Patents Examined by Daniel Howell
  • Patent number: 10099333
    Abstract: A working machine comprising a working head (1) having a spindle (10) and which is movable in a xyz working space and further comprising a clamping device (2,3) for clamping pieces (100) to be worked by said machine. The clamping device (2,3) comprises first (21, 31) and second (22,32) clamping means which are movable along a z direction between a first operative position, in which they are in clamping contact with pieces (100) to be worked, and a second non-operative position, in which they are at a distance from said pieces (100), said first (21, 31) and second (22, 32) clamping means being fixed with respect to an xy working plane when in said first operative position and being movable together with said working head (1) in said xy working plane when in said second non-operative position, said first (21, 31) and second (22, 32) clamping means being alternatively moved between said first and second position during a working cycle of said working machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Belotti S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Belotti
  • Patent number: 10099326
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an automatic forming machine for plant growth supports, comprising a ring rolling system with a ring rolling unit, a mold system with a mold unit, and a welding system, which are all disposed on a machine frame, wherein the ring rolling unit can roll a metal wire and make the metal wire be formed into a ring with an opening in the mold unit; the mold system is for carrying the ring and making two free ends of the ring with an opening aligned or alternately overlap with each other; the welding system welds can weld the opening of the ring carried by the mold unit, causing the ring to become a closed ring. The present disclosure has a high automatic degree and can reduce the production time and labor cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventor: Yi Chou
  • Patent number: 10099295
    Abstract: A drill chuck having a chuck body, on which a threaded ring is guided, which is in engagement with rows of teeth assigned to clamping jaws for the purpose of adjusting the clamping jaws having a thread and guided in the chuck body, as well as comprising a clamping sleeve which surrounds the chuck body and may be coupled with the threaded ring in a torque-transmitting manner and which may be coupled with the chuck body by a locking device. The locking device is formed by a locking sleeve, which has a lock toothing and is rotatably fixedly connected to the threaded ring and which is axially movable between a drilling configuration and a clamping configuration relative to the threaded ring and the clamping sleeve; the locking device is also formed by a mating toothing assigned to the chuck body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Roehm GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Schenk, Christian Thiemann, Patrick Hengsberger
  • Patent number: 10099334
    Abstract: A machining system with a configuration in which working machines, including a machine tool, are configured to be disposed in a line, and in which multiple working machines perform operations on one work in order, is provided. The machining system includes: a base; and multiple working machine modules which are mounted on the base and are arranged in an arrangement direction, and has a configuration in which each of the multiple working machine modules is capable of being drawn out from the base along a track extending in an intersecting direction intersecting with the arrangement direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Nagato, Shigefumi Suzuyama, Kenji Mizuta, Toshifumi Suzuki, Tadashi Takeuchi, Kazutoshi Sakai, Kazuya Furukawa, Atsushi Kamiya, Shinya Kumazaki, Jun Yanagisaki, Osamu Nagai
  • Patent number: 10092988
    Abstract: A tool pot includes a resin-made pot body and a metallic reinforcing member embedded in the pot body by insert molding. The reinforcing member is provided with a reinforcing plate embedded in a portion including a horizontal pin insertion portion in the pot body. The reinforcing plate is provided with a lightening hole so as to avoid the horizontal pin insertion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Kawada
  • Patent number: 10092962
    Abstract: An apparatus for drilling a manhole includes a drill comprising a first motor and a drill bit. A rail extends longitudinally away from an exterior surface of the manhole. A carriage is movably engaged with the rail and is coupled to the drill. A mounting device supports the rail on an exterior of the manhole. The mounting device comprises features to transfer axial loading on the drill bit to the manhole. A method for drilling an opening in a manhole includes suspending a drill from a rail coupled to an exterior of the manhole. The rail extends laterally outwardly from the manhole. A drill bit forming part of the drill is rotated while moving the drill longitudinally along the rail toward the manhole. Axial reactive force generated by the drill is transferred to the manhole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Inventor: Samuel B. Smith
  • Patent number: 10086446
    Abstract: A rotating cutting tool that is internally cooled by cryogenic fluid has a generally cylindrical outer shape. At least one flute is formed on the cutting tool and a cutting edge is formed on an outer edge of the flute for cutting a workpiece. An internal cold flow delivery path for cryogenic coolant is in proximity to the cutting edge. A coolant cavity is formed in the cutting tool for supplying cryogenic coolant to the internal cold flow delivery path and a return path for cryogenic coolant is downstream from the cold flow delivery path. An exhaust port is coupled to the return path for exhausting cryogenic coolant to atmosphere. The exhaust port is remote from the cutting edge so that the cryogenic coolant is exhausted away from the cutting edge and away from a workpiece so that the cryogenic coolant does not cool and toughen the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: 5ME IP, LLC
    Inventor: George Georgiou
  • Patent number: 10086486
    Abstract: A part-holding device includes a holding portion configured to hold an object to be held and a main body configured to detachably connected to the holding portion. The main body has a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface oriented in respective differing directions, and the holding portion has a first abutting surface, a second abutting surface and a third abutting surface capable of abutting against the first surface, the second surface, and the third surface, respectively. The part-holding device further includes pressing means configured to press the holding portion to cause the first abutting surface to abut against the first surface and to cause the second abutting surface to abut against the second surface, and fixing means configured to cause the third abutting surface to abut against the third surface and to fix the holding portion to the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINE TOOL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoko Hirono, Noritaka Fujimura, Kazuyuki Ishizu
  • Patent number: 10090730
    Abstract: A linear actuator including an electric motor having a stator and a rotor, in addition to a screw drive having a spindle and a nut which is guided by the rolling element on the spindle and which is coupled to the rotor. The nut is mounted in a rotationally fixed manner on a housing component by a planetary roller bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Dietmar Rudy
  • Patent number: 10086439
    Abstract: Provided is a boring tool capable of suppressing wear of a cutting blade according to a shape of a bore to be formed in a workpiece. The tool includes a tool body to be attached to a spindle of a rotary machining tool, and a plurality of cartridges each attached to a leading end face of the tool body, having a cutting blade and being position-adjustable in a radial direction. The tool body has a coolant passage for transporting coolant along a rotational axis direction. A discharge hole for the coolant is comprised of a first discharge hole provided between the plurality of cartridges in a leading end face and a second discharge hole provided in an outer circumference of the tool body and directed toward the cutting edge of the cutting blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Daishowa Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tatsuya Ogata
  • Patent number: 10086441
    Abstract: To prevent a lowering of gripping force due to temperature changes, provided is a gripping mechanism including a plurality of chuck claws that, when having come close to each other, generate a gripping force on a gripped body; a chuck body that holds the plurality of chuck claws on a common planar surface, and moves them on the planar surface; and a plurality of chuck plates that, when each of the plurality of chuck claws grips the gripped body, are interposed between each of the plurality of chuck claws and the gripped body. A thermal expansion coefficient ?1 of the plurality of chuck claws, a thermal expansion coefficient ?2 of the plurality of chuck plates and a thermal expansion coefficient ?W of the gripped body have a relationship indicated by ?W<?1<?2??(Equation 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Kashiwagi, Tetsuya Otosaka
  • Patent number: 10086442
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new drill chuck that resolves the problem that the excessive clamping force of the existing drill chuck makes it inconvenient to open the drill chuck and easily damages the cutters. The new drill chuck comprises a front-body, an after-body, and clamping jaws, wherein a thread is provided on the clamping jaw, the after-body is provided with master gears, slave gears are provided between the clamping jaws and the after-body, the master gear fits with the slave gear, a thread is provided inside the slave gear, and the thread of the slave gear fits with the thread of the clamping jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: WEIHAI DAWANG HARDWARE PRODUCTS LIMITED
    Inventors: Yaoting Liu, Zuozi Yu
  • Patent number: 10081062
    Abstract: A cutting portion, which is rotatable in a direction of rotation about an axis of rotation, is disclosed. The cutting portion has an annular portion, one or more cutting elements which are disposed on a first end of the annular portion, and an insertion element which is disposed on the annular portion at an end that is remote from the cutting elements. The insertion element has at least one slit-shaped clearance with a cross-slit and a connecting slit, where the cross-slit is arranged perpendicularly in relation to the axis of rotation and is connected by way of the connecting slit to an upper edge of the insertion element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Matthaeus Hoop
  • Patent number: 10081086
    Abstract: A nozzle body wherein replacement with cutting tool is easy and oscillation is small, and machine tool to which nozzle body can be attached, machine tool being equipped with turret having simple construction. Nozzle body includes: a body; a shank that is attached to a main spindle of machine tool: shaft body that is provided in a protruding manner on shank and rotatably supported by the body; annular path that is provided on outer circumference of shaft body; a discharge orifice that is provided at the leading end of shaft body; a first path that is provided inside shaft body and provides communication between discharge orifice and annular path; detent that is provided to the body; and a second path that is provided to the body and opens into the detent, the second path communicating with the annular path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Fujio Kuyo, Kazuyuki Ishikawa, Jun Oshida
  • Patent number: 10081067
    Abstract: A tool that cuts a hole for a single or double electric gang” switch” box. By having four blades, all cutting at the same time and in the shape of the switch box, a more accurate and appropriately placed hole may be provided. The hole saw may be configured with two centering drills so the tool is guided into the cut. An eccentric drive mechanism converts a rotary drive into reciprocating movement of perpendicularly opposed pairs of blades to cut a rectangular opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Inventor: Frederick Vincent Caroprese
  • Patent number: 10076793
    Abstract: A drilling tool for producing drill holes includes a tip and a shaft arranged opposite the tip in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the drilling tool. The drilling tool has at least one geometrically defined cutting edge in the tip area, and has an expanded diameter trailing the tip in a longitudinal direction from the tip. The drilling tool has a first area with a first diameter that precedes the expanded diameter, and a second area with a second diameter, larger than the first diameter, that trails the expanded diameter. The drilling tool is distinguished in that the expanded diameter and/or the second area is/are embodied such that chips are produced in the area of the expanded diameter and/or in the second area when a workpiece is machined, chips consistent with those produced when a workpiece is machined with a geometrically undefined cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: MAPAL FABRIK FUR PRAZISIONSWERKZEUGE DR. KRESS KG
    Inventor: Dieter Kress
  • Patent number: 10071429
    Abstract: A magnet sensing portable autonomous device includes a platform. A plurality of wheel sets is coupled to the platform. A drive system is used for driving the plurality of wheels. An attachment mechanism is positioned on an underside of the platform for securing the device to a surface. A control board is used for controlling the operation of the device. In some embodiments, a drill spindle assembly is coupled to the platform. A drill feed assembly is coupled to the drill spindle assembly for raising and lowering the drill spindle assembly. A plurality of sensors are operable to sense one or more magnets disposed below the surface. A drive table is used for positioning the drill spindle assembly in an XY plane based on an output of said plurality of sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Noel A. Spishak, Charles M. Richards, Jeffrey M. Hansen, Stephen G. Moore, Dan D. Day
  • Patent number: 10065254
    Abstract: A cutter head (40) having cutting blade positioning slots (50, 52) wherein a portion of the positioning slots accommodate cutting blades (42) for right-hand cutting and another portion of the positioning slots accommodate cutting blades (46) for left-hand cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: THE GLEASON WORKS
    Inventor: Joseph A. Courtney
  • Patent number: 10064285
    Abstract: A drill bit for use in forming holes in a printed circuit board (PCB) is disclosed. The drill bit includes a drill bit body having: a drill bit tip at a first end of the drill bit body; a flute winding about the drill bit body in a helix, wherein a helix angle of the flute is between 44 and 46 degrees in the vicinity of the first end and increases with increasing distance from the first end to between 49 and 51 degrees; and a land width of between 0.08 and 0.1 millimeters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Perfect Point Precision Carbide Tools Inc.
    Inventor: Shane Hugh Stewart
  • Patent number: 10058927
    Abstract: A machine tool clamping device for releasably holding a tool holder having a tapered shank and a knob protruding from the tapered shank, the clamping device having: a spindle, rotatable about an axis, and having a tapered socket at a lower end thereof and an axial passage, the tapered socket being complementary in shape to the shank of a tool holder. Clamping members are pinned to the spindle and extend into the axial passage, the clamping members being pivotal between a clamped position in which the clamping members clamp the tool holder knob, and an unclamped position in which the clamping members release the tool holder knob. A drawbar is slidable within the spindle axial passage between the clamping members, the drawbar having a surface that acts to pivot the clamping members between the clamped and unclamped positions depending on the position of the drawbar within the axial passage. A spring is arranged between the drawbar and the spindle to bias the drawbar to the clamped position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Mince Master Inc.
    Inventor: Vladan Mihailovic