Patents Examined by Daniel Jeremy Leeds
  • Patent number: 11845173
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting and acting on bind-up conditions of a power tool. The power tool includes a housing, a motor, a battery pack, and a motion sensor configured to sense rotational motion of the housing. An electronic controller is connected to the motor, the battery pack, and the motion sensor. The electronic controller is configured to determine whether a battery fetting event is occurring and adjust a rotational motion threshold used to determine a bind-up event based on the battery fetting event. The electronic controller is further configured to receive, from the motion sensor, a first signal associated with a rotational motion of the housing, compare a value based on the signal to the rotational motion threshold, and initiate, in response to the value being greater than or equal to the rotational motion threshold, a protective operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Abbott, Maxwell L. Merget, Carter H. Ypma
  • Patent number: 11845174
    Abstract: A rotating power tool assembly includes a rotating power base and a modular drive head. The rotating power base may be configured to rotate a spindle, and the modular drive head may be configured to be detachably coupled to the rotating power base. The modular drive head may comprise a torque control clutch, a working tip, and a torque value indicia. The torque control clutch may be non-adjustably structured to implement a torque limiting slip event that prevents the working tip from further rotation, despite continued rotation of the spindle, in response to the working tip being subjected to torque in excess of a discrete torque value. The torque value indicia may be externally visible and may comprise a visible characteristic that correlates to the discrete torque value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: APEX BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Rolf Reitz de Swardt, John Fiumefreddo
  • Patent number: 11839962
    Abstract: Rotary tools for operating on energized power lines are described herein. The rotary tool may be used to manipulate wire ties wrapped around the conductors and to clean the conductors. The rotary tool may comprise a planetary gear set. A ring gear may comprise a receiving portion through which an end of the wire tie is received and, as the ring gear rotates, the wire tie is fed through the receiving portion and unwound about the conductor. A spring-loaded rod assembly may also be used, having a rod that is kept proximal to the conductor by the spring. The rod may be inserted between the conductor and the wire tie and rotated along with the ring gear to unwind the wire tie. The rod may comprise wire bristles to abrade corrosive material off the conductor. The rotary tool may be remotely operated by a robotic unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Altec Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Nichols
  • Patent number: 11819968
    Abstract: A rotary hammer includes a housing, a first motor supported by the housing and defining a first motor axis, a second motor supported by the housing and defining a second motor axis that is coaxial with the first motor axis, and a spindle coupled to the first motor for receiving torque from the first motor, causing the spindle to rotate. The rotary hammer further includes a reciprocation mechanism operable to create a variable pressure air spring within the spindle. The reciprocation mechanism includes a piston configured to reciprocate within the spindle in response to receiving torque from the second motor, a striker that is selectively reciprocable within the spindle in response to reciprocation of the piston, and an anvil that is impacted by the striker when the striker reciprocates towards the tool bit. The anvil imparts axial impacts to the tool bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyle Greunke, Andrew D. Van Hoorn, Kevin A. McLachlan, Julia C. Marsh, Mauricio Builes Zapata, Daryl S. Richards, Beth E. Cholst, Jeffery D. Spraggon
  • Patent number: 11819972
    Abstract: A pneumatic machine tool comprises a handle with one end being a first pivot connecting end, and a tool head. The handle comprises a main flow channel extending to the first pivot connecting end, and a switch assembly provided in the main flow channel. The tool head comprises a main body, a tool driving assembly disposed in the main body, and two pivot connecting arms formed on the main body and disposed side by side. The two pivot connecting arms are served as a second pivot connecting. The main body is formed with a chamber provided for disposing the tool driving assembly, and at least one secondary flow channel communicating with the chamber and extending to the two pivot connecting arms. The pivot shaft comprises a transfer flow channel and two transfer ports communicating with the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: DIN LONG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jung-Fu Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11787009
    Abstract: An electric tool includes an output member, a motor, and a housing. The motor includes a rotor shaft, a rotor core, and a stator component. The rotor shaft is configured to rotate around a first axis. The stator component includes a coil winding. The stator component surrounds the first axis to separate the accommodation cavity into a first space and a second space. The first space includes a first end and a second end. The motor further includes a first end cover and a second end cover. The first end cover is disposed at the first end of the first space. The second end cover is disposed at the second end of the first space. A passage is formed between the second end cover and a structure surrounding the first space, and the passage is configured to place the first space into communication with the second space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yanfeng Fan, Haijing Wang, Baoshan Li, Guoming Tong, Tao Tao, Xiang Zhao
  • Patent number: 11779416
    Abstract: An instrument drive assembly for use with a surgical instrument includes a housing assembly supporting a drive assembly therein, a coupling tube supported at a distal end of the housing assembly and extending distally therefrom, a coupling assembly, and a retention mechanism. The coupling assembly is supported in the housing assembly and is configured to releasably couple to an instrument drive shaft of the surgical instrument, and the retention mechanism is configured to releasably couple to an instrument sleeve of the surgical instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Zachary Traina, Josiah Rosmarin
  • Patent number: 11780070
    Abstract: An electric power tool includes a motor, a driving side member, and a driven side member. The driving side member and the driven side member have mutually opposed surfaces. A plurality of cam teeth are respectively disposed on concentric circles on the opposed surfaces. The plurality of cam teeth have meshing surfaces inclined at predetermined lead angles. A torque limiter is formed to disengage the engagement of the meshing surfaces of the cam teeth by moving the one member in a separation direction from the other member when load of the driven side member increases. The respective cam teeth are formed such that the lead angles of the meshing surfaces are different between a forward rotation side and a reverse rotation side. A transmission torque transmitted from the driving side member to the driven side member is equal between the forward rotation and the reverse rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Machida, Hitoshi Iida, Taro Hisano
  • Patent number: 11780069
    Abstract: A dust collecting system includes a power tool and a dust collector. The power tool is configured to perform processing operation on a workpiece by driving a tool accessory. The dust collector is configured to collect dust generated by the processing operation. The power tool includes a first motor and a driving mechanism configured to drive the tool accessory by power of the first motor. The dust collector includes a second motor and a fan configured to be rotationally driven by the second motor to generate air flow for collecting dust. The dust collecting system includes a first control device configured to control a rotation speed of the second motor according to a driving state of the power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Iida, Yoshiro Tada, Hideki Tsuji, Taro Hisano
  • Patent number: 11772253
    Abstract: A portable power tool has a drive unit for rotationally driving a tool receptacle about an axis of rotation, the drive unit having at least one drive motor and a shiftable transmission, which is arranged in a transmission housing with an at least partially sleeve-like clutch housing and a transmission cover fastened thereto. The tool includes a shifting element for shifting the shiftable transmission between at least two different gears, and a locking sleeve for locking the shifting element in at least a first and a second shifting position is arranged in the clutch housing. The shiftable transmission forms, at least in the first shifting position, a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation in which the locking sleeve is arranged at least regionally between the transmission cover and the shifting element and the shifting element is arranged at least regionally between the locking sleeve and the clutch housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Windsheimer, Suresh Subramaniam, Thomas Hampel
  • Patent number: 11758912
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to packaging equipment for continuous automatic net sleeving of a casing, a shirring machine and a packaging method. The packaging equipment is provided with a shuttle; a first gripper, capable of being opened or closed to release or clamp and fix the shuttle; a second gripper, capable of driving an open end of the net bag to make reciprocating motion between a first position and a second position on the shuttle when being closed, and capable of allowing the net bag to move freely in a net bag conveying direction when being opened; a third gripper, configured to clamp the open end of the net bag and pull the net bag to sleeve a whole shirred casing in a penetrating mode; and a fourth gripper, configured to pull the net bag, and designed to be capable of moving with the third gripper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: FOSHAN VEHICIAN INTELLIGENT EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shaonan Mo, Guangmeng Chen, Yanlin Qin, Shibao Shi
  • Patent number: 11759928
    Abstract: A driving tool comprises a displacement allowing mechanism that allows a wheel to be displaced in a radial direction of a rotation shaft. The driving tool further comprises a displacement restricting mechanism that restricts the wheel from being displaced in the radial direction of the rotation shaft. When a driver is to start being moved upwards by an engagement of a first engagement portion with an engaged portion by rotation of the wheel, a displacement restriction state of the wheel caused by the displacement restricting mechanism is released, allowing an entirety of the wheel to be displaceable in the radial direction of the rotation shaft due to the displacement allowing mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun Kuriki, Norikazu Baba
  • Patent number: 11738438
    Abstract: A machine tool device includes at least one drive train unit including at least one gear shift element and which has at least two different rotational direction modes and at least two different speed modes, and with at least one switching unit arranged at least partially on the drive train unit. The switching unit comprises at least one actuating element, which is configured to select the rotational direction modes and the speed modes, and at least one switching element, which is configured to switch between the modes of rotation depending on a switching position of the actuating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Hiller, Andras Vigh, Janos Soltesz, Ulrich Bohne
  • Patent number: 11738441
    Abstract: A power tool includes a motor including a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator about a rotation axis, a gear drivable in response to rotation of the rotor, a motor compartment accommodating the motor, a rear cover covering a rear opening in the motor compartment, a gear case accommodating the gear and covering a front opening in the motor compartment, a first screw fastening the rear cover and the motor compartment together, and a second screw fastening the motor compartment and the gear case together, and at a different position from the first screw in a plane orthogonal to the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kihiro Kusumoto, Kenji Abe
  • Patent number: 11724347
    Abstract: A dust shroud assembly releasably attachable to the working end of a chipping hammer includes a chipping hammer bit chamber having a vacuum port extending exteriorly therefrom, an end cap releasably attachable to a distal end of the chipping hammer bit chamber, a dust shroud sleeve slidingly contained within an interior of the chipping hammer bit chamber, and an attachment collar for releasably attaching a proximal end of the chipping hammer bit chamber to the working end of a conventional chipping hammer device about a quick change chipping hammer drill chuck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventor: Kraig D. Nichols, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11701116
    Abstract: A surgical tool comprising a drive housing having a first end and a second end, a spline extending between the first and second ends and being rotatably coupled to the first end at a drive input, a drive gear coupled to and rotatable with the spline, a carriage movably mounted to the spline and housing an activating mechanism operatively coupled to the drive gear such that rotation of the spline actuates the activating mechanism, and a bailout mechanism arranged at the second end. The bailout mechanism may include a lever that is movable relative to the spline, from a first position, where the spline is disengaged from the lever, to a second position, where the spline engages the lever such that rotation of the lever correspondingly rotates the spline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Andrew T. Beckman, Charles J. Scheib, Neil Markwardt, Robert Decou
  • Patent number: 11691262
    Abstract: An electric power tool includes a housing, a fan, a tubular portion, and a rectifier. The housing houses a motor. The fan rotates in association with driving of the motor to generate a cooling air for the motor within the housing. The tubular portion is formed in the housing to house the fan. The rectifier is disposed to be opposed to the fan in an upstream side of the cooling air. The rectifier is divided into an inside and an outside in a radial direction of the tubular portion, the outside in the radial direction is formed of the tubular portion, and the inside in the radial direction is formed of a baffle plate assembled to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumitoshi Numata
  • Patent number: 11690618
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a power pack, an outer shell housing configured to selectively encase the power pack, and an adapter assembly configured to selectively couple the outer shell housing to a loading unit. The outer shell housing includes a motor and a drive shaft coupled to and rotatable by the motor. The outer shell housing includes a drive member supported in a distal portion thereof. The drive member is configured to selectively couple to the drive shaft. The adapter assembly has a drive member supported in its proximal end. The drive member of the adapter assembly is configured to selectively couple to the drive member of the outer shell housing such that rotation of the drive shaft actuates movement of the drive member of the adapter assembly via the drive member of the outer shell housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Matthew Chowaniec
  • Patent number: 11678876
    Abstract: A method for deforming a staple comprising a base, a first staple leg, and a second staple leg, wherein the base, the first staple leg, and the second staple leg are positioned within a common plane prior to being deformed, the method comprising positioning the first staple leg within a first cup of a staple pocket, the first cup comprising a first inner surface, applying a first compressive force to the first staple leg to bend the first staple leg toward the base and the second staple leg, contacting the first inner surface with the end of the first staple leg to bend the end of the first staple leg toward a first side of the base, and deforming the first staple leg such that the end of the first staple leg crosses a mid-line of the staple defined between the first staple leg and the second staple leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hess, Jerome R. Morgan, William B. Weisenburgh, II, James W. Voegele, Mark S. Ortiz, Michael J. Stokes, Carl J. Shurtleff, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jeffrey S. Swayze
  • Patent number: 11679485
    Abstract: Disclosed is an instrument assembly for performing a procedure. The instrument assembly may include a powered motor for moving, such as rotating, a tool tip. The instrument assembly may include a transmission or a gear assembly to provide varying speed and/or torque to the tool tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Schwamb