Patents Examined by Christopher J Besler
  • Patent number: 11460100
    Abstract: Method for installing a transmission between a drive with a driveshaft and a load with a driven shaft, where this transmission includes a housing and at least a drive gear and a driven gear, where the method includes first affixing the transmission over the driveshaft and fastening the housing of the transmission to the housing of the drive and then affixing a shaft seal over the driveshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventor: Stephan Willem Van Praet
  • Patent number: 11453043
    Abstract: The invention relates to a riveting machine comprising a piercing tool (52), an upper sheet clamp (71), and a lower sheet clamp (21), mounted movable relative to each other in the direction of bringing said sheet clamps (71, 21) closer to each other, an upper riveting tool (51) and a lower riveting tool (29) for flaring a rivet disposed inside an orifice formed through the parts (8) to be riveted. The upper sheet clamp (71) has a passage opening (72) facing which the drilling tool (52) is adapted to be positioned to enable said drilling tool (52) to pierce an area of said parts (8) clamped between the upper sheet clamp (71) and the lower sheet clamp (21). The upper sheet clamp (71) and the lower sheet clamp (21) are mounted movable relative to each other along a direction transverse to the piercing axis. The invention also relates to a riveting method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: CYBERMECA
    Inventor: Didier Ledoux
  • Patent number: 11448261
    Abstract: A preload assembly for bearings comprising in combinations a threaded bolt, an anti-rotational washer, a serrated edge locking washer, and a threaded locking nut having a shallow outer profile and at least four locking notches in an outer edge thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: Dale Robert Booms
  • Patent number: 11435081
    Abstract: Methods of servicing a fuel nozzle are provided. a method of servicing a fuel nozzle includes a step of machining away material from a nozzle tip of the fuel nozzle to form an annular groove within the nozzle tip. The method further includes a step of inserting a replacement coupon into the annular groove. The replacement coupon having a radially outermost that corresponds to the annular groove and a post-removal contact surface. The method further includes a step of fixedly coupling the radially outermost of the replacement coupon to the annular groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Christopher Monaghan, Jacob Wade Word, Paula Marie Word
  • Patent number: 11428315
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a driving drum includes: molding a first cylindrical member including first large- and small-diameter parts, a diameter of an outer circumferential surface of the first small-diameter part being smaller than that of the first large-diameter part; molding a second cylindrical member having second large- and small-diameter parts, a diameter of an inner circumferential surface of the second large-diameter part corresponding to the diameter of the outer circumferential surface of the first small-diameter part, a diameter of an inner circumferential surface of the second small-diameter part corresponding to that of the first small-diameter part, and the diameter of the inner circumferential surface of the second small-diameter part being smaller than that of the second large-diameter part; and forming a first cam groove between the first and second small-diameter parts and forming a second cam groove between the first and second large-diameter parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuo Hamajima, Kazuhiro Toyama, Shingo Iwatani, Tadashi Takagaki, Masataka Umemura
  • Patent number: 11413714
    Abstract: A method for producing a brazed plate heat exchanger comprising a stack of heat exchanger plates provided with a pressed pattern adapted to provide contact points between neighboring heat exchanger plates, such that the heat exchanger plates are kept on a distance from one another under formation of interplate flow channels for media to exchange heat, wherein the interplate flow channels are in selective communication with port openings for the media to exchange heat and circumferentially sealed along an outer periphery in order to avoid external leakage, comprises the following method steps: a. Calculating the position of the contact points between neighboring plates; b. Calculating a force that must be transferred by each contact point when the heat exchanger is in use; c. Based on the method steps above, calculating a necessary amount of brazing material for each contact point; d.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SWEP INTERNATIONAL AB
    Inventors: Niclas Bornegard, Sven Andersson, Hans Andre
  • Patent number: 11408547
    Abstract: A modular hopper tee including a modified tee box, a tee box liner, a readily detachable inflow adapter for coupling a first pipe to the tee box and a readily detachable outflow adapter for coupling a second pipe to the tee box, the liner and adapters being constructed from an elastomeric polymer such as polyurethane. Each of the inflow and outflow adapters includes a flange portion and a cylinder portion extending through the flange portion, the flange portion dividing the cylinder portion into a first cylinder portion that extends through a sidewall opening of the tee box and sealingly engages the liner and a second cylinder portion that is located outside of the box. A metal cylinder member, which is embedded within the first cylinder portion and surrounds an exterior of the second cylinder portion, is provided for reinforcing the adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Bailey-Parks Urethane, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Tutor
  • Patent number: 11408371
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of repairing a rear cone segment erosion coating including removing a portion of an existing fluoroelastomer coating from a rear cone segment to form a repair area; forming a cured replacement erosion coating corresponding to the repair area, wherein the cured replacement erosion coating has a layer of fluoroelastomer and a layer of fibrous reinforcement; preparing the repair area and the cured replacement erosion coating for adhesion; locating the prepared cured replacement erosion coating on the prepared repair area; and adhering the prepared cured replacement erosion coating to the prepared repair area. Also disclosed is a cured replacement erosion coating and a repaired inlet nose cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Kenneth Holland, Jonathan Roobol, William Bogue, Kerry Lynn Davis, Michael A. Morden, Brandon A. Gates
  • Patent number: 11400536
    Abstract: In a metal laminating and modeling method, a three-dimensional modeled object 10 having a main surface 12 and an outer circumferential surface 13 is modeled by sequentially laminating a plurality of metal layers 11m. The metal laminating and modeling method has a metal layer formation step of forming the metal layers 11m by forming a plurality of weld beads 100 so as to be arranged in a horizontal direction on a table 2, and a first end portion weld bead formation step of inclining the table 2 such that a target surface 2f faces in a first inclination direction and forming first end portion weld beads 100a so as to overlap, among a plurality of center weld beads 100c, the center weld beads 100c located at an uppermost end in a vertical direction Dv.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasunori Sakai
  • Patent number: 11404287
    Abstract: A fixture to facilitate fabrication of a heat sink includes a base plate to support a lower section of the heat sink, and multiple registration pins extending from the base plate. A platen is provided over a heat transfer element (HTE) of the heat sink, with the platen including slip fit regions to slip fit around respective registration pins, and with the lower section and HTE disposed between the base plate and the platen, and forming a fixture stack segment aligned with an active region of the cold plate. A load plate is provided which includes slip fit regions configured to slip fit around corresponding registration pins with the load plate disposed over the fixture stack segment. The load plate includes a single load pin centrally disposed to apply a load to the fixture stack segment and facilitate bonding the lower section and HTE together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Phillip D. Isaacs, Christopher M. Marroquin, Daren Simmons, Frank L. Pompeo, Jason R. Eagle, Mark K. Hoffmeyer, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Prabjit Singh, Steve Ostrander
  • Patent number: 11400568
    Abstract: Method and device for tightening a threaded connection, preferably for connecting pipeline components, wherein the threaded connection to be tightened comprises a connecting element unit having an external thread, a connecting element unit having an internal thread, and a seal element arranged therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Georg Fischer Rohrleitungssysteme AG
    Inventors: Alexander Ebauer, Robert Reiz
  • Patent number: 11396068
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for producing a rotating disk for a turbomachine, forming blade root uptakes on a plurality of circumferential positions, for which, in each case, an axially extending profile groove that is bounded circumferentially by inner wall surfaces of the rotating disk is introduced on a respective circumferential position, in which production method, initially first profile grooves are introduced in a disk on first circumferential positions, and subsequently, a second profile groove is introduced in the disk on a second circumferential position located circumferentially between the first profile grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Anna Carina Kuepper, Waltraud Himmelstoss, Hans Zimmermann, Florian Kreitmair, Heinrich Janko, Frank Binder
  • Patent number: 11389900
    Abstract: A method of forming an airfoil includes the steps of (a) providing an airfoil body with a hollow having at least one rib extending to an outer surface, and forming the outer surface of the rib to have at least one groove connecting a hollow pocket within a boundary defined by the rib to a location outwardly of the rib, (b) placing a cover over the hollow, and (c) welding the cover to the airfoil body, and such that the rib is welded to the blade cover. An intermediate airfoil body is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Robert C. Dolan
  • Patent number: 11376680
    Abstract: The invention makes available a method for the production of gear wheels, with which it is possible to produce gear wheels having double-helical teeth, in particularly efficient manner. For this purpose, in the case of the method according to the invention for chipping production of a gear wheel, which is provided with double-helical teeth, in which the teeth of the one gear half are configured to run counter to the teeth of the other gear half, in rising manner, wherein the gear halves are arranged offset from one another by an angle amount with reference to the axis of rotation of the gear wheel, a gear wheel blank is made available, on which the teeth provided on the gear wheel are produced by means of hobbing, using a hobbing wheel, which, during hobbing machining of the teeth, in each instance, of one of the gear halves, reaches all the way into the adjacent tooth gaps of the other gear half, in each instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Präwema Antriebstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Schieke, Walter Holderbein
  • Patent number: 11369742
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical syringe piston having a longitudinal axis includes a body having a central face portion with a first outer circumference and maximum first diameter. A cylindrical sealing portion proximate the central face portion has first and second axial ends and a wall extending therebetween. The wall has a second outer circumference and a second diameter essentially constant along the longitudinal axis between the first and second axial ends of the cylindrical sealing portion and is larger than the maximum first diameter. An annular curved portion has a maximum outer diameter less than the second diameter and connects the first axial end of the cylindrical sealing portion to the first outer circumference. An inert film encloses the central face portion and at least part of the annular curved portion and has an outer boundary between the first axial end of the cylindrical sealing portion and the first outer circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Laubach, Jurgen Brinkhues, Heike Gruen, Joel Worman, Xia Zhao, Jason Mattia
  • Patent number: 11364560
    Abstract: A method for the grinding finish machining of an already toothed gearwheel workpiece in an NC-controlled machine tool, comprising the following steps: a. providing the gearwheel workpiece in the machine tool, b. providing a first grinding tool in the machine tool, c. providing a second grinding tool in the machine tool, d. grinding machining of at least one tooth flank of the gearwheel workpiece using the first grinding tool, e. grinding machining of at least one tooth flank in the transition region to the tooth head of the gearwheel workpiece using the second grinding tool in the machine tool to generate a head edge rounding on the gearwheel workpiece, f. further grinding machining of at least one tooth flank of the gearwheel workpiece using the first grinding tool and/or the second grinding tool in the machine tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Klingelnberg GmbH
    Inventor: Rolf Schalaster
  • Patent number: 11345077
    Abstract: A method for producing a containing system for a liquid dispenser having a dimensionally stable outer container and a collapsible inner container, in the form of a pouch, arranged within the outer container. The method includes starting from the outer container, at least one layer of a pouch material being applied to an inner wall of the outer container. For this purpose, the pouch material is applied in the form of a liquid or powder to the inner wall, where, after solidifying or fusing, it forms a ply of a wall, of the inner container. The ply detaches from the inner wall of the outer container when the inner container collapses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Baumann, Frédéric Duquet, Ulrich Maibach
  • Patent number: 11344354
    Abstract: A method of assembling a surgical instrument is provided. The method comprises connecting a part with a first member, the first member extending between a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end including at least one mating surface disposed a selected distance from the distal end for engagement with a navigation component, the part having an opening and the distal end being inserted through the opening and translated to a selected position with the first member. Systems, spinal constructs and implants are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Paxton Wall
  • Patent number: 11338611
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a process for manufacturing a light-alloy hybrid wheel comprising the following separate operation phases: obtaining a front flange with an internal profile including a tire bead seat; obtaining a rim with an annular profile including a tire bead seat at a first end and a circular flank for assembly with a part of the flange at a second end; and assembling the flange and the rim to form a wheel. The annular profiles of the flange and the rim form exterior and interior sides of the wheel. Assembling the flange and the rim comprises welding the flank of the rim and the flange together by a single friction stir weld using a pin such that the weld is exposed at the exterior and interior sides of the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT JEAN INDUSTRIES
    Inventors: Emile Thomas Di Serio, Lionel Duperray
  • Patent number: 11338350
    Abstract: A method for permanently fastening a cam on a cam carrier may involve positioning the cam on the cam carrier in a predefined axial and angular position. By way of the positioning, an end face of the cam carrier is aligned with an end face of the cam. The method may also involve positioning a cam segment formed by the cam carrier and the cam in an assembly device. The cam carrier may then be deformed such that the cam is secured at least in a form-fitting or force-fitting manner against movement in an axial direction on the cam carrier. A deformation tool of the assembly device may be advanced in an axial direction onto the end face of the cam carrier, and the cam carrier may be deformed such that material of the cam carrier is forced outward in a radial direction against the cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA TECCENTER AG, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Manfred Muster, Thomas Rogatsch, Gunther Martin Lugauer