Patents Examined by Jonathan G Riley
  • Patent number: 11975416
    Abstract: A cutting machine having a table with a working surface is disclosed. The working surface including a crossbeam above the working surface configured to be linearly positioned parallel to a first horizontal axis, a module, mounted on the crossbeam configure to be positioned parallel to a second horizontal axis, which extends perpendicularly to the first horizontal axis, a tool holder mounted in the module configured to move in a vertical axis and rotate about the vertical axis, and to accept one of a plurality of different interchangeable tools, and a control unit, wherein the tool holder has a connection device designed to supply the tool with power and a fluid, wherein the supply with the fluid is provided via a rotary joint, and wherein the power is provide via a rotary transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ZÜND SYSTEMTECHNIK AG
    Inventors: Leo Rempfler, Simon Jann
  • Patent number: 11964334
    Abstract: An electric powered work machine according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a tool; a motor; a manual switch; an electric current path; a shunt resistor; a reference voltage generation circuit; and an electric current measurement circuit. The reference voltage generation circuit (i) generates a reference voltage having a first magnitude in response to a first condition being established, and (ii) generates the reference voltage having a second magnitude in response to the first condition not being established. The electric current measurement circuit (i) receives the reference voltage and a measured voltage, and (ii) outputs an output voltage based on the reference voltage and the measured voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11958120
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a miter gauge and methods of use thereof. Generally, this disclosure is related to a miter bar of a miter gauge that includes at least one spacer member which applies pressure to a side of a channel defined within a worktable. The application of this pressure by the at least one spacer member enables the miter bar to remain in a substantially constant position between the first side and second side of the channel and reduces the degree of play between the miter bar and the first and second sides of the channel. Retainer members are provided on a bottom of the miter bar to aid in preventing the miter bar from lifting vertically out of the channel during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: WOODPECKERS, LLC
    Inventor: Wayne Sherman
  • Patent number: 11958203
    Abstract: A handheld motorised food cutting device (10) is disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Margaret Antkowiak, Richard Llewelyn Jones
  • Patent number: 11926069
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an electrode plate, includes an unwinder on which an electrode reel is installed; a meandering corrector correcting meandering of an electrode sheet unwound from the electrode reel; a press puncher disposed at a rear end of the meandering corrector; a cutter disposed at a rear end of the press puncher; a detector disposed between the press puncher and the cutter to acquire an image of the electrode sheet; and a controller connected to the detector and the meandering corrector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bong Kun Cho, Nam Il An, Woo Yeon Cho
  • Patent number: 11919199
    Abstract: A cutting and dust or slurry collecting assembly that comprises: a) a circular saw blade (4) b) a blade guard (5) c) a cover device (6), and the cover device (6) has a front end (31), a rear end (32), a top surface (34), a bottom surface (36), elongated sidewalls (35), and a longitudinal passage (45,46) for the saw blade, d) the blade guard (5) and the cover device (6) being pivotally connected or connectable to one another via a hinge (40) in or adjacent to a lower rear corner of the blade guard (5), such that the cover device and the blade guard can be turned in relation to each other, e) a discharge member (52) is provided at the rear of said hinge and has an outlet (58) which can be connected to a vacuum source, f) a connection member (12) connects the discharge member (52) with at least one of the longitudinal passage (45, 46) and the cut created rear of the longitudinal passage, g) that the direction of rotation of the saw blade (4) is such that a circumferential part of the blade which has passed beyon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventors: Pär Carlsson, Håkan Pinzani, Paulo Varella
  • Patent number: 11904487
    Abstract: In some examples, a pile cutting device includes a first pile positioning unit, a cutting unit for cutting at least one sheet pile, and a bearing device including a first pile bearing surface. The first pile positioning unit includes an upper rotary plunger that can be pivoted about a pivot axis and moved with respect to a vertical direction, and also includes a first horizontal drive for moving a sheet pile in and/or counter to a horizontal direction. The first pile positioning unit further includes two upper pressing elements that differ from the upper rotary plunger, and that are movable with respect to the vertical direction. A first one of the upper pressing elements is movable in and/or counter to the horizontal direction by the first horizontal drive. A second one of the upper pressing elements is movable in and/or counter to the horizontal direction by a second horizontal drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: KOENIG & BAUER AG
    Inventors: Jann Neumann, Martin Palme, Jens Sauer
  • Patent number: 11898945
    Abstract: A microtome blade guard including a first arm operable to be coupled to a first side of a cutting mechanism of a microtome; a second arm operable to be coupled to a second side of a cutting mechanism; a lateral support member disposed between the first arm and the second arm; and a staff coupled to the lateral support member and operable to extend therefrom to engage a blade positioned in the blade slot. A microtome including a blade guard and a method including placing a blade in a blade slot of a blade block of a microtome; engaging the blade with a staff coupled to a blade guard that is coupled to the blade block; and moving the blade with the staff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SAKURA FINETEK U.S.A., INC.
    Inventor: Lawrence H. Dirks
  • Patent number: 11890773
    Abstract: In order to prevent slices separated from a product caliber by a slicer from adhering temporarily to a cutting surface of a blade and not coming to rest on the desired position on a base when the slices are ejected, the arrangement of one or more recesses in the blade back facing away from the product caliber is suggested in a specific way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller SE & Co., KG
    Inventors: Dominic Koch, Oliver Mueller
  • Patent number: 11883891
    Abstract: A shuttle assembly for use with a saw guide track is provided. The shuttle assembly includes a base plate to which a saw is mounted. An alignment spacer extends laterally outward from the base plate and provides an abutment for locating a saw blade of the saw while the saw is being secured to the shuttle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Nomis LLC
    Inventor: Taylor James Hall
  • Patent number: 11883968
    Abstract: A cutting length adjustment mechanism for a hair cutting appliance, a hair cutting appliance, a method of operating a cutting length adjustment mechanism for a hair cutting appliance and an adjustment drive for a cutting length adjustment mechanism for a hair cutting appliance wherein the adjustment drive includes an actuator that is configured to actuate a movable portion of the cutting length adjustment mechanism with respect to a housing portion of the hair cutting appliance, and a movement sensor unit that is configured to detect a movement of the hair cutting appliance, the movement involving at least one of an orientation change and a position change. The actuator is further configured to output an adjustment control signal that is derived from the detected movement. In a length adjustment mode, the actuator is operated on the basis of the adjustment control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Alle Braaksma
  • Patent number: 11883972
    Abstract: A slit-cutting device includes a first holder, a second holder, a first contactable member a second contactable member, and a protrusion member. The first holder includes a medium faceable area and a first contactable member. The second holder holds a blade and includes a second contactable member. A cutting edge of the blade may cut a medium between the first holder and the blade. The first contactable member and the second contactable member contact each other and defined a closest approach distance between the cutting edge and the first holder. The closest approach distance is longer than zero and below a thickness of the medium. The protrusion member protrudes more than the closest approach distance from a part of the medium faceable area. The cutting edge may make a cut line includes at least a part of a slit-cut and a full-cut in a cutting edge direction in the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11878482
    Abstract: Provided are a tire-trimming device and method. The method includes: detecting a profile of a tire outer surface and a position thereof by using a profile sensor while rotating the tire; inputting data detected by the profile sensor into a control unit; when removing the unnecessary rubber components, selecting, from among a plurality of different types of the trimming tool, a trimming tool which is of a type set in the control unit in advance for use in a location on which the unnecessary rubber components are formed; moving the selected trimming tool and the tire relative to one another on the basis of the data detected by the profile sensor; and positioning a tip end section of the trimming tool along the detected profile of the tire outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Kensuke Matsumura, Masayuki Watanabe, Haruhisa Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11865736
    Abstract: The invention relates to a perforating device for thermoplastic plates, which relates to the technical field of a plate processing device. The device includes an electromagnetic chuck, one side of the electromagnetic chuck is connected with the driving member, the other side of the electromagnetic chuck is connected with a mounting plate and a spike. When the electromagnetic chuck is powered on, the spike is attracted below the mounting plate by an electromagnetic force generated by the electromagnetic chuck. A clamper is arranged below the mounting plate, the thermoplastic plate is fixed by the damper, and a heating system is also provided to heat the thermoplastic plate. As the electromagnetic chuck is powered on or off, the spike can be attracted in or separated from the mounting plate, respectively. Therefore, the perforating device can make a new plate be pierced during the cooling and curing process of the perforated plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Civil Aviation Flight University of China
    Inventors: Weigang Fu, Huanjie Xiong, Yaoming Fu
  • Patent number: 11858162
    Abstract: Machines for cutting products and impellers suitable for use with the machines. The impellers include a lower plate having a central zone and paddles configured with the lower plate outside of the central zone to direct material to the cutting head. At least a first exit slot is located in the lower plate, intersecting the perimeter of the lower plate, and extending through the lower plate to define a passageway to enable foreign debris at the upper surface to exit the impeller through the passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith A. Barber, Rebecca G. Gann, Betsy M. Hicks
  • Patent number: 11858157
    Abstract: A shaving implement comprises a cutting portion and an end portion. Further, the cutting portion transitions between a straight configuration and a bent configuration based on an application of an external force on the cutting portion. forming a bend in the cutting portion characterized by a curvature and a direction. Further, transitioning the cutting portion from the configuration to the straight configuration comprises removing the bend. Further, the cutting portion is not transitionable between the straight configuration and the bent configuration without the application of the external force. Further, the cutting portion comprises a blade slot for receiving a blade. Further, the cutting portion curves the blade in a blade shape based on the forming of the bend. Further, the end portion removably holds the cutting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Abraham Trichter, Jesus J. Valle
  • Patent number: 11837765
    Abstract: A cutting apparatus of membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell may include a cutting press including a cutting die disposed on a lower side of the feeding path and a driving cutter configured to be upwardly and downwardly movable on the cutting die at an upper side of the feeding path, and the cutting press disposed to a facility frame, a plurality of gripper modules disposed on the facility frame through a base member along a feeding direction of the membrane-electrode assembly sheet, and gripping both side edges of the membrane-electrode assembly sheet and a gripper driving unit disposed in the facility frame and moving the base member in a direction perpendicular to the feeding direction of the membrane-electrode assembly sheet and along the feeding direction of the membrane-electrode assembly sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kai Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yoosuk Hong, Sung Hoon Jeong
  • Patent number: 11820030
    Abstract: Blade arrangement for a hair clipper comprising a comb with an anterior edge, which contains tooth elements; a blade with an anterior cutting edge, which contains tooth elements, wherein the cutting edge at its anterior end is downwardly sloped towards the lower cutting edge, and wherein the blade is configured to be movable relative to the comb; a connecting device, which connects the comb and the blade relatively movable to each other; and a pretension element, which preloads the comb and the blade against each other characterized in, that the cutting edge of the blade have a wave shape, wherein the anterior cutting edge of the blade contains at least three tooth elements and/or the edges of each tooth element have a curved shape according to the wave shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: WAHL GMBH
    Inventor: Gerd Emminger
  • Patent number: 11813768
    Abstract: An attachment structure for attaching an auxiliary fitting such as a parallel ruler to a portable machining apparatus allows simpler assembly and maintenance. A portable machining apparatus includes a base having a lower surface to be in contact with a workpiece, a machining body supported on an upper surface of the base, and a mount that receives an auxiliary fitting removably attachable to the base. The mount includes an internal threaded fastener detachably supported on the base, an external threaded fastener screwed with the internal threaded fastener to be tightened with the internal threaded fastener to press the auxiliary fitting onto the base, and a locking section that locks the external threaded fastener with respect to the internal threaded fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Syuji Aoyama
  • Patent number: 11806885
    Abstract: A handle for a shaving razor in which the handle comprises a frame and a movable member assembly operably coupled to the frame such that the frame is disposed between the movable member assembly and where the movable member assembly portions are configured to move both above and below the frame. The movement can be linear or rotational. The movable member assembly comprises one or more springs. A method of manufacturing a razor handle comprising the steps of providing an upper portion with one or more upper elements, providing a lower portion with one or more lower elements, securing the upper portion to the lower portion wherein a rigid member extends between the upper portion and the lower portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Steven Michael Bourque, Robert Harold Johnson, Kelly Daniel Bridges, Matthew Stephen Bauer, Jack Anthony Washington, Charles James Bassett, Christopher Ramm, Ashok Bakul Patel, Christian Arnold Litterst, Christoph Zegula