Patents Issued in February 5, 2013
  • Patent number: 8365359
    Abstract: A hinge device increases an open angle of a second member relative to a first member without enlarging the hinge device. A first pulley is fixed to a first mounting member mounted on the first member. A second pulley is fixed to a second mounting member mounted on the second member. A timing belt runs between the first and second pulleys. One end of a connecting member that connects the first mounting member to the second connecting member connects rotatably to an axis part of the first mounting member, with the opposite end connected rotatably to an axis part of the second mounting member. Pins to that abut to the outside of the timing belt are provided such that the width between one side and the opposite side of the timing belt becomes smaller than the diameter of at least one of the first pulley and the second pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sugatsune Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masazumi Morishita, Masaya Yamazato
  • Patent number: 8365360
    Abstract: A handle for opening and closing any door or drawer of a commercial or residential building is disclosed. The handle includes a first wall member joined to a second wall member that is attached to a third wall member to form a removable handle for opening and closing a door or drawer. At least one wall member is flexible and resilient such that when the handle is attached to a door or drawer, the first wall member flexibly and resiliently moves to form a self-tensioning, self-grip in conjunction with the remaining wall members on the door or drawer allowing the handle to be used to open and/or close a door or drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Inventors: Dana Louise Kunnath, Glenn Kunnath
  • Patent number: 8365361
    Abstract: A laundry retainer for bed sheets to prevent entanglement with smaller items in a mixed load. The retainer has a base plate on which at least four clothes clips are mounted. The clothes clips grip the side edges of a sheet to form a generally closed mouth bag in which smaller items in a mixed load are less likely to become entangled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Inventor: Marcus W. Ahern
  • Patent number: 8365362
    Abstract: A safety release device for Roman blind pull cord is disposed between the control pull cord of the Roman blind and a lower suspension thereof. The safety release device includes a latch body for connecting with the pull cord, a latch ring seat connected with the lower suspension of the Roman blind, and a connection barrel. The latch body can be plugged into and latched with the connection barrel or extracted out of the connection barrel. The latch body has a latch force greater than the weight of the suspended Roman blind. When an abnormal pulling force greater than the latch force between the latch body and the connection barrel is applied to the pull cord in any direction, the latch body will be easily extracted out of the connection barrel to avoid tangle of the pull cord with a kid and ensure safety in use of the Roman blind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Inventor: Tser Wen Chou
  • Patent number: 8365363
    Abstract: A strap fastening device includes two fastening straps and a tightness adjusting unit. The fastening straps each have a fixing end and an opposing free end. The tightness adjusting unit includes an assembling box and two locating members. The assembling box is provided at a left and a right half with at least one non-return retaining tooth each. The two locating members are slidably mounted to the assembling box and connected to the free ends of the two fastening straps, such that the free ends of the fastening straps are not turned back to expose from the assembling box. The slidable locating members respectively have a raised locating rib releasably engaging with the at least one non-return retaining tooth at the left and the right half of the assembling box. The two locating members can be conveniently slid with one hand to adjust the tightness of the fastening straps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Inventor: Chien-Rung Chen
  • Patent number: 8365364
    Abstract: A buckle attachment device is provided for removably securing a buckle and a strap to form a unified strap object, such as a belt. The buckle attachment device enables a user to select one of a wide variety of buckles to be coupled with one of a wide variety of straps that may be custom cut to a desired length. The selected buckle and strap are then removably secured by the user to the buckle attachment device without the need for specialized tools or additional binding components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Buckle-Down, Inc.
    Inventors: Ross Labelson, Jason H. Dorf
  • Patent number: 8365365
    Abstract: In a hook fastener having a sliding closure for closing the mouth of the hook, a keeper prevents opening of the closure. The hook fastener includes a body having a base portion and a hook portion extending from an end of the base portion to define a gap between the hook and the base portion. An opening formed in the base portion has an elongate mouth intersecting an external face on the base portion. The closure includes a shaft part and a grip part, the shaft part received in the opening, the grip part protruding from the shaft part through the mouth for manipulation by a user. A spring urges the closure such that the shaft part extends out of the opening into the gap. The keeper is received to rotate upon the external face, being located between the grip part and abutment on the body. A slot in the keeper extends parallel to the mouth, the keeper preventing the user retracting the closure from the gap, except when the slot is rotated so as to be angularly aligned with the mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Inventor: Robert Wesley Schlipper
  • Patent number: 8365366
    Abstract: A clamping collar includes a belt that co-operates with a tightening member(s) and that is made up of two belt portions interconnected at their connection ends. Each of these connection ends has a joggle between an end segment and a coupling segment. The joggle is provided with a slot that extends transversely to a step. The connection ends are thus interlocked, the step of each connection end being disposed in the slot of the other end and the coupling segment of each of the ends being disposed against the end segment of the other end, so that the retaining surfaces belonging to respective ones of the two ends co-operate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Etablissements Caillau
    Inventors: Cyriaque Fouqueray, GĂ©rard Motteau, Guillaume Racoillet
  • Patent number: 8365367
    Abstract: The slide fastener includes elements, and a slider, the slide fastener including a horizontal functional section and a vertical functional section. The horizontal functional section includes element heads which are meshed with and unmeshed from each other, and horizontal fastener tapes which are opened and closed in a horizontal direction. The vertical functional section and includes upper element legs which are formed by extending the elements upwards and bending the extended upper portions into a hook-like shape, upper holding portions formed by distal ends of the upper element legs, an upper vertical fastener tape which is engageable in the upper holding portions, lower element legs which are formed by extending the elements downwards and bending the extended lower portions into a hook-like shape, lower holding portions formed by distal ends of the lower element legs, and a lower vertical fastener tape which is engageable in the lower holding portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Inventor: Masaki Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8365368
    Abstract: A buckle includes a male member and a female member. The male member includes: a base; a pair of legs that project from the base; engaging portions that are provided on the legs to be engageable with the female member; and a linking body that links the pair of legs. The linking body includes a curved portion that is curved such that the middle thereof is closest to the base. A pair of projecting portions that are substantially parallel with an insertion direction of the male member extend from the base to be disposed outside the curved portion such that the curved portion is interposed therebetween. With this arrangement, the linking body for linking the pair of legs can be disposed with less possibility that other objects are caught in a space in the male member and without increasing a length dimension in the insertion direction more than necessary. The male member can be stably held relative to the female member against a torsion force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kaneko, Ryoichiro Uehara
  • Patent number: 8365369
    Abstract: A clutch for post earrings includes a housing which is open at one end thereof and has an aperture therethrough in the opposite end thereof, a cap member which is received on the open end of the housing and also has an aperture therethrough, and an insert of a resilient leaf member that includes a support piece captured between the housing flange and the cap member and a pair of leaves supported from the support piece. The leaves converge with respect to each other and are disposed in facing relationship for receiving a post therebetween. The post is receivable in the clutch so that it extends through the cap member and housing apertures and is received in frictional engagement between the leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Inventor: Marcos Fountoulakis
  • Patent number: 8365370
    Abstract: A device for transferring nonwoven material from a fleece-laying machine to a consolidation device having an endless circulating output conveyor belt of the fleece-laying machine for accepting card webs which are laid on the output conveyor belt from above by the fleece-laying machine, the laid card webs forming the nonwoven material. A first drive unit drives the output conveyor belt at variable speed. In addition, a second drive unit for driving the output conveyor belt at an essentially constant speed is provided at a point which, relative to the first drive unit, is closer to the consolidation device. A hanging storage buffer of the output conveyor belt is thus formed in a section of the output conveyor belt located between the first drive unit and the second drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Oskar Dilo Maschinenfabrik KG
    Inventor: Joachim Leger
  • Patent number: 8365371
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for manufacturing tuning-fork type piezoelectric vibrating devices. In an exemplary method a metal film is formed on both surfaces of a piezoelectric wafer, followed by application of photoresist. A first metal-film-etching step etches the metal film after removal of the photoresist layer outside the profile outline of the devices. A first piezoelectric-etching step etches the wafer surface but not through to the rear surface; thus, outside the profile outline the metal film is removed. A second metal-film-etching step etches the metal film after removal of the photoresist layer from first groove regions. A second piezoelectric-etching step etches outside the profile outline and the groove regions through to the rear surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Amano
  • Patent number: 8365372
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a piezoelectric oscillating circuit in thin film technology, wherein the oscillating circuit includes a predetermined natural frequency and a plurality of layers, first of all at least a first layer of the piezoelectric oscillating circuit is generated. Subsequently, by processing the first layer a frequency correction is performed. Subsequently, at least a second layer of the piezoelectric oscillating circuit is generated and processed for performing a second frequency correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Contria San Limited Liability Company
    Inventors: Robert Aigner, Lueder Elbrecht, Martin Handtmann, Stephan Marksteiner, Winfried Nessler, Hans-Joerg Timme
  • Patent number: 8365373
    Abstract: Though the initial concept of the face-mounted resonator was ahead of fabrication technology, the solidly-mounted resonator (SMR) is now a practical resonator design yielding high Qs in a space-efficient and robust mounting configuration. An agile tunable piezoelectric SMR is now provided with a resonator and alternating stacks of high mechanical impedance and low mechanical impedance, piezoelectric layers advantageously stacked on a substrate with the piezoelectric layers connected to an adaptive circuit that alternates with an external electrical impedance having values anywhere between an open circuit and a short circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Arthur Ballato
  • Patent number: 8365374
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of installing an elastomeric element onto a tubular. The method includes, positioning the elastomeric element onto a radially expandable member, radially expanding the radially expandable member and the elastomeric element installed thereon, positioning a tubular coaxially with the radially expandable member, and axially urging the elastomeric element off the radially expandable member thereby allowing the elastomeric element to be positioned coaxially about an outer perimetrical surface of the tubular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert S. O'Brien, Gerald D. Lynde, Yang Xu, Thomas Mathew
  • Patent number: 8365375
    Abstract: A rivet gun has a barrel, a shaft, a handle and a pneumatic cylinder assembly. The shaft is mounted under the barrel. The handle is mounted around the shaft. The pneumatic cylinder assembly is mounted under the handle and has a top cover, a fastener, an annular cylinder and a bottom base. The top cover, fastener, annular cylinder and bottom base are detachably assembled so can be replaced easily without changing the whole pneumatic cylinder assembly. The maintenance costs of the rivet gun are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Inventor: Yu-Ching Lin
  • Patent number: 8365376
    Abstract: An apparatus may comprise a rail system, a multi-axis carriage, a tool module, and a controller. The rail system may be capable of being attached to a surface on a structure. The multi-axis carriage may be coupled to the rail system. The multi-axis carriage may be capable of moving along the rail system and moving a riveting tool in axes relative to the surface. The tool module may be capable of being removably coupled to the multi-axis carriage. The tool module may comprise a frame and may be capable of receiving the riveting tool. The controller may be capable of controlling movement of the riveting tool to a number of locations on the surface of the structure and may be capable of causing the riveting tool to install a number of rivets in the number of preselected locations in response to a signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Eric M. Reid, Brent F. Craig, Riley Harrison HansonSmith
  • Patent number: 8365377
    Abstract: The tool (10) includes first and second pipe securing heads (12, 30), each having downward facing C-shaped frames (14, 16) and pipe securing clamps (16, 36) secured within the frames (14, 16) for selectively and detachably securing the pipe securing heads (12, 20) to sections of pipes (18, 36). A pivot rod (48) is pivotally secured between necks (20, 38) of the heads (12, 30), and handles (54, 56) are secured to the necks (20, 38). The handles (54, 56) and pivot rod (48) are configured so that, after securing the clamps (16, 36) within the frames (14, 16) to adjacent first and second pipes (18, 36), movement of the handles (54, 56) toward or away from each other causes the pipe securing heads (12, 30) to move the pipes (18, 36) to be joined together or separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Inventor: James Basiliere
  • Patent number: 8365378
    Abstract: A molding removal tool assembly includes a handle having a first end and a second end. A plate is attached to the second end. The plate has a distal edge with respect to the handle. A blade is attached to the distal edge. The blade has a first side, a second side and a free edge. The blade has an opening therein extending into the first side and outwardly of the second side. The opening has a bottom edge. A tab is attached to the bottom edge and is angled toward the handle so that the plate extends over the tab. The free edge is configured to be extended between a wall surface and molding attached to the wall surface to urge the molding off of the wall surface with the tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Inventor: Edward Lenart
  • Patent number: 8365379
    Abstract: A bearing dismounting device includes a body, a rod, several clamping arms, a tightening element, and an adjusting element. Each of the clamping arms is pivotally installed around the body. The center of the body has a through hole for the rod to mount therein. One end of the rod has a positioning part, and its other end has an operating part. Each of the clamping arms extends a buckling part. The central position on the outer side of each of the clamping arms has an accommodating part. The tightening element surrounds the accommodating parts of the clamping arms. Both ends of the tightening element have an adjusting element, respectively, for urging against the tightening element, thereby positioning the clamping arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Mueller-Kueps, L.P.
    Inventor: Michael Mueller
  • Patent number: 8365380
    Abstract: A unit and a method of using that unit during repair of a laptop computer are disclosed. The unit includes a magnetic board having special markings located thereon which correspond to the locations of screws used to hold a backplate of a laptop computer in place on the housing of the computer. As screws are removed from the backplate, they are placed on the markings which correspond to the location of those screws in the computer. The magnetic nature of the board holds those screws in place whereby the screws will not be lost and the technician knows exactly what screw goes where during the re-assembly process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Inventors: Jerenita Leavy, Ambreia Leavy
  • Patent number: 8365381
    Abstract: A system and method for mounting a vehicle closure member (62) on a vehicle body (40) utilizes vision sensing of a master gauge location (42) of the vehicle body, of coordination formations (48) on the vehicle body, and of opening extremities of a closure member opening of the vehicle body, and the sensing is used by a controller (34) to provide mounting of a hinge at a proper location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Utica Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Carter, Timothy J. Marx, Thomas W. French
  • Patent number: 8365382
    Abstract: A pipe from a plastic material having memory properties is extruded. The extruded pipe is cut to form a pipe part (7). The pipe part (7) is warmed and the end (6b) of the pipe part (7) is bent. The pipe part (7) forms a clamping ring (6) and the bent end (6b) of the pipe part (7) forms a stop edge (10) in the clamping ring (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Uponor Innovation AB
    Inventor: Bengt Hedström
  • Patent number: 8365383
    Abstract: A mold twist lock apparatus comprising a securing pin having a distal end and a proximal end on a longitudinal axis of the securing pin, the proximal end having a hole therethrough, a coaxial spring positioned about the proximal end of the securing pin, a cross pin disposed through the hold in the proximal end of the securing pin, the cross pin having an enlarged end and a second spring positioned between an extension of the securing pin and the enlarged end of the cross pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissments Michelin, Societe de Technologie Michelin
    Inventors: James D. Makins, Marvin G. Owen
  • Patent number: 8365384
    Abstract: Couplers for a cable trough system including a terminal end sized to receive a terminal end of a trough member along a longitudinal direction of the body. A spring may be coupled to the body for securing the terminal end of the trough member to the coupler, the spring including first and second spring arms extending generally in opposition to one another in a plane generally parallel to the longitudinal direction. The spring may be received in a slot formed by the trough member. Also included may be a spring release mechanism coupled to the body, the spring release mechanism sliding in the longitudinal direction between a locked position, such that the first and second spring arms engage the terminal end of the trough, and an unlocked position, such that the first and second fingers release the first and second arms of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Ferris, Alex Watts
  • Patent number: 8365385
    Abstract: There is provided a work processing apparatus including a plurality of work conveyance lines on which works are to be moved, a stopping unit to stop a work in a predetermined processing position on each of the work conveyance lines, a processing unit to make a desired process on the work stopped by the stopping unit, and a moving unit to move the processing unit between the work conveyance lines. Works are sequentially processed on the plurality of work conveyance lines. While a work is being processed in the processing position on one of the work conveyance lines, another work can be carried in to the other work conveyance line. Therefore, immediately after a work is completely processed on the one work conveyance line, processing of another work can be started. As a result, the production rate is higher and the apparatus can be designed smaller in size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Musashi Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Kazumasa Ikushima
  • Patent number: 8365386
    Abstract: A framing device (1) and a method are provided for connecting disk-type bodies (6) to a frame (5) by a manipulator (2). A joining device (4) is associated with the manipulator (2), for joining individual frame parts (8, 9, 10, 11) to the disk-type body. The manipulator (2) guides the disk-type body (6) and inserts it into the frame parts (8, 9, 10, 11) provided, the frame parts being pressed against the disk edge (7) at the same time or one after the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: KUKA Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Albert Vontz, Thomas Dobkowitz, Elisabeth Schärtl
  • Patent number: 8365387
    Abstract: A rivet, including: at least one side wall extending from a first side of a sheet of material, formed from the same material as the sheet of material, and including respective inside surfaces; and a space at least partly enclosed by the respective inside surfaces. The space is open at a second side of the sheet of material. In one embodiment, the at least one side wall is cylindrical in shape. In another embodiment, the rivet includes an end wall formed of the same piece of material as the at least one side wall and defining one end of the space, the space is cylindrical in shape, the space has a first portion aligned with the sheet of material and a second portion partially defined by the end wall, and a diameter for the first portion is less than the diameter for the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jonathan Jameson
  • Patent number: 8365388
    Abstract: A method of joining plates of material to form a predetermined structure, the method comprising: assembling a first plate (40) of a material comprising at least one recess (100) against a second plate (80) of material such that the at least one recess (100) of the first plate (40) is in an exterior surface of the first plate (40) on a side of the first plate opposite to the side which faces the second plate (80); bonding a portion (120) of the first and second plates (40, 80) to one another; superplastically forming the bonded plates, wherein the superplastic forming causes the material of the second plate (80) which is opposite to the at least one recess (100) of the first plate (40) to be driven towards the recess (100), and wherein the unbonded portion of the second plate (80) is deflected away from the plate to form the predetermined structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce PLC
    Inventors: Richard M. Jones, Oliver M. Strother
  • Patent number: 8365389
    Abstract: A multifunctional tool which enables a single robot or other manipulator to perform each of the operations to depalletize a palletized load is disclosed. The depalletization can proceed without the need to move the palletized load from one station to another. The multifunctional tool includes a strap cutting mechanism, extendable vacuum arms, and a fork lift mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Visy R & D Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Neil Taylor
  • Patent number: 8365390
    Abstract: A method for affixing adhesive films to a main board is provided. The main board includes a main body and a shield. The shield includes a first shield and a second shield. The second shield defines openings. When the second shield is attached to the main body, components of the main body are confined within the openings, respectively. The method includes: first absorbing a single adhesive film to an electrostatic absorbing film. Then, stamping the electrostatic absorbing film and the single adhesive film to form adhesive films that have substantially the same shape and arrangement as the openings. Next, aligning the electrostatic absorbing film with the first shield and affixing the adhesive films to the first shield. Then, removing the electrostatic absorbing film from the first shield. And, assembling the first shield to the second shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hua-Lin Lv, Kok-Kan Chan, Ting-Jian Zou, Yu Zou, Kai-Gui Wang
  • Patent number: 8365391
    Abstract: A method for establishing a wind turbine generator with one or more Permanent Magnet (PM) rotors. The method comprises the steps of: manufacturing a generator prepared for taking one or more PM rotors, manufacturing one or more rotors comprising a plurality of holding means prepared for retaining PM material, mounting substantially non-magnetized PM material prepared for magnetization in said holding means before or after said one or more rotors are mounted in said generator, connecting a magnetization system for magnetizing said PM material in the generator, and magnetizing said PM material with said magnetization system. The invention also relates to a wind turbine nacelle, a wind turbine comprising said wind turbine nacelle and use of a wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Lars Helle, Philip Richard Jacobsen Carne Kjaer, Morten Lindholm, Flemming Buus Bendixen, Ion Boldea
  • Patent number: 8365392
    Abstract: A rotor assembly and a method for fabricating the same are provided in which a solid rotor ring is formed at either end of a stack of laminated discs, the solid rotor rings yielding improved electrical and mechanical characteristics in a low weight assembly. The solid rotor rings are fabricated by brazing slugs between the end portions of the rotor bars, the braze joints contacting a large percentage (at least 90 %) of the rotor bar end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Tesla Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lyons, Jeffrey B. Straubel, Erik Shahoian, Rudy Garriga
  • Patent number: 8365393
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing a magnetic head for a disk drive. The methods include the steps of depositing a first non-magnetic spacer layer, depositing a plating seed layer on the first non-magnetic spacer layer and plating at least one side shield and a pole tip layer on the plating seed layer, each of the at least one side shield and the pole tip layer separated by a trench. Then the method includes depositing a first non-magnetic material in the trench using ion-beam assisted deposition and planarizing using a chemical-mechanical polishing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Mourad Benakli, Michael Mallary
  • Patent number: 8365395
    Abstract: A system for use in a manufacturing process comprises a series of tables with clamping and conveying/lowering mechanisms. The tables are arranged to facilitate alignment of successive composite dry freight panels. Tables may include a plurality of transfer mechanisms, such as ball rollers, to assist an operator in moving the panels into place. Once a new panel is in place, the rollers may be pneumatically or mechanically lowered to form a new joint. A clamping mechanism can be used to secure the new joint with adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Reading Truck Body, LLC
    Inventor: Michael E. Gehris
  • Patent number: 8365396
    Abstract: A changeover device (8) is provided for tenter frames (5,6,7) in a treatment station (1) for vehicle bodies. The changeover device comprises at least one frame store (9,10) that can be rotated about a rotational axis (11) and is arranged at a distance from a working point (39), and a transport device (17) provided with a guide (18) and a controllable towing device (28) for the tenter frames (5,6,7). The transport device (17) has a guide (18) on the bottom side, for transporting the tenter frames in a vertical position, and also comprises a bottom-side or lateral stabilizing device (64). A towing device (28) for the tenter frames (5,6,7) is arranged in the bottom region of the transport device (17) with at least one driven carriage (29,30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Kuka Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Kraus, Botho Kikut, Johann Maischberger, Thomas Sturm
  • Patent number: 8365397
    Abstract: A sub-component circuit board may be electrically and mechanically connected to a higher order circuit board using one or more leads extending from a lead frame embedded in the sub-component circuit board. The sub-component board is produced as a layered assembly with the embedded lead frame at the core. One or more dielectric layers and one or more circuitry layers are provided over the lead frame and then bonded using heat and pressure. Apertures in the dielectric and circuitry layers define a perimeter of the circuit board where the leads of the lead frame are exposed. The lead frame connects to the circuitry layer(s) using plated vias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: EM Research, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Garrison
  • Patent number: 8365398
    Abstract: Using developed photo-resist materials at the side walls of silicon substrates, the preferred embodiments of the present invention improve alignment accuracy of stacked substrates. Such alignment accuracy improves the area efficiency of side-wall connections as well as through-hole connections. The parasitic impedances of stacked substrate connections are also improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Inventor: Jeng-Jye Shau
  • Patent number: 8365399
    Abstract: A printed circuit board and method of making a print circuit board having one or more holes that are controllably drilled to extend into the printed circuit board substrate to a predetermined depth intermediate first and second faces. A mechanical locating pin is received into each of the one or more holes to mechanically align a first component for electronically interfacing with the printed circuit board substrate. A second component is installed on the second face directly opposite of the one or more holes such that the second component is in electronic communication with conductive traces or interconnects formed on the second face directly opposite of the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark E. Andresen, Virginia Ott
  • Patent number: 8365400
    Abstract: A circuit board structure comprising a composite layer, a fine circuit pattern and a patterned conductive layer is provided. The fine circuit pattern is inlaid in the composite layer, and the patterned conductive layer is disposed on a surface of the composite layer. After fine circuit grooves are formed on the surface of the composite layer, conductive material is filled into the grooves to form the fine circuit pattern inlaid in the composite layer. Since this fine circuit pattern has relatively fine line width and spacing, the circuit board structure has a higher wiring density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Unimicron Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Tsung-Yuan Chen, Shu-Sheng Chiang, David C. H. Cheng
  • Patent number: 8365401
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a circuit substrate, a dielectric layer disposed on the circuit substrate and a patterned circuit structure. The dielectric layer covers a first surface and at least a first circuit of the circuit substrate. The dielectric layer has a second surface, at least a blind via, a second intaglio pattern and a third intaglio pattern connected to the blind via. The patterned circuit structure includes at least a second circuit disposed in the second intaglio pattern and third circuits disposed in the third intaglio pattern and the blind via. Each third circuit has a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The materials of the first conductive layer and the second circuit are the same. The line width of the second circuit is shorter than that of each third circuit. At least a third circuit is electrically connected to the first circuit of the circuit substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Unimicron Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Tzyy-Jang Tseng, Shu-Sheng Chiang, Tsung-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 8365402
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a printed wiring board, in which filled vias with a reduction in faulty connections are formed, and providing such a printed wiring board. After an electroless plated film is formed on an inner wall of a via opening, electrolytic plating is performed on insulative resin base material; the via opening is filled with plating metal and a filled via is formed. Therefore, during electrolytic plating, a plating metal is deposited from electroless plated film on the side wall of the via opening as well as from the bottom of the via opening. As a result, the via opening may be completely filled through electrolytic plating, forming a filled via with a reduction in faulty connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiki Furutani, Takeshi Furusawa
  • Patent number: 8365403
    Abstract: A method for providing an alternative power source for a graphics card are disclosed. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method, which includes the steps of laying a set of gold fingers on a printed circuit board according to an industrial standard bus interface, positioning a wire in a middle layer of the printed circuit board, attaching a first end of the wire to a specific gold finger, and attaching the alternative power source to a second end of the wire, wherein the second end of the wire is an electroplated contact protruded external to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Tao Zhang, Zhihui Wang
  • Patent number: 8365404
    Abstract: A coaxial connector for interconnection with a coaxial cable with a solid outer conductor by ultrasonic welding is provided with a monolithic connector body with a bore. An annular flare seat is angled radially outward from the bore toward a connector end of the connector, the annular flare seat open to the connector end of the connector. An inner conductor cap is provided for interconnection with an inner conductor of the coaxial cable by ultrasonic welding. The ultrasonic welding of each of the inner and outer conductor interconnections may be performed via inner conductor and outer conductor sonotrodes which are coaxial with one another, without requiring the cable and or connector to be removed from their fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Andrew LLC
    Inventor: Kendrick Van Swearingen
  • Patent number: 8365405
    Abstract: Methods for repairing abradable seals of gas turbine engines include providing an abradable seal component of a gas turbine engine, the seal component having a structural substrate; providing a first preform to restore the structural substrate; and providing a second preform to form an abradable layer of the component. Preforms include a multilayer stack having a first layer and a second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: United Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Minor, Jacob A. Hall
  • Patent number: 8365406
    Abstract: An exemplary clamp for clamping a bearing cartridge and shaft subassembly of a turbocharger includes an upper portion, a lower portion where the upper portion and the lower portion form a bore having a bore diameter sized to clamp a bearing cartridge and a fluid passage defined in part by the upper portion, the lower portion or the upper portion and the lower portion where the fluid passage includes an opening to the bore. Various other exemplary devices, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Anand Cornelio
  • Patent number: 8365407
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a radiator including preparing, aligning, punching, bending, shearing and riveting, rotating, and removing processes is provided. The shearing, riveting, and rotating processes are repeated. A sheet metal is continuously punched to form a plurality of heat dissipation fins in a manufacturing machine, the heat dissipation fins are then orderly sheared, inserted into the metal base, and further fixed with the metal base by two-direction riveting. The radiator can thus be obtained in an automatic and faster process without unnecessary assembling steps with higher yield and reduced costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Neng Tyi Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wen-Chen Wei
  • Patent number: 8365408
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a heat transfer plate (1) includes: an insertion process of inserting a heat medium pipe (16) in a concave groove (8) formed in a bottom face of a lid groove (6) open to an obverse (3) of a base member (2); a lid groove closing process of arranging a lid plate (10) in the lid groove (6); and a main joining process of moving a main joining rotation tool (20) along butt portions (V1, V2) between sidewalls (5a, 5b) of the lid groove (6) and side faces (13a, 13b) of the lid plate (10), wherein in the main joining process a plastic fluidizing material (Q), where the base member (2) and the lid plate (10) are fluidized due to frictional heat, is made to flow in air gap portions (P1, P2) formed around the heat medium pipe (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobushiro Seo, Hisashi Hori, Shinya Makita
  • Patent number: 8365409
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided with a cooling fin including a plurality of fin portions and a base portion supporting the fin portions, and a plurality of pins press-fitted into the fin portions. In the heat exchanger the pins each having a wider width than each space between the fin portions formed in advance in parallel straight shapes are press-fitted into the spaces in a direction from a top end of each fin portion toward the base portion. Accordingly, the fin portions are formed into corrugated shapes by plastic deformation, thereby fixing the pins between the fin portions in positions apart from the base portion. In each space the pins are arranged at intervals in a longitudinal direction of each space. The pins arranged in adjacent spaces are placed with a displacement in alternating pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Eisaku Kakiuchi, Yasuji Taketsuna, Masahiro Morino, Yuya Takano