Patents Examined by Christopher J Besler
  • Patent number: 12145676
    Abstract: A vehicle body assembly system each forming a pre-buck section and a main-buck section set along a transport path of the floor assembly according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a pre-buck unit configured in the pre-buck section to regulate the seal side and the front and rear sides of side assemblies that are different for each vehicle type, and to assemble the side assembly and the floor assembly, and a main-buck unit configured in the main-buck section to regulates the roof portion and the quarter portion of the side assembly assembled to the floor assembly in the pre-buck section, assemble the roof portion, cowl, roof rail and package tray and assemble the quarter portion and the floor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yongcheol Jeong, Sekyu Kang, Eun Sik Yoon, Seon Woo Kweon, Haejung Kang, Suwhan Kim, Jung Hoo Lim, Keonyong Kim
  • Patent number: 12145224
    Abstract: A system and a method of forming a wear surface of a wheel of a rail vehicle include depositing one or more alloy powders onto a main body of the wheel, and plasma transfer arc welding the one or more powders to form one or more alloy layers secured to the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Amsted Rail Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Aaron Pilon, John D. Oliver, Patricio Fernando Mendez, Carter Trautmann
  • Patent number: 12134138
    Abstract: A wafer manufacturing method includes: a crack layer forming step of applying a laser beam of such a wavelength as to be transmitted through an ingot to the ingot, with a focal point of the laser beam positioned in a region spaced from an end face of the ingot by a distance corresponding to the thickness of the wafer to be manufactured, to form a crack layer, a cut groove forming step of positioning a cutting blade on an extension line of the crack layer and forming a cut groove continuous with the crack layer in a periphery of the ingot; and a peeling step of applying an ultrasonic wave to the end face of the ingot to peel off the wafer to be manufactured, along the crack layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuma Sekiya
  • Patent number: 12135159
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an evaporator for ice-making includes: a preparation step for preparing a plate member, a finger member, and a capillary tube, the plate member being provided with a through hole and formed as a developed view of a tube; an insertion step for inserting the finger member into the through hole so that the finger member at least partially passes through the through hole; a connection step for fixedly connecting the finger member to the plate member; an insert placement step for placing at least a part of the capillary tube on the plate member; and an evaporation tube formation step for forming an evaporation tube, which is provided with a refrigerant flow path through which a refrigerant flows, by bending the plate member into a tube shape and connecting end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Coway Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwon-Jae Lee, In-Du Choi, Hyun-Woo Lee, Chung-Lae Kim, Chan-Jung Park, Woong Jung
  • Patent number: 12135172
    Abstract: A duct comprising: an inlet; an outlet; a shell having a tubular form extending between the inlet and the outlet; a main flow path (H) within the shell for conveying a main flow between the inlet and the outlet; and a heat exchange structure, wherein the heat exchange structure comprises: an intake port provided in the shell; an output port provided in the shell; and a secondary flow path (C) within the shell for conveying a secondary flow between the intake port and the output port, wherein the secondary flow path is spirally intertwined with the main flow path for a section of the duct to provide a heat exchanger within the duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adam Horoszczak, Rafal Lewandowski
  • Patent number: 12127638
    Abstract: An accessory includes a body that has a first hole surrounded by a first inner surface, and a component that has a first hole surrounded by a first inner surface to be engaged with the first inner surface. A method of manufacturing the component includes: a piercing step of forming, by blanking, the second hole through a sheet-like member of which the component is formed; a first reshaping step of swelling the second inner surface into the second hole by compressing a rim portion surrounding the second hole; a shearing step of cutting the component out of the sheet-like member; and a second reshaping step of rounding a tip portion of the second inner surface having swelled by the first reshaping. The second reshaping step includes barreling the component cut out by the shearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Crossfor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hidetaka Dobashi
  • Patent number: 12121954
    Abstract: A method for setting a blind fastener comprising the steps of: providing a workpiece with a through hole; providing the fastener; providing a setting tool comprising: a tool housing; a screw tool with a male thread movable within the housing along and around a tool axis between a retracted and an extended positions; a first electric motor with a first drive shaft axially fixed to the tool housing, the first drive shaft defining a first axis radially spaced from the tool axis; a second electric motor with a second drive shaft axially fixed to the tool housing, the second drive shaft defining a second axis radially spaced from the tool axis and from the first axis; and a solid roller screw arranged for rotation and axial movement in the tool housing, and axially concentric with and in driving connection to the screw tool; supplying the fastener in front of the screw tool when the screw tool is in the retracted position; engaging the screw tool with the fastener; and setting the fastener to the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: NEWFREY LLC
    Inventors: Paul Gianferrara, Manuel Schneider, Luis Rodrigo, Christof Clemen
  • Patent number: 12123464
    Abstract: A bearing component composed of a chromium-molybdenum-vanadium alloyed tool steel is produced by a process that includes: (i) performing a first preheating within a temperature range of 600-650° C., (ii) performing a second preheating within a temperature range of 850-900° C., (iii) austenitizing in vacuum at 1000-1180° C. for 20-40 min, (iv) gas quenching at a minimum of 4-5 bar overpressure, and (v) tempering by performing either a double temper at 520-560° C. for 1.5-2.5 hours in each temper, or a triple temper at 520-560° C. for 0.5-1.5 hours in each temper. The steel alloy may be composed (in mass percent) of 1.32-1.45 C, 0.32-0.50 Si, 0.26-0.48 Mn, 4.0-4.85 Cr, 3.35-3.55 Mo, 3.55-3.85 V, 0-0.13 W, 0-0.20 Ni, 0-0.15 Cu, 0-0.8 Co, 0-0.03 P, and 0-0.03 S, the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities. Mo may be replaced with W or vice versa in a replacement ratio Mo:W of 1:2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Victor Brizmer, Leonardo Catana, Urszula Alicja Sachadel-Solarek, Mohamed Youssef Abdelraouf Sherif
  • Patent number: 12115068
    Abstract: A protection and loading device for an interventional valve system is provided. The interventional valve system includes a valve and a delivery system. The valve is fixed on a distal rod body of the delivery system. The protection and loading device includes: a first protector, a second protector, and a third protector. The first protector is located at a front end of the distal rod body and encompasses a half of the valve. The third protector is configured to fix and sleeve on the distal rod body. In a protection state, the first protector cooperates with the third protector at the first position. In a state of valve loading the first protector cooperates with the third protector at the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: KINGSTRONBIO (CHANGSHU) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shengping Zhong, Chunwang Meng, Bo Zhang
  • Patent number: 12103065
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hub unit bearing (1) includes the step of applying an axial load to a shaft end of a hub body (21) so that a staking portion (26) for inner races (22a, 22b) is formed in the hub body (21). The load is adjusted based on at least one of first information acquired before applying the load and second information acquired while applying the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 12104581
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of repairing a bearing bore defined by an inner surface of a bearing housing, for instance a bearing housing that is part of a wind turbine. The method includes applying a liquid resin to at least part of the inner surface of the bearing housing. The method includes mounting a bore insert in the bearing bore, where the bore insert includes an arcuate portion having an edge positioned along a line of required radius of the bearing bore, so that the liquid resin fills a gap between the inner surface of the bearing housing and the edge of the arcuate portion of the bore insert. The method includes removing the bore insert from the bearing bore after the liquid resin has solidified to repair the bearing bore to the required radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Mogens E. Andersen, Borja Fernandez Garcia
  • Patent number: 12083643
    Abstract: An intelligent production line for motor pulley, include a processing mechanism; a feeding mechanism; a grasping mechanism; a detection mechanism, including a photographing device, a light source, a positioning block, and an image processing unit, the positioning block is used to place the pulley to be detected, the light source is used to illuminate the pulley to be detected, and the photographing device is arranged in the backlight direction of the light source, the image processing unit is used for acquiring the workpiece image of the pulley to be detected through the photographing device and detecting the workpiece parameters of the pulley to be detected through the workpiece image; a feedback mechanism, which communicates and connects the detection mechanism and the processing mechanism, and is used for acquiring the workpiece parameters and adjusting the processing parameters of the processing mechanism according to the parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: BENGBU HOWARD SPINNING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., FUJIAN HOWARD SPINNING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peikai Zhang, Ye Jiang, Bangliang Li, Huanle Lin, Lufen Zeng, Hepeng Sun, Jiangbin Su
  • Patent number: 12083583
    Abstract: A method for forming a hitch ball head includes a pre-forging step, in which a columnar blank is prepared and is extruded to form a pre-forged blank; a first forging step, in which the pre-forged blank is extruded and drawn to form first and second forged portions; a second forging step, in which the pre-forged blank is extruded and drawn to shorten a length of the first forged portion and to form the second forged portion into a to-be-formed section and a columnar base section; a first forming step, in which the pre-forged blank is extruded to form the first forged portion into a ball head portion and to form the columnar base section into a connecting segment and a columnar segment; and a second forming step, in which the pre-forged blank is extruded to form the to-be-formed section into a seat section to thereby obtain the hitch ball head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: CHUEN CHAO ENTERPRISES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chuan-Jung Lai
  • Patent number: 12083582
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hold-down device for a joining drive and joining drive with a hold-down device. The hold-down device includes a hold-down cylinder, wherein the hold-down cylinder provides a hold-down force by means of a pressurized chamber. The pressure chamber consists of the hold-down cylinder and a punch of the joining drive. The pressurization required for the provision of the hold-down force is provided by a hydraulic circuit of the joining drive. In the joining mode, the pressure chamber of the hold-down device is connected to a pressure accumulator of the hold-down device, so that a change in volume in the pressure chamber of the hold-down device has no noticeable influence on the pressure in the pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Bert Brahmer
  • Patent number: 12078147
    Abstract: A blade lifting assembly (50) for mounting a blade (22) to or unmounting a blade (22) from a rotor hub (20) of a wind turbine (10), including a gripper (52) configured for gripping a central region (54) of the blade (22), the gripper (52) including a blade rotation device (56) configured for rotating the blade (22) about a rotational axis perpendicular to a longitudinal blade axis (76) of the blade (22); a root support device (70) configured to be mounted to a root section (71) of the blade (22); and connecting members (74) connecting the root support device (70) to the gripper (52), the connecting members (74) being configured for transmitting an axial load (82) of the blade (22) from the root support device (70) to the gripper (52).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.
    Inventor: Jacob Johannes Nies
  • Patent number: 12071927
    Abstract: A gearbox repair assembly is disclosed herein. The gearbox repair assembly includes a sleeve having an inner diameter configured to receive a bearing assembly and an outer diameter configured to fit within a bore of a gearbox housing. The gearbox housing can be part of a gearbox of a wind turbine. The gearbox repair assembly further includes a retaining plate configured to be attached to the gearbox housing for preventing an outer race of the bearing assembly from rotating in the bore relative to the gearbox housing. Also provided are methods to repair such a gearbox. The gearbox repair assembly and related methods reduce the time and cost needed to repair the gearboxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Renew Energy Maintenance, LLC
    Inventors: Curt Eliason, Michael Sebert
  • Patent number: 12059722
    Abstract: A clamping method includes a step (S3) for applying, by a first support portion disposed on one surface side of a plurality of superposed members and a second support portion disposed on the other surface side of the plurality of members, a predetermined first pressure to the plurality of members, and sandwiching the plurality of members; a step (S4) for forming a through hole with respect to the plurality of members by a cutting tool with the first pressure; a step (S5) for applying a predetermined second pressure to the plurality of members after the through hole is formed, and sandwiching the plurality of members by the first and second support portions, the second pressure being lower than the first pressure; and a step (S6) for fixing a fastening part inserted into the through hole to the plurality of members by a riveting device with the second pressure applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Ikada, Hideyuki Suzuki, Yuichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12048984
    Abstract: A centerless grinding processing in which a sliding contact surface (10) is subjected to grinding by pressing a grindstone against the sliding contact surface (10) of an inner ring (3) while rotating the inner ring (3) relative to the grindstone in a prescribed direction, and then, in the centerless grinding process, a finishing step in which grinding lines in a direction intersecting grinding lines formed on the sliding contact surface (10) are formed on the sliding contact surface (10) and/or processing for improving the surface roughness of the sliding contact surface (10) is performed is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Hidekazu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12044139
    Abstract: A tool for immobilising a first shaft of a gas turbine engine in relation to a second shaft of a gas turbine engine, the tool comprising a cylindrical body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the cylindrical body having one or more interior protrusions on the inner surface of the cylindrical body for engaging with the first shaft, and the outer surface of the cylindrical body having one or more exterior protrusions for engaging with the second shaft, the tool being configured such that at least part of the tool can be inserted within and held fixed relative to a section of the second shaft, and a section of the first shaft can be inserted within and held fixed relative to the interior of the cylindrical body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Thomas Jepson, Jack Brooks
  • Patent number: 12044138
    Abstract: a tooling assembly for installation relative to a first and second turbomachine component is provided. The tooling assembly includes an axial mounting portion removably couplable to the first turbomachine component. The axial mounting portion includes a first plate, a second plate spaced apart from the first plate, and at least one turnbuckle assembly that extends between, and is coupled to, the first plate and the second plate. At least one of the first plate and the second plate include a radial compression portion. The radial compression portion includes a compression bar radially movable relative to the axial mounting portion and configured to contact the second turbomachine component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Alan Mogle, II, Sandra Beverly Kolvick, Daryl Paul Capriotti