Patents Examined by Amanda Kreiling
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Patent number: 12214836Abstract: A method produces shells for a motor vehicle, in which, in each case, at least one shell part of the shell is arranged on a driverless transport vehicle and is conveyed through a production plant by way of the driverless transport vehicle. A workstation of the production plant has at least two working regions which can be driven through parallel to one another by the driverless transport vehicles and in which, during a work process, manual work is carried out on one of the shell parts introduced into the working region by way of the driverless transport vehicle and, during a changing process, one of the shell parts arranged on the driverless transport vehicle is introduced into the working region or removed from same by way of the driverless transport vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventor: Christoph Jacoby
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Patent number: 12214303Abstract: A method of manufacturing a last chance screen for an aircraft engine includes forming an array of holes through a metal sheet with a wire electrode using electrical discharge machining. The array of holes comprises a plurality of holes. Each hole of the plurality of holes comprises a first end and a second end and is surrounded by a wall section such that the last chance screen is defined by the plurality of holes and the plurality of wall sections. The first and second end of each hole are widened by either applying a flow of an abrasive flow medium to the array of holes in two directions or using a conical sinker electrode on either side of the metal sheet. Shaping the first and second end of each hole results in an airfoil-shaped cross-section of each wall section.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Collins Engine Nozzles, Inc.Inventors: Thomas J. Ocken, Murtuza Lokhandwalla, Mark J. Kelly, Andrew M. Caldecutt, Jerry Logsdon, Nathan DeVore, Joseph Samo
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Patent number: 12215732Abstract: A fastening system for suspended installation of stowage compartments, in particular in aircraft, includes a first fastening element, which fastens on a supporting structure, a second fastening element, which fastens on a stowage compartment, and a connecting arrangement, configured for surface-area fastening on the first fastening element. The connecting arrangement and the second fastening element each include a supporting eyelet for accommodating a fastening bolt, to fasten the connecting arrangement on the second fastening element.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Marc Wesseloh, Sergej Marx
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Patent number: 12209606Abstract: A structural assembly includes a fastener and an additively manufactured component. The additively manufactured component includes a base, a void defined in the base, and a support disposed across the void. The fastener is secured to the base within the void, and the support is captured within a distal end portion of the fastener.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2022Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Joy Hines Forsmark, Niamh Hosking, Raphael Koch, Michael James Freeman
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Patent number: 12206357Abstract: A method may include positioning one or more PV module mounting devices along a length of a structural component. The method may include specifying one or more parameters related to fastening the PV module mounting devices to the structural component, the one or more parameters indicating a spacing between the PV module mounting devices. The method may include fastening, by an automated attachment equipment, the PV module mounting devices to the structural component based on the specified parameters and moving the PV module mounting devices fastened to the structural component to an assembly platform.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: ARRAY TECH, INC.Inventors: Nathan Schuknecht, Lucas Creasy
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Patent number: 12195163Abstract: A line assembly for installation in an aircraft fuselage includes a first line section having a first diameter, a second line section having a second diameter, a set of first line brackets, and a set of second line brackets. The first line brackets include a first receiving space configured to hold the first line section and a first support portion for attaching the first line brackets to a fuselage structural part. The second line brackets include a second receiving space configured to hold the second line section and a second support portion for attaching the second line brackets to the first line section. The second line section includes a higher flexibility than the first line section. The second line section is attached to the first line section through a plurality of second line brackets arranged at a distance to and independent from the first line brackets.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Frank Schneider, Frederik Albers, Sonja Pawellek
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Patent number: 12196242Abstract: This fastening component, which is intended to assemble a first part and a second part, includes a body extending longitudinally along an axis, a head configured to allow the fastening component to be rotated about the axis, and a tip connected to the body. The body has a side wall including fastening means configured to fasten the body to the first and second parts. The tip has a side wall having a shape different from that of a surface of revolution. The tip and the body are connected by a cleavable area configured to be broken in order to detach the tip from the body.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Inventors: Maxime Grojean, Alex Grojean
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Patent number: 12194351Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads, golf clubs, and methods to manufacture golf club heads and golf clubs are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head includes a body portion having a back portion with a back wall portion. The back wall portion includes at least one rib portion extending from a center portion of the back wall portion toward a perimeter portion of the back wall portion. The at least one rib portion includes a rib portion height, a rib portion width, and a rib portion length. The golf club head also includes a filler material in the hollow body portion coupled to the rib portion. The rib portion width may vary along the rib portion length. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2024Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLCInventors: Michael R. Nicolette, Bradley D. Schweigert, Daniel C. Kirtley
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Patent number: 12179297Abstract: A system for processing elements, including a supply device, a processing device and a hollow transport line. The supply device and the processing device are connected via the hollow transfer line. The processing device processes elements, and the supply device supplies elements to the hollow transfer line so that the elements are transferred to the processing device via the hollow transfer line in order to supply the processing device with the elements. A pneumatically operated system component is provided to operate the system. The system includes a gas compressor unit for providing compressed and/or accelerated pressurised air. The gas compressor unit is in an installation space that accommodates the system. The gas compressor unit takes air in from the environment of the processing device and/or from the environment of the supply device in the installation space and provides compressed and/or accelerated pressurised air for the pneumatically operated system component.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2024Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: TOX PRESSOTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Michael Badent, Eberhard Dietzel, Axel Fischbach, Frederik Freudling, Patrick Kaletta
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Patent number: 12157210Abstract: Device (1) for installing/removing a seal (12) for an injection group of a coffee machine, comprising a body (2) which is elongate along a longitudinal axis (XX?), a handle (3) for gripping the body (2) and two rows of lugs (4), one of which is arranged at one end and the other of which is arranged at the other end of the elongate body (2). Each lug (4) of a row, which is radial relative to the body (2), is arranged around the body (2) on a centre circle which passes through the longitudinal axis (XX?) of the body (2), and each lug (4) of a row has a face (41) which is called the internal face and which is directed towards the lugs (4) of the other row and which forms a helical ramp (5) which is inclined to allow, in the positioned state of the ramps (5) of a row of lugs (4) in bearing contact with inclined surfaces forming ramps with complementary shapes, and, in the state in which the body (2) is rotated about its longitudinal axis (XX?), axial displacement of the body (2).Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Fabrice RIOUXInventor: Fabrice Rioux
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Patent number: 12157204Abstract: A method for producing a rolling sharpener having at least one grinding or polishing face for grinding and/or polishing a cutting tool, the rolling grinder being formed substantially from two rollers, a grip body to be arranged between the rollers and rotatably relative thereto, and a shaft to be supported rotatably in the grip body. To make correct operation of the rolling grinder user-friendly and to facilitate correct operation overall, each of the rollers is connected to the shaft in a frictionally engaged manner.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: HORL 1993 GMBHInventors: Otmar Horl, Timo Horl
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Patent number: 12157529Abstract: To permit wheelchair access, a door assembly of an OEM vehicle may be modified with a replacement door hinge that increases the door swing angle while maintaining clearances between door and a front door assembly, the vehicle body, and a wheelchair ramp installed in the door opening. To preserve the door's OEM closed position, the replacement door hinge (when in the closed position) may match the geometry between the OEM hinge's door and vehicle connection points. Additionally or alternatively, the door assembly may be modified to include a powered door opening assembly comprising a slider block configured with a motor to reciprocate along a width of the door and a connecting rod pivotally coupled between the vehicle and the slider block.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2024Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: The Braun CorporationInventor: Eric Sajed Dosenbach
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Patent number: 12151323Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fixed square includes providing a blade of the square, where the blade includes at least three first holes; providing a stock of the square, where the stock includes at least three second holes corresponding to the at least three first holes of the blade for attaching the blade and the stock to each other; holding the provided blade and stock in a fixture in a right angle relationship where the at least three first holes of the blade align with the at least three second holes of the stock; enlarging the at least three first and second holes while the blade and the stock are held in the fixture; and attaching the blade and the stock to each other using fastening elements in the at least three enlarged first and second holes while the blade and the stock are held in the fixture.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2024Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: HULTAFORS GROUP ABInventors: Patrik Tholinsson, Göran Andersson
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Patent number: 12151300Abstract: A method for producing a supporting element for a transportation device or vehicle, having steps of providing a flat base chord made of a first material having a first surface and a second surface, applying at least one layer of at least one second material to the first surface using a friction-based application or welding method, and machining the at least one layer of the second material to produce a desired profile cross section of the supporting element, wherein the first material and the second material are different metallic materials.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventor: Freerk Syassen
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Patent number: 12145033Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads, golf clubs, and methods to manufacture golf club heads and golf clubs are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head includes a body portion having a front portion and a back portion with a back wall portion, a face portion coupled to the front portion, a plate portion located in the body portion, a first filler material in the body portion between the plate portion and the back wall portion, a second filler material in the body portion between the plate portion and the face portion, and a mass portion. A distance between the mass portion and the face portion is greater than a distance between the plate portion and the face portion. A thickness of the plate portion is different from a thickness of the face portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2023Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLCInventors: Robert R. Parsons, Michael R. Nicolette, Bradley D. Schweigert
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Patent number: 12144700Abstract: The present technology comprises methods of manufacturing an orthodontic appliance. For example, a method can include forming an orthodontic appliance in an intermediate configuration by a casting process. The method can further include securing the appliance to a shape forming fixture such that the appliance assumes a desired configuration. The shape forming fixture can comprise a gingiva portion including a surface having a shape corresponding at least in part to a gingiva of a patient and a securing portion carried by the gingiva portion and configured to releasably secure to a portion of the appliance. The method can further include setting a shape of the appliance while the appliance is secured to the shape forming fixture.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Brius Technologies, Inc.Inventors: James Sylvester Wratten, Jr., Seyed Mehdi Roein Peikar
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Patent number: 12138779Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for gripping a flat structure with openings in the area of its upper side, in particular a honeycomb structure, comprising two gripper units spaced apart from each other in a length direction, each of which in turn comprises at least one pin, and at least one pin displacement unit which is adapted to displace the at least one pin in an extending direction, as well as a tilting unit which is adapted to tilt at least one of the gripper units about a tilting axis extending substantially in a width direction. The invention also relates to a method for gripping a flat structure by means of such a device.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Cevotec GmbHInventors: David Woods, Richard Carle, Florian Lenz
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Patent number: 12139911Abstract: A method of making a metal frame that will be used to make metal panels that will be used to fabricate modular metal buildings. Currently, the metal frames are manufactured through forming processes, however, the steps adopted end up generating greater difficulty in the conformation of the metal sheet, and, consequently, increase in the manufacturing time; as well as, they cannot achieve a higher degree of quality, which reduces the added value of the metal frame and can lead to greater difficulty of assembly, lower productivity and higher labor cost. The ideal method, comprises of modular plates (1) that are formed by galvanized sheet frames (2), which are manufactured by the method with 22 forming steps through a roll forming machine (7) with profiling rolls (9) with specific frames (10), and each step has a roll (9) and a set of support rollers (12) for each forming step.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Inventor: Luciano Simoes Lopes
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Patent number: 12138696Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to improve the machined-surface quality of a curved surface of a workpiece without reducing the machining speed when the curved surface is subjected to removal machining. Provided is a workpiece machining method in which a rotating table on which a workpiece is placed and a tool are relatively moved along two linear movement axes orthogonal to each other, the workpiece is rotated about each of a first turning axis and a second turning axis orthogonal to each other by the rotating table, and at least one curved surface of a protruding curved surface and a recessed curved surface is subjected to removal machining.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2021Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Uenishi, Tomohiro Oyamada
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Patent number: 12123454Abstract: Provided is a joint structure which is capable of easily preventing relative positional shifting between two members joined by a screw member, and which has favorable workability. The joint structure joins a first member that is provided with a screw hole in which female screw threading is formed and a second member that can be stacked on the first member, by insertion from the second member side of a screw member that has formed thereon male screw threading which screws into the female screw threading. The joint structure is provided with a protruding part that is provided to the first member and that has formed therein a first through hole that guides the screw member into the screw hole. The second member has a width that is smaller than the width of the protruding part, and has formed therein a second through hole which guides the screw member into the screw hole via the first through hole, and a recessed part which accommodates the protruding part.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Yuuya Nakagawa