Patents Examined by Darrell C Ford
  • Patent number: 11840298
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for measuring and adjusting the parameters of the chassis geometry at a rear axle of a motor vehicle on a production line for the motor vehicle. Gripping and holding means for the rear axle and loading means for the rear axle are associated with the production line. According to the invention, a plurality of interchangeable frames is associated with the production line, and positioning means for positioning one of the interchangeable frames into a position for gripping the rear axle in the production process are associated with the production line. The gripping and holding means for the rear axle and the loading means for the rear axle are associated with the interchangeable frame in question. The interchangeable frames can thereby be matched to rear axles of different vehicle types, such that these different rear axles can be processed in one assembly line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: DURR ASSEMBLY PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Gerhard Heiduczek, Alexander Bauer, Ismail Kurt
  • Patent number: 11839911
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a perforated sheet which has at least one hole. The method includes introducing at least two spaced boreholes into a sheet, the at least two spaced boreholes being formed so that they each pass through a thickness of the sheet, introducing a continuous cut between the at least two spaced boreholes in the sheet, and bending open a section of the sheet which is adjacent to the continuous cut so as to form a hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: LUEBBERS FTS GMBH
    Inventor: Matthias Luebbers
  • Patent number: 11836019
    Abstract: An equipment rack that includes a modular compute chassis, a modular processing unit located in the modular compute chassis and where the modular processing unit is configured to remove from the front of the modular compute chassis in a frontward direction, relative to the front side of the modular compute chassis, and an air mover unit located in the modular processing unit and where the air mover unit is configured to remove from a rear side of the modular processing unit in a rearward direction, relative to the front side of modular compute chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Shawn Joel Dube, Robert Warren Johnson
  • Patent number: 11834324
    Abstract: A device and a method for manufacturing a pocket spring bed net. The device for manufacturing a pocket spring bed net includes a supply mechanism for providing sheet-like flexible materials; a spring string conveying mechanism with a first gap for clamping and conveying pocket spring strings; a glue spraying mechanism which sprays glue onto the sheet-like flexible materials and/or the pocket spring strings; and a pushing mechanism arranged in front of the spring string conveying mechanism and including at least one movable pushing and grasping component, where the pushing and grasping component pushes the sheet-like flexible materials and the pocket spring strings to be in contact with each other and bonded to form a pocket spring bed net. The embodiments improve the transportation cost and storage cost of pocket spring bed nets, and solve the problem that the pocket spring bed nets are difficult to compress and roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU LIANROU MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jie Liang, Zhiming Tan, Zhiliang Tan
  • Patent number: 11832843
    Abstract: An ultrasonic therapeutic apparatus includes a handle, a horn or concentrator section terminating in an operative tip, and a transducer assembly set disposed in the handle and operatively engaged with the horn or concentrator section for generating ultrasonic mechanical vibrations therein to vibrate the operative tip during contact thereof with target tissue at a surgical site in a patient. An electrical waveform generator is operatively connected to the transducer assembly for energizing the transducer assembly set with one or more predetermined time reversal ultrasonic waveforms that, upon being applied to the transducer assembly set, result in respective predetermined patterns of motion of the operative tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: MISONIX, LLC
    Inventor: Yegor Sinelnikov
  • Patent number: 11832639
    Abstract: Food process-line coating apparatus for coating a stream of food product in a food process line are provided with the improvement of a permanently-installed internal cleaning-fluid circuit and a plurality cleaning-fluid distribution devices. The cleaning-fluid distribution devices are any of a rotary spray head, a spherical spray nozzle, a rotary frame or a tubular (cylindrical) rotary manifold. The rotary spray head optionally has a multitude of flat spray nozzles mounted along the arms. The spherical spray nozzle might be mounted on a columnar base, and a plurality of those might stand like pickets and aimed a laterally-extending target, like a conveyor belt's nose roller. The rotary frame might have a spaced pair of parallel manifold tubes that rotate about a common axis. The tubular (cylindrical) rotary manifold preferably has a multitude of ports or nozzles distributed at spaced locations on its outer sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Robert G. Nothum, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11826068
    Abstract: A method is used to manufacture a surgical instrument including a first tube, and a second tube. The first tube extends from a proximal first end portion to a distal first end portion. The second tube extends from a proximal second end portion to a distal second end portion. The second tube is positioned coaxially within the first tube with the distal second end portion positioned adjacent to the distal first end portion. The second tube defines a lumen. The sensor is secured proximal to the distal second end portion of the second tube. A die is engaged against a distal first end portion of the first tube while first tube rotates about its own longitudinal axis; and the die is simultaneously moved relative to the distal first end portion of the first tube along a predetermined path to form a predetermined shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Acclarent, Inc.
    Inventors: Ehsan Shameli, Fatemeh Akbarian, Todd A. Veloni, Babak Ebrahimi
  • Patent number: 11808292
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a structural fastener includes a threaded rod coupler. The threaded rod coupler includes a split nut for coupling to the threaded rod. The threaded rod coupler further includes a housing connected to the structure coupler. The split nut may be received in the housing. The threaded rod coupler further includes first and second springs each coupled to and biasing corresponding one of first and second nut portions of the split nut toward one another. The present disclosure further provides a method of attaching a threaded rod to a structural component using a structural fastener. The method includes coupling a structural fastener to the structural component, sliding the threaded rod through a split nut of the structural component couple the rod to the structural fastener, and receiving springs secured in a nut arm of the split nut within a housing of the structural fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Lalit Khairnar, Martin Lee Witherbee, Amol Khalkar, Rajendra Vishwanath Pawar, Sayali Shridhar Dhale
  • Patent number: 11806253
    Abstract: A prosthesis device can include a socket or a kit for forming a socket having a lanyard suspension system. In one example, the lanyard suspension system includes a tightening device having a housing, and tightening the lanyard gathers a tensioning line portion of the lanyard into an interior of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Click Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph A Mahon, Nicholas E. Scoville, Simon T. Scoville, James A. Capra, Arni Thor
  • Patent number: 11802401
    Abstract: A swaged interface includes a male element that includes a male cavity defined by at least one male sidewall, and a plurality of first openings defined in the at least one male sidewall. The swaged interface also includes a female element that includes a female cavity defined by at least one female sidewall, and a plurality of second openings defined in the at least one female sidewall. The female element has an inner cross section sized to receive the male element such that each of the first openings is aligned with a respective one of the second openings. The inner cross section is formed by swaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: BULL MOOSE TUBE COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark Scott Abernathy, Jeffrey A. Packer
  • Patent number: 11802583
    Abstract: A family of rivets including both blind and bucked-type rivets made at least partially from an amorphous metal alloy. A blind rivet includes a head portion and a tail portion. At least one of the head portion and the tail portion is configured to elastically deform to secure a first member in position relative to a second member. The head portion and the tail portion may include one or more deformable legs having an interface feature configured to engage with one of the first member and the second member. A bucked-type rivet assembly includes a formable member and an anvil. The anvil is configured to thermoplastically deform the formable member proximate to the second member by passing current through an electrical circuit that includes at least one of the formable member and anvil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: LIQUIDMETAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Joseph W. Stevick
  • Patent number: 11796001
    Abstract: A method of forming a bearing cage segment includes punching a plurality of openings in a sheet metal band to form a plurality of pockets separated by a plurality of bridges, the bridges having a length direction transverse to a length direction of the band and having a width in the length direction of the band and having a thickness in a direction perpendicular the length direction and to the width, and laser cutting the sheet metal band along one of the plurality of bridges transversely to the length direction of the band to form a joint edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Friedrich, Norbert Huhn, Thomas Kettner, Manfred Mattes, Harald Metz, Achim Mueller, Alfred Radina, Jonas Schierling, Maximilian Soellner, Markus Volkmuth
  • Patent number: 11786998
    Abstract: The present application provides a pin shaft dismounting and mounting device, a frame body connecting structure and work machine. The pin shaft dismounting and mounting device for dismounting and mounting a pin shaft on a connecting seat, the pin shaft is provided with a through hole along the axial direction, and the device includes: a linear drive mechanism, including telescopic rods; and a pull rod configured to pass through the through hole, a first end of the pull rod being provided with an end cap structure, a connecting structure is disposed between a second end of the pull rod and an end portion of each telescopic rod. By the pin shaft dismounting and mounting device, a frame body connecting structure and work machine, the pin shaft may be dismounted and mounted conveniently and the problems of wear and deformation of the piston rod are solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Sany Intelligent Manufacturing Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nan Peng, Xiaohui Wei
  • Patent number: 11786959
    Abstract: A double-sided expanded plate riveting structure and a double-sided expanded plate riveting method are disclosed. By providing an upright portion, a bottom end of the upright portion is bent toward at least one side to form a folded portion, and at least one side of the folded portion partially extends beyond a plane corresponding to an outer side of an expanded structure for a press head to perform a pressing operation, which effectively avoids a bend and deformation of a double-sided expanded plate in the riveting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: HUIZHOU HANXU HARDWARE & PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsung-Hsien Huang
  • Patent number: 11772725
    Abstract: Processes for producing an electric vehicle include manufacture of a lower body skateboard platform including at least energy storage/conversion (batteries within a ladder frame), propulsion, suspension and wheels, steering, crash protection, and braking, and manufacture of a top hat upper portion including at least the vehicle cabin housing various interior components such as passenger seats, frame covers, and a roof headliner, together with steering and acceleration controls. The upper body portion and the lower body platform are manufactured separately in parallel and then merged, which allows for ease of manufacture and a more compact design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Canoo Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Faga, Ulrich Kranz, Steven Offutt
  • Patent number: 11772726
    Abstract: Methods for aiming a headlamp assembly of a vehicle having an aiming bracket and a sensor coupled to the aiming bracket. The method includes adjusting the aiming bracket such that an optical axis of the optical assembly inside of the headlamp assembly is parallel to a predetermined axis). The method further includes storing an output of the sensor when the optical axis is parallel to the predetermined axis. The method further includes installing the headlamp assembly into the vehicle. The method further includes adjusting the aiming bracket such that the output of the sensor equals the stored output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Alexander L. Paradis
  • Patent number: 11767072
    Abstract: A method for mounting vehicle elements of a motor vehicle rear end of a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle has a body on which a rear-end covering, rear lights and a trim are mounted. The mounting sequence is chosen in such a way that first of all the rear-end covering is arranged and fastened on the body, then the rear lights are arranged with orientation on the rear-end covering and then the trim is arranged with orientation on the rear-end covering and on the rear lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventor: Thomas Weiß
  • Patent number: 11761489
    Abstract: A gear-tooth system can be produced on a component of a shaft/hub connection. The component can have a first axis of rotation and a gear-tooth system; wherein the gear-tooth system of the component comprises a plurality of teeth, disposed next to one another along a circumference direction, wherein a tooth interstice is disposed between two teeth, in each instance, and each tooth has a head region and a flank region, in each instance, between head region and a foot region disposed in the tooth interstice, wherein the tooth interstice has a tooth gap width in the flank region; wherein the gear-tooth system has at least a first region and subsequently a second region along an axial direction parallel to the first axis of rotation; wherein the first region has a first tooth gap width and the second region has a second tooth gap width, which is less in comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: GKN Driveline Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Carstensen, Artur Mattheis, Sven Krämer
  • Patent number: 11759841
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for producing a overlapping connection, in which at least two overlapping components are connected to one another via a folded flange, with a first edge of a first component being folded over a second edge of a second component to form the folded flange, along with a body component that includes such an overlapping connection for a vehicle and a stamping tool for such a body component. According to the disclosure at least one connection region is formed on the folded flange, in which the stamping tool stamps the first component through the second component at least one stamping point, with displaced material of the first component passing into the second component and producing a positive connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Thomas Guldi, Timo Englert
  • Patent number: 11754102
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a common connecting opening in two components, at least one of which is made from a plastically deformable material. In the method, at least the edge region of a first prefabricated opening of the first component is softened in order subsequently to introduce a mandrel which displaces the material softened by the heating so that a common connecting opening having a predetermined diameter is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Alexei Vichniakov, Nico Pahmeyer