Patents Examined by Shelley M. Self
  • Patent number: 11712731
    Abstract: In order to widen the field of application of a stretcher-leveler having a minimum nominal width, at least one gripping head of the stretcher-leveler is connected to an adapter having clamping elements for clamping a plate to be stretched, the adapter having a nominal width that is smaller than the minimum nominal width of the stretcher-leveler, and a plate being stretched is connected to the gripping head via the adapter clamping elements and the adapter, before starting the stretching process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SMS group GmbH
    Inventors: Nikolaus Hoppenkamps, Gerd Jung, Guenter Panzer, Karsten Busch, Guenter Halleck
  • Patent number: 11712131
    Abstract: A blender includes a container body to receive food; a blender body to support the container body; a container lid removably mountable to the upper surface of the container body to open and close the upper surface of the container body; and a discharge part provided at the blender body to guide the discharge of liquid or foreign matter accumulated on the upper surface of the blender body to the outside. Accordingly, foreign matter or liquid accumulated on the upper surface of the blender body is prevented from being introduced into a motor assembly, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jeonghoon Jeong, Hyunwoo Park, Kijoong Kang
  • Patent number: 11712729
    Abstract: A press forming technology capable of reducing forming defects in a formed component having a hat-shaped cross-sectional shape and including a shape curved to protrude toward a flange portion in a side view. The technology includes a first forming step of press forming a metal sheet into an intermediate formed product that includes a wavy shape including uneven shapes continuous along a longitudinal direction in vertical wall portion and flange portion forming positions, an amplitude of the uneven shapes in a sheet thickness direction increasing toward a position corresponding to a boundary between the portions, and a second forming step of performing bending on the intermediate formed product. A longitudinal line length at the position corresponding to the boundary between the portions in the intermediate formed product is set to coincide with or approach a longitudinal line length at the boundary between the portions in the press-formed component shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroto Miyake, Toyohisa Shinmiya, Yuji Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 11712734
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transfer press for successive forming and demoulding of work pieces by means of upper and lower tools in dies, wherein the upper tools are attached to a ram head, while the lower tools are installed on a ram foot. The ram head and the ram base are rigidly connected to each other and form a ram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: FRITZ WERNER INDUSTRIE-AUSRÜSTUNGEN GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Steiner
  • Patent number: 11708849
    Abstract: A locking system in an industrial machine is provided. The locking system includes a lock-ring positioned in a lock-ring recess in a rotational shaft, a spacing plate axially interfacing with the lock-ring, and a compression plate with a threaded opening. The locking system further includes a bolt threadingly engaged with the threaded opening in the compression plate and a spring axially interposed between the spacing plate and the compression plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SSI Shredding Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Mcleod, Thomas Garnier, Todd Sears
  • Patent number: 11707414
    Abstract: A sealed assembly for pill crushing and delivering and a method for using thereof are provided. The assembly includes: a connecting valve with different diameters, including a first end, a valve and a second end provided with a syringe-abutting interface, wherein, an opening diameter of the first end is larger than that of the second end; and a pill-crushing carrier including a sealed cavity having only one filling-in opening, the pill-crushing carrier has a first state when separated from the connecting valve and the filling-in opening is exposed for delivering pills into the carrier, and a second state when the filling-in opening is connected to the first end of the connecting valve, crushed and dissolved pill powders in the sealed cavity can be taken out through the connecting valve. The assembly can crush pills and dissolve powders in a sealed cavity, deliver powder-dissolved liquid and prevent powders from dispersing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Inventor: Song Yang
  • Patent number: 11701700
    Abstract: A controllable force cushion device that can be programmed to provide a variable and/or pulsating force that can be used in any application where force control is desirable. The frequency of the pulsation can be adjusted to suit different applications and/or circumstances (e.g., forming of sheet metals in die applications, etc.). The cushion can comprise one or more manifolds containing hydraulic cylinders that can be compressed during operation pushing fluid through a proportional relief valve that can be controlled by a motion control device, thereby creating a desired force. Material (e.g., sheet metal, etc.) flow can be controlled by using a gap control method. In use, the variable pulsating, gap control, auto-learning press cushion device of the present invention can optionally be mounted to the underside of a press bolster and can be used in conjunction with a stamping press.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: BARNES GROUP INC.
    Inventors: Ethan McLaughlin, Richard Miller, Steven Reilly, Michael Culbertson, Russ Sasak
  • Patent number: 11701667
    Abstract: A load out lump breaker system includes a load out chute operably associated with a material storage bin, a screen hopper for screening lumps of material from downloaded materials, a mill for breaking up lumps of material, a mill diversion chute operably associated with the screen hopper, a discharge chute for transport of material from the mill, a plurality of gates and sensors for coordinating the switching of operations between load out and lump break up, and a controller programmed to switch and synchronize operations between load out and lump break up operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Williams Patent Crusher and Pulverizer Co
    Inventor: Christopher F. Foeller
  • Patent number: 11701666
    Abstract: A base and ring assembly for a grinding mill includes a base structure with a support plate, an annular support-ring fixedly secured to and positioned above the support plate. The support-ring has a radially inward facing convex surface that extends from a support-ring lower axial end to a support-ring upper axial end. The assembly includes an annular grinding-ring that has a radially outward facing concave surface which extends from a grinding-ring lower axial end to a grinding-ring upper axial end. The grinding ring has a radially inward facing grinding surface. The radially outward facing concave surface is complementary in shape to and engages the radially inward facing convex surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Schenck Process LLC
    Inventors: Jesus Temores, Michael M. Chen
  • Patent number: 11700793
    Abstract: A rotor assembly that has a support tube having a first diameter, at least one tooth coupled to the support tube, wherein the tooth rotates with the support tube to direct crop toward a chamber, and an undershot auger having an auger flight extending radially away from an auger core, the auger flight configured to cause the crop to flow towards a bale chamber region of the rotor assembly when rotation of the rotor assembly causes the crop to flow under the rotor assembly. Wherein, the auger core has a second diameter that is greater than the first diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Kevin M. Tacke, Robert J. Naeger, Charles S. Sloan
  • Patent number: 11697145
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a joint flange using a thickness-increased, machined pipe is provided. The method includes a pipe cutting operation in which a pipe is cut to a predetermined length, a flange forming operation in which a flange having a mounting hole for installing the pipe is formed by die casting, a bump-forming operation in which a thickness-increased part, which is formed by increasing a thickness of one end of the pipe, is bumped to form a first bead locked to the flange, a machining operation in which a circumference of the thickness-increased part is machined to form a sealing groove having an O-ring installed, and a fixing operation in which the pipe is inserted in the mounting hole of the flange and the other end of the pipe is pressed to form a second bead so that the pipe is pressed to a lower end of the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Inventor: Jin Sang Ha
  • Patent number: 11697515
    Abstract: A slide block-based positioning mechanism and an automatic tie tool having the same. The slide block-based positioning mechanism includes a slide block and a guide rail. The slide block fits the guide rail. The guide rail limits five degrees of freedom of the slide block. The slide block slides in a length direction of the guide rail. A head portion of a tie is arranged at a predetermined position at the slide block. The slide block pushes the tie from the predetermined position to a tie installation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SWIFT AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiuyi Xu
  • Patent number: 11691153
    Abstract: An impact crusher for mineral material includes a crusher housing, a reversible rotor arranged in an impact-grinding space of an impact mechanism for propelling mineral material against wear members in the crusher housing; and an adjustment installation setting a spacing of the impact mechanism from the rotor. An upper impact space adjoins the impact-grinding space at the top and has an entry opening for the mineral material. The upper impact space has an upper height region that neighbors the entry opening, a central height region that adjoins the upper height region, and a lower height region that is contiguous to the lower impact-grinding space, with the central height region being a region having a largest internal width and at a widest location thereof, which is above a crushing circle of the rotor, has a maximum width which is larger than a diameter of the crushing circle of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: KEESTRACK N.V.
    Inventor: Frederik Hoogendoorn
  • Patent number: 11691158
    Abstract: A wood chipper which includes a chamber having a flywheel and which includes a wood in-feed system. The in-feed system includes a bin inclined for gravity-feeding wood product to the chamber and a cylindrical anvil disposed between an outlet of the bin and the flywheel. The flywheel includes a plurality of plates laminated together with fasteners. First and second ones of the plates have aligned first and second openings respectively for passage of chips. The second opening has a tab which extends from an edge thereof partially into the first opening. A knife is attached to the tab and supports a blade outwardly of the first plate and thus outwardly of the flywheel. A system is provided for providing water mist onto wood product only as it is being fed down the in-feed bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventor: Kurt M. Schie
  • Patent number: 11691157
    Abstract: A system for comminuting solid waste material including a shredding device disposed within the casing and comprising parallel first and second shredding stacks that include first and second parallel shafts rotatably mounted between an upper shredding device housing and a lower shredding device housing and a rotating screening drum disposed within the casing and mounted between an upper screening drum housing and a lower screening drum housing, the rotating screening drum configured to permit fluid to pass therethrough while capturing solids on an outer surface for delivery to shredding device, an upstream portion of the rotating screening drum disposed upstream of an upstream portion of the shredding device. The upper shredding device housing and the lower screening device housing are separate members from the upper screening drum housing and the lower screening drum housing to permit interchangeability of different sizes of these components to meet system needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SULZER MANAGEMENT AG
    Inventors: Rob Sabol, Corey Glauberman, Brian Bowling, Todd Nydam
  • Patent number: 11690482
    Abstract: A blender using different power modes is disclosed. Exemplary implementations may include a base assembly, a container assembly, an electrical motor, a blending component, a control interface, control circuitry, and/or other components. The control circuitry may be configured to make different types of detections related to the availability and/or usage of electrical power, and may control the electrical motor using at least two different power modes of operation, thus providing different amounts of power to the electrical motor in different power modes of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: BlendJet Inc.
    Inventor: Ryan Michael Pamplin
  • Patent number: 11691310
    Abstract: A lumber cutting and delivery system for use in assembling trusses on a truss table includes a saw configured to receive a piece of material therein. The saw is configured to cut the piece of material into one or more pieces and at different lengths and angles so that at least some of the one or more pieces are the components of at least one truss. A trunk conveyor system is positioned to receive the one or more pieces cut from the saw. The trunk conveyor system has a first conveying element to transport the one or more pieces over a distance in a travel direction and an ejector configured to discharge the one or more pieces from the first conveying element in a first discharge direction. A branch conveyor system is configured to receive the one or more pieces discharged from the trunk conveyor system in the first discharge direction. The branch conveyor system has a main conveying element to transport the one or more pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: MITEK HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Kathy Jin, Du Kim, Vicky Carroll, Karl Vielhaber, Kyle Brown, Jeffrey Fritz, Jr., Travis Shelton, Efegbare Efenedo, Manish Kanjee
  • Patent number: 11685076
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus, method and kit to flatten wide boards with an apparatus. The apparatus comprises two sets of rails, one set spanning laterally and the second set spanning longitudinally. The second set of rails is operative to move along the first set of rails by use of short members attached to the second set that interface with the first set of rails. Then, a carriage is operative to sit on top of the second set of rails and move along them. This is done by the carriage arms engaged on the second set of rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: WOODPECKERS, LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin T. Wollenburg
  • Patent number: 11684960
    Abstract: A system of pullers, in particular for extruding metals, the system comprising at least a first puller and a second puller, each equipped with gripping means adapted to engage and grip an end portion of a profile, in particular of an extruded profile exiting from an extrusion press, the system comprising a first guide and a second guide, where the at least two, first and second, pullers can be translated along the first and second guides, where the first guide is dedicated to the translation of both the at least two, first and second, pullers in a single first translation direction, and where the second guide is dedicated to the translation of both the at least two, first and second, pullers in a second translation direction opposite to the first translation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: DANIELI & C. OFFICINE MECCANICHE S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Mario Galli, Mattia Merlini
  • Patent number: 11684964
    Abstract: A fixing device places and layers a plurality of members between a die and a punch disposed in an opposed manner, and presses and fixes the plurality of members. The plurality of members include a first member including a first fixation portion, a second member including a second fixation portion smaller than the first fixation portion, and a third member including a third fixation portion larger than the second fixation portion. The die includes a projected portion that protrudes toward the punch, and the punch includes a sheltering portion recessed along a shape of the second fixation portion. The die and the punch press the first fixation portion and the third fixation portion, thereby forming an extruded portion and forming a recess-projection fitting structure EG in a thickness direction, so that the second fixation portion is sandwiched and fixed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventor: Takenobu Hongo