Patents Examined by Debra M Sullivan
  • Patent number: 12370595
    Abstract: A manufacturing a container makes it possible to easily manufacture a container including a body portion with a shape that expands outward toward an upper face side. A method for manufacturing a container according to the disclosure is a method for manufacturing a container made of metal, including a bottom portion and a body portion, open on the upper face side, and having a shape in which the body portion expands outward toward the upper face side. The method includes a bottom drawing step of reducing a diameter of a cup body made of metal and having a bottomed cylindrical shape by operating a diameter reducing die having a hole portion with a smaller diameter than an outer diameter of the cup body along a cylindrical axis direction from a bottom side, in which the bottom drawing step is repeated a plurality of times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Murase, Shouta Tanaka, Nobuhiro Sasajima, Erika Sato
  • Patent number: 12365018
    Abstract: A clamping system for a press brake includes an elongate beam having a receiving space for receiving a part of a bending tool, and a clamping element movable between a first position in which it may engage on the bending tool for clamping it in the receiving space, and a second position for releasing the bending tool. The clamping system includes a pressure chamber fillable with a fluid, and an actuating member for driving the engaging element in accordance with a pressure of the fluid in the pressure chamber. The pressure chamber or a cavity housing the pressure chamber is integrally formed in the elongate beam. A press brake comprising such a clamping system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: WILA B.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Jan Herbert Jansen, Dennis Hermanus Johannes Rouhof
  • Patent number: 12354765
    Abstract: A method and a device twist single cables about a twisting axis. The single cables each run along a cable axis and have wires, which are twisted in a strand twisting direction to form a strand, and also each have a first cable end and a second cable end. The first cable ends are held separately by a single rotating unit in each case. The second cable ends are held by a twisting unit. The second cable ends are rotated jointly about the twisting axis counter to the strand twisting direction to produce a twisted cable bundle. During the joint rotation, the first cable ends are rotated separately about a cable axis of the respective single cable, in the same rotation direction as the joint rotation. The single cables are each relieved of torsion thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: komax Holding AG
    Inventors: Cassian Straessle, Dominik Staubli, Jan Lochmatter
  • Patent number: 12350732
    Abstract: A method for producing a sintered part, having at least the following steps: a) providing a sintered part, said sintered part having a first end face, a second end face arranged at a distance from the first end face in an axial direction, and a circumferential surface between the end faces; b) arranging the sintered part in a tool; c) applying a first pressure force, which acts on the end faces at least in the axial direction, to the sintered part by means of the tool; and d) applying a second pressure force, which acts on the circumferential surface at least in a radial direction, to the sintered part, wherein the sintered part is reshaped at least by the second pressure force, or mechanically processing the sintered part. Steps c) and d) are carried out at least partly simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Schmitt, Christian Siegert, Maurits van de Velde, Stefan Tiller
  • Patent number: 12341146
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing a rechargeable battery case, the apparatus comprising: a punch which presses an object; a die which comprises an extrusion part for extruding the pressed object, wherein, when the punch presses the object such that the object enters the extrusion part, the die is elastically deformed so that the width of the extrusion part is increased, and when the punch continues to press the object such that the object is separated from the extrusion part, the die is elastically deformed so that the width of the extrusion part is restored to an initial value; and a knockout unit which is raised through the extrusion part of the die, has the object seated thereon, raises or lowers the object, and raises the object when the object interferes with the die such that the punch and the object are separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: SANGSINEDP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Young Seo, Byeong Cheol Min, Jung Hun Min
  • Patent number: 12330197
    Abstract: A large-scale axle intelligent cross wedge rolling mill for rail transit includes a main transmission device, a memorial arch unit, two worm-gear pressing devices, a roll assembly and two guide devices. The separation sleeves are engaged with the upper slide shaft and the lower slide shaft, respectively. Two lower shaft necks are detachably connected with the left end surface and the right end surface of the lower roller, respectively; two upper shaft necks are detachably connected with the left end surface and the right end surface of the upper roller, respectively, so that the quick disconnection of the upper and lower rollers with the upper and lower shaft necks is able to be achieved, so as to quickly operate and install the roll to meet the requirement of quick mold replacement, thus improving the flexibility of rolling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Zhibing Chu, Baoyu Wang, Zhongkai Ren, Shulin Li, Yugui Li, Xinliang Zhou, Xianan Huang, Junsheng Xu, Jianxin Qin, Yafeng Ji, Jinping Liu
  • Patent number: 12325057
    Abstract: A clamping system for a press brake includes an elongate beam having a receiving space for receiving a part of a bending tool and a clamping element. The clamping element is movable between a first position, in which it may engage on the bending tool for clamping it in the receiving space, and a second position for releasing the bending tool. The system includes an actuating member for displacing the clamping element, the actuating member being movable between an active position in which it urges the clamping element towards the first position, and an inactive position in which it allows the clamping element to move to the second position. The clamping system includes a first biasing member acting on the actuating member for biasing the actuating member towards its inactive position. A press brake including such a clamping system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: WILA B.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Jan Herbert Jansen, Dennis Hermanus Johannes Rouhof
  • Patent number: 12318599
    Abstract: Methods and devices for bending a needle are provided. A device embodiment can include a needle bending apparatus for imparting a bend in a needle when a needle is received therein. The needle bending apparatus may include a housing having an aperture for receiving a shaft of a needle; and at least one abutment member comprising a needle interfacing surface for supporting a portion of the needle and providing a surface upon which the needle may be bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED, PANJCORP, LLC
    Inventors: Hess Amir Panjeton, Geoffrey Danial Panjeton
  • Patent number: 12318834
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preventing shape changes in metal coils, in particular for preventing a collapsing of newly wound hot coils. In the method, a metal coil, in particular a newly wound hot coil, is rotated about its longitudinal axis intermittently in a first rotational direction and then rotated back in a second opposing rotational direction, or further rotated in the first rotational direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Hofer, Lukas Pichler, Christoph Salzmann, Alois Seilinger, Olaf Silbermann
  • Patent number: 12318826
    Abstract: A cold-rolled steel strip manufacturing facility includes: a joining device configured to join a trailing end of a preceding steel strip and a leading end of a following steel strip to form a joined steel strip; a looper configured to store the joined steel strip; a heating device configured to heat a joint portion between the preceding steel strip and the following steel strip over an entire width direction; and a cold rolling mill configured to cold-roll the joined steel strip for which the joint portion was heated by the heating device, wherein the heating device is switchable between an output state and a non-output state, and during a period in which the joint portion passes through the heating device, is switched to the output state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukihiro Matsubara, Daiki Hioka, Noriki Fujita, Tetsuya Arakawa, Masaki Hirai
  • Patent number: 12318835
    Abstract: A seaming device includes a seaming head for fixing the lid to the container, first and second seaming rollers and a rotary drive. The seaming head is arranged between the first and second seaming rollers such that the container with the lid is fixed centered between the first and second seaming rollers in the operating state. The rotary drive is drive-connected to the first and second seaming rollers, the first and second seaming rollers rotated about the seaming head by the rotary drive, so that, in the operating state, the first and second seaming rollers are moved along a circumference of the container immovably fixed by the seaming head, and a container flange of the container are seamed with a lid flange of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Ferrum Packaging AG
    Inventor: Günter Hell
  • Patent number: 12280414
    Abstract: A stamping assembly includes an upper die, a lower die, first pins and second pins. Each of the upper and lower dies has columns of depressions and columns of guiding holes. Each column of the guiding holes is disposed between two adjacent columns of the depressions. The depressions of one of the upper and lower dies are registered with the guiding holes of another one of the upper and lower dies. The first pins and second pins are respectively positioned in the guiding holes of the upper and lower dies and extend outwardly. The first pins and the second pins are respectively arranged into first and second matrices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignees: NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, CERAM ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sea-Fue Wang, Fan-Ping Chen, Hsi-Chuan Lu
  • Patent number: 12275054
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a metal part (10), is described said part extending in a first direction (Y) and having a section comprising a central member (14) and at least a first side member (16) extending in a second direction. The process comprises the following steps: supply of a metal blank (30); removing material from the blank so as to form an intermediate part (32) comprising the central member (14), a junction zone (12) and at least first (116) and second (118) intermediate side members, with a space (34) between the first and second intermediate side members; and hot forming (104) the intermediate part, including spreading the first and second intermediate side members apart by inserting a first punch (212) between said members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Creuzet Aeronautique
    Inventors: Cyril Vergine, Bernard Costeplane
  • Patent number: 12275051
    Abstract: This application discloses a stamping device and a multi-lane shell stamping system, and the stamping device is used for simultaneous stamping of multiple shells, comprising a plurality of stamping die sets arranged in an array. Each stamping die set comprises an upper die and a lower die. The upper die is integrally formed, and the outer diameter of the upper die is larger than that of the lower die, and the bottom edge of the upper die forms a locating part for the curling of the shell to be processed. The present invention eliminates the movable locating cup, which can avoid the difficulty of mounting and dismounting the die due to the compact six-lane structure. At the same time, it adopts the method of directly increasing the diameter of the upper die, which not only avoids the mounting and dismounting of the locating cup, but also realizes the locating effect of the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: SUZHOU SLAC PRECISION EQUIPMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bingsheng Wang, Kang Xiong, Yao Yao, Shichao Shao, Donghai Yang, Xuejing Zhang
  • Patent number: 12263516
    Abstract: A hot press apparatus includes a first die part 2 and a second die part 3, and a control unit 9. At least one of the first and second die parts 2 and 3 includes a recess 3a in the surface facing the other die part in the direction of pressing. A movable die part 4 is provided in the recess 3a. The control unit 9 controls the movable die part 4 such that the bottom-dead-center holding period, for which the first and second die parts 2 and 3 are at the bottom-dead center, includes an abutment period for which the movable die part 4 abuts the metal sheet B and a non-abutment period for which the movable die part does not abut the metal sheet B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Uenishi, Toshiya Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12252356
    Abstract: A collision-proof spring transfer takes place in the process, which comprises a continuous transfer of coil springs from the pipeline through an exit opening of the pipeline into assigned spring receptacles, and an automatic prevention of any re-entry of coil springs that have passed through the exit opening in the direction of the spring receptacle and rebound from the region of the spring receptacle back into the pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: WAFIOS Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Walz, Frank Weiblen, Stefan Fries, Michael Sosnowski, Felix Meyer
  • Patent number: 12251748
    Abstract: A process is provided for making bulk textured material sheeting. As a continuous supply of flat material sheeting is fed, the sheeting is repeatedly impacted with toothed knives, each knife creating a row of raised and generally pointed structures on the sheeting to texture the sheeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Gripmetal Limited
    Inventors: Ray Arbesman, Nghi Pham, Winston Mackelvie
  • Patent number: 12246373
    Abstract: An object is to provide a wire straightening device and a wire straightening method, with which it is possible to automatically set the roller spacing in accordance with the type of the wire and to further adjust the roller spacing during operation. A wire straightening device (20) includes a preset value obtaining device that obtains a preset value of roller spacing, which is predetermined for each type of wire (2); a roller spacing automatic setting device that drives an actuator (26a) so that the roller spacing becomes equal to the preset value when the type of the wire (2) is input; and a roller spacing changing device that changes the roller spacing based on an operation by the operator while retaining the preset value during operation of a wire processing device (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Shinmaywa Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Oshima
  • Patent number: 12240027
    Abstract: A press brake includes elevating members each provided to respective one of a pair of support blocks so as to be able to ascend and descend, and extending vertically. A ball screw is provided to a first elevating member so as to be rotatable, and a nut member to be screwed into the ball screw is provided to a first support block. One end side of a stretch in the lateral direction is connected to an upper end portion of the first elevating member, and the other end side of the stretch in the lateral direction is connected, so as to be rotationally movable, to an upper end portion of a second elevating member. A support mechanism for supporting the stretch from below is provided to the first elevating member, and an abutting member is provided to the stretch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: AMADA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shogo Akiyama
  • Patent number: 12233423
    Abstract: The present invention provides a grinding and shaping method using a vertical grinding mill. The grinding and shaping method comprises selecting a vertical grinding mill with thread pitch/diameter ratio of a spiral rotor; selecting the grade of a grinding medium and determining a filling factor and adding the grinding medium into a grinding chamber of the vertical grinding mill; sequentially initiating a dust collector, an air blowing device, a driving device and a feeding device; adjusting rotation speed of the spiral rotor; feeding a raw material into the feeding port at an upper end of the grinding chamber; initiating a discharging device, and discharging the raw material from a discharging port; wherein when selecting the vertical grinding mill, the thread pitch/diameter ratio of the spiral rotor is determined according to the Mohs hardness of the raw material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Inventor: Zhisheng Sun