Patents Examined by Bayan Salone
  • Patent number: 12686060
    Abstract: A tool holder for a machine tool, having a retaining component which can be rotated about an axis of rotation and on which a cutting tool is or can be fastened in a releasable manner, wherein the retaining component has at least two plug-in mounts, which are offset in the circumferential direction about the axis of rotation and are intended for receiving a respective cutting tool, having an elongate plug-in shank and a cutting portion, wherein each cutting tool is or can be fixed in the plug-in mount via a separate retaining device, and wherein the cutting tools delimit between them a receiving space for a workpiece which can be machined by the cutting tools together, the cutting tools having their cutting portions facing toward the receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: LEISTRITZ PRODUKTIONSTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Vater, Tobias Lehner
  • Patent number: 12685393
    Abstract: A mounting bracket assembly for an appliance, such as an over-the-range cooking appliance, for mounting to an underside of a wall cabinet, where the cooking appliance includes having at least a rear-facing side and a top-facing side. The assembly includes a wall bracket configured to be secured to the wall near the wall cabinet and configured to support the enclosure on a ledge. The assembly also includes a cam rotatably mounted to the housing to rotatably engage a surface of the ledge to raise the appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness
  • Patent number: 12686059
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes a body portion having a bar shape extending from a first end, which is an end on a side where a cutting tip for cutting the workpiece is placed, to a second end, which is an end opposite to the first end, and a sensor unit arranged on a surface of the body portion. The sensor unit includes a first sensor arranged on the surface of the body portion to detect a first physical quantity of the body portion, a board arranged on the surface of the body portion and electrically connected to the first sensor, a wireless communication unit mounted on the board and transmitting a signal containing information on the first physical quantity detected by first sensor to the outside, and a battery arranged in body portion and electrically connected to the board. The first sensor is closer to first end than battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Harada, Hiromitsu Kuriyama, Tomoya Aoki
  • Patent number: 12678864
    Abstract: A cutting insert capable of performing groove machining while efficiently fragmenting chip is provided. A cutting insert 10 includes a front cutting edge 111, a pair of side cutting edges 113, a pair of corner cutting edges 112 each connecting the front cutting edge and a corresponding one of the side cutting edges, corner rake surfaces 122 extending from the corner cutting edges 112, and a protrusion part 150 protruding from the corner rake surfaces 122 and provided with a flat boss surface 160 at a leading end. Corner wall surfaces 180 extending from the boss surface 160 toward the corner rake surfaces 122 are formed at the protrusion part 150. At least a part of the corner wall surfaces 180 has a tilt angle of 40° or larger relative to the boss surface 160.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasutake Sasaki
  • Patent number: 12660886
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a removable tightening device is described. The tensioning mechanism is removably coupleable with an article without damaging the article so that upon removal, the coupling of the tensioning mechanism with the article is unrecognizable or not readily detectable. The tensioning mechanism is operable with a tension member to maintain a tension of the tension member and thereby maintain a tightness of the article. The tension member is guided along a path about the article, via one or more guide members, and is tensionable, via the tensioning mechanism, to tighten the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: BOA Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kristopher C. Lovett, Christopher H. Converse, Clark Morgan, Michael J. Nickel
  • Patent number: 12653667
    Abstract: A method of assembling a valvular structure can include folding an upper tab of a first leaflet onto a lower tab of the first leaflet, disposing a first end of a reinforcing member on the upper tab, disposing a commissure member adjacent the lower tab, and coupling the first end of the reinforcing member, the tabs of the first leaflet, and the commissure member to one another. The method can further include folding an upper tab of a second leaflet onto a lower tab of the second leaflet, disposing the second leaflet adjacent the first leaflet such that the commissure member is positioned between the lower tabs, disposing a second end of the reinforcing member on the upper tab of the second leaflet, and coupling the reinforcing member, the upper and lower tabs of the second leaflet, and the commissure member to one another to form a commissure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Tamir S. Levi, Shahram Zamani, Michael Bukin, Ziv Yohanan, Noam Nir, Tyler Dale O′Dell, Elena Sherman
  • Patent number: 12643154
    Abstract: Toolholders that have a movable coolant pipe are described. An example toolholder has a tool body and a coolant pipe. The tool body is rotatable around a central axis and has a coolant channel, a tool body passageway, and a chamber. The chamber extends from the tool body passageway toward the coolant channel. The coolant pipe is disposed within the chamber and has a coolant pipe first end, a coolant pipe second end, and a coolant pipe portion. The coolant pipe portion extends from the coolant pipe second end toward the coolant pipe first end. The coolant pipe is movable between a resting position and a deflected position. In the resting position, the coolant pipe portion is disposed a first distance from the central axis. In the deflected position, the coolant pipe portion is disposed a second distance from the central axis that is different than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventor: Ruy Frota de Souza Filho
  • Patent number: 12636740
    Abstract: During a positioning method for positioning a flat workpiece to be machined, in particular a sheet to be machined, for machining by means of a machining device, the workpiece is moved into a machining position by means of a controlled positioning drive with a positioning movement in a feed direction. During the positioning movement, the workpiece is supported on a workpiece support which, during the positioning movement of the workpiece, is moved, by means of a controlled support drive with a support movement in the feed direction. To avoid slippage between the workpiece and the workpiece support during the positioning movement of the workpiece, the support drive and the positioning drive are synchronized prior to the positioning movement of the workpiece by calibrating a control of the support drive and a control of the positioning drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen SE + Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Wowtscherk, Patrick Wowtscherk, Konrad Gnauck, Carsten Böhme
  • Patent number: 12636743
    Abstract: A nozzle segment separation tool for use with a pair of airfoils of adjacent nozzle segments in a turbine is provided. The nozzle segment separation tool includes a pair of separation brackets, a movable separation bracket and a stationary separation bracket, and a hydraulic cylinder positioned between the pair of separation brackets. The movable separation bracket is positioned about a first airfoil of the pair of airfoils and the stationary separation bracket is positioned about a second airfoil of the pair of airfoils. The hydraulic cylinder pushes the movable separation bracket against the first airfoil until the stationary separation bracket pushes the second airfoil to separate from the first airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: GE VERNOVA INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Marek Machowski, Karol Tucki, Jacek Krzemiński
  • Patent number: 12636687
    Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus for removing rubber from a rubber component, preferably a rubber tire, wherein the rubber component comprises an outer rubber layer on top of textile components. The apparatus comprises a sensor configured to transmit an electromagnetic signal with a terahertz frequency onto the rubber component, to receive an electromagnetic signal refracted or reflected at the rubber component, and to determine the thickness of the outer rubber layer on top of the textile components based on the received electromagnetic signal and a remover device configured to remove the rubber from the outer rubber layer based on the determined thickness of the outer rubber layer on top of the textile components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Florinda Martena
  • Patent number: 12636745
    Abstract: A numerical control machine tool includes: a base; a movable shaft assembly, which is arranged on the base; a rotary shaft assembly, which is arranged on the base, wherein a portion of a structure of the rotary shaft assembly is configured to move under the action of a portion of a structure of the movable shaft assembly, thereby performing turn-milling compound machining on a part; and a clamping assembly, which is arranged on the base and is used for clamping and fixing the part. The clamping assembly includes a first fixing member, a mounting member, a driving member and a flipping member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Bo Huang, Kai He, Gang Zhao, Qingping Xu, Juntai Zhang
  • Patent number: 12635472
    Abstract: The system includes a robot interface disposed on a robot arm, and an end effector configured to selectively couple to the robot arm via the robot interface. The end effector includes an upper jaw, a lower jaw, and a pair of arms configured to carry a substrate. The upper jaw and the lower jaw are spaced apart in a first direction and biased together, and the pair of arms are spaced apart in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. When the end effector is coupled to the robot arm, the robot interface is disposed between the upper jaw and the lower jaw. To exchange the end effector, the upper jaw and the lower jaw can be separated to release the robot interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: KLA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Benjamin James Thomas Clarke, Asaf Wiseman, Tzachi Pressburger, Michael Brisman, Joseph A. Di Regolo
  • Patent number: 12629774
    Abstract: The method comprises a preliminary step of placing a disk and a shroud coaxial to one another, wherein one of said disk and said shroud comprises a plurality of blades projecting towards the other of said disk and said shroud, each blade having a base and a tip; wherein the other of said disk and said shroud comprises a plurality of grooves in an outer surface thereof facing opposite the blades; wherein each groove has side surfaces and a bottom; and wherein the shroud and the disk are placed in contact with one another along the blades, with each groove of said plurality of grooves extending along the respective one of said plurality of blades. Next, each blade is welded to the other of said disk and said shroud along the respective groove by a wobbling laser beam applied from the exterior of the impeller and moved along the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie—S.r.l.
    Inventors: Vincenzo Stivale, Stefano Ricci, Stefano Costantino, Massimo Guerrini
  • Patent number: 12629785
    Abstract: Typically, fluids used in fracking operations erode valve seats in the fluid end of the reciprocating pump. Thus, these valve seats must frequently be replaced by new valve seats. Accordingly, a remanufacturing process is disclosed that successively cleans and/or grinds manually or mechanically at least the carbide inserts from used valve seats until the inserts are reusable. This reduces material costs and promotes efficiency and sustainability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Abel Noriega, II, Curtis John Graham, Christopher Anthony Kinney, Connor J Docherty, Blake Messer
  • Patent number: 12631239
    Abstract: A cable tensioning assembly for securing at least one elongate member, comprising: a case having a first side and an opposing second side with a first and a second curved cavity, respectively: a first and second gripping arrangement in the first and the second curved cavity, respectively, each of the gripping arrangements having a clamp; a central cavity with a connector disposed within said central cavity, wherein each of the gripping arrangement clamps are adapted to secure the at least one elongate member against the case by activating the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Western Excelsior, LLC
    Inventor: Chad Lipscomb
  • Patent number: 12624857
    Abstract: A filtered air vent apparatus has a vent housing body comprising a first sidewall and a second sidewall defining a portion of an air passageway that extends between at least a first open end and a second open end. There is a grill hingedly attachable to the vent housing body and securable to the vent housing body. A connector provides a snap-in configuration that permits or effectuates toolless installation of the filtered air vent apparatus. A filter is selectively and removably positioned behind the grill and in the air passageway. The grill may be removable connected to the vent housing body to allow the grill to be cleaned a number of different manners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: FILTREX PURE AIR, LLC
    Inventor: Dominic Pecchia
  • Patent number: 12616438
    Abstract: An echogenic needle may have at least one V-shaped spiral groove formed at its distal portion adjacent to its patient end. The walls of the groove are orthogonal to each other. The groove is titled at a given angle from a neutral position toward the proximal end of the needle so that when the needle is inserted into the patient at an insertion angle under ultrasound imaging, the ultrasound wave emitted from the ultrasound transducer is reflected in a substantially reverse direction back to the transducer by at least one wall of the spiral groove. A pair of crisscrossing grooves may be spirally wound about the distal portion of the needle with each groove being tilted to the given angle to enhance echogeneity. The echogeneity of the needle may also be enhanced by increasing the pitch density of each groove while maintaining the crisscrossing groves at their neutral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: ICU MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Crisman, Alysa Lauren Granata
  • Patent number: 12617029
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a working depth of a tool. The method includes arranging a tool and a depth determination device on a depth setting device; and applying a predetermined compression force in axial direction to the depth determination device, such that at least a part of the depth determination device is elastically compressed by a certain compression amount against a contact surface, obtaining a compressed state of the depth determination device. The method further includes securing a mounting device to a clamping region of a shaft of the tool in the compressed state of the depth determination device such that the mounting device is firmly mounted to the clamping region, whereby a tool assembly is formed; releasing the compression force from the depth determination device, and removing the tool assembly from the depth setting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: MAPAL FABRIK FÜR PRÄZISIONSWERKZEUGE DR. KRESS KG
    Inventor: Jochen Kress
  • Patent number: 12611745
    Abstract: Provided is an indexing processing machine, including: an index table having a rotation center, a workpiece being attachable to the index table at multiple index positions; and one or more processing machines selected from the group of a front processing machine, a top processing machine, and a side processing machine, the one or more processing machines disposed at least two of the multiple index positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Haremaki, Masanori Nakagawa, Kazuo Kimura
  • Patent number: 12606419
    Abstract: A method of installing ropes of an elevator includes arranging a plurality of ropes to pass from one or more rope reels mounted on an elevator car to a rope wheel mounted separately from the car, around the rope wheel, and from the rope wheel to a clamping device mounted on the car; and thereafter moving the elevator car vertically relative to the rope wheel while each rope is clamped by the clamping device in particular for thereby pulling ropes from the one or more rope reels with the clamping device moving together with the car. An arrangement for installing ropes of an elevator implements the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2025
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomi Kapanen, Jari Häkkilä, Eero Peltonen, Richard Baker