Patents Examined by David G Shutty
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Patent number: 11691259Abstract: A rotary tool assembly including a rotary tool having a body with a working end and a rear end, a motor disposed within the body, and a drive shaft rotatably driven by the motor. A base includes a battery receptacle configured to receive a battery pack. A power cord extends between the base and the rotary tool to transfer electric power from the base to the rotary tool to selectively power the motor.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GPInventors: James W. Jenkins, Jesse J. Jerabek, David Bayless, I. Daniel Smith, Brent N. Gregorich, Ashley Poteet, Yun Biao Bai, De Xiang Jin, Yan Jun Zhang
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Patent number: 11691234Abstract: An electric device in the shape of a machine tool or an energy storage module for the electric power supply of a machine tool, with the energy storage module having a module housing with a device interface for the detachable connection to the machine tool, with the machine tool having a drive motor to drive a tool holder on which a tool provided to process a workpiece is arranged or is arrangeable, with the drive motor being switchable using a switching element of the machine tool and/or the energy storage module, with the electric device having a wireless communication interface for wireless communication with an external communication apparatus, which forms part of a vacuum cleaner provided to suction dust generated by the machine tool and with the wireless communication interface being designed to send at least one control command to control, the vacuum cleaner as a function of a switching status of the switching element to the external communication apparatus via a wireless control connection.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2018Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: FESTOOL GMBHInventor: Moritz Caspar
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Patent number: 11685565Abstract: A filling machine for filling containers with fruit or vegetables products includes a transportation system for step-by-step conveying the containers to be filled along a horizontal predetermined direction; a primary plain belt conveyor system for products fed parallel to the horizontal direction and adapted to generate a main bulk filling of the containers; a secondary belt conveyor system for single products fed parallel to the horizontal direction and adapted to cooperate simultaneously with the primary belt conveyor system so as to complete the entire final filling of the containers; a motion system applied to both the principal and the secondary belt conveyor systems for a reciprocating motion of the primary and secondary belt conveyor systems in a direction parallel to the horizontal direction; and at least one weighing station for constant weighing the containers during filling.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Inventor: Luca Benedetti
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Patent number: 11679481Abstract: A blade mounting device allows a blade of a pushing cut tool that cuts a workpiece by pushing a cutting edge forward to be mounted on an impact tool. This blade mounting device has a blade mounting portion for mounting the blade on the blade mounting device and a tool mounting portion secured to the blade mounting portion in order to mount the blade mounting device on the impact tool. The blade mounting portion has a front end portion where an inverted tapered hole complementary to an inclined shape surface formed on a tang of the blade is formed. The tool mounting portion is provided with a through hole perpendicular to the center axis and a center hole that reaches a through hole from a front side end surface of the tool mounting portion along the center axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2018Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: JURAKU CO., LTD.Inventor: Katsumi Hatamochi
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Patent number: 11667017Abstract: A drive-in tool for driving fasteners into a workpiece, wherein the tool comprises in particular: a safety device (8) which is coupled with the trigger element (6) and is set up to bring about a transfer of the drive-in tool (1) from a trip-ready state (100) into a secured state (101) after expiry (820) of a delay time which proceeds from an activation (810) of the safety device (8), wherein the safety device (8) comprises a control volume (15), wherein the safety device (8) comprises an activation element (33) which is changeable between a first and a second position by way of the trigger element (6), wherein in the first position of the activation element (33) a first pneumatic connection is defined between the control volume (15) and the gas pressure source connection (23), which is hereafter referred to as charging connection (27.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventor: Olaf Hähndel
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Patent number: 11653694Abstract: A method for producing a diffusion-optimized tipping paper for tobacco products, especially filter cigarettes, by plasma perforation of the web of tipping paper for the purpose of maximum carbon monoxide reduction, wherein the diffusivity and the permeability P of the perforated tipping paper are measured in-line and diffusivity is maximized by controlling the perforation parameters, the definable target permeability Psoll being maintained at all times.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: TANNPAPIER GMBHInventor: Michael Lindner
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Patent number: 11648656Abstract: An electric handheld working machine includes: a housing including: a motor as a drive source of a working unit; an operating handle; and attaching members provided on an outer surface of the housing and configured to attach a battery to supply electric power to the motor. The attaching members includes: a connecting terminal connected to the battery; a step provided above the connecting terminal and configured to function as a drainage path to drain drops of water to sides; and openings formed in the sides of the attaching members to communicate with the drainage path. The openings communicate with a cooling air flow path configured to allow cooing air to flow through a gap between a back surface of the battery attached to the attaching members and the outer surface between the attaching member.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: YAMABIKO CORPORATIONInventor: Kunio Shimizu
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Patent number: 11642126Abstract: An end effector includes a cartridge assembly having a first tissue contact surface, an anvil assembly having a second tissue contact surface, and one or more tissue pockets defined in one of the first or second tissue contact surfaces. The anvil and the cartridge assemblies are moveable between an open position and a closed position to selectively clamp tissue between the first and second tissue contact surfaces. Each tissue pocket is configured to capture tissue therein while the anvil and the cartridge assemblies are disposed in the closed position. Each tissue pocket is configured to prevent the tissue from migrating away from the first and second tissue contact surfaces while the tissue is clamped between the first and second tissue contact surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: COVIDIEN LPInventor: John Beardsley
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Patent number: 11634949Abstract: A percussion boring device comprising a casing, a guide tube fixed to the casing, and a control bushing axially displaceable on the guide tube. An impact piston of the device is axially displaceable on the control bushing and configured to be actuated in a reciprocating manner within the casing such that in a first switching position the impact piston strikes a front impact surface to actuate the percussion boring device in a first movement direction, and in a second switching position a rear impact surface to actuate the percussion boring device in a second movement direction. A pressure increasing means is provided and configured to generate a pressure for reversing the percussion bore device, wherein the generated pressure is higher than a pressure for moving the impact piston. The guide tube and the control bushing are configured to reverse movement directions of the impact piston.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2016Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Gerhard Völkel, Gerhard Balve
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Patent number: 11628550Abstract: A vibration reducing structure of pneumatic hammer includes a handle having a concave room with a bottom wall and an air inlet channel communicating with the concave room. A control valve is disposed in the air inlet channel. A movable inner tube shell is accommodated in an outer tube shell coupled with the concave room and extends a rear bucket portion into the concave room. A movable hammer member, an air inlet valve for activating the hammer member and a hole communicating the air inlet channel to the air inlet valve are disposed in the inner tube shell. An air room is formed between the bottom wall and an end wall of the inner tube shell. A communicating channel communicates the air inlet channel to the air room for air with high pressure entering the air room.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: STORM PNEUMATIC TOOL CO., LTD.Inventor: Yung Yung Sun
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Patent number: 11623333Abstract: A power tool includes a hammer mechanism, a brushless motor and a cooling fan. The brushless motor includes a rotary member having a motor shaft operably coupled to the hammer mechanism for linearly driving a tool accessory. The cooling fan has a first blade part and is configured to be rotated by the rotary member. The cooling fan includes a polymer portion, which forms at least a portion of the first blade part, and a metal portion disposed in or on the polymer portion. When viewed in a direction parallel to a rotational axis of the cooling fan, the metal member at least partially overlaps the first blade part in a radial direction of the cooling fan.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori Furusawa, Hajime Takeuchi, Yoji Inoue
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Patent number: 11612993Abstract: A hand-held impact tool includes a motor, a driving mechanism, a tool body, a main handle, a first detection part, a second detection part and a control part. The tool body is configured such that an auxiliary handle is removably attached thereto. The main handle is connected to the tool body. The first detection part is configured to detect selected one of a plurality of modes. The second detection part is configured to detect whether or not the auxiliary handle is attached to the tool body. The control part is configured to control operation of the impact tool based on detection results of the first detection part and the second detection part.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Hitoshi Iida
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Patent number: 11602831Abstract: An air impact tool includes an inner tubular member that is connected to the barrel. The inner tubular member has an annular wall and a cavity. The annular wall has exhaust hole. An air flow channel communicating with the air flow control valve and the cavity is defined inside the annular wall. The air flow channel is formed with a first air inlet. A hammer is in the cavity. The hammer is in close contact with the annular wall. A cylindrical gap is defined between a middle section of the hammer and the annular wall. The hammer has an exhaust passageway communicating with the cavity and the cylindrical gap. When the compressed air is injected into the cavity from the first air inlet, the hammer is pushed back, and the compressed air is exhausted via the exhaust passageway, the cylindrical gap and the exhaust hole in sequence.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: STORM PNEUMATIC TOOL CO., LTD.Inventor: Yung Yung Sun
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Patent number: 11602830Abstract: The present disclosure provides various embodiments of a combustion-powered-fastener-driving tool that include a lockout device to ensure the tool's valve sleeve doesn't move to an unsealed position and the tool's combustion chamber remains sealed until the piston returns to the pre-firing position. The lockout device is engageable with a lockout device engaging member operably connected to the tool's trigger, which gives the operator direct control over locking the valve sleeve in the unsealed position.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Walter Taylor, Julius Schwartzenberger
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Patent number: 11597067Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a tool holder, a motor for rotational and/or percussive driving of the tool holder, and a magnetic field sensor disposed in a vicinity of the motor, where a magnetic field of the motor that is created by driving the tool holder by the motor is detectable by the magnetic field sensor. The hand-held power tool further includes a control device where the control device determines a load state of the motor in dependence on a detected magnetic field of the motor and differentiates between an idle mode of the hand-held power tool and a load mode of the hand-held power tool based on the determined load state of the motor.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Inventor: Christian Iglhaut
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Patent number: 11583274Abstract: A surgical stapler for stapling the tissue of a patient is disclosed. The surgical stapler comprises a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, and an end effector extending from the shaft, wherein the end effector comprises a plurality of staples and an anvil configured to deform the staples. The surgical stapler further comprises a firing mechanism configured to deploy the staples, a sensor configured to detect a target, a controller configured to calculate the firing path based on the target, and a motorized drive system configured to move the end effector toward the target along the firing path.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Cilag GmbH InternationalInventors: Tamara Widenhouse, David C. Yates, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris
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Patent number: 11565392Abstract: A dust collecting system includes a power tool configured to perform processing operation on a workpiece by driving a tool accessory and a dust collector configured to collect dust generated by the processing operation. The power tool includes a first motor, a driving mechanism, a body housing, a first detecting device, an operation member and a second detecting device. The first detecting device is configured to detect an operation of pressing the tool accessory against the workpiece. The operation member is configured to be externally operated by a user. The second detecting device is configured to detect an operation of the operation member. The dust collector includes a second motor and a fan. The dust collecting system includes a first control device configured to control driving of the second motor based on detection results of the first detecting device and the second detecting device.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Hajime Takeuchi
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Patent number: 11554471Abstract: An exhaust valve comprising an elastomeric flap portion (e.g. of silicone) covering one or more exhaust ports in a normally closed position for a combustion driven fastener hand tool is disclosed. The elastomeric flap portion is much shorter than a comparable steel reed valve, allowing it to be disposed in small spaces. A single flat piece of elastomeric material can be configured held fixed to a housing surface along a line between one or more pairs of ports such that a flap portion of the material extends to each side of the line and covers one of the pairs of ports. The flat piece can be conveniently held in position against the housing surface by a rib or standoff on the interior surface of an exterior housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Power Tech Staple and Nail, Inc.Inventors: Raymond Wong, Shih-Yi Chen, Chin-Chuan Chen
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Patent number: 11548133Abstract: The invention provides a handheld power tool, which comprises a handle assembly, a power mechanism connected with the handle assembly, and a working mechanism connected with the power mechanism. The power mechanism comprises a main housing, an inner housing, and a motor disposed in the inner housing. The main housing comprises a first air inlet at a side wall thereof, the inner housing comprises an opening. An airflow channel is located between the main housing and the inner housing, and in communication with the first air inlet, the opening and an inside of the inner housing. The handheld power tool of the present invention not only has good heat dissipation effect, but also has waterproof and dustproof effects, and can work in rainy days and humid areas without affecting the performance of the whole machine.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Globe (Jiangsu) Co., LtdInventor: Xiazi Li
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Patent number: 11548123Abstract: An electric pulse tool is configured to deliver torque in pulses on an output shaft thereof and includes an electric motor to drive the output shaft. The electric pulse tool is configured to, for each period, provide a current pulse to the electric motor during a current-on time interval, pause a current feed to the electric motor after the current-on time interval until an end of a torque pulse, determine a width of the torque pulse, and continue pausing the current feed to the electric motor during a pause interval from the end of the torque pulse. The pause interval is determined based on the width of the torque pulse such that a wider torque pulse results in a wider pause interval and a narrower torque pulse results in a shorter pause interval.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2018Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE ABInventor: Adam Klotblixt