Patents Examined by Darrell C Ford
  • Patent number: 12379745
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pad for pressing a flexible display panel having at least one through hole to attach the flexible display panel to a cover glass. The pad includes a main body portion made of an elastic material. A surface of one side of the main body portion is a press surface for applying pressure to the flexible display panel. The main body portion is provided with at least one hollow structure, each hollow structure is provided with a first opening on the press surface, and each first opening corresponds to the at least one through hole of the flexible display panel. The embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a method for manufacturing a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shaokui Liu, Wei Qing, Xingguo Liu
  • Patent number: 12378064
    Abstract: A quasi-cylindrical cargo container is formed of a plurality of rigid, curved panels together forming first and second semi-cylindrical shells, and a plurality of rigid, flat extension panels bridging the first and second semi-cylindrical shells. A method of manufacturing the container includes forming the first and second semi-cylindrical shell from the curved panels, forming the quasi-cylindrical shell from the first and second semi-cylindrical shells and the flat extension panels, forming collars conformably encompassing the quasi-cylindrical shell, constricting the collars to compress joints formed at abutting edges of pairs of adjacent panels, rolling the shell and collars sequentially to bring the joints to a lower position, welding inside seams of the joints when at the lower position, removing the collars, rolling the shell sequentially to bring the joints to an upper position, and welding outside seams of the joints when at the upper position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Titan Trailers Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Kloepfer
  • Patent number: 12370637
    Abstract: A screw tightening system includes an actuator including a driver bit that rotationally drives a screw and a motor coupled with driver bit, and a controller that controls actuator. Controller includes an acquirer that acquires torque values of a torque generated in a motor, a calculator that calculates a standard deviation of the torque values in a temporary tightening period, and a determiner that determines that there is an abnormality when a ratio of the standard deviation to a reference standard deviation exceeds a first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shu Biwaki, Zhiqiang Liu, Masahiro Murai, Yuki Tsuchihashi
  • Patent number: 12367455
    Abstract: A member attachment support system is for supporting work of attaching a plurality of members to a device. The member attachment support system includes: an identification information storage unit provided for each of the plurality of members and configured to store identification information associated with an attachment position of each of the plurality of members; a terminal device configured to acquire the identification information from the identification information storage unit; and a display device configured to display a support image that indicates the attachment position corresponding to the identification information acquired by the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu Sekine, Hyota Abe, Yutaka Kano, Taiichi Mure, Tomoyuki Yamazaki, Toshiyuki Wada, Hiroto Akitaya
  • Patent number: 12365110
    Abstract: An automated wall frame assembly system for use in assembling a wall frame includes an advancer assembly including a conveyor system configured to transport first frame members along an assembly axis to an output of the conveyor system. A frame unit is disposed generally at the output of the conveyor system and is configured to receive the first frame members from the conveyor system and attach a second frame member to the first frame members. A gantry assembly is disposed above the advancer assembly. The gantry assembly includes a gantry frame and at least one gantry tool movably attached to the gantry frame. The gantry tool is operable to deliver the second frame member to the advancer assembly from a location above the advancer assembly for being attached to the first frame members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: MITEK HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Manish Kanjee, Cameron Wake, Ganesh Patgar, David Schroder, John Whitton
  • Patent number: 12359689
    Abstract: A screwboss including a base, a main body, an opening into an end of the main body, distal from the base for fixing a threaded fastener thereinto. The screwboss further includes at least one rib adjoining the base and the main body to support the main body in an upstanding position. At least one rib extends from the main body at a position offset from a radial line from a center axis of the opening and toward a tangent from the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies AG
    Inventors: Kacper Surowiak, Batlomiej Kaminski
  • Patent number: 12355318
    Abstract: An integrated motor disconnect tool is mounted at the base of a motor, which is operationally coupled to a gearbox. The tool facilitates the disconnection of the motor from the gearbox via a series of procedural steps. It features a collar flange with an interior surface concentric to the motor's neutral axis, and includes a set of extraction bolts inserted through apertures located on the top surface of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Inventor: Andrew Cardenas
  • Patent number: 12347578
    Abstract: Proposed is a device for assembling and disassembling a top nozzle of a nuclear fuel assembly wherein the top nozzle of the nuclear fuel assembly is assembled and disassembled with improved convenience, and the load value is measured to ensure stable operations without damaging components. To this end, the device includes a pedestal including a threaded hole through both sides, a screw bar screw-coupled to the threaded hole to reciprocate in a straight line, a top nozzle plate configured to be detachably coupled to the screw bar and to be able to be hooked by and coupled to the top nozzle of the nuclear fuel assembly, and a load cell provided between the top nozzle plate and the screw bar to measure a load value applied to the top nozzle plate hooked on the top nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Je Won Lee, Min Kyu Lee, Sung Jun Park
  • Patent number: 12339068
    Abstract: A method for forming an annular heat pipe wick in a controlled atmosphere includes wrapping a plurality of layers of a fine mesh screen around a mandrel to form a wick. The method also includes inserting the mandrel and the wick into a sheath, and compressing the wick between the sheath and the mandrel to form an assembly. The compressing of the wick comprises applying pressure to an exterior of the mandrel and the sheath. The method further includes diffusion bonding the assembly at a temperature sufficiently high achieving self-diffusion of the plurality of layers of the fine mesh screen used to form the wick to themselves. The method also includes cooling the diffusion bonded assembly to room temperature, and etching the mandrel and sheath from the diffusion bonded assembly, leaving the wick as a porous tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Stowers Reid, Morgan T. Biel, Lindsey M. Gaspar, Kirk Weisbrod, Katrina M. Sweetland, Robert A. Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 12330253
    Abstract: A control device of a processing machine controls a first drive source based on detection values from a first sensor so that a reference workpiece other than a workpiece is processed from a first direction by a tool into a prescribed target shape. The control device measures a shape of the reference workpiece based on a detection value from the first sensor at the time when contact in the first direction of a touch sensor with the processed reference workpiece by the touch sensor. The control device specifies a first deviation amount of a position of the tool in the X-direction based on a deviation amount in the first direction between the target shape and the measured shape, and corrects control for processing the workpiece based on the specified first deviation amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: SHIBAURA MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takanobu Akiyama
  • Patent number: 12316177
    Abstract: A method for repairing an electric generator having a rotor that rotates about a vertical axis, the rotor including a spider having a number of spider arms extending radially away from the axis, and a rim surrounding the spider. The weight of the rim is normally carried at least in part by rim support ledges of the spider arms. The method for repair includes supporting the rim from the top of the spider and thereby relieving some or all of the weight of the rim being supported by the rim support ledges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Electromechanical Engineering Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Sinkhorn, J. Barry Sargeant, Lauren Haley, Thomas Schildkamp
  • Patent number: 12311433
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (100) for manufacturing a fastening arrangement for fastening a collar to a tube. The method comprises the steps of providing a hollow tube (10), arranging said tube for receiving at least one forming punch (30) in the axial direction of the tube, punching the tube with a forming punch at an inner radial part of an edge portion (16) of the tube in the axial direction of the tube, locally reducing the tube thickness, so that the material being punched is plastically relocated in the axial direction, locally forming a snap portion (11) in the form of a flange (12) in the radial direction towards the hollow inside of the tube, providing a collar (20) configured to be arranged on the tube, wherein the collar comprises at least one receiving portion (21) arranged to receive said snap portion, and arranging the collar to the tube such that the snap portion engages with said receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: ROL AB
    Inventors: Stellan Ombäck, Fredrik Dahlberg
  • Patent number: 12296367
    Abstract: A method of handling components for a sheet extrusion system including the steps of: obtaining a carriage configured to support different components each making up a part of a sheet extrusion system; placing a first of the different components in a supported staging position on the carriage; and performing an operation on the first of the different components in the supported staging position to at least one of: a) transport the first of the different components; b) perform a maintenance step on the first of the different components; c) repair the first of the different components; or d) set the first of the different components up for installation. The method further includes the steps of: separating the first of the different components from the supported staging position on the carriage; and reconfiguring the carriage to maintain a second of the different components, that is different in configuration than the first of the different components, in a supported staging position on the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Processing Technologies International, LLC
    Inventors: Dana R. Hanson, Ryan E. Leopold
  • Patent number: 12286084
    Abstract: A Car Door Inner Handle Base Repair Method is a technique used to repair the fracture and separation of the welding post between the car door inner handle base and the inner door panel body without the need to replace the entire car door inner panel assembly. This method involves creating an identical repair component by copying the car door inner handle base. The repair component includes multiple corresponding through-posts, aligned with the welding posts of the damaged inner door panel body and the damaged car door inner handle base. To execute the repair, the damaged inner door panel body is drilled with holes corresponding to the through-posts, and the repair component's multiple through-posts are inserted into the corresponding holes on the damaged inner door panel, securing the repair component in place using locking mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: HUSHAN AUTOPARTS INC.
    Inventors: Ying-Chih Chen, Ching-Chiang Tsai, Chang-Sheng Su
  • Patent number: 12275161
    Abstract: A flange device and to a method for fastening a saw blade to a drive spindle of a sawing device. Among other things, the flange device includes a nut, which is arranged in a movable manner in an interior of a flange body, wherein, in a closed state of the flange device, the nut surrounds a central screwing device, which is guided in the drive spindle, for the purpose of fastening. A system for fastening a saw blade to a drive spindle of a sawing device, wherein the system has a flange device, and a sawing device and a central screwing device. The drive spindle of the sawing device can be pressed in the direction of the flange device by a spring, such that, in the closed state, it can be received by an interior of the nut of the flange device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Urs Zogg, Josef Schittl, Bruno Werder
  • Patent number: 12275056
    Abstract: A device for setting a temporary fastener. The temporary fastener includes a body with an expandable/retractable end and a rotary element capable of being driven in rotation so as to cause the expandable/retractable end to expand/retract. The device includes a support module that is able to house a temporary fastener and has a holder for holding the temporary fastening inside the module. The holder is movable between at least: a locking position in which the holder is deployed inside the module so as to cooperate with a temporary fastener placed in the module in order to prevent it from moving in translation inside the module, and a rest position in which the holder is retracted so as to allow a temporary fastener to pass through the module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: SETI-TEC
    Inventor: Sebastien Pereira-Santo
  • Patent number: 12264698
    Abstract: A cage nut fastener includes a nut and a spring cage comprised of a back wall with a wall aperture therethrough, first and second hooking arms disposed at opposite sides of the back wall, and one or more cage arms. At least one of the hooking arms includes a compressible lever, and each hooking arms terminates with an outwardly-oriented hooked portion at a front of the nut. The nut is retained at a caged location by at least the one or more cage arms and includes a nut aperture therethrough in alignment with the wall aperture of the back wall. Application of a compression force upon the lever, without the aid of tools, manipulates the spring cage to a compressed state that facilitates positioning of a distal end of one or both of the hooked portions through an aperture of a frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Jared Keith Davis
  • Patent number: 12253105
    Abstract: A method for securing a first part to a second part where the first part has a locking oblong hole. The method includes passing a locking threaded rod through the locking oblong hole and into the second part. The locking threaded rod is oversized with respect to a width of the locking oblong hole such that the locking threaded rod widens the locking oblong hole as the locking threaded rod is passing through the locking oblong hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Nicholas Morris, Raphael Thon, Philip Richardson
  • Patent number: 12247604
    Abstract: A method of installing a flow drill screw (FDS) into a substrate includes engaging the FDS with an automatic tool, operating the tool at a first setting to drive the FDS into the substrate by causing flow of the substrate to permit the FDS to penetrate the substrate, and switching the automatic tool from the first setting to a second setting in response to a controller analyzing axial acceleration data of the FDS. The first setting is configured to rotate the FDS at a first rotational speed and to apply a first axial feed force. The first setting is further configured to cause flow of the substrate to permit the FDS to penetrate the substrate. The second setting is configured to rotate the FDS at a second rotational speed and to apply a second axial feed force. The second rotational speed is less than the first rotational speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Atlas Copco IAS GmbH
    Inventors: Nicholas Dornik, Garret Sankey Huff, Amanda Kay Freis
  • Patent number: 12239859
    Abstract: A method of assembling a ratcheting strap adjuster comprises inserting a distal end of a rotation assembly through first and second apertures in respective first and second side plates of a frame, with a proximal end of the rotation assembly positioned proximate the first side plate and the distal end positioned proximate the second side plate. A captive member is movably connected to the second side plate proximate the distal end, wherein the captive member is movable between an engaging position and a releasing position, and wherein an engaging portion of the captive member is configured and arranged to selectively engage the distal end of the rotation assembly in the engaging position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Pure Safety Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Judd J. Perner, Genith D. Ponce, Luis D. Herrera