Patents Examined by Amanda Kreiling
  • Patent number: 11426640
    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 front portion, a first interior cavity in the body portion having a first opening in the front portion, a second interior cavity at least partially surrounded by the first interior cavity and having a second opening in the front portion, a first filler material at least partially filling the first interior cavity, and a second filler material at least partially filling the second interior cavity. The first face portion is attached to the front portion to close the first opening. The second face portion is attached to the front portion to close the second opening. 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: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
    Inventors: Robert R. Parsons, Michael R. Nicolette, Bradley D. Schweigert
  • Patent number: 11419700
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for marking an object on an aligner. The aligner surface is modeled. The method includes calculating a normal for each tile in a tessellated surface and disqualifying a tile from being selected. For tiles not disqualified, a patch is identified that produces a markable area. The method includes selecting an object to be marked, calculating a location of the object in the markable area, and providing the location of the object to a marking device. Disqualifying includes comparing an angle between a normal and an orientation of the beam to an origin of the calculated normal on each tile. Disqualifying includes disqualifying the at least one tile when the angle is outside of a range of ?90° to +90°. Identifying the patch includes separating the patch into at least two smaller patches, and one of the two smaller patches of tiles is the markable area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Ormco Corporation
    Inventors: Mithil J. Shah, Yevgeniy Sirovskiy, Wayne R. Murphy, Gopal Biswas
  • Patent number: 11415161
    Abstract: A fastening system including a bolt with a shank defining a bolt axis and a bolt head secured to the shank. The bolt head includes a bolt head body with two channels therein, and two slots aligned with the channels. The channels and the slots extend between oppositely positioned axis-parallel surfaces. The channels are partially defined by internal walls in the bolt head body. The bolt head includes a cap surface transverse to the bolt axis. The system also includes a tool with a blade defining a tool axis, with a tip located at the second end. The tip is receivable in the channels. To rotate the bolt, the tip is positioned in a selected one of the channels, to align the tool axis with the bolt axis. Rotation of the bolt is urged by the tool, when the tool is rotated about the tool axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SONIX ENTERPRISES INC.
    Inventor: Fridolin Schuster
  • Patent number: 11407461
    Abstract: A method of assembling a vehicle is disclosed, comprising the steps of (in sequence) providing a chassis structure, affixing a door inner panel to the chassis structure via a hinged attachment, at a location adjacent to a door opening defined by the chassis structure, attaching at least one external body panel to the chassis structure, attaching a door outer panel to the door inner panel via an adhesive fixing. In this way, the door inner panel can be attached in place during the build, at a position tailored to the needs of the seals provided between the door and the chassis structure. Production of the vehicle can continue, and in due course the exterior body panels can be fitted to the chassis structure. The door outer panel can then be attached to the door inner panel, using the tolerance in the adhesive attachment to adjust for panel gap and flushness of fit. The application also relates to a vehicle made in this way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsumiya, Tim Fegan
  • Patent number: 11408457
    Abstract: A self-piercing rivet for joining workpieces comprises: a head defining a head diameter, and a shank which defining a shank diameter. The shank on a foot end opposite to the head, partially defines an axial recess which has an axial depth. The shank further includes a flat surface portion or a circular cutter on the foot end. And an axial circular recess is partially defined in a transition portion between the head and the shank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: NEWFREY LLC
    Inventors: Paul Bartig, Matthias Wissling
  • Patent number: 11401813
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a component of a rotary machine, the component extending to an axial direction and a radial direction vertical thereto, and has an inner channel, extending from a first end of a core of a center of the component and to a second end at a radial limiting surface of the component and which is at least partially closed. A blank includes the core of the component and is limited by an outer surface in the radial direction. The blank is subtractively processed in a first subtractive process step, such that an outer contour is elaborated in the area of the outer surface, which extends in the radial direction, and a part of the channel is manufactured, which radially extends in the blank to the first end. The channel is finished by a build-up process on the blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SULZER MANAGEMENT AG
    Inventors: Robin Rettberg, Bruno Maroccia
  • Patent number: 11400352
    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 including an interior cavity, a filler material in the interior cavity, and a face portion having a front surface, a back surface, a face perimeter defined by a face toe edge, a face heel edge, a face top edge, and a face sole edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
    Inventors: Robert R. Parsons, Michael R. Nicolette, Bradley D. Schweigert
  • Patent number: 11389778
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a catalytic reactor assembly having an outer tube and an inner tube is provided. The method may include inserting a catalyst into the outer tube and inserting the inner tube through the catalyst. The method may further include radially expanding the inner tube against the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: PowerTap Hydrogen Fueling Corp.
    Inventors: Scott Blanchet, Zhijiang Li
  • Patent number: 11383887
    Abstract: Methods and systems for integrating multiple portions of a container are provided. The method and system are specifically designed for integrating multiple shell portions with ear lobe-shaped tabs. The method comprises: providing a first set of retention structures to be associated with a plurality of inter-connecting features formed on an edge of a first shell part, wherein the first set of retention structures comprise at least a lead-in feature and a retention feature; providing a second set of retention structures to be associated with a plurality of inter-connecting features formed on an edge of a second shell part, wherein the second set of retention structures comprise at least a deflection feature and a retention feature; and engaging the two shell parts with aid of the retention structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: ECO.LOGIC BRANDS INC.
    Inventors: Julie Corbett, Gregory Rodrigues, Romeo Graham, Robert Watters, Philip Streets, Luc Boucher
  • Patent number: 11383921
    Abstract: A system and method is presented wherein a disposable pod having two chambers, each of which can be either wet or dry and contain a variety of substances, is sized to fit distinct brewing systems offered by third parties, such that the puncturing and water dispensing functionality of such brewing systems cause the mixture of the variety of substances in the two chambers resulting in a wide range of beverages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventor: Mark Scialdone
  • Patent number: 11378118
    Abstract: One aspect is a system for securing an external structure to overlapping surfaces. The system includes a housing having a bore extending from a first surface of the housing to an opposite surface of the housing. The system further includes a rotor that has an inner bore and is arranged radially inward from the housing bore. An extending member is attached to the rotor and arranged radially inward from the inner bore. Additionally, a fastener member is engaged with the extending member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: NEWPARK MATS & INTEGRATED SERVICES LLC
    Inventor: Adam Marcel
  • Patent number: 11370048
    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: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Postle Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert F. Miller, James D. Allen, Steven L. Stefancic
  • Patent number: 11365752
    Abstract: A panel attachment structure for a wearable article manufacturing equipment includes: lower and upper panels vertically arranged while separated up-and-down; a first processing section and a first driving section respectively attached to a front face and a back face of the lower panel; a second processing section and a second driving section respectively attached to a front face and a back face of the upper panel; a base horizontally arranged under the lower panel; and a pair of pillars raised from the base, wherein, in the structure, the lower and upper panels are removably fixed to the pillars while being supported by the respective lower and upper parts of the pillars, and each pillar has a support section, provided between the upper and lower panels and supporting the load of the upper panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Susumu Honge
  • Patent number: 11358259
    Abstract: A driver tool for insertion and removal of a first part configured for threaded engagement in a corresponding threaded bore in a second part has a driving end portion of polygonal shape with multiple flats configured for engagement in a recess in the first part having a corresponding polygonal shape. Some or all of the flats have a respective grabbing feature or edge designed to grab or grip into the opposing surface of the recess to allow a greater amount of torque to be applied to the first part when the tool is rotated in the unthreading direction than when it is rotated in the opposite threading or insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: ZEST IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: James I. Johnson, Evan A. Cook
  • Patent number: 11359656
    Abstract: A mounting pin assembly includes a first mounting component. The assembly also includes a second mounting component having a first leg located on a first side of the first mounting component and a second leg located on a second side of the first mounting component. The assembly further includes a mount pin extending through an aperture of the first leg, an aperture of the first mounting component, and an aperture of the second leg, the mount pin having a conical shoulder region in contact with a chamfer of the second leg. The assembly yet further includes a self-locking nut plate threaded to the mount pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph N. Cerino, Yong C. Luo, Juan Pablo Suarez
  • Patent number: 11352082
    Abstract: A mobile device designed for the removal, storage, and installation of removable vehicle doors comprising a wheeled base unit, a vertical frame and clamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: NORGE HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Frederick Hall
  • Patent number: 11347187
    Abstract: Method of assembling a timepiece comprising a watch movement and a water-resistant case, the method comprising a first stage of closing the case by fitting and securing a first case element, more particularly a back, and then a second stage of closing the case by actuation of a second case element, more particularly a stem, in particular a winding stem or a valve stem or a push-button stem, the second case element being mobile between a first configuration, in which a fluid communication between the interior of the case and an environment outside the case is permitted, and a second configuration, in which the fluid communication between the interior of the case and the environment outside the case is limited, the second stage of closing being an actuation of the passage of the second element from the first configuration to the second configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: Mihaela Rotaru, Pierre Villaret
  • Patent number: 11338374
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a thin-walled part having curved surfaces, in particular a turbine blade by a machine tool comprising roughing process and semi-finishing process. At least one of the roughing process and the semi-finishing process is accomplished by flank milling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: GF Machining Solutions AG
    Inventors: Andreas Finger, Tim Day
  • Patent number: 11338354
    Abstract: A fastening apparatus die cartridge comprises a main body defining a cavity configured to receive a plurality of dies; and an opening through which dies received by the cavity can be removed from the cavity; and an engagement portion configured to engage with a complementary engagement portion of a die changer of a fastening apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Atlas Copco IAS UK Limited
    Inventors: Kieron Harrop, Philip Williams
  • Patent number: 11326682
    Abstract: Installation devices, systems, methods of use, and methods of manufacture are described. An installation device that facilitates installing a toothed belt on a sprocket within a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: United States Postal Service
    Inventors: Robert Lyell Hundley, III, Terry Martin Gingell