46th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180326713 | INKS FOR 3D PRINTING - In one aspect, inks for use with a three-dimensional printing system are described herein. In some embodiments, an ink described herein is a composite ink. Such a composite ink, in some cases, comprises an optically transparent or substantially transparent carrier ink comprising a curable material; and a colorant dispersed in the carrier ink in an amount of about 0.01 to 5 weight %, based on the total weight of the composite ink. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326714 | NEGATIVELY-WORKING LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR AND METHOD - A negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor can be imaged and developed on-press to provide a lithographic printing plate. Such precursor has an initiator composition that contains compound A of Structure (I) and one or more compounds collectively as compound B of Structure (II) or Structure (III): | 2018-11-15 |
20180326715 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD BASED ON DIGITAL PRINTING - A printing device based on digital printing and a printing method based on digital printing are disclosed, wherein the printing device comprises a rack and a platen, wherein the rack is provided with a plurality of functional zones, the functional zones comprise a feeding zone, an underpainting printing zone, a pattern printing zone and an unloading zone; the platen is used for placing a medium to be printed, and is transferred among the feeding zone, the underpainting printing zone, the pattern printing zone and the unloading zone to achieve a continuous printing process. Therefore, only a digital printing device is needed to complete the underpainting and pattern printing, without incorporating a silk net printing machine and an ink jet printing machine, which is advantageously saving the enterprise cost, omitting a step of materials transferring among different equipment, and improving the production efficiency. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326716 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND KIT FOR APPLYING STENCIL PATTERNS TO A FABRIC AND FABRIC-LIKE MATERIAL - The present invention relates to devices, methods, and kits for applying stencil patterns to surfaces, particularly to surfaces made of fabric or fabric-like materials. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326717 | SCREEN PRINTING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOR - A printing object surface has a cross-sectional shape curving along a printing advancing direction. The printing advancing direction is defined as a Y-axis, a direction orthogonal to the Y-axis and belonging to the cross-section is defined as a Z-axis, and a direction around an axis orthogonal to a Y-Z plane is defined as a θ-axis. A squeegee is disposed so as to be movable in the respective Y-, Z- and θ-axis directions. Information indicating a mutual relationship among respective Y-, Z- and θ-axis positions is obtained. The relationship is a relationship that enables performing printing while maintaining or substantially maintaining an angle formed by a direction tangent to a printing position in the printing object surface in the Y-Z plane and the squeegee. Printing is executed while the respective Y-, Z-, θ-axis positions of the squeegee relative to the printing object surface are controlled according to the obtained information. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326718 | Thermal Transfer Foil for Producing a True Color Image, Process for Producing a True Color Image, and True Color Image - A thermal transfer foil and also a process for producing a true color image, and a true color image, wherein the thermal transfer foil includes at least one effect pigment layer and a carrier foil which has first effect pigments in one or more first regions. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326719 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - A liquid holding amount of a porous body of a liquid absorbing member for removing at least a portion of an aqueous liquid component from an image obtained by ink jet printing is controlled so as to reduce damage to the porous body while maintaining performance of removing attached matters from the porous body by using a cleaning member which abuts on the porous body and has an adhesive force. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326720 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AUTOMATIC IMAGE PRINTING METHOD, AND AUTOMATIC PRINTING APPARATUS NOZZLE - An image processing method includes a first step of matching the image to the target surface, a second step of dividing the target surface into a plurality of preliminary divided regions, a third step of acquiring a first preliminary divided region among the plurality of preliminary divided regions, a fourth step of dividing the target surface into a plurality of final divided regions, on the basis of a preliminary divided image included in the first preliminary divided region of the image matched to the target surface, and a fifth step of setting a print starting position for respective final divided images included in the plurality of final divided regions by using a boundary line that defines the plurality of final divided regions. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326721 | PRINTER AND CONTROL METHOD OF A PRINTER - A printer including: a first printhead and a second printhead configured to eject ink to a print medium; a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the print medium; a camera configured to photograph the print medium; a carriage configured to carry and move the first printhead, the second printhead, and the camera; and a processor configured to print a third mark by the first printhead, photograph the third mark by the camera, adjust driving the conveyance mechanism and the carriage based on a result of the photograph, print a first mark and a second mark by the first printhead and the second printhead respectively, photograph the first mark and the second mark by the camera, and based on the result of the photograph, adjust the ink ejection timing of the second printhead. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326722 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer includes an m number of data setters ranging from a first data setter to an m-th data setter, and an m number of print controllers ranging from a first print controller to an m-th print controller, where m is a natural number greater than or equal to 2. Upon receiving data for ink dots, an n-th data setter sets an n-th dot group including some or all of the ink dots, where n is a natural number in a range of from 2 to m. An n-th print controller causes the n-th dot group to be formed over an (n−1) dot group. The first to the m-th data setters set the first to the m-th dot groups so that at least some of ink dots belonging to the first to the m-th dot groups overlap each other. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326723 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD - The present invention provides a liquid ejecting head in which a chip crack is unlikely to occur. To achieve this, a liquid ejecting head includes an element substrate having energy generating elements arranged on the front face of the element substrate in its longitudinal direction and a channel member having ejection ports formed to correspond to the energy generating elements, respectively. In the element substrate, a supply port for supplying liquid is formed so as to pierce through from a back face to a front face of the element substrate, and inside the supply port, a beam is formed at a position closer to an end of the supply port rather than a center thereof in its longitudinal direction to connect facing inner walls of the supply port in its lateral direction. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326724 | FLEXIBLE CARRIER FOR FLUID FLOW STRUCTURE - In some examples, a method of making a printhead flow structure includes bonding a flex circuit to a flexible carrier with a thermal release tape, placing a printhead die on the flexible carrier, and debonding the printhead flow structure including the flex circuit and the printhead die from the flexible carrier at a temperature below a release temperature of the thermal release tape by flexing the flexible carrier. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326725 | PRINT HEAD SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - A print head substrate includes: a substrate surface including a plurality of printing elements and a plurality of pads disposed along a first side and electrically connected to the printing elements, the substrate surface having an acute angle portion formed by the first side and a second side; and a test element group (TEG) area including a TEG not electrically connected to the printing elements, at least a part of the TEG area being located between the second side and a pad closest to a vertex of the acute angle portion among the pads. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326726 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COATING SURFACES - The present invention relates to devices and methods for coating surfaces including surfaces of medical devices, in particular the coating of microprojections on microprojection arrays. The present invention also relates to print head devices and their manufacture and to methods of using the print head devices for manufacturing articles such as microprojection arrays as well as to coating the surfaces of microprojection arrays. The present invention also relates to high throughput printing devices that utilize the print heads of the present invention. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326727 | INKJET HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet head configured to eject inkjet ink includes a piezoelectric layer of a thin film and a diaphragm. An absolute value of a product of a piezoelectric constant d | 2018-11-15 |
20180326728 | PRINT BAR SENSORS - The present disclosure includes a description of an example print bar that includes an ejection die disposed on a support element, and a sensor disposed at a particular location on the support element. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326729 | REDUCING SIZE VARIATIONS IN FUNNEL NOZZLES - Techniques are provided for making a funnel-shaped nozzle in a substrate. The process can include forming a first opening having a first width in a top layer of a substrate, forming a patterned layer of photoresist on the top surface of the substrate, the patterned layer of photoresist including a second opening, the second opening having a second width larger than the first width, reflowing the patterned layer of photoresist to form curved side surfaces terminating on the top surface of the substrate, etching a second layer of the substrate through the first opening in the top layer of the substrate to form a straight-walled recess, the straight-walled recess having the first width and a side surface substantially perpendicular to the top surface of the semiconductor substrate. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326730 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - There is provided an inkjet printing apparatus capable of efficiently performing print preparation in a standby state. For this purpose, the inkjet printing apparatus includes: a cap moving unit for bringing a cap member for protecting an ejection opening surface of a print head into or out of intimate contact with the ejection opening surface; and a positioning unit for positioning the print head so as to achieve a printing operation. The positioning unit allows a reference portion disposed at the print head to abut against a distance defining member for defining a predetermined distance between the ejection opening surface | 2018-11-15 |
20180326731 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a wiping portion which wipes a nozzle forming surface by relatively moving in a main scanning direction with respect to a recording head; and a controller which moves at least one of the recording head and the wiping member. The controller selects and performs at least one of first wiping processing for wiping the nozzle forming surface until the wiping portion is separated from the nozzle forming surface in the main scanning direction, and second wiping processing for separating the wiping portion from the nozzle forming surface in a retracting direction different from the main scanning direction after wiping the nozzle forming surface until the wiping portion comes into contact with a defined position of the nozzle forming surface. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326732 | Ink Delivery Systems and Methods - The present teachings disclose various embodiments of a printing system for printing a substrate, in which the printing system can be housed in a gas enclosure, where the environment within the enclosure can be maintained as a controlled printing environment. A controlled environment of the present teachings can include control of the type of gas environment within the gas enclosure, the size and level particulate matter within the enclosure, control of the temperature within the enclosure and control of lighting. Various embodiments of a printing system of the present teachings can include a bulk ink delivery system that can be external to a gas enclosure. A bulk ink delivery system according to the present teachings can supply ink to a local ink delivery system that is internal to the gas enclosure. Various embodiments of a local ink delivery system of the present teachings can be proximal to a printhead device assembly, and can include a two-stage ink supply having a local ink replenishment reservoir that is configured to supply a local ink dispensing reservoir to a constant volume. According to the present teachings, a local ink dispensing reservoir can be in flow communication with a plurality of printhead devices. As such, a two-stage local ink delivery system maintaining a constant volume in a local ink dispensing reservoir can provide constant head pressure to the plurality of printhead devices. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326733 | INK-JET PRINTER - An ink-jet printer includes a conveyor, a recording head, a power supply, an ink receiver, a command receiver, and a controller. The controller executes: determining an ink amount to be discharged; determining a voltage value of a drive voltage and the number of ink droplets; raising the drive voltage; executing a flushing process, executing a printing process. The controller determines the voltage value such that the drive voltage becomes higher when the determined ink amount is not less than a first threshold value than when the determined ink amount is less than the first threshold value, and determines the number of ink droplets such that the number of ink droplets becomes larger when the determined ink amount is not less than a second threshold value than when the determined ink amount is less than the second threshold value. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326734 | PARTICLE COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR AN INKJET PRINTER - A printer includes: a printhead; a platen positioned below the printhead for supporting print media conveyed along a media feed direction through a print zone, the platen defining a particle-collection slot upstream of the print zone relative to the media feed direction; and a vacuum chamber in fluid communication with the particle-collection slot. An upper surface of the platen has a plurality of raised ribs extending along the platen in the media feed direction and a dam wall extending across the platen transverse to the ribs. The dam wall is positioned at a downstream side of the particle-collection slot and the ribs extend towards the dam wall from an upstream side of the particle-collection slot. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326735 | Printer Chip, Ink Cartridge and Printer Chip Storage Allocation Method - The invention belongs to the field of ink-jet printing, and particularly relates to a printer chip, an ink cartridge and a printer chip memory allocation method. According to the technical scheme, the printer chip comprises a chip control circuit, a data memory unit used for storing data, and a communication unit used for communication with a printer, wherein the data memory unit and the communication unit are electrically connected with the chip control circuit, and the data memory unit comprises an authorization flat bit making the data memory unit in a non-authorized state and an authorized state respectively according to different numerical values. By additionally arranging the authorization flat bit and conducting matched authorization verification, on the basis of guaranteeing data stability and reliability, chip data can be covered and rewritten, normal use is ensured, and the service life of the printer chip is prolonged. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326736 | LASER PRINTER FOR PATHOLOGICAL EMBEDDING CASSETTES AND PRINTING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a laser printer for pathological embedding cassettes and a printing method thereof. The laser printer includes an ink jet cartridge ( | 2018-11-15 |
20180326737 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording head, an ink supply section, a carriage, and a detection unit. The ink supply section supplies ink to the recording head. The carriage reciprocates in predetermined directions and is provided with the recording head and includes a passage junction to be connected to or disconnected from an ink passage formed between the ink supply section and the recording head. The detection unit converts a result of detecting a detection target into an electrical signal. One of the detection target and the detection unit is mounted in the carriage. The carriage has an ink guiding mechanism that guides the ink from a region positioned below the passage junction in a vertical direction to the detection target or an installation part for the detection unit. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326738 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE FLOW RATE AND THE VISCOSITY OF INK AND USE THEREOF IN A PRINTER - A device for measuring the flow rate and viscosity of ink sent to a print head of an ink jet printer comprises: a restriction of the diameter of a conduit for the flow of ink arranged in the path thereof defined by the conduit; a sensor for measuring the pressure difference (P | 2018-11-15 |
20180326739 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUSES - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid, and a supply device that supplies the liquid from a liquid supply source to the liquid ejecting head, the supply device including a first liquid supplying flow path that supplies the liquid, a pump that feeds the liquid, a second liquid supplying flow path having one end connected to an upstream connecting portion and the other end connected to a downstream connecting portion, a pressure control valve disposed in the second liquid supplying flow path, a buffer in which a volume of a storage chamber varies by displacement of a flexible member, and a pressure applying section that applies pressure to the flexible member from an outside of the storage chamber. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326740 | MIST EXTRACTION SYSTEM FOR INKJET PRINTHEAD - A printer includes: a platen having an ink-collection slot extending across its width; a wick bar received in the ink-collection slot, wherein an upstream gap and a downstream gap are defined at either side of the wick bar relative to a media feed direction; a printhead positioned over the wick bar; and a vacuum chamber in fluid communication with the ink-collection slot. The wick bar has a wick surface sloped upwards from the upstream gap towards the downstream gap. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326741 | FIXING AGENT AMOUNT SETTING METHOD, PRINTING DEVICE, AND PRINTING METHOD - To allow printing through a more appropriate method when carrying out printing using a two-liquid type ink. A fixing agent amount setting method of setting a usage amount of a fixing agent, which is liquid for fixing an ink, which is a colored ink, on a medium, where a fixing agent density, which is an amount of the fixing agent to eject per unit area is made to correspond with a colored ink density, which is an amount of the ink to eject per unit area, and set to a value smaller than or equal to an upper limit value of a fixing agent density corresponding to a maximum fixing agent density at which color unevenness does not occur on the medium. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326742 | BOBBIN FOR THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET OR IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEET, ASSEMBLY OF BOBBIN AND SHEET, AND THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTER - The present invention makes it possible to reduce the number of constituent components, and to provide a bobbin body having a smooth surface. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326743 | PRINT HEAD WITH QUICK RELEASE MECHANISM - A quick release print head includes a heating block, a nozzle tube and a connecting tube. The nozzle tube is inserted in the heating block. One end of the nozzle tube has a nozzle and the other end is extended with an extension tube exposed to the heating block. The connecting tube is connected with the extension tube. Whereby, the extension tube extended from the nozzle tune is exposed to the heating block so that the nozzle tube disposed near the heating block cannot be disassembled. Thus a process of replacing components by heating a nozzle can be bypassed, and advantages of quick disassembly and easy maintenance of the print head can be achieved. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326744 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording device includes a laser irradiation device that emits laser lights output from a plurality of laser light emitting elements to different positions in a predetermined direction; and an image recording unit that controls the laser irradiation device to irradiate a recording object moving relative to the laser irradiation device in a direction different from the predetermined direction with laser so as to heat the object, form image dots, and record an image. The image recording unit controls the laser irradiation device, conducts recording such that at least one of the image dots, recorded alongside at different positions in a direction perpendicular to a relative moving direction of the object, is shifted relative to other ones of the image dots in the relative moving direction, and records a solid image on the object such that the image dot is partially overlapped with all adjacent image dots. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326745 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording apparatus includes: a laser emitting device configured to emit laser beams emitted from a plurality of laser light-emitting elements; an optical fiber array including a plurality of optical fibers provided corresponding to the laser light-emitting elements and configured to guide the laser beams emitted from the laser light-emitting elements to a recording object that relatively moves with respect to the laser emitting device, laser emitting portions of the respective optical fibers being arrayed in an array form in a predetermined direction; and an image recording unit configured to control the laser emitting device so as to irradiate the recording object which relatively moves with respect to the laser emitting device in a direction different from the predetermined direction, with laser beams via the optical fiber array, to heat the recording object and record an image. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326746 | METHOD FOR FORMING BRAILLE TEXT AND PRINT - In a method for forming braille text on a recording medium, the braille text includes a plurality of cells with one or more dots included in each cell, and at least one of the cells includes a plurality of dots. The method includes discharging a photocurable ink onto the recording medium and curing with light the discharged photocurable ink, to form a print layer on the recording medium, and discharging a photocurable ink onto the print layer and curing with light the discharged photocurable ink, to form at least one additional print layer on the print layer. Resultant braille text is formed by the print layer and the at least one additional print layer, and the resultant braille text has an intra-cell dot-to-dot spacing of about 0.38 mm or more and about 1.32 mm or less. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326747 | TABLET PRINTING APPARATUS AND TABLET MANUFACTURING METHOD - A tablet printing apparatus and a tablet manufacturing method are provided which are capable of distinguishing and collecting a preceding tablet and a following tablet from each other when two or more tablets in contact with each other are carried. A tablet printing apparatus includes a carrying device | 2018-11-15 |
20180326748 | PLANT FOR MANUFACTURING AND PRINTING CONTAINER CLOSURE BODIES - A plant for manufacturing and printing cup-shaped bodies having an apparatus for manufacturing cup-shaped bodies that includes at least one portion made of plastics and a device for positioning the cup-shaped bodies manufactured by the apparatus on a transfer device that can move along a longitudinal transfer direction. The cup-shaped bodies rest with their lower edge on a resting surface that is defined by the transfer device with its concavity directed toward the resting surface. The plant includes, along the extension of the longitudinal transfer direction, a device for the digital printing of the cup-shaped bodies, and a component for controlling the position of the top edge of the cup-shaped bodies on the resting surface, the component being connected to the digital printing device. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326749 | METHOD FOR SAFEGUARING A PRINTING PROCESS USING A PRINTER AND PRINTER FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A method for securing a printing process of a printer having a housing with a printing chamber, a printing device, a holding device for an exchangeable magazine for holding an object to be printed on, a control and evaluation unit, and a memory, the method having the following steps: inserting a magazine having the object to be printed into the holding device; moving the holding device into the printing chamber, using an optical sensor in the housing to sense a marking on the magazine; performing a comparison of the marking on the inserted magazine sensed by the sensor with a marking stored in memory in the control and evaluation unit for a magazine permissible for the print object to be printed on; outputting an error indication if the marking of the inserted magazine sensed by the sensor does not match the marking stored in the memory for a permissible magazine. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326750 | DIGITAL PRINTING MACHINE WITH A TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE FOR SHEETS - A digital printing machine includes a first cylinder for transporting sheets, a second cylinder for transferring the sheets directly to the first cylinder, a third cylinder for transferring the sheets directly to the second cylinder, and at least one inkjet print head directed towards the first cylinder for printing on the sheets disposed thereon. At least one first sensor measures the temperature of the first cylinder, a second sensor measures the temperature of the sheets while being transported by the second cylinder or by the third cylinder, and at least one temperature control device controls the temperature of the sheets prior to their transfer to the first cylinder. A control element adapts the temperature of the sheets to the temperature of the first cylinder. The first sensor, the second sensor and the temperature control device are connected to the control element. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326751 | LIQUID DROPLET DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A liquid droplet discharging apparatus includes a head, a temporary curing irradiating unit as an irradiating unit, a maintenance unit, and a controller, in which the controller sets a cleaning interval of the nozzle surface by the maintenance unit as a first interval when a first mode, in which an irradiation amount of the ultraviolet rays of the temporary curing irradiating unit with respect to a unit printing area is set as a first amount, is performed, and sets the cleaning interval of the nozzle surface by the maintenance unit as a second interval which is longer than the first interval when a second mode, in which the irradiation amount of the ultraviolet rays of the temporary curing irradiating unit with respect to the unit printing area is set as a second amount which is smaller than the first amount, is performed. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326752 | DATA GENERATION METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A first pattern P | 2018-11-15 |
20180326753 | METHOD FOR INPUTTING PRINT DATA FOR PRINTING UPON A PRINT OBJECT USING A PRINTER AND PRINTER FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A method for inputting print data for printing on a print object with a printer having a housing, a printing device, a holding device for an exchangeable magazine which holds the print object to be printed on, a control and evaluation unit, a memory and an input and display apparatus. Inputting print data is facilitated by the following steps of the method: inserting a magazine having the print object into the holding device outside of the printing chamber; moving the holding device into the printing chamber, optically sensing a marking arranged on the print object and/or on the magazine; selecting an input screen, from a plurality of input screens stored in the memory on the basis of the marking of the inserted print object sensed and/or on the magazine sensed by the sensor; and displaying the selected input screen or screens on the input display apparatus. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326754 | MEDIA SHEET TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A media sheet drive has a continuous belt of a dielectric material for transporting sheet media supported on the belt in a transport direction. A launch mechanism is used to launch a sheet medium onto a top surface of the belt. A charging circuit including a charging head is used to charge a top surface of the sheet medium and the belt as the sheet medium is launched. Charging acts to generate an electrostatic tacking force to tack the sheet medium to the belt. To prevent high electric field near the belt top surface which might otherwise affect the printing process, a neutralizing circuit is positioned downstream of the charging circuit to reduce electric field near the top of the belt by balancing charge at the top and bottom of the belt while keeping the sheet medium tacked to the belt. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326755 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INK JET PRINTING METHOD - When a porous body is repeatedly used to perform treatment of absorbing and removing an aqueous liquid component on an image which is formed using a reaction liquid and an ink and contains the aqueous liquid component and a coloring material, recovery treatment for applying a recovery liquid to the porous body is performed, the recovery liquid having a viscosity lower than a viscosity of the reaction liquid and the ink. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326756 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - In a process of an ink receiving medium entering a nip part with a liquid absorbing member, force in a direction to sweep up an image to be processed as an absorption removal treatment target is reduced by changing a nip pressure of the nip part in a conveying direction of the ink receiving medium. Furthermore, when peeling off the liquid absorbing member from the ink receiving medium from the nip part, force for pulling a liquid component toward a porous body is effectively applied. As a result, it is possible to achieve high absorption and removal of the liquid component from the image to be processed while suppressing disturbance of the image to be processed. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326757 | INKJET PRINTING METHOD FOR HEAT SENSITIVE SUBSTRATES - An inkjet printing method using an inkjet printing device including a vacuum support for a substrate held down against a support surface of the vacuum support by air suction includes a step of jetting a set of layers with a set of liquids on the support surface to form a pattern with a surface roughness between 2.0 μm and 200.0 μm and rougher than the surface roughness of the support surface, and a step of supporting the substrate at least partially on the pattern. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326758 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - Provided is an ink jet recording apparatus capable of easily and more reliably performing fixation processing on a recording medium moved after image recording. The ink jet recording apparatus is provided with: an image forming unit ( | 2018-11-15 |
20180326759 | PRINTER AND CONTROL METHOD OF A PRINTER - Technology enabling accurately detected marks on a print medium according to the type of print medium is provided. A printer | 2018-11-15 |
20180326760 | TAPE PROCESSING DEVICE AND TAPE PROCESSING METHOD - A tape processing device includes a sending and processing section that performs a tape process while sending processing tape, a cutting section that is disposed on a downstream side of the sending and processing section in a tape sending direction and cuts the tape-processed processing tape, a discharging section that is disposed on the downstream side of the cutting section in the tape sending direction, feeds the processing tape, and holds the cut processing tape, a sending and interlocking section that interlocks driving of the sending and processing section and driving of the discharging section, and a sensing section that determines presence and absence of the processing tape held in the discharging section. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326761 | CARD PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH ADAPTABLE CARD TRANSPORT DELAY - Systems and methods where a delay time between a first card processing mechanism, such as a drop-on-demand printer that prints with UV curable ink, and a second card processing mechanism, such as a UV curing station, can be altered to adjust the travel time of the card from the first card processing mechanism to the second card processing mechanism. First and second card buffers can be provided between the first card processing mechanism and the second card processing mechanism. Each of the first and second card buffers is independently logically controlled to permit independent control of the transport time of a card through each card buffer. Alternatively, a single card buffer or more than two card buffers can be provided between the first card processing mechanism and the second card processing mechanism. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326762 | DUPLEX PRINTING SYSTEM FOR CUT SHEETS AND A METHOD THEREFOR - A printing system for cut sheets includes a controller configured to control the printing of image data on a plurality of sheets and scheduling the plurality of sheets in a printing order, a paper path comprising a duplex printing loop and a rotational functional component arranged in the duplex printing loop for guiding and processing a printed sheet for two passes along or on a surface of the rotational functional component, a print engine arranged in the duplex printing loop and configured to dispose marking material on the sheets according to the image data, in two passes, one side per pass. The controller is configured to schedule one-sided printed sheets for a first pass guided along or on the surface of the rotational functional component and two-sided printed sheets for a second pass guided along or on the surface of the rotational functional component by using the duplex printing loop and to determine a distance between subsequent sheets guided along or on the surface of the rotational functional component such that a location on the surface of the rotational functional component is covered by printed sides of two-sided sheets at most a maximum number of times before the location on the surface of the rotational functional component is covered by an unprinted side of a sheet. The maximum number is determined by a degree of pollution caused by the marking material printed on two-sided printed sheets when taking a second pass along or on the surface of the rotational functional component. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326763 | DUAL CARD TRANSPORT IN A CARD PROCESSING SYSTEM - A card processing system that includes a card transport mechanism having at least first and second separate card transports that separately transport first and second cards in the card processing system. Each of the first and second card transports can be actuated between a common card pick-up location and common card discharge position. At least one card processing mechanism that can perform a card processing operation is located between the common card pick-up location and the common card discharge location, with each of the first and second card transports transporting respective cards to the card processing mechanism to perform the card processing operation and transporting the cards from the card processing mechanism after processing. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326764 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A continuous sheet is conveyed in a first direction in a printing operation, cut with a cutter in a cutting operation, and then conveyed in a second direction opposite to the first direction. A conveyance amount of the continuous sheet in the second direction is changed based on an operation of the printing apparatus after the cutting operation. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326765 | MEDIA REPLACEMENT PROCESS FOR THERMAL PRINTERS - The present invention embraces a method and apparatus for improving ribbon replacement for thermal printers. The present invention also applies to replacement of other media in associated printers. The improvement is achieved based a ribbon adapter or media adapter that is designed for two conditions: 1) catch condition for printing, and 2) release condition for replacing the media in the printer. By a single click or press of a button, a user can switch between the two conditions. The printing operation occurs during the catch condition. The catch condition ensures that there is no or little relative movement between media core and media adapter. The media adapter can also support different diameter media cores. The release condition is implemented when the user replaces media. The release condition can provide a relatively easy replacement of a media without a significant force or pressure. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326766 | SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING OBJECTS FROM A NESTED STACK OF OBJECTS TO A PRINTER FOR PRINTING - A printer includes a conveyor that feeds objects from a stack of nested objects to the printer. The conveyor includes a member having protuberances that extend from the member to hold the lips of objects in the stack except for the object closest to the printheads in the printer. A spindle mounted to a member is moved to be within an orifice of the object closest to the printheads to engage that object and pull it from the stack. The spindle rotates to facilitate the printing of the object. After the object is printed, it is released from the spindle and gravity directs the printed object along a ramp to an opening in the printer for collection. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326767 | Apparatus and Method for Control of Print Gap - Gas bearing systems, print gap control systems, and methods of print gap control are provided. The gas bearing systems can accommodate one or more print module packages. The systems and methods can be used for inkjet and/or thermal printing applications such as manufacturing organic light emitting devices (OLEDs). Gas bearing systems can employ one or more of pressurized gas and vacuum. For oxygen-sensitive applications, an inert gas, such as nitrogen gas, can be employed as the pressurized gas. Fluid channels and apertures of the gas bearing systems can be varied in terms of size and relative position to one another. Fluid channels and apertures can be grouped and paired with one or more manifolds and ultimately a pressurized gas and/or vacuum source. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326768 | PRINTER TO DETERMINE CALIBRATION PATTERN - A printer is operated to determine an attribute of a field of view of the scan sensor. A calibration test pattern is determined based on the field of view (e.g., size of the field of view relative to dimension of individual bar in pattern). | 2018-11-15 |
20180326769 | METHOD FOR FORMING BRAILLE TEXT AND INKJET PRINTER - A method for forming braille text on a recording medium, the braille text including cells with one or more dots in each cell, and at least one of the cells includes a plurality of dots therein, includes discharging a photocurable ink onto the recording medium and curing the discharged photocurable ink with light, thus forming a print layer on the recording medium, and discharging a photocurable ink onto the print layer and curing the discharged photocurable ink with light, thus forming one or more additional print layers on the print layer. The braille text has an intra-cell dot-to-dot spacing of about 0.38 mm or more and about 1.32 mm or less. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326770 | PRE-TREATMENT COMPOSITION - Disclosed is a substantially water-free pre-treatment composition having at least one of an acid or an acid anhydride in an organic matrix. Also disclosed is a kit of parts having the pre-treatment composition and an ink composition that has an intrinsic inferior water fastness when printed, where the ink contains a compound that is soluble in alkaline environment (ink as such) and insoluble in a neutral and/or acidic environment. Also disclosed is a printing method for improving the water fastness of a print made with an ink that has intrinsically low water fastness, by using a pre-treatment composition as disclosed. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326771 | A METHOD TO PRINT DURABLE AND HIGH CONTRAST IDENTIFICATION CODES, INDICIA AND/OR FIGURES ON AN ANIMAL TAG - It is disclosed a method to print durable and high contrast identification codes, indicia and figures on an animal tag. The method is characterized by printing an ink on a polymeric substrate of the animal tag, the step of printing being executed with inkjet printing technique and the ink being a UV-curable ink including pigments, wherein the ink is UV cured after inkjet printing, to become integral part of the polymeric substrate. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326772 | THERMAL TRANSFER RECORDING MEDIUM - A thermal transfer recording medium that satisfies the requirements for higher printing speed of thermal transfer, and high density and high quality of thermal transfer images, that better prevents the occurrence of abnormal transfer under high-temperature and high-humidity conditions, and that improves transfer sensitivity in printing. The thermal transfer recording medium includes a primer layer, an undercoat layer, and a dye layer in this order on one surface of a substrate, and a heat-resistant lubricating layer on the other surface of the substrate; wherein the primer layer contains polycarbonate and a polyurethane-urea resin having a polycaprolactam skeleton; the undercoat layer contains a copolymer of polyester and acrylic, and polyvinyl pyrrolidone; and the copolymer is a copolymer of polyester having a sulfonic acid group, and acrylic having at least one of a glycidyl group and a carboxyl group. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326773 | EMBOSSED PRINT MEDIA - The present disclosure is drawn to embossed print media including a media substrate having a front side and a back side, an embossed image-receiving layer formed on the front side of the media substrate at a coating weight of 3 gsm to 50 gsm, and a fabric liner coupled to the back side of media substrate via an adhesive layer. The embossed image-receiving layer can include a first pigment filler and a first polymeric binder. The adhesive layer can be applied at a coating weight from 20 gsm to 40 gsm and can include a second polymeric binder and a flame-retarding filler. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326774 | Tradesmen Cards - A tradesman trading card package for promoting various trades comprises at least one trading card with a picture of a tradesman one side of the card, information on the one side of the card describing the tradesman including name, profession, specialty and license number, and three columns on an opposite side of the card describing work experience including year obtained, organization and qualification. The tradesman trading cards are packaged according to geographical areas to be distributed to consumers in those geographical areas. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326775 | Process for Producing a Multilayer Body, and Multilayer Body - In a process for producing a multilayer body, an HRI layer made of a material having a high refractive index is applied to at least part of the surface area of a substrate. At least one partial region of the HRI layer is then physically removed from the substrate again by treatment with an alkaline solution. Additionally specified is a multilayer body that can be obtained by such a process. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326776 | CORE-SHELL PARTICLE-BASED SECURITY PIGMENT, AND PRODUCTION METHOD - The invention relates to a security pigment of core-shell particles with an organic or metalorganic feature substance, in particular luminescent feature substance, present in dissolved or finely distributed form in the core. The invention further relates to a method for producing the core-shell particles and value documents having the core-shell particles. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326777 | PLASTIC CARD WITH SECURITY FEATURE - A plastic card includes a multi-layer card body into which is integrated a window-type security feature. The card body includes a core layer that is laminated between top and bottom opaque print layers. The security feature includes a transparent insert incorporated into the core layer that serves as a light-transmissive card window. Overt and covert print elements are printed onto the top and bottom surfaces, respectively, of top print layer in alignment with the clear insert, with only the overt print element visible in natural light. By contrast, covert print element is only viewable by illuminating the partially light-transmsisive top print layer through the insert. Preferably, the overt and covert print elements are tightly nested design elements that render the resulting harmonized image more difficult to replicate by unscrupulous individuals. Additionally, the insert is preferably dosed with a UV brightener to provide a forensic-level of security to the plastic card. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326778 | ANGLED PEN - Angled pens are provided. A pen includes: a shank; an ink tube inside the shank; a first tip member connected to a distal end of the shank; a second tip member connected to a distal end of the first tip member; and a bent tubular member including a proximal end section, a middle section, and a distal end section. An axis of the middle section is arranged at a first angle relative to a central axis of the shank. The axis of the middle section is arranged at a second angle relative to an axis of the distal end section, the second angle being in a range of 45° to 90°. The axis of the distal end section is arranged at a third angle relative to the central axis of the shank. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326779 | METHOD FOR LACQUERING PENCILS, AND LACQUERING APPARATUS - In a method for lacquering pencils by the push-through method, a respective pencil is guided through a lacquering chamber in order to apply a lacquer coat. After exiting the lacquering chamber, successive pencils butt against one another and are held against one another at their end sides such at a plurality of pencils form a stable strand which is guided, subsequent to the lacquering chamber, through a drying section, with the result that a respective pencil is held in a hovering manner on leaving the lacquering chamber. It is hereby in particular also made possible to use UV-curing lacquers, with the overall result that a very short total lacquering time for lacquering pencils, in particular cosmetic pencils, is achieved. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326780 | COLOR MARK STRUCTURE APPLYING ON RUBBER PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A color mark structure applying on rubber product comprises cellophane and a transfer paper. The transfer paper is arranged on the cellophane and a predetermined color or a predetermined pattern with a predetermined color is printed thereon by screen printing. The transfer paper having the predetermined color or the predetermined pattern with the predetermined color and the cellophane are attached on the rubber product. The upper and lower sides of the transfer paper are respectively connected with the cellophane and the rubber product. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326781 | COMPOSITE WHEEL RIM PREFORM AND METHOD OF FABRICATING A COMPOSITE WHEEL RIM PREFORM - A preform for fabricating a wheel rim and a method of making a preform is provided. The preform includes a main section and at least one secondary section, each section being formed from composite materials, such as triaxially braided composite material that includes fibers oriented in at least three directions. The main section forms at least part of a lateral section of the preform and the secondary section forms at least part of a radial portion of the preform, the radial portion of the preform being generally perpendicular to the lateral section of the preform. The preform is fabricated from a plurality of composite layers, at least some being custom composite layers having a plurality of axial fibers interwoven intermittently with substantially consistent first and second sets of biased fibers. In some embodiments, the preform is initially fabricated in an intermediate configuration prior to being moved to a final configuration. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326782 | WHEEL BEARING UNIT - The invention relates to a wheel bearing unit including a wheel hub. The wheel hub has an integrally formed wheel flange at one end and an inner ring which can be rotated together with the wheel hub. The inner ring is secured on the wheel hub by a rolling rivet connection in order to pretension a row of rolling elements relative to an outer ring. The wheel bearing unit also has an encoder, which is provided on the inner ring and extends radially in the direction of the outer ring, and a protective cover which is secured to the outer ring in order to close and seal annular openings that are formed between the outer ring and the wheel hub. A cylindrical mounting section of the protective cover is pressed into a cylindrical press-in portion of the outer ring, and a shielding section extends from the cylindrical assembly portion inwards in a radial direction (R | 2018-11-15 |
20180326783 | LOCKING DEVICE FOR BICYCLE WHEEL QUICK RELEASE MECHANISM - There is described a quick-release arrangement for mounting a bicycle wheel ( | 2018-11-15 |
20180326784 | METHOD FOR IN SITU ISOMERIZATION OF POLYBUTADIENE - Methods for in situ isomerization if polybutadiene may include adding mixture components of the cross-linkable rubber composition into a mixer, the mixture components comprising at least 10 phr of a polybutadiene rubber having at least 80 wt % cis-bonds and up to 90 phr of a second rubber component having at least some dienic unsaturation and mixing the mixture components during a nonproductive phase. Such methods may include processing the mixture components on a mill during a productive phase, adding at least 3 phr of a disulfide isomerization agent and mixing the disulfide isomerization agent with the mixture components. The mixing may take place in an internal mixer with the isomerization agent added to the mixer or alternatively, it may be added to the mill after the mixture components have been dropped from the mixer for cooling on the mill. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326785 | Wheel - A wheel includes a main hub portion having outer and inner portions, the inner portion being spaced from the outer portion by a main hub sidewall; a ring portion configured to engage the main hub portion so as to enclose the outer portion and the inner portion and create an enclosed void; and an exterior covering surrounding at least part of the main hub portion and the ring portion at the enclosed void. A method of forming a wheel includes forming a main hub portion having an outer portion and an inner portion; forming a ring portion configured to engage the main hub portion so as to enclose the outer portion and the inner portion and create an enclosed void; assembling the main hub portion and the ring portion into an assembled hub; and overmolding an exterior covering surrounding at least part of the main hub and ring portions. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326786 | COMPOSITE COMPRISING A METAL COMPONENT AND A FUNCTIONAL POLYMER MATRIX - The present invention relates to a composite based at least on a component having a metal surface and on a polymer matrix comprising a functional diene polymer that bears at least one aromatic group. The aromatic group is substituted by at least two hydroxyl functions, where two of the hydroxyl functions are vicinal. Such a composite has a good resistance to delamination. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326787 | ZERO-PRESSURE TIRE - A pneumatic radial tire includes a carcass structure having a pair of sidewalls and a crown, a pair of beads, a tread, a belt structure, and a plurality of reinforcing hoops. The plurality of spaced apart reinforcing hoops are disposed intermediate the crown of the carcass structure and the tread, and are formed of a rigid material coated in an elastomeric material. The plurality of reinforcing hoops includes a pair of outer reinforcing hoops disposed adjacent the sidewalls of the carcass, and an at least one inner reinforcing hoop disposed between the outer reinforcing hoops. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326788 | Tread For An Aircraft Tire - Airplane tire tread ( | 2018-11-15 |
20180326789 | Tread For An Aircraft Tire - Airplane tire tread ( | 2018-11-15 |
20180326790 | Tread For An Aircraft Tire - Tread of an airplane tire having axial width L, comprises middle part ( | 2018-11-15 |
20180326791 | MOTORCYCLE TIRE AND TIRE SET - A tire used for the motorcycle tire and tire set includes: a crossing groove and a non-crossing groove. A groove group of the crossing groove and the non-crossing groove is repeatedly provided in tire circumferential direction so that adjacent groove groups are symmetric with respect to a tire equatorial plane. First, second, and fifth groove portions extend toward one side in tire circumferential direction and third and fourth groove portions extend toward the other side in tire circumferential direction. A first bend portion is located in a shoulder region nearer the one tread edge, a second bend portion is located in a middle region nearer the one tread edge, and a third bend portion is located in a middle region nearer the other tread edge. Inclination angles of the second, fourth and fifth groove portions are each larger than an inclination angle of the first groove portion. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326792 | TIRE - A tire comprises a tread portion | 2018-11-15 |
20180326793 | TIRE - In a pneumatic tire | 2018-11-15 |
20180326794 | TWISTED SIPES - The invention includes tire treads, tires including the tire treads, and methods of forming a tire tread. The tire tread includes a length extending in a lengthwise direction, a width extending in a lateral direction, and a thickness extending in a depth-wise direction from an outer, ground-engaging side of the tread. The tire treads further include a sipe having a length, a height, a width, a thickness extending in a direction of the sipe width, and a cross-section taken along a plane extending in a direction of the sipe width and height, where the cross-section twists as the sipe thickness extends along the length of the sipe. Method of forming the tire tread includes molding into the tread a sipe and a void feature as recited herein. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326795 | TREAD WEAR INDICATOR - A tread wear indicator for a tire is provided. The tire includes a pair of sidewalls and a tread and the tread includes a plurality of circumferential grooves and a plurality of lateral grooves. The tread wear indicator is formed in a selected one of the lateral grooves adjacent a selected one of the circumferential grooves. The indicator includes a plurality of step elements descending from a radially outward surface of the tread toward the base of the selected one of the lateral grooves. Each step element includes an axially-extending surface that is approximately parallel to and is radially inward of the radially outward surface of the selected one of the tread elements, and a radially-extending surface that extends approximately perpendicular to the axially-extending surface. The axially-extending surface of each step element is formed with indicia visible to a user of the tire. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326796 | TIRE WITH PRE-STRESSED TOROIDAL ELEMENT - A non-pneumatic tire has a crown region and a pair of sidewall regions, including a first sidewall region and a second sidewall region. The non-pneumatic tire includes a pair of beads, including a first bead and a second bead, and a toroidal element. The toroidal element includes an inner region, an outer region, and a central region. At least a portion of the central region is more elastic than the inner and outer regions. The toroidal element includes a crown portion extending across the crown region of the non-pneumatic tire, a first sidewall portion extending along at least a portion of the first sidewall region of the non-pneumatic tire, and a second sidewall portion extending along at least a portion of the second sidewall region of the non-pneumatic tire. The toroidal element is pre-stressed such that when the non-pneumatic tire is mounted to a rim, the first sidewall portion of the toroidal element exerts a first axially outward force of at least 1000 pounds against the rim, and such that the second sidewall portion of the toroidal element exerts a second axially outward force of at least 1000 pounds against the rim. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326797 | RUN-FLAT INSERT - A braceable run-flat insert for a vehicle wheel has subelements forming a circular ring. The subelements are connected in an articulated manner or braced by a clamping system. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326798 | Pneumatic Tire - A pneumatic tire includes a band-like sound absorbing member adhered on an inner surface of a tread portion along the tire circumferential direction. Cuts are formed on the band-like sound absorbing member mutually intersecting such that angles θ | 2018-11-15 |
20180326799 | A CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING THE PRESSURE OF A TIRE WHEEL - A control circuit for controlling the pressure of a wheel enclosing a first volume and a second volume includes a controlled pressure line, a first line, connectable to the controlled pressure line and connected to the first volume for introducing air inside the first volume, and a second line, connectable to the controlled pressure line and connected to the second volume for introducing air inside the second volume. The control circuit further includes a first spool valve, which is a three way-two positions valve, having a first position in which the controlled pressure line is connected to the first line, and a second position, in which the controlled pressure line is connected to the second line. The first spool valve switches from the first position to the second position if the pressure in the first volume exceeds a predetermined pressure. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326800 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, TIRE, AND MOVING OBJECT - To provide a circuit with low power consumption, a semiconductor device with low power consumption, a highly reliable semiconductor device, a tire whose performance is controlled, a moving object whose performance is controlled, or a moving object with a high degree of safety. A tire provided with a semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a circuit portion, an antenna, and a sensor element. The circuit portion includes a transistor. The transistor includes an oxide semiconductor. The sensor element is configured to measure the air pressure of the tire. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326801 | TIRE INCLUDING CONTACT CHARGING TYPE SELF-POWER GENERATION MODULE - A tire including a contact charging type self-power generation module, and more particularly, a tire including a contact charging type self-power generation module that can generate electricity by charging static electricity occurring within a tire and a sound-absorbing material of the tire and that can operate a sensor using the generated electricity is provided. The tire including a contact charging type self-power generation module includes a sound-absorbing material provided within an inner liner of the tire; an internal electrode portion provided within the sound-absorbing material and extended in a length direction of the sound-absorbing material; and an external electrode portion having a first external electrode provided separately from the sound-absorbing material and provided parallel to the internal electrode portion, wherein when the tire moves, as the sound-absorbing material moves, the internal electrode portion and the external electrode portion are charged with electricity to generate electricity. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326802 | REDUCING WEAR IN HITCH APPARATUSES - A pintle hitch apparatus has a pintle hook with a base portion adapted at a front end thereof for attachment to a towing vehicle, a bend portion extending rearward from the base, and a pin extending upward from a rear end of the bend portion. A recess is defined in a top surface of the bend portion, and a wear member is releasably attached in the recess such that a top surface of the wear member is above the top surface of the bend portion. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326803 | WHEEL CONTROL ARM WITH A FIRST AND SECOND PROFILE BODY - The disclosure describes a wheel control arm for a wheel suspension in a vehicle including a flat first profile body including a first narrow end and a second narrow end, the second narrow end extends opposite the first narrow end; broadsides facing one another; a first profile body end and a second profile body end, the first profile body end includes a first bearing seat configured to fasten the wheel control arm to a vehicle component, the second profile body end includes a second bearing seat configured to fasten the wheel control arm to a wheel carrier, the first profile body is curved along a longitudinal axis of a profile body; and a second profile body, including a third profile body end and a fourth profile body end, the third profile body end includes a third bearing seat configured to fasten the wheel control arm to the vehicle component. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326804 | DOUBLE COMPRESSION RATIO TYPE BUSH AND SUSPENSION SYSTEM THEREBY - A bushing may include an elastic compression portion configured to form a primary compression ratio due to a compressive deformation by a primary press-fitting load and be pressed by a secondary compression ratio greater than the primary compression ratio by a secondary press-fitting load greater than the primary press-fitting load, wherein the elastic compression portion is formed in an opened cross section to be a secondary surface contact larger than a primary surface contact without a bulge phenomenon by a volume dispersion in a state in which it is pressed by the primary press-fitting load to be the primary surface contact and then is pressed by the secondary press-fitting load. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326805 | ADJUSTABLE INTERNAL BYPASS - A vehicle suspension damper includes: a cylinder and a piston assembly, wherein the piston assembly includes a piston; a working fluid within the cylinder; a bypass cylinder surrounding the cylinder and defining a cylindrical bypass channel; an adjustable bypass port fluidly coupling an interior of the cylinder and the cylindrical bypass channel; and a remotely operable bypass valve slidably disposed within the cylindrical bypass channel, the remotely operable bypass valve configured for, upon actuation of an actuator coupled with the remotely operable bypass valve, adjusting a flow of the working fluid through the adjustable bypass port. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326806 | RECEIVING ARRANGEMENT OF A SUPPORT SPRING FOR A SUSPENSION STRUT - A receiving arrangement may be utilized by a lower end of a carrier spring on a damper tube of a shock absorber of a suspension strut, in particular for a vehicle. The receiving arrangement may include a bearing unit by way of which the damper tube can twist relative to the carrier spring about a longitudinal axis of the suspension strut. The bearing unit may include an upper bearing ring and a lower bearing ring, which bearing rings may be configured so they can slide on each other to form an axial bearing and a radial bearing between the carrier spring and the damper tube. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326807 | HYDRAULIC MOUNT APPARATUS AND A SUSPENSION SYSTEM THAT UTILIZES THE HYDRAULIC MOUNT APPARATUS - A hydraulic mount apparatus includes a housing defining a cavity. The apparatus also includes an annular member disposed in the cavity. The annular member is secured to the housing to split the cavity into a first chamber and a second chamber. The apparatus further includes a pressure relief apparatus coupled to the housing. The pressure relief apparatus is configured to allow fluid communication between the first and second chambers in response to a predetermined pressure threshold being reached in at least one of the first and second chambers. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326808 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN ADJUSTABLE DAMPER - A method for controlling vehicle motion is described. The method includes accessing a set of control signals including a measured vehicle speed value associated with a movement of a vehicle. A control signal associated with user-induced input is also accessed. The method compares the measured vehicle speed value with a predetermined vehicle speed threshold value to achieve a speed value threshold approach status, and then compares the set of values to achieve a user-induced input threshold value approach status. The method monitors a state of a valve within the vehicle suspension damper, and determines a control mode for the vehicle suspension damper. The method also regulates damping forces within the vehicle suspension damper. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326809 | SUSPENSION SYSTEM - A suspension system S according to the present invention is configured to control actuators A | 2018-11-15 |
20180326810 | SUSPENSION DEVICE - A suspension device (S) which is a means for solving the problem of the present invention includes an actuator (AC) movable in a telescopic manner, a pump ( | 2018-11-15 |
20180326811 | AUTOMATIC AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND IMPROVEMENT SYSTEMS - Methods, systems, and apparatus for controlling air filtration, circulation, climate control and/or other adjustable components. The air control system includes an air filtration or circulation unit for filtering or circulating air. The air control system includes a navigation unit for providing at least one of a navigational map information or environment information including a current location of the vehicle. The air control system includes an electronic control unit connected to the air filtration or circulation unit. The electronic control unit is configured to determine an air control event based on at least one of static air quality information or dynamic air quality information. The electronic control unit is configured to determine that the air control event is within a range of the current location and is approaching. The electronic control unit is configured to activate the air filtration or circulation unit before the air control event reaches the vehicle. | 2018-11-15 |
20180326812 | AIR CONDITIONER FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed is an air conditioner for a vehicle. The present invention provides an air conditioner for a vehicle capable of introducing indoor air and outdoor air simultaneously or selectively by forming a double-layer flow in an air conditioner case and capable of separately controlling the temperatures of a front seat and a rear seat. | 2018-11-15 |