Patents Examined by Teresa M Ekiert
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Patent number: 11192168Abstract: A metal extrusion and nodes based structure is provided. The structure comprises one or more arc members connected by one or more node members, wherein the arc comprises (i) a wing feature which is configured to mate with one or more non-structural components, (ii) an internal passage feature which is configured to be inserted into a connecting feature of the corresponding node member, and (iii) one or more keying features formed from a mating interface with the corresponding node member.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2018Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Broc William TenHouten, Eahab Nagi El Naga, Richard Winston Hoyle, Kevin Robert Czinger
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Patent number: 11181169Abstract: A chain is provided which includes a plurality of interconnected chain-links. At least one chain-link of the chain has a braided core which includes a first primary strand having polymeric elongated elements having a tenacity of at least 1.0 N/tex. The braided core is braided from at least 2 consecutive turns of the primary strand. Also disclosed is a braided endless shaped element suitable as chain-link for the chain as well as a chain which has a tenacity (Ten) in N/Tex and a combined titer of the 2 legs of the chain-link having polymeric elongated elements (T) in MTex satisfying the relationship of Ten?0.50*T?0.05.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Karel Jozef Wetzels, Dietrich Wienke, Jozef Siegfried Johannes Homminga, Roelof Marissen, Rigobert Bosman
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Patent number: 11179760Abstract: A method produces a bent part from an elongate workpiece, in particular from a wire or a tube from round, flat, or profiled material, by a bending machine, the workpiece is fed to a bending unit of the bending machine, wherein the bending unit has a bending head which by a Z-drive is displaceable in a manner parallel with a bending head axis and has a bending tool which by a bending drive is rotatable about a bending axis. A fed portion of the workpiece by operating movements of the bending head is formed to a two-dimensionally or three-dimensionally bent part.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2018Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: WAFIOS AktiengesellschaftInventors: Jörg Möck, Frank Weiblen, Harry Schweikardt, Ralf Schneider
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Patent number: 11173533Abstract: A device for cold working pipe elements has two or more cams, each having a gear. The gears turn synchronously with one another. Each cam has a cam surface with a region of increasing radius and may have a region of constant radius extending around a cam body. Each cam also has a traction surface extending around a cam body. A discontinuity in each cam surface is aligned with a gap in the traction surface of each cam. The discontinuities and gaps provide clearance for insertion and removal of the pipe element between the cams to form a circumferential groove when the cams are rotated.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Victaulic CompanyInventor: Douglas R Dole
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Patent number: 11167516Abstract: The embodiments herein provide a modular rosin press device for use with a base clamp device having a pair or opposing rectangular elements, the modular device having a proximal press assembly, distal press assembly, and proximal block assembly. Each press assembly preferably contains a metallic heating component with a channel sized to accept the rectangular elements of the base clamp device. Each press assembly may also include a heating element, insulating plate, ledges which extend inwardly, and ribs of various designs and orientations.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Inventor: Steve Concilla
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Patent number: 11154870Abstract: The object of the invention are methods for the production of silicon particles by grinding silicon-containing solids in a jet mill using a grinding fluid containing water vapor.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2016Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: WACKER CHEMIE AGInventors: Eckhard Hanelt, Michael Fricke
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Patent number: 11154919Abstract: A device for reforming a vessel cavity is provided that includes a central shaft, a central gear coupled to the central shaft, and a plurality of roller gears coupled to the central gear, with each of the plurality of roller gears having a central portion. A proximal support member couples the plurality of roller gears and at least one of the central gear and the central shaft. A plurality of rollers is also provided, each of the plurality of rollers connected to the central portion of each of the plurality of roller gears. In one form, at least one idler member is disposed between the plurality of rollers. A distal support member couples the plurality of rollers and at least one of the central gear and a translation member. Also, a stationary member is secured to a distal portion of the vessel cavity.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2018Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Titanium Metals CorporationInventors: Greg Johnson, Kaveh Golestaneh
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Patent number: 11148185Abstract: A method of molding a back cover of a display and a die for molding the back cover are provided. More particularly, a method of finishing a side of a display by using a back cover is provided. A die for molding a back cover of a display includes: an upper die in which a lower inner side thereof has a fan shape with a certain curvature, and an inner side of the fan shape has a flat shape; a first lower die which is disposed below the upper die and in which an upper inner side thereof has a shape corresponding to the fan shape formed in the upper die, and an inner side of the fan shape is dent downward by a certain length; and a second lower die in which an upper portion thereof has a flat shape, and an end upper portion thereof protrudes toward the first lower die by a certain length.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: OHSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Sun Gyu Kim, Sa Sung Kim
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Patent number: 11141767Abstract: A forging assembly may comprise a first die and a second die configured to translate toward the second die. A first sensor may be coupled to at least one of the first die or the second die. The first sensor may be configured to output a first signal correlating to a first distance between the first die and the second die. Additional sensors may be applied to track die alignment during the forging process.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Thomas A. Rebbecchi, Jean Philippe Thomas
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Patent number: 11141772Abstract: A system comprises a ram tool subassembly and a master die subassembly. The ram tool subassembly further comprises a tool stick, a back body, a piston assembly, a piston housing, and a pusher holder. The master die subassembly further comprises a bottom tooling plate, a bottom master jaw, a nose block, a top master jaw, and a top tooling plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: PROTO-1 MANUFACTURING, L.C.C.Inventor: John Schwochert
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Patent number: 11141945Abstract: The invention relates to a press drive for a press or a press having a press drive. The invention also relates to a method for controlling the press drive by means of a control unit. The press drive is used for moving a ram of the press in a stroke direction H between an upper return point OT and a lower return point UT. It comprises a knee lever gear having a first lever and a second lever. A connecting rod engages on the knee lever of the two levers and is connected on the other end to an eccentric of an eccentric drive. The control unit can drive the eccentric drive in a first operating mode B1 or a second operating mode B2 or, in particular, also a third operating mode B3. In the first and the second operating modes B1, B2, the eccentric oscillates in a respectively different angle region W1, W2 about a rotation axis D of the eccentric drive, thus resulting in different force and movement states of the ram in both operating modes.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: SCHULER PRESSEN GMBHInventors: Rainer Hedler, Marcus Kosse, Joachim Beyer
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Patent number: 11141774Abstract: A can seaming apparatus including a frame, a can handling assembly, a can driving assembly and a seaming assembly. The can seaming apparatus is configured to seal a lid to a can through a double seam can seal. The can is positioned and clamped between an upper and a lower chuck. The can driving assembly spins the can and the upper and lower chucks about an axis. The seaming assembly includes two rollers mounted to a roller frame which pivots about an axis relative to the frame. The roller frame can be pivoted so as to selectively have the two rollers sequentially engage the can to form the necessary crimping operations.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Oktober, LLCInventor: Dennis Grumm
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Patent number: 11141946Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a baling apparatus that includes a baling chamber. The baling chamber is configure to receive material to be baled. Material to be baled can be compressed into the baling chamber. Adjacent to the baling chamber is a set of baling guides configured to guide baling ties. Each baling guide has an entrance and an exit, such that the baling tie enters and exits the baling guide some distance apart and at the same wall of the baling chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Sebright Products, Inc.Inventor: William Dale Brisbin
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Patent number: 11141773Abstract: A device for strengthening a straight pipe, including a first positioning mold, a second positioning mold, a split mold, a rounding mold, a first cavity and a second cavity. A method for strengthening a straight pipe is further provided. The split mold is adjusted to position the pipe. The pipe is inserted into the first and second positioning molds. First and second sealing rings are arranged in an inner cavity of the pipe. Hydraulic oil is injected into the first cavity to expand the pipe to perform an expanding deformation. When the hydraulic oil is unloaded, the split mold moves towards an axis of the first positioning mold to perform a reducing deformation. After the expanding and reducing deformations, the pipe is transported into the rounding mold, and hydraulic oil is injected into the second cavity to expand the pipe to perform the rounding.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2021Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: YANSHAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Yongfei Gu, Junting Luo, Weipeng Liu, Lili Zhang, Chunxiang Zhang
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Patent number: 11140830Abstract: A high capacity square baler comprising a pickup mechanism configured to pick up a single windrow of crop material off the ground. The baler additionally comprising one or more stuffer chutes each configured to receive at least a portion of the crop material picked up by the pickup mechanism. The baler additionally comprising one or more stuffer assemblies each configured to push crop material generally upward through one or more of the stuffer chutes. The baler additionally comprising a plurality of bale-forming chambers each configured to receive crop material from one or more of the stuffer chutes. The baler further comprising a plurality of knotter assemblies each associated with one of the bales forming chambers and each configured to wrap and tie securement lines around each formed bale. The knotter assemblies are configured to operate independently of one another, such that formed bales can be tied at different times.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Brian Olander, Taylor Bozarth
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Patent number: 11135633Abstract: A method or apparatus to produce an L-shaped pressed component includes, where a portion of a blank, having tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more, is held in a state of being clamped by a blank holder and a die, and a portion of the blank, to be formed into a top plate is held in a state of being clamped by a pad and a punch; the second step where a vertical wall, a concave ridge and a flange on the inner side of a curved portion are formed by, bend forming with a bending die, forming one, two or more material inflow promoting portion; and the third step where the die is moved in a direction toward a side where the blank holder is disposed to form a vertical wall, a concave ridge, and a flange on the outer side of the curved portion by draw forming.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2017Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuharu Tanaka, Toshimitsu Aso, Takashi Miyagi, Misao Ogawa, Shinobu Yamamoto, Keita Ikegami
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Patent number: 11130304Abstract: A low speed seed oil expeller press with the capability of extracting oil through a new seed compression design that eliminates the need for filtration, and maintains the captured seed oil at a temperature below 130 degrees F. It has a seed preheating capability and controls the pressure and extraction oil temperature by adjustments of the expeller speed, the head volume and the size of the pressed seed exit orifice in the thorn. The seed oil expeller press eliminates seed rotation within the head volume so as to eliminate crushing, grinding or tearing of the seed by a symmetrical knived press head. The seed oil expeller press regulates seed temperature, seed feed rate, seed pressure, seed rotation and extracted seed oil temperature so as to compensate for the seed size, seed hardness and seed oil content.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Inventor: Andreas Wecker
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Patent number: 11123781Abstract: The invention relates to a roll stand (2) for rolling, in particular cold-rolling, metal products, comprising at least one actuator (16) which can be actuated for actively damping vibrations in the roll stand (2), and at least one supporting roll (10) which is non-adjustable or can be adjusted exclusively via a readjusting device for pass line adjustment (13) of the roll stand (2) for supporting a working roll (5) and/or intermediate roll of the roll stand (2), wherein the supporting roll (10) is guided at the ends via a respective bearing unit (11) on a rack (8) of the roll stand (2). In order to enable an optimal active damping of vibrations in a roll stand (2) of this type with low engineering effort, the invention proposes that the supporting roll (10) is supported on the actuator (16) via at least one bearing unit (11) and that the actuator (16) is supported on a section (17) of the rack (8) either directly or indirectly via at least one component (14) of the readjustment device (13).Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2016Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBHInventors: Matthias Krueger, Sebastian Richard, Karsten Rues, Michael Breuer
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Patent number: 11117338Abstract: A waste material compaction device includes an auger cone having a base skirt; a hopper for containing said auger cone; a support located inside the auger cone and fitted to the hopper; an auger flight arranged on an outer surface of the auger cone; a first bearing located adjacent the base skirt of the auger cone; a second bearing positioned inside the auger cone at a distance from the first bearing; and an electric motor and a gearbox for driving the auger cone and the auger flight such that waste material placed in the hopper is compacted in a predetermined direction; the first and second bearings bearing a working load of the waste material compaction device.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Inventor: Gregory Robert Beer
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Patent number: 11117176Abstract: A one-piece stud and clip is provided by a process working sheet material into a monolithic stud and U-clip fastener. The process includes forming an elongated stud from the sheet material, and bending the sheet material to form the clip. The stud can be a rolled cylinder of the sheet material, or an uninterrupted stud drawn from the sheet material.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2015Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Todd Gerlach, Nicholas Capito, Jr., Hector A. Molina