the received image data with the retrieved reference image data; and generate an alert based on the comparison between the received image data and the retrieved reference image data. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130421 | IMPLEMENTING TIRE TREAD DEPTH AND WEAR PATTERNS MONITORING WITH RFID - A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing tire tread depth and wear patterns monitoring. A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is provided with an associated tire to be monitored. A dipole antenna structure is coupled to the RFID tag and routed within a position in the tire tread and routed substantially circumferentially in the associated tire. A resonant frequency of the dipole antenna structure is detected to monitor tire tread wear. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130422 | Pneumatic Tire - A pneumatic tire includes a decorative portion on a tire side portion that is an outer surface of a sidewall portion. The decorative portion includes a plurality of ridges that extend along the tire side portion and are arranged side by side in the tire circumferential direction. The plurality of ridges include a common form of an inclination angle in the tire circumferential direction with respect to the tire radial direction and an interval between a pair of the plurality of ridges adjacent. The plurality of ridges constitute a ridge group. Three or more ridge groups are provided and the plurality of ridges of the different ridge groups are arranged intersecting one another. Accordingly, the pneumatic tire can reduce poor appearance of the sidewall portion. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130423 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - In a pneumatic tire | 2020-04-30 |
20200130424 | TIRES WITH IMPROVED RIM FITABILITY - Provided is a tire with improved rim fitability that increases contact pressure of a heel by discharging air caught in a rim seat, makes rim fitability uniform by reducing a pressure difference, and increases a barcode recognition rate. The tire with improve rim fitability includes a rim seat having a rim check line, and a plurality of protrusions spaced apart from each other along a circumference of the rim seat and each including an upper protrusion unit and a lower protrusion unit, in which the upper protrusion unit and the lower protrusion unit are spaced apart from each other along the circumferential direction of the rim seat. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130425 | BEADLOCK WITH FILLER RING - A beadlock assembly comprises a beadlock and a separate filler ring. When installed on a wheel, the filler ring is positioned immediately adjacent the wheel, and the beadlock covers the filler ring while securing the filler ring to the wheel. Use of the filler ring enables the beadlock to comply with applicable regulations for on-road use. For off-road use, the filler ring may be removed, and the beadlock may be used to secure a bead of a tire to the wheel. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130426 | BEAD MEMBER MANUFACTURING METHOD, A BEAD MEMBER AND A PNEUMATIC TIRE - A bead member manufacturing method in the present invention includes a bead core forming step of winding and stacking a bead wire from a winding start end to a winding finish end and forming a bead core having an annular shape, the bead wire being formed by coating an outer circumferential surface of a metal wire with a topping rubber; and a bead wire banding step of winding a tape-shaped rubber around one or both of the winding start end and the winding finish end, wherein tackiness of the tape-shaped rubber is higher than tackiness of the topping rubber. | 2020-04-30 |
20200130427 | BEAD MEMBER AND PNEUMATIC TIRE - Provided is a bead member comprising an annular bead core, and a bead filler located on an outer side of the bead core in a radial direction of the bead core, and the bead filler comprises a resin filler portion made of a resin and a rubber filler portion made of a rubber and joined to the resin filler portion. | 2020-04-30 |