Patents Examined by Bayan Salone
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Patent number: 11738155Abstract: Device for handling a syringe and automated device for preparing intravenous medication comprising said device for handling a syringe The present invention discloses a device for handling a syringe, said syringe comprising a needle covered by a cap, said device comprising a main body which, in turn, comprises: a cap support comprising a housing for the cap of a needle, said housing being configured to hold said cap during removal and/or insertion of the needle from and/or into the cap by means of a linear movement; a device for joint removal of the cap and needle from the syringe by means of a rotation, comprising a slot defining two parallel faces spaced apart from each other and configured to interfere dimensionally with the cap of the syringe; at least one device for closing the syringe by means of a closed system transfer device (CSTD) or a cap, said device comprising a projection for fixing a support for said CSTD or cap, said support being replaceable and comprising a recess having a shape matching tType: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: KIRO GRIFOLS, S.L.Inventors: Naiara Telleria Garay, Asier Lizarriturri Martiarena, Patxi Urtzelai Aranbarri
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Patent number: 11731838Abstract: A roller conveyor device including a three-line conveyor for conveying objects that form at least three lines extending in a conveying direction. The three-line conveyor includes first conveyor rollers for conveying ones of the objects that form at least one central line of the at least three lines, second conveyor rollers for conveying ones of the objects that form at least one non-central line of the at least three lines, and third conveyor rollers for conveying ones of the objects that form another at least one non-central line of the at least three lines. A rotary shaft of each of the first, second and third conveyor rollers includes a shaft end portion having a projection portion that projects out from a conveying path in a widthwise direction of the conveying path, and the projection portion is to be driven so as to convey the objects in the conveying direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: NORITAKE CO., LIMITEDInventors: Yuta Kobayashi, Kenichi Tanaka
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Patent number: 11725816Abstract: A heat shield panel for use in a gas turbine engine combustor is disclosed. In various embodiments, the heat shield panel includes a hot side, a cold side spaced from the hot side, a rail member disposed on the cold side proximate an outer perimeter, the rail member having an outer wall and an inner wall and an orifice extending through the rail member, from the inner wall to the outer wall, the orifice having an entrance portion having an entrance opening positioned on the inner wall and extending at least to an intermediate portion of the rail member and an exit portion having an exit opening positioned on the outer wall and extending at least to the intermediate portion of the rail member, the entrance portion of the orifice being angled relative to the exit portion of the orifice.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Jon E. Sobanski, Steven D. Porter
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Patent number: 11723788Abstract: A conformable body interface is fabricated using a data set representing a three-dimensional, soft tissue body surface. The conformable body interface includes a body scaffold that is divided into two or more longitudinal segments separated by axial joints. Optionally, the body scaffold is further divided into two or more circumferentially split segments separated by circumferential joints. The axial joints are circumferentially constrained by elastic bands, tabs, or similar structures and the circumferential joints are longitudinally constrained by elastic axial tethers or similar structures. In this way, the body interfaces can accommodate swelling and bending of the body surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Osteoid Saglik Teknolojileri A.S.Inventor: Deniz Karasahin
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Patent number: 11719588Abstract: A manufacturing method of a capacitive pressure sensor includes attaching a first electrode and a second electrode onto a first surface of a flexible substrate, attaching a signal processing unit to the flexible substrate, forming a dielectric layer over the first electrode or the second electrode, and folding the flexible substrate so that the first electrode and the second electrode face each other with the dielectric layer being disposed therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Hyo Seung Han, Suk Hyung Jang
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Patent number: 11719008Abstract: A machine for removing beams from underneath formwork at an underside of a concrete slab includes a wheeled base movable on and supported at a support structure, a raisable-and-lowerable structure disposed on the wheeled base, and a beam-removal device coupled to the raisable-and-lowerable structure. The beam-removal device includes a beam-gripping mechanism. With the raisable-and-lowerable structure raised to position the beam-removal device at a beam that supports the formwork at the underside of the concrete slab, the beam-gripping mechanism operates to grasp the beam. With the beam grasped by the beam-gripping mechanism, the machine is operated to remove the beam from the formwork.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Somero Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Mark A. Pietila, Trevor Eenigenburg, Ryan Kangas
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Patent number: 11718982Abstract: A built-up beam includes a pair of I-beams each having opposing flanges, a web that extends between the opposing flanges, a plurality of flange openings in each of the opposing flanges, a plurality of web openings in the web, and a plurality of bolt holes in one of the opposing flanges. The I-beams are stacked together flange-to-flange in a stacked beam configuration and a plurality of bolts extend through the plurality of bolt holes and secure the pair of I-beams together in the stacked beam configuration.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: FOLDING HOLDINGS, LLCInventor: Elliot Peterson
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Patent number: 11707372Abstract: A process for arranging a stent, especially a drug-coated stent, on a balloon of a balloon catheter. At a stent implantation site (e.g., during an angioplasty procedure), the balloon of the balloon catheter serves to expand the stent radially, so that the stent, e.g., opens a vascular stenosis and is securely fixed to the vessel wall. Pressure plates are arranged and operate to maintain a protection device that avoids contamination of the stent.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: BIOTRONIK AGInventor: Fabian Risch
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Patent number: 11709044Abstract: A tool, such as a tape measure, including a spring-based retraction system is shown. The spring-based retraction system is driven by a spiral spring, that has a variable preformed stress profile along the length of the spring.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Oluwatosin T. Kolade, Shih-Chi Chou
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Patent number: 11702116Abstract: A railway vehicle includes a car body having a shell frame surrounding an internal area suitable for accommodating passengers, and a power generator connected to an external side of the car body and including an outlet for discharging out a liquid produced during generation of electricity. A hydraulic system is in fluid communication with the outlet and receives at least part of the liquid produced during generation of electricity. The hydraulic system includes a first end portion connected to the outlet, a second end portion, spaced apart from the first end portion, for draining out from the hydraulic system the received liquid, and a third intermediate portion which is interconnected between the first and second end portions and is placed, at least partially, in the internal area of the car body, which is adapted to be heated before receiving passengers.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: ALSTOM Transport TechnologiesInventors: Konrad Steindorff, Rene Gessing
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Patent number: 11692576Abstract: A single groove single-sided fastener comprises: a rivet consisting of a rivet head, a polish rod, a locking groove, a tail pulling groove and a tail tooth in sequence, and a lantern ring consisting of a sleeve and a dead head; a tail of the rivet is of a single groove short-tail structure, a ratio of a length of the tail pulling groove to a total length of the tail tooth is 0.1˜1.5, an included angle between a bottom generatrix of the tail pulling groove and an axis of the rivet is ?30°˜0°, two axial ends of the bottom of the tail pulling groove and the tail of the tail tooth are of a fillet transition structure, a ratio of a length of a straight part of the tail tooth to the total length of the tail tooth is 0.1˜1.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: MEISHAN CRRC FASTENING SYSTEM CO., LTDInventors: Shibo Wang, Yu Liu, Tao Deng, Yunlong Jia, Xiangyun Zhao, Chuanqi Li, Xu He, Wei Li, Long Guo
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Patent number: 11691700Abstract: A bio-fouling transducer comprising: a housing comprising: a diaphragm a conduit attached to the diaphragm; and a cap attached to the conduit; a transducer element attached to the diaphragm within the conduit; a series of electrical connections electrically connected to the transducer; and at least one gasket attached to the transducer and in contact with the conduit.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Inventors: James DiLorenzo, Sydney Innes, Jake Levere, Geoff Trager
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Patent number: 11685454Abstract: A door attachment method assembles a door with a high degree of accuracy. Embodiments include a primary fastening step of bolting hinges to attachment surfaces of a vehicle body; a door panel position measurement step of measuring a relative position of a door panel in an opening when a door is brought into a cantilevered state and the hinges are fastened; a loosening step of loosening the fastening; a door position correction step of moving the door within the attachment surfaces based on a measurement result in the door panel position measurement step; and a secondary fastening step of re-fastening the hinges to the attachment surfaces. Throughout the primary fastening step, the door panel position measurement step, the loosening step, the door position correction step, and the secondary fastening step, a state where clamps respectively grip the hinges to cause the hinges to abut the attachment surfaces is maintained.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Nakano, Yusuke Nakabayashi
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Patent number: 11680641Abstract: A method for assembling an annular seal element, formed by a sealing cord which runs around an opening on a seal receptacle which runs around on the outside of a component. The method includes introducing two assembly fingers into the opening of the annular seal element, stretching the annular seal element by moving the assembly fingers apart from one another, with the formation of a cord portion of the sealing cord, the cord portion being freely tensioned between the assembly fingers, placing the freely tensioned cord portion onto the seal receptacle in a contact region, applying the annular seal element, by way of its opening, onto the seal receptacle, and removing the assembly fingers from the annular seal element. The assembly fingers are moved so as to follow the profile of the seal receptacle, to travel around the seal receptacle in opposite directions.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AG, THYSSENKRUPP AGInventors: Sebastian Schädler, Andreas Münster, Manuel Stadelmann
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Patent number: 11679428Abstract: A connection tube (1) for connecting two tubes (8, 9) of different alloys, wherein the connection tube has a central through-hole extending along a longitudinal axis and comprises a first end portion (2) of a first alloy, a second end portion (3) of a second alloy, and a middle portion (4) which is at least partly double-layered with said second alloy forming an annular inner layer and said first alloy forming an annular outer layer, wherein a metallic bond has been formed between said layers. The inner and outer layers are mechanically interlocked by means of at least one helically extending thread formed in an interface between said layers. The connection tube is manufactured from a base component and an outer component threaded onto the base component to form a work piece, which is hot worked to form a metallic bond.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property ABInventors: Olle Eriksson, Henrik Häll
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Patent number: 11673182Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a method for supplying a riveting machine with rivet elements, in particular during operation of the riveting machine, wherein at least one rivet element providing arrangement comprising at least one rivet element providing unit for providing and separating the rivet element is provided, wherein the riveting machine has a rivet element receiving arrangement comprising at least one rivet element receptacle for receiving the rivet elements, wherein at least a part of the transport from one of the rivet element providing units to one of the rivet element receptacles is realized in a robot-based manner.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Broetje-Automation GmbHInventor: Christoph Eusterwiemann
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Patent number: 11673243Abstract: A blind rivet nut-setting tool includes an output shaft defining a longitudinal axis. The output shaft is moveable along the longitudinal axis between a first position and a second position. The blind rivet nut-setting tool further includes a first motor configured to rotate the output shaft about the longitudinal axis in response to an external force moving the output shaft in a rearward direction from the first position to the second position. The blind rivet nut-setting tool further includes a second motor configured to translate the output shaft along the longitudinal axis in the rearward direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventor: Blaine Vollmer
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Patent number: 11668092Abstract: A construction element includes superposed wooden structural boards that are provided with grooved patterns at the contact interface between the boards in order to prevent the first board and the second board from sliding relative to each other along at least one axis. The construction element further includes a retention system for retaining the boards against each other at the contact interface. The grooved patterns are pre-pressed against each other and the retention system includes at least one metal threaded rod component at least partially passing through at least two of the wooden structural boards at the contact interface.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Inventors: Jeanne Bouchôou, François-Xavier Cordier, Gael Defer
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Patent number: 11666996Abstract: An indexing apparatus includes a fixture tool, movable relative to an operation cell, and an indexing feature, fixed relative to the fixture tool. The indexing apparatus also includes a plurality of probes, configured to engage the indexing feature. The indexing apparatus further includes a controller, in communication with the plurality of probes, wherein the controller is configured to locate the fixture tool relative to the operation cell from a plurality of probe locations of the plurality of probes, engaged with the indexing feature.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Jordan S. Erickson, Michael K. Louie
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Patent number: 11668419Abstract: A swivel knuckle assembly for interconnecting a motor and a supply line. The knuckle assembly may include a bearing member to reduce a coefficient of friction. A locking mechanism is disclosed to connect members of the knuckle assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Scott Andrew Singer, Ken Riedel, Juan P. Angulo