Patents

US 11248292 B2: Deposition system with moveable-position web guides

Granted
2022-02-15
Filed
2017-03-14 application 15458270
Type
Utility · 25 claims
Elsewhere
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Abstract

A thin film deposition system includes a web guide system having a plurality of web guides defining a web transport path for the web of substrate. The web guide system includes a moveable portion including first and second moveable-position web guides. A web transport control system advances the web of substrate along the web transport path at a web advance velocity. A deposition head is located along the web transport path between the first and second moveable-position web guides. A motion actuator system synchronously moves a position of the first and second moveable-position web guides such that they move forward and backward according to a defined oscillating motion pattern while maintaining a constant distance between the first and second moveable-position web guides, thereby causing a portion of the web of media adjacent to the deposition head to move forward and backward in an in-track direction.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg220215.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 2,417 patentsUS company or organizationRochester, NYEASTMAN KODAK COMPANY Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state
EASTMAN KODAK CO SEC filer FUZZY low confidence: same name (legal endings aside), one of each nationally
PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Todd Mathew SpathHilton, NY25PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Carolyn Rae EllingerRochester, NY74PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
C23CCoating metallic material; coating material with metallic material; surface treatment of metallic material by diffusion into the surface, by chemical conversion or substitution; coating by vacuum evaporation, by sputtering, by ion implantation or by chemical vapour deposition, in generalC23C16/45551PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
B65HHandling thin or filamentary material, e.g. sheets, webs, cablesB65H2301/51145PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2021-03-04Security interest Security interest
Notice of security interests
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY signed 2021-02-26BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS AGENT BOSTON, MA56984/1PASDL, file of 2026-10-15
2021-03-04Security interest Security interest
Intellectual property security agreement
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY signed 2021-02-26ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC CHICAGO, IL56734/233PASDL, file of 2026-10-15
2021-03-04Security interest Security interest
Intellectual property security agreement
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY signed 2021-02-26ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC CHICAGO, IL56734/1PASDL, file of 2026-10-15
2021-03-04Security interest Security interest
Intellectual property security agreement
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY signed 2021-02-26ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC CHICAGO, IL56733/681PASDL, file of 2026-10-15
2019-07-30Release of security interest
Release of security interest
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT signed 2019-06-17EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY ROCHESTER, NY
FAR EAST DEVELOPMENT LTD. ROCHESTER, NY
PFC, INC. ROCHESTER, NY
KODAK (NEAR EAST), INC. ROCHESTER, NY
KODAK AMERICAS, LTD. ROCHESTER, NY
KODAK IMAGING NETWORK, INC. ROCHESTER, NY
KODAK PORTUGUESA LIMITED ROCHESTER, NY
KODAK REALTY, INC. ROCHESTER, NY
LASER PACIFIC MEDIA CORPORATION ROCHESTER, NY
PAKON, INC. ROCHESTER, NY
QUALEX, INC. ROCHESTER, NY
KODAK PHILIPPINES, LTD. ROCHESTER, NY
NPEC, INC. ROCHESTER, NY
CREO MANUFACTURING AMERICA LLC ROCHESTER, NY
KODAK AVIATION LEASING LLC ROCHESTER, NY
49901/1PASDL, file of 2026-10-15
2019-07-22Release of security interest
Release of security interest
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT signed 2019-06-17EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY ROCHESTER, NY
FAR EAST DEVELOPMENT LTD. ROCHESTER, NY
FPC, INC. ROCHESTER, NY
KODAK (NEAR EAST), INC. ROCHESTER, NY
KODAK AMERICAS, LTD. ROCHESTER, NY
KODAK IMAGING NETWORK, INC. ROCHESTER, NY
KODAK PORTUGUESA LIMITED ROCHESTER, NY
KODAK REALTY, INC. ROCHESTER, NY
LASER PACIFIC MEDIA CORPORATION ROCHESTER, NY
PAKON, INC. ROCHESTER, NY
QUALEX, INC. ROCHESTER, NY
KODAK PHILIPPINES, LTD. ROCHESTER, NY
NPEC, INC. ROCHESTER, NY
CREO MANUFACTURING AMERICA LLC ROCHESTER, NY
KODAK AVIATION LEASING LLC ROCHESTER, NY
50239/1PASDL, file of 2026-10-15
2017-05-12Security interest Security interest
Security interest
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY signed 2017-05-09
FAR EAST DEVELOPMENT LTD. signed 2017-05-09
FPC INC. signed 2017-05-09
KODAK (NEAR EAST), INC. signed 2017-05-09
KODAK AMERICAS, LTD. signed 2017-05-09
KODAK PHILIPPINES, LTD. signed 2017-05-09
KODAK REALTY, INC. signed 2017-05-09
LASER-PACIFIC MEDIA CORPORATION signed 2017-05-09
NPEC INC. signed 2017-05-09
QUALEX, INC. signed 2017-05-09
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. BOSTON, MA42350/258ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2017-05-12Security interest Security interest
Security interest
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY signed 2017-05-09
FAR EAST DEVELOPMENT LTD. signed 2017-05-09
FPC INC. signed 2017-05-09
KODAK (NEAR EAST), INC. signed 2017-05-09
KODAK AMERICAS, LTD. signed 2017-05-09
KODAK PHILIPPINES, LTD. signed 2017-05-09
KODAK REALTY, INC. signed 2017-05-09
LASER-PACIFIC MEDIA CORPORATION signed 2017-05-09
NPEC INC. signed 2017-05-09
QUALEX INC. signed 2017-05-09
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. NEWARK, DE42350/77ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2017-03-14Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
ELLINGER, CAROLYN RAE signed 2017-03-14
SPATH, TODD MATHEW signed 2017-03-14
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY ROCHESTER, NY41569/822ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

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