Patents Examined by Alexander P Taousakis
  • Method of manufacturing control finger using metal powder injection molding
    Patent number: 9095905
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a control finger using metal powder injection molding. In particular, a metal power and a binder are mixed to obtain a base material for injection molding. Then a molded body is formed by injecting the base material into a mold in a shape of the control finger, using a nozzle. The molded body is then degreased and sintered to form a sintered body from the degreased body. Post-processing is then performed on the sintered body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Ki Jung Kim, Jong Moon Kim, Sung Yong Cho, Jong Yop Kim, Ki Bum Kim, Hang Cheol Cho, Hyun Duk Chang, Seong Jun Jeon
  • Pinion assembly preloading system
    Patent number: 9091298
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to pinion assembly preloading systems. Disclosed are systems including a press actuator configured to apply an axial force against a pinion assembly; a force sensor configured to measure a reaction force at the pinion assembly; and a controller configured to control the press actuator according to a change in the reaction force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Alexander Szpara, Timothy John Reed, Troy Smith, Julie Anne Sunstein, Wayne Uhrick
  • Fastening of a corrugated sheet in a roof construction or wall construction
    Patent number: 9091084
    Abstract: A corrugated sheet in a roof construction or wall construction is fastened to an underlying support structure by a screw extending through the sheet or wall construction and into the support structure. The screw includes a head, a washer, and a threading. The washer includes an upper metallic cap and an underlying sealant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Dissing A/S
    Inventor: Claus Hornstrup Dissing
  • Method of texturing an inner surface of a self-expanding implant delivery system outer sheath
    Patent number: 9085054
    Abstract: A method of forming a textured surface on the inner surface of a sheath is provided. The sheath may be used in a delivery system to restrain a self-expanding medical implant in a compressed state. In the method, a sleeve is squeezed against a textured pattern on a mandrel to form a textured surface on the inner surface of the mandrel. The diameter of the mandrel is then contracted before the mandrel is removed from the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: James C. Merk, Nathaniel A. Irwin
  • Pressing device
    Patent number: 9085024
    Abstract: A chain-like pressing device and a method of using same for press joining a tubular or hose-shaped workpiece with a fitting and/or a ferrule is provided. The device at least two pressing members interacting over the circumference in the radial direction. The pressing members can move relative to each other in the circumferential direction at their interacting surfaces that transmit the pressing force. The interacting surfaces enclose an angle of less than 180° therebetween. The pressing device includes a plurality of pressing members forming a first linkage for enclosing the workpiece, at least one of the pressing members transmits pressing force only by pressure or tension application through a further first pressing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: GUSTAV KLAUKE GMBH
    Inventor: Egbert Frenken
  • Structural repair having optical witness and method of monitoring repair performance
    Patent number: 9085052
    Abstract: A structural repair includes a tell-tale optical witness that allows the health of the repair to be visually monitored. The optical witness includes a stress sensitive fluorescent dye that shows changes in local strain/stress patterns when the repair is subjected to electromagnetic energy of a particular wavelength. The dyes fluoresce more or less strongly as a function of the local stress/strain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Gary E. Georgeson, Kenneth Harlan Griess, Russell Lee Keller, Everett A. Westerman, Jr.
  • Biodegradable medical device having an adjustable degradation rate and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 9084843
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are biodegradable medical devices comprising biodegradable materials (e.g., magnesium-calcium alloys) having an adjustable rate of degradation that can be used in various applications including, but not limited to, drug delivery applications, cardiovascular applications, and orthopedic applications to make biodegradable and biocompatible devices. Also disclosed herein are methods of making biodegradable medical devices comprising biodegradable materials by using, for instance, hybrid dry cutting/hydrostatic burnishing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama
    Inventors: Yuebin Guo, Michael Sealy, Meisam Salahshoor Pirsoltan
  • Method for manufacturing valve train parts using metal powder injection molding
    Patent number: 9085028
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a plurality of valve train parts using metal powder injection molding, comprising: obtaining a raw material for injection molding by mixing a metal powder and a binder; forming a formed body by injecting the obtained raw material for injection molding into a mold of a valve train part shape; solvent extracting the formed body; forming a sintered body by debinding and sintering the solvent extracted formed body; sizing processing the sintered body; vacuum carburizing the sizing processed sintered body; and polishing the vacuum carburized sintered body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Sung-Chul Cha
  • Method for manufacturing a straight insert made of metal matrix composite material
    Patent number: 9085818
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a straight insert intended to be incorporated in a metal container by HIC includes placing coated wires in a rectilinear juxtaposition over a predefined length in a straight gutter-shaped tool and joining the coated wires together. The insert includes a bundle of coated wires that are joined together and have a predefined length. The wires are made from metal-coated ceramic fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignees: SNECMA, MESSIER-BUGATTI-DOWTY
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Patrick Maurice Franchet, Gilles Charles Casimir Klein, Richard Masson, Louis Salvat
  • Locking pin with spring retention mechanism
    Patent number: 9086118
    Abstract: A load pin and clevis joint for joining two or more mechanical components together. The load pin includes a retention feature that requires two separate motions to unlock the pin. In a locked state, the load pin is secured across both halves of a clevis joint so that it completely spans an open span between the two clevis halves. In the preferred embodiment, the two motions required to unlock the load pin are (1) moving the load pin linearly; and (2) rotating the load pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Bright Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Campbell, David Hilbig, David Sediles, Kristopher Wortham
  • Method of applying lubrication to legs of a hairpin tube
    Patent number: 9078505
    Abstract: A method and system for manufacturing a hairpin tube. The method includes cutting a coil of tube to provide a plurality of lengths of tubes, and bending each length of tube to form a plurality of hairpin tubes. A lubricant is then atomized with an injector nozzle, and injected into at least one open end of each hairpin tube. After lubricating the hairpin tubes, the legs of each hairpin tube are expanded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Brazeway, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Skrzypchak, Vikas Somani, Brian J. Christen
  • Rotatable locating apparatus with dome carrier and operating method thereof
    Patent number: 9082801
    Abstract: A rotatable locating apparatus including a fixing base, a rotatable rack, a first driving module, a carrier, and a second driving module is provided. The rotatable rack is pivoted on the fixing base through a first rotation axis. The first driving module is coupled to the rotatable rack to drive the rotatable rack rotating with respect to the fixing base along the first rotation axis. The carrier is provided with accommodating slots on an arc surface of the carrier, and the carrier is pivoted on the rotatable rack through a second rotation axis. The second rotation axis passes through a curvature center of the arc surface and is perpendicular to the first rotation axis. The curvature center is located on the first rotation axis. The second driving module is coupled to the carrier to drive the carrier rotating with respect to the rotatable rack along the second rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Pei-Shan Wu, Kuan-Chou Chen, Sheng-Lang Lee, Fu-Ching Tung, Chia-Ming Chen
  • Tool for insertion of canal hearing device into the ear canal
    Patent number: 9078075
    Abstract: A hand held tool for safely inserting a canal hearing device into the ear canal having a medial end configured to simultaneously cradle the lateral end of the canal hearing device and constrain a knob element laterally positioned on the canal hearing device. In a preferred embodiment, the insertion tool comprises a C-shaped cavity for self-centering engagement with a D-shaped lateral end of a CIC device, providing ease of use for hearing impaired individuals. In a preferred embodiment, the insertion tool is substantially formed of a single monolithic structure for improved durability and lower cost of fabrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: iHear Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Adnan Shennib, Victor Valenzuela, Patrick Contioso
  • Method and reel device for threading tendons into ducts
    Patent number: 9067757
    Abstract: A method is described for threading a tendon into a duct from an opening at an intermediate point along the length of the duct. Opposite ends of the tendon are threaded from a reel into the two halves of the duct. The tendon is wound on to the reel such that both ends of the tendon can be unwound into the duct simultaneously. A reel and a method for winding the tendon on to the reel are also claimed. The method and reel are particularly suitable for threading coated steel tendons into PT ducts in tall structures such as containment vessels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: VSL INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Denys Bour, Jean-Baptiste Domage, Jean Marie Laurens
  • Method of manufacturing a heat transfer system for aircraft structures
    Patent number: 9067287
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a heat transfer system is provided that includes, in one form, preparing a heat conducting array by perforating at least a portion of the heat conducting array, placing the heat conducting array around foam elements, placing a heat conducting spreader along one surface area of the foam elements, placing a lower skin over the heat conducting spreader, placing an upper skin over an opposite surface area of the foam elements to create a structural assembly, and curing the structural assembly. A material of the foam elements flows through the perforated portion of the heat conducting array during the curing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: AEROVIRONMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Uchenna Ofoma, Bart Dean Hibbs, Ronald Olch, Justin B. McAllister
  • Heat sink structure with a vapor-permeable membrane for two-phase cooling
    Patent number: 9067288
    Abstract: A heat sink, and cooled electronic structure and cooled electronics apparatus utilizing the heat sink are provided. The heat sink is fabricated of a thermally conductive structure which includes one or more coolant-carrying channels coupled to facilitate the flow of coolant through the coolant-carrying channel(s). The heat sink further includes a membrane associated with the coolant-carrying channel(s). The membrane includes at least one vapor-permeable region, which overlies a portion of the coolant-carrying channel(s) and facilitates removal of vapor from the coolant-carrying channel(s), and at least one orifice coupled to inject coolant onto at least one surface of the coolant-carrying channel(s) intermediate opposite ends of the channel(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Robert E. Simons
  • Element for lifting the blade and method followed
    Patent number: 9068555
    Abstract: A blade hoisting element is an intermediate piece placed between the root of the blade and the mobile track of the blade bearing. This piece comprises at least an insert and joins, by a rigid rod or strut with another intermediate piece opposing diametrically. The piece has a hole for connecting to the hoisting point and another hole for connecting to the hub, this latter fastening to the hole of the insert by a long bolt. Two hoisting points are established on the blade, at its root and at the tip; the hoisting point at the root is handled from a single lift point on the hub and the hoisting point at the tip is handled from two lift points: one from the hub and the other from the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: GAMESA INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, S. L.
    Inventors: Ion Arocena De La Rua, Eneko Sanz Pascual
  • Method and device for mounting cam angle sensor for internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 9068528
    Abstract: In an internal combustion engine in which a head cover for covering a cam shaft at an upper face of a cylinder head is made of a synthetic resin, a cam angle sensor for the cam shaft is securely attached to the cylinder head such that heat damage to the cam angle sensor is suppressed. The cam angle sensor is inserted in a through-hole perforated through the head cover, and a mounting portion integral with the cam angle sensor is fastened to a member of the cylinder head, with fixing members penetrating through the head cover on a side of the cam angle sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Wataru Sanbyakuda, Kunihiko Ohkubo, Hideyuki Kou, Eiichi Komatsu
  • Plain bearing having a hard/soft pairing
    Patent number: 9062717
    Abstract: A method for producing a plain bearing including at least one plain bearing segment for forming a first plain bearing shell, at least one running element of a second plain bearing shell which forms a counter-bearing surface to the at least one plain bearing segment, with a sliding surface of the at least one running element having a higher hardness than a sliding surface of the at least one plain bearing segment, a carrying body for the at least one running element, an intermediate layer which is arranged between the at least one running element and the carrying body, a plastic deformability of which can be set by a temperature guidance. The method includes heating the intermediate layer, adjusting the running element, and reducing the plastic deformability of the intermediate layer by the temperature guidance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Benjamin Holstein, Norman Perner, Klaus Spiegel
  • Floating brake disk assembling method
    Patent number: 9057413
    Abstract: Provided are a floating brake disk assembling method and a floating brake disk, and a floating brake disk assembling device, wherein a washer or a spring member can be accurately attached to a coupling pin. In the floating disk brake assembling method, a coupling pin 32 for coupling a brake disk (10) to a hub disk (20), which has a cylindrical body portion (41) to be mounted in a coupling hole (31), a first jaw portion (42) formed in one end portion of the body portion (41), and a portion to be swaged (43A) continuous to the other end portion of the body portion (41), is used; and the portion to be swaged (43A) is swaged so that a second jaw portion (42) having a diameter larger than that of the body portion (41) can be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: SUNSTAR ENGINEERING INC.
    Inventors: Naoki Yamanaka, Masayoshi Hayashide, Fumihiko Metsugi