Patents Examined by Bobby Yeonjin Kim
  • Patent number: 12269233
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of a system and method for baling recyclable materials and managing the baling of recyclable materials. The apparatus for baling includes a baler for compressing and baling recyclable materials, a scale, label printer, and a processor. Certain embodiments further comprise at least one digital camera, RFID dispenser, and an internet connection that allows the processor to transmit collected data to a remote database for further analysis. The disclosed method for baling recyclable materials comprising the steps of baling materials; weighing the bale automatically using a digital scale operably connected to the processor; recording the weight of the bale automatically; and printing a label which displays the recorded weight of the bale. Additionally, the method may comprise inputting information and/or automatically recording data, and/or automatically transmitting the data associated with a bale to a remote database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: WM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Chung Wah Chan, Ricardo J. Perez
  • Patent number: 12269079
    Abstract: A rolling mill includes three or more rolling rolls aligned along a circumferential direction and arranged so each rotary shaft is skewed with respect to a pass line of a material to be rolled, wherein the material to be rolled made of a pipe or bar material passes between the rolling rolls while being rotated to undergo diameter reducing rolling. At least one rolling roll selected from the three or more rolling rolls is smaller in roll diameter than at least one other rolling roll. When at least one rolling roll having a relatively maximum roll diameter defined as a maximum diameter rolling roll and at least one rolling roll smaller in roll diameter than the maximum is defined as a small diameter rolling roll, the small diameter rolling roll has a roll diameter equal to or less than 90% of the roll diameter of the maximum diameter rolling roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Sasaki, Tatsuro Katsumura, Hiroki Ota
  • Patent number: 12269042
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for processing seeds collected from a field. One example system includes a trailer supporting a hopper configured to hold seeds to be devitalized, a mill configured to devitalize the seeds held in the hopper, and a spreader configured to discharge the devitalized seeds from the system. A first transport assembly interconnects the hopper and the mill, on the trailer, to transport the seeds from the hopper to the mill. And, a second transport assembly interconnects the mill and the spreader, on the trailer, to transport the devitalized seeds from the mill to the spreader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Walter J. Bates, Daniel Beisiegel, Robert A. Brachtenbach, Sam S. Dalby, William G. Henderson, Jr., Christopher Wayne Noble
  • Patent number: 12262662
    Abstract: A baler twine tension control assembly including a displacement detector and elements defining a twine path. The twine path enters and exits the twine tension control assembly and within the twine tension control assembly extends across a first fixed location and a second fixed location as well as across an intermediate displaceable location located between the first fixed location and the second fixed location. The displacement detector is connected to the intermediate displaceable location and generates a signal indicative of the displacement of the displaceable location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Bernard Dean Regier, Travis Wade Horchem
  • Patent number: 12257619
    Abstract: A forming assembly for use in a can bodymaker includes a stationary assembly and a moving assembly movably coupled to the stationary assembly. The stationary assembly and the moving assembly are a unified assembly that is structured to be selectively coupled to a mounting assembly body of the can bodymaker. The moving assembly is structured to be selectively coupled to a ram drive assembly of the can bodymaker and moved with respect to the stationary assembly thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
    Inventors: Karl S. Fleischer, Ian Kenneth Scholey, Leonardo Antonio Butolo Ribeiro, Sylvan Mario Praturlon
  • Patent number: 12251708
    Abstract: A milling roll of a roll mill may have a roll main body and an edge element that is attached to an end region of a roll end of the milling roll and extends in a radial direction beyond a surface of the roll main body. The edge element comprises a base flange and a spacer element that is attached thereto. Wear protection elements can be attached to the spacer element. Furthermore, a roll mill may have a first milling roll and a second milling roll that are arranged opposite one another and can be driven in opposite directions. A milling gap is disposed between the milling rolls, and an edge element on one of the milling rolls may extend over the milling gap and at least partially cover an end side of the opposite milling roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: FLSmidth A/S
    Inventor: Frank Schroers
  • Patent number: 12230945
    Abstract: The invention relates to an energy chain for receiving and guiding cables, having pivotal chain links which adjoin one another in the longitudinal direction and each of which has cross members and comprises two side pieces lying opposite each other in a direction (q) transverse to the longitudinal direction (I), wherein the energy chain (5) includes a plurality of sections, each of which is designed in the form of two strand (7, 8) that are connected together by a deflecting region (6) extending about a deflecting arc. The energy chain can be moved about the deflecting arc, and each deflecting region (6) of the plurality of sections is guided on the inner face and the outer face thereof through guide elements (10) extending in an arc-shaped manner about the respective axis of the deflecting arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: igus GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Dommnik, Simon Moritz
  • Patent number: 12203528
    Abstract: A transverse bar for a chain link of an energy guiding chain for guiding lines. The transverse bar has an elongate main body comprising a first plastic and at both longitudinal ends a connecting region for connection to the side plates. The main body of the transverse bar has two long narrow sides which each have a holding device for separating bars. Provided on the inside of the main body that faces towards the lines is a line-protecting layer for handling the lines gently and comprising a second plastic which is different from the plastic of the main body and is selected to reduce abrasion upon relative movement between a line and the transverse bar. In that case the line-protecting layer extends from one narrow side to the other and at least predominantly covers over the inside of the main body but leaves uncovered the respective holding device at the one narrow side and at the other narrow side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: IGUS GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Hermey, Thilo-Alexander Jaeker, Dominik Barten
  • Patent number: 12194470
    Abstract: An agitator mill having a circular-cylindrical outer stator and an agitator having a circular-cylindrical rotor. The rotor is arranged within the outer stator, and a milling chamber between the rotor and the outer stator. In the milling chamber, a through-flow direction which extends from a feed channel to a discharge channel. Several rotor milling tools are attached to the rotor, wherein several outer-stator milling tools are attached to the outer stator. The outer-stator milling tools are arranged adjacent to and in the circumferential direction and form rows. These rows are arranged parallel to one another on the outer stator. On the side, facing away from the feed channel the outer-stator milling tools of at least one row have a greater radial length than the other outer-stator milling tools. The outer-stator milling tools of each row in the circumferential direction each have the same length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: BUHLER AG
    Inventors: Eduard Nater, Achim Sturm, Andreas Rieche, Thomas Versnik
  • Patent number: 12186793
    Abstract: A spinning device includes a flange forming section that, in a state where a base material having a tubular shape and including at least a large-diameter portion and a small-diameter portion is relatively rotated, forms a flange portion protruding in a direction away from a center axis by pressing the large-diameter portion in a center axis direction of the base material while contacting an outer peripheral portion of the small-diameter portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Nihon Spindle Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Takada
  • Patent number: 12186759
    Abstract: The various embodiments disclosed and pictured illustrate a hammer cluster for comminuting various materials. The embodiments pictured and described herein are primarily for use with a rotatable hammermill assembly. An illustrative embodiment of a hammer cluster may include at least two hammers each having a connection portion, a contact portion, and a neck connecting the contact and connection portions. The connection portions may include a connection aperture with a relief cavity having a tab on either side thereof. A collar having a collar gap defined by two collar edges may be inserted through connection apertures of each hammer. The collar edges may engage the respective tabs such that the hammers and the collar may rotate about a rod positioned within the collar as a singular unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Genesis III, Inc.
    Inventor: Seth Paul
  • Patent number: 12185672
    Abstract: Shredder for shredding agricultural products, such as bales of straw, the shredder comprising: a shredding device (20) for shredding the loaded agricultural products and a blowing device (5) for blowing the shredded agricultural products from the shredding device (20) toward and through an outlet opening (3), wherein the blowing device (5) comprises at least two blowing elements (21a, 21b), wherein the two blowing elements (21a, 21b) are arranged rotatably about their respective blowing rotational axis, wherein rotating the blowing elements (21a, 21b) about their blowing rotational axis causes the shredded agricultural products to be blown from the shredding device (20) toward and through the outlet opening (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: V.D.W. CONSTRUCTIE
    Inventor: Erwin Willems
  • Patent number: 12179210
    Abstract: A discharge arrangement (120) for a comminution reactor assembly (100). The discharge arrangement (120) comprises a main chamber (202) extending along a main axis (124). The main chamber has an inlet (121) arranged to be fluidly connected to a comminution reactor (110) and an outlet (122) arranged opposite from the inlet (121) along the main axis (124) and closeable by a common material take-out valve (204). The main chamber (202) is arranged to support a fluid-material stream (123) along a helical path about the main axis (124) from the inlet (121) towards the outlet (122). The discharge arrangement (120) further comprises an airduct (206) arranged extending into the main chamber (202) at an acute angle (a) with respect to the main axis (124). The airduct (206) comprises an aperture arranged facing the outlet (122).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Libriixer AB
    Inventor: Eric L. Lundgren
  • Patent number: 12168253
    Abstract: Provided is a ring-rolled member manufacturing method enabling stabilization of the attitude of the ring material without generating a defect and the like in the resulting ring-rolled member even when the main roll of the ring-rolling device is provided with the flange portions positioned on upper and lower sides of the ring material. A ring-rolling device used in the ring-rolled member manufacturing method of the present invention is provided with a main roll 10 and a mandrel roll 20. An outer peripheral face of the main roll includes a recessed portion 12 to accommodate the ring material and an outer peripheral face of the mandrel roll 20, an upper flange portion 11 positioned on an upper side thereof, and a lower flange portion 13 positioned on a lower side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Musha, Jun Ohsone, Yuji Ishiwari, Momoko Oji
  • Patent number: 12167816
    Abstract: A portable food processing apparatus describes a food processing chamber including a blade arrangement and a housing including a motor for driving said blade arrangement, a microcontroller for controlling said motor and at least one motion sensor communicatively coupled to said microcontroller. The microcontroller is adapted to evaluate sensor data produced by the at least one motion sensor in order to detect a predefined motion pattern in said sensor data, said predefined motion pattern corresponding to an operation setting of the motor; and control said motor in accordance with said operation setting upon detection of the predefined motion pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Wing Kee Cheng, Dennis Lai, Samuel Agustin Cuaresma, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12157155
    Abstract: A method for changing work roll in a rolling mill which limits the risk of scratching the work roll, or even the risk of scratching the metal strip, upon extracting or inserting the work roll, by virtue of a mechanical separation element, in particular of the branches of a fork system, inserted by a robotic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: FIVES DMS
    Inventor: Conrad Ernst De La Graete
  • Patent number: 12151325
    Abstract: A double-sided ultrasonic rolling cooperative strengthening system and a control method thereof are provided. The system includes a first mechanical arm subsystem, a second mechanical arm subsystem, a first ultrasonic rolling strengthening subsystem, a second ultrasonic rolling strengthening subsystem and a servo turntable (13); the servo turntable (13) is configured to fix a blade to be processed; the first ultrasonic rolling strengthening subsystem is provided at an end of the first mechanical arm subsystem; and the second ultrasonic rolling strengthening subsystem is provided at an end of the second mechanical arm subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xiancheng Zhang, Jiawei Wang, Lin Zhu, Shantung Tu, Kaiming Zhang, Zhaoxing Sun, Shuang Liu, Huayi Cheng, Junmiao Shi
  • Patent number: 12151277
    Abstract: Tube flaring tool comprising a tube receiving region comprising first and second gripping dies retractable with respect to each other and positionable to cooperatively define an opening for receiving a tube; a first clutch shaft; a support housing having a bore for receiving a second clutch shaft; a clutch plate; a flare forming head operable to flare the free end of the tube; and a biasing member urging the flare forming head axially. The first clutch shaft may have an outer configuration adapted to be engaged by a 12 point or ?? square drive SAE ratchet wrench for creating mechanical advantage to actuate the flare forming head. When the force that the biasing member urges the flare forming head axially is overcome, the clutch plate disengages from the second clutch shaft such that further actuation of the first clutch shaft does not rotate the flare forming head shaft, preventing over-flaring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Uniweld Products, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Pearl, II, Robert L. Latham
  • Patent number: 12146328
    Abstract: A rebar tying robot configured to tie a plurality of first rebars and a plurality of second rebars intersecting the plurality of first rebars at points where the plurality of first rebars and the plurality of second rebars intersect. The rebar tying robot may include a rebar tying machine, a conveying unit configured to convey the rebar tying machine, and a control unit configured to control an operation of the conveying unit. The conveying unit may include a crawler configured to move on the plurality of first rebars and the plurality of second rebars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadasuke Matsuno, Kazuki Oguchi
  • Patent number: 12145190
    Abstract: A handling system (1) for removing molded parts from a press device, the system comprising: a control unit; a linear axis system (10) having at least one linear guide (12) and a first guide slide (14) and a second guide slide (16), which are movable independently of each other along a direction of the at least one linear guide (12), and a guide carriage (24) held displaceably on the first guide slide (14) and the second guide slide (16), which guide carriage is movable in a direction forming an angle ? with the direction of the at least one linear guide (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: OSTERWALDER AG
    Inventors: Adrian Junker, Pascal Lutz