Patents Examined by Amanda Kreiling
  • Patent number: 11833398
    Abstract: 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 may include a body portion having an interior cavity, a face portion enclosing the interior cavity, a first mass portion and a second mass portion coupled to the body portion, a port connected to the interior cavity, and a filler material injected into the interior cavity from the port. The second mass portion includes a top portion and a bottom portion oriented relative to each other at an angle at least partially corresponding to a contour of a portion of the toe portion edge. The mass of the top portion of the second mass portion is less than the mass of the bottom portion of the second mass portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
    Inventors: Robert R. Parsons, Michael R. Nicolette, Bradley D. Schweigert, Daniel C. Kirtley
  • Patent number: 11820115
    Abstract: A form-shapable tarpaulin material incorporates a malleable component that enables the form-shapable tarpaulin material to be shaped into a formed shape and retain this shape. The malleable component may be coupled to a first side layer which may be a plastic layer that is waterproof. The malleable component may be continuous or discontinuous, such as including strands that form a screen or net. The malleable component may be configured between a first side layer and a second side layer, or sandwiched between these two layers. A form-shapable tarpaulin material may have a drape angle of no more than 25 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher Aliberti
  • Patent number: 11817819
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Schuknecht, Lucas Creasy
  • Patent number: 11815115
    Abstract: An expansion anchor includes an anchor bolt with a rear face, a displaceable body located adjacent to the anchor bolt, and at least one wedge body located in a front region of the anchor bolt. The wedge body has a converging zone for displacing the displaceable body. An optically readable code is located at the rear face of the anchor bolt. At least one code protection protrusion projects from the anchor bolt rearwardly beyond the optically readable code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Mareike Frensemeier, Wentao Yan, Byron-David Bell
  • Patent number: 11807395
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fabricating a wing panel. Methods include aligning a strongback over a wing panel, vacuum attaching a wing panel surface and pogos extending beneath the strongback, and adjusting the length of pogos to enforce a contour to the wing panel. Systems include a strongback to extend over a wing panel, adjustable-length pogos extending beneath the strongback, and vacuum couplers to attach to a wing panel surface. Other systems include a track, work stations along the track, a strongback to extend over the wing panel and move along the track, adjustable-length pogos extending beneath the strongback, and vacuum couplers to attach to a wing panel surface. Apparatus includes a shuttle having adapters that mate the shuttle with a track, adjustable-length carriers with vacuum couplers to couple with a wing panel surface, and indexing units that interact with indexing features in a manufacturing excess of the wing panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Daniel R. Smith, Darrell D. Jones, Frederick M. Swanstrom, Monte D. Wright
  • Patent number: 11806588
    Abstract: 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 defining an interior cavity, a port on the body portion connected to the interior cavity, and a face portion coupled to a front portion of the body portion to enclose the interior cavity. The face portion includes a recess portion and a face plate portion. The face plate portion includes an outer portion surrounding an inner portion. The inner portion of the face plate portion configured to enclose the recess portion. The golf club head also includes a first filler material in the interior cavity, and a second filler material in the recess portion. The first filler material and the second filler material have different coefficients of restitution. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
    Inventors: Robert R. Parsons, Michael R. Nicolette, Bradley D. Schweigert
  • Patent number: 11806590
    Abstract: 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 may include a body portion having a face portion including a front surface, a back surface, a plurality of front grooves on the front surface, a face perimeter, and a back groove portion on the back surface. The back groove portion may include a back groove portion length extending on the back surface of the face portion proximate to the face perimeter. The back groove portion length may be greater than or equal to 50% of the face perimeter. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
    Inventors: Robert R. Parsons, Michael R. Nicolette, Bradley D. Schweigert
  • Patent number: 11802590
    Abstract: A device for assembling a sliding bearing, in particular a spherical bearing, which has an inner ring and a divided outer ring, the device including a clamping ring provided for receiving the outer ring, the inner diameter of the clamping ring corresponding at most to the outer diameter of the outer ring in the maximally compressed state thereof. To shrink the clamping ring onto the outer ring and to detach the clamping ring from the outer ring, a temperature control device, in particular in the form of an induction-heating device, which heats the clamping ring, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Stanislav Frank
  • Patent number: 11801549
    Abstract: A method for removing a blind rivet includes a workpiece arrangement having first and second surfaces and a connecting hole. A blind rivet is fixed in the hole and has a shell and screw through the shell extending coaxially along a common center axis, the shell having a shell head portion, straight portion, deformation portion and threaded portion having an internal thread. The straight portion is in the hole and the deformation portion and the threaded portion protrude out of the hole, the screw having a screw head portion and pin portion having an external thread. The screw is in the shell such that the deformation portion of the shell is deformed where the outside diameter of the deformed deformation portion is larger than the diameter of the hole. The shell is cut in the region of the thread portion and/or the deformation portion, and the blind rivet is removed from the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Jörn Skirke, Alexander Schäfer
  • Patent number: 11794925
    Abstract: An assistance system for positioning a first component relative to a second component includes a sensor arrangement configured to detect a current position of a first reference point and a current position of a second reference point of the first component in a first measurement setting in a second measurement setting, respectively, a data processing device configured to control the measurement setting of the sensor arrangement and to determine a current position deviation based on the detected current position and a target position of the reference point, a display device configured to graphically output the current position deviation, and a remote controller having a housing having a coupling structure for detachably coupling to the first component, a control element, and an electronic signal generation circuit configured to generate and send an acknowledgement signal to the data processing device in response to an actuation of the control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventor: Simon Plump
  • Patent number: 11786786
    Abstract: 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 hollow body portion defining an interior cavity and a front portion with a front opening, a face portion coupled to the front portion to enclose the interior cavity, a first filler material at least partially filling the interior cavity, a second filler material at least partially filling the interior cavity, and a plate portion inside the interior cavity. The plate portion at least partially separates the first filler material from the second filler material. The first filler material and the second filler material have at least one different physical property. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
    Inventors: Robert R. Parsons, Michael R. Nicolette, Bradley D. Schweigert
  • Patent number: 11788198
    Abstract: An electroformed composite component includes reinforcing particles in a metal matrix. The composite component is formed by a method including passing an electric current between an anode and a cathode in the presence of an electrolyte. The electrolyte includes a metal salt and a plurality of reinforcing particle precursors. The method further includes depositing a composite layer on the cathode, wherein the composite layer includes the metal matrix and the plurality of reinforcing particle precursors dispersed in the metal matrix. An optional heat treatment can be performed subsequently to transform the precursor particles to more stable forms with concomitant improvement in composite material properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Andrew Joseph Detor, Rebecca Louise Casey, Sachin Ananda Nalawade
  • Patent number: 11788572
    Abstract: A connecting device, in particular for connecting two components, includes a housing device, having an axial shaft portion delimiting a receiving space, and a radial flange portion having a screw through-passage terminating into the receiving space, wherein a face of the flange portion facing the shaft portion is a connecting wall, and a face of the shaft portion opposite the connecting wall is a fastening wall, wherein the axial shaft portion is adapted to be inserted into a through passage of a first component and a nut device is in particular axially displaceably and rotatably arranged in the receiving space, wherein the nut device can preferably only be inserted laterally into the receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Alexander Limpert
  • Patent number: 11779820
    Abstract: 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 face portion with a face perimeter edge defined by a face toe edge, a face heel edge, a face top edge, and a face sole edge. The face portion includes a first groove portion, a second groove portion, a third groove portion on the back surface of the face portion, and a face perimeter portion between the first groove portion and the face toe edge, between the second groove portion and the face top edge, and between the third groove portion and the face heel edge. The first groove portion is connected to the second groove portion, which is connected to the third groove portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
    Inventors: Robert R. Parsons, Michael R. Nicolette, Bradley D. Schweigert
  • Patent number: 11772180
    Abstract: A hardfacing metal composition and method of restoring worn work string tubing by application of a hardfacing metal to the worn regions of the work string tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: POSTLE INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert F. Miller, James D. Allen, Steven L. Stefancic
  • Patent number: 11752583
    Abstract: A workpiece locational positioner apparatus that is compact for precisely positioning a workpiece from a position above a tool or fixture includes a cylinder assembly, a central (tip) cam plate adapted to convert the reciprocating motion of the cylinder assembly into a rotational motion, and an engagement package mounted to the cam plate, to accurately engage, position and locate the workpiece in the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventor: Michael F. Poppe
  • Patent number: 11752553
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a component of a rotary machine, the component extends in an axial direction and a radial direction vertical thereto, and has an inner channel, extending from a first end in a center of the component to a second end at a radial limiting surface of the component and which is partially closed. A blank includes the center of the component and is limited by an outer surface in the radial direction. The maximum dimension of the outer surface in the radial direction is smaller than the dimension of the limiting surface in the radial direction. A first subtractive process step is performed such that a part of the channel is manufactured by a machining process, with the part extending from the first end of the channel to the outer surface of the blank. Afterwards the channel is finished by a build-up process on the blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SULZER MANAGEMENT AG
    Inventors: Robin Rettberg, Thomas Kränzler, Enno Danke
  • Patent number: 11745066
    Abstract: 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 an interior cavity, a ledge portion extending outward from a back wall of the body portion, a filler material comprising a rubber compound in the interior cavity, a first set of mass portions that is closer to a toe portion edge of the body portion than to a heel portion edge of the body portion, and a second set of mass portions that is closer to the heel portion edge than to the toe portion edge. A face portion is coupled to the body portion to enclose the interior cavity and includes at least one back groove located proximate to a perimeter edge of the face portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
    Inventors: Robert R. Parsons, Michael R. Nicolette, Bradley D. Schweigert
  • Patent number: 11738884
    Abstract: An apparatus for an airship, including: a spacer ring adapted to couple to a joint opening of a joint, the spacer ring having multiple internal protruding portions adapted to form a gap between the spacer ring and a connector inserted into the joint; an injecting clamp adapted to clamp around a first portion of the spacer ring, the injecting clamp having an injecting hole for receiving an adhesive and an outlet for injecting the adhesive to fill a space formed between the joint and a portion of the connector inserted into the joint; and a heating clamp adapted to clamp around a portion of the joint that surrounds the portion of the connector inserted into the joint, the heating clamp including a heat source adapted to heat the adhesive in the space formed between the joint and the portion of the connector during a curing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: LTA Research and Exploration, LLC
    Inventors: Franklin Kyle Kepley, Jesus Ricardo Amezquita Zatarain, Michal Raviv Sayag, Alexis Jonas Thoeny, Stephen Benedict Kocsis, David Sanchez, Shalom Johnson, Edward Clements, III
  • Patent number: 11735872
    Abstract: A system includes a jack screw including a body portion and a keyed portion extending along a length of the body portion. The system includes a panel including a first aperture configured to receive the jack screw. The system includes a connector including a second aperture configured to receive the jack screw. The system includes a plate including a third aperture configured to receive the jack screw, where the jack screw is configured to be aligned along an axis through the first aperture, the second aperture, and the third plate aperture, where a portion of the body portion of the jack screw extends past a locking plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian D. LaFerriere