Patents Examined by Josh Skroupa
  • Patent number: 11927223
    Abstract: A Woodruff key system includes a rotatable shaft having a keyseat defined therein. The keyseat includes a pocket engaged with the Woodruff key, a first keyseat extension extending in a first axial direction from the Woodruff key relative to the shaft, and a second keyseat extension extending in a second axial direction opposite the first axial direction from the Woodruff key relative to the shaft. Respective depths of the first and second keyseat extensions are less than a depth of the pocket of the keyseat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Marta Hadlo, Mateusz Kesek, Maciej Piotrowski
  • Patent number: 11920638
    Abstract: A generator shaft assembly including a primary shaft, a disconnect shaft housed within the primary shaft, where a first end of the disconnect shaft is configured to couple with the primary mover and a second end of the disconnect shaft is configured to mate with the generator. A retainer ring housed within the primary shaft having at least a landing and a groove on an inner surface thereof and a retainer member positioned between the landing of the retainer ring and an outer surface of the disconnect shaft configured to limit axial motion of the disconnect shaft relative to the primary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Cooling, Glenn C. Lemmers, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11913501
    Abstract: An apparatus for power transmission of a vehicle, including a motor having a motor spline unit extending therefrom, and configured to generate power, a rotating body configured to receive the power and rotate, and a coupler having a toothed structure including grooves and having an exterior to be coupled to the motor spline unit and an interior to be coupled to the rotating body, wherein a width of the grooves formed at one end of the interior is larger than a width of the grooves formed at an opposite end of the interior, a width of the grooves formed at one end of the exterior is smaller than a width of the grooves formed at an opposite end of the exterior, and the coupler is coupled in a tension coupling with the rotating body and the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Ho Yoo, Sang Mok Lee, Byeung Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 11913484
    Abstract: The invention focuses on a molded part (12) for a nozzle core (60) for stuffer-box crimping of threads. The molded part includes a ceramic body (121) with a planar surface (122). Receiving contours (124) for receiving fastening means (50) are arranged in the planar surface (122). The receiving contours (124) are open in the lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Heberlein Technology AG
    Inventors: Patrick Buchmueller, Lukas Ruoss, Peter Forrer, Gotthilf Bertsch, Christian Simmen
  • Patent number: 11913482
    Abstract: A system for connecting two panels together. A recess is formed in the edge of one panel, and an insert is pressed into and held within the recess. The top of the insert includes holes for receiving epoxy, and epoxy conducting shafts and circuits formed on the outside of the insert assist in the encapsulation of the insert within the panel edge. The top of the insert includes an aperture formed such that a fastener can be received into a cavity formed in the recess and then driven to be secured into a fastener-receiving insert installed into the second panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Allen Stanton, Brian Keith Jacobs
  • Patent number: 11905991
    Abstract: A fibre-reinforced polymer composite shaft for transmitting loads along a central axis is provided. The composite shaft comprises a first interface surface extending along the central axis and comprising at least one helical groove and/or a plurality of circumferential grooves for engaging with at least one corresponding helical ridge and/or a plurality of corresponding circumferential ridges of a second interface surface of an end fitting. The at least one helical groove and/or the plurality of circumferential grooves comprises at least one flank with a flank angle of between 32° and 51°. In such an assembly, a preload structure is arranged to provide a radial biasing force to bias the first interference surface against the second interference surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CROMPTON TECHNOLOGY GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: James William Bernard, Jon Pethick, Robert Edwin Finney
  • Patent number: 11906003
    Abstract: A coupling device configured to transmit a rotational force between a first shaft and a second shaft, the device including a first coupling member mounted on the first shaft, a second coupling member mounted on the second shaft, and an intermediate member disposed between the first coupling member and the second coupling member, and configured to allow misalignment between the first shaft and the second shaft. The second coupling member includes a base member configured to be fixed to the intermediate member by a first fastening device, and a shaft mounting member configured to relatively non-rotatably be mounted on the second shaft, the shaft mounting member having a long hole extending along a circumferential direction of the above-described axis and being configured to detachably be fixed to the base member by a second fastening device inserted through the long hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Hisao Ogawa, Satoshi Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 11905998
    Abstract: A transmission shaft automatic connection and disengagement device and test equipment. An input shaft drives a transmission shaft to rotate through a second connection shaft, a ratchet assembly, a first connection shaft and an output shaft so as to apply an acceleration torque, gears of the input shaft and the first connection shaft can be completely engaged and completely separated through extension and retraction of piston rods of a first group of air cylinders and a second group of air cylinders so as to achieve an effect that when a driving shaft needs to perform driving, a power system gets involved, and after driving is completed, the power system is cut off, and through the ratchet assembly, the transmission shaft can be prevented from driving a motor to work in reverse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiang Liu, Chenguang Wei, Zhihua Zhu, . Alateng, Zhigao Yin, Zuo Xu
  • Patent number: 11898598
    Abstract: A joint has a housing with journal openings, an inner joint portion with a bearing area, which is fitted into the housing and extends axially out of the housing through the openings. A bearing body is arranged in and firmly connected to the housing which encloses the bearing body and comprises plastic. The inner joint portion is fitted and able to move within the body. Sealing bellows surround the inner joint portion and extend from a bearing-body-side bellows contact area, provided on the body or the housing, to an inner-joint-portion-side bellows contact area, provided on the inner joint portion. A sleeve is provided, on at least one of the bellows contact areas, that surrounds the inner joint portion and extends axially. The sleeve surrounds the bellows or is surrounded by the bellows, and has, at an axial end, a radial limb against which the bellows is axially supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Friederike Person, Michael Hahn, Linda Tönsing
  • Patent number: 11891832
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fence system. The fence system, comprising: a first post; a second post, wherein each of the first post and the second post comprises a first set of ribs and a second set of ribs; a lower rail, wherein a first end of the lower rail is adapted to terminate at a face of the first set of ribs of the first post and a second end of the lower rail is adapted to terminate at a face of the first set of ribs of the second post; and an upper rail, wherein the lower rail and the upper rail are positioned to receive one or more infill boards, such that the one or more infill boards are adapted to terminate at a face of the second set of ribs of the first post and at a face of the second set of ribs of the second post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Paige Barbara Moore
  • Patent number: 11892035
    Abstract: A composite/metal joint includes a composite member, a metallic member, a cylindrical liner, and a fastener. The composite member has a first aperture. The metallic member is disposed adjacent to the composite member and has a second aperture coaxially aligned with the first aperture. The cylindrical liner extends longitudinally from a first end to a second end. The cylindrical liner has a cylindrical outer liner surface and a longitudinally extending third aperture coaxial with the first and second apertures and defined by an inner liner surface. The cylindrical liner is disposed in the first and second apertures with the outer liner surface adjacent to aperture walls of the first and second apertures. The cylindrical liner has a plurality of grooves intersecting the outer liner surface. The fastener is disposed through the third aperture of the cylindrical liner and is configured to attach the metallic member to the composite member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Mark R. Gurvich, Georgios S. Zafiris
  • Patent number: 11892016
    Abstract: An anchoring fitting for anchoring in a workpiece, wherein the anchoring fitting includes a tie rod to be arranged in a connecting recess of the workpiece and a buttress body to be arranged in a buttress recess of the workpiece communicating with the connecting recess, wherein the buttress body includes an insertion receptacle for inserting an insertion section of the tie rod along an insertion axis and a support surface arrangement for support on the buttress recess of the workpiece, wherein at least one support surface of the support surface arrangement extends, transversely to a longitudinal axis of the tie rod inserted into the insertion receptacle, so that the tie rod is supported with respect to its longitudinal axis on the buttress recess, wherein the anchoring fitting includes a clamping body for clamping the insertion section of the tie rod in the insertion receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: FESTOOL GMBH
    Inventors: Jonathan Caputo, Michael Majer
  • Patent number: 11885379
    Abstract: A device (1) for connecting a toothing part (3) to a shaft (5) for conjoint rotation with the latter, having a toothing part (3) with a circular bore, a shaft (5) which has: a cylindrical receiving portion (4) for receiving the toothing part (3), and a cylindrical recess (8) in the shaft (5), which cylindrical recess (8) extends at least substantially over the entire length of the receiving portion (4), and a press-in cylinder (10) which can be pressed into the recess (8) and which has an oversize in relation to the recess (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: WITTENSTEIN SE
    Inventors: Klaus Völker, Philipp Farrenkopf, Florian Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11885355
    Abstract: Panels with a mechanical locking system including a separate and flexible tongue allowing connection with a snap action are described herein. An outer edge part of the separate flexible tongue includes a guiding protrusion that facilitates disassembly of the panels and that is deformed during locking and/or unlocking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: VÄLINGE INNOVATION AB
    Inventor: Darko Pervan
  • Patent number: 11885371
    Abstract: A connection system for removably connecting first and second pieces one to another. The connection system comprises: a tapering recess formed in, or connected to, the first piece. The tapering recess has an opening which is shaped and dimensioned to receive a wedge formed in, or connected to, the second piece. The wedge has a dovetail profile which is adapted to engage with walls of the recess. The wedge is shaped and dimensioned to slide in a first direction and thereby wedge into the tapered recess. Each piece has at least one aperture which receives a lock piece. The first and second pieces when connected and which when oriented in a user preferred direction, cause the lock piece to fall from a first aperture into a second aperture, thereby locking the wedge in the tapering recess and preventing movement in an opposite sliding direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: PENGELLY DESIGN LTD
    Inventor: Simon Pengelly
  • Patent number: 11885362
    Abstract: A quick-release connection device includes a main load-bearing structural rod, a safety pin, a cam handle, a spring piece and a clamping piece. A free end of the structural rod is provided with a pin hole for insertion of the pin. The cam handle is connected to an end opposite to the free end. One end of the spring piece is connected to the cam handle, and the other end is provided with an insertion hole such that it can be sleeved on the free end, and limited by the pin to form locking connection with the structural rod. One end of the clamping piece is connected to the cam handle or spring piece, and the other end is provided with an opening such that it can be sleeved on the free end, and can be limited by the spring piece to form locking connection with the structural rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen Asia Pacific Aviation Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Naiwen Wang, Jianwen Li
  • Patent number: 11885361
    Abstract: A connector includes a base, a connecting part and a coupling piece. One end of the connecting part is connected to the base. The coupling piece is arranged on the other end of the connecting part, and includes a sliding channel having an open end located on a side edge of the coupling piece and an opposite closed end. A maximum linear distance of an outer periphery of the connecting part is less than that of the coupling piece. Another connector includes a base plate, two parallel side plates arranged on the base plate, a front plate connected to the two side plates and having a tapered positioning slot, and a positioning portion arranged on the base plate and adapted for reciprocal movement in a direction perpendicular to the base plate. The base plate, the two side plates and the front plate form an accommodating groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: GETAC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ssu-Yuan Wu
  • Patent number: 11879499
    Abstract: A transmission shaft assembly for a rolling stand for use in a metal rolling mill. The transmission shaft assembly transmits lubricant through the assembly. The transmission shaft assembly includes a shaft having an outer periphery and defining a centrally positioned longitudinal opening extending from a first end to an opposed second end of the shaft. The shaft defines a plurality of internal passageways in the shaft. The transmission shaft assembly also includes a rotary distributor mounted on the outer periphery of the shaft. The shaft assembly provides a conduit for the lubricant through the plurality of internal passageways in the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventors: Adriano Savio, Marcos Louredo Casado, Koldo Puyadena
  • Patent number: 11867223
    Abstract: A fixation device for securing a linear element to a workpiece includes a contact component and a fixation component. The contact component typically includes (i) a first contact surface for application to a workpiece and (ii) a first opening for receiving a linear element. The fixation component typically secures a portion of the linear element on a side of the first contact component opposite the first contact surface. The fixation component engages the contact component to prevent passage of the linear element's secured portion through the workpiece when a tension is applied to the linear element in a direction opposite the contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Brijjit Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Felmont F. Eaves, III
  • Patent number: 11867225
    Abstract: The pivot joint assembly includes a housing with an opening which extends along an axis. A bearing is received in the opening and which has a cylindrical outer surface that is in slidable contact with another surface so that the bearing can slide in an axial direction relative to the housing. The bearing has a curved inner bearing surface. The pivot joint assembly also includes an inner ring with a curved outer surface that is in slidable contact with the curved inner bearing surface of the bearing so that the inner ring can rotate and articulate relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Motorparts LLC
    Inventors: Sidney Paerewyck, Johannes Kankare