Patents Examined by Debra M Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11967795
    Abstract: The invention relates to a crimping pliers die (1) comprising two die half units (2, 3). The die half units (2, 3) are guided by a guide (51) relatively to each other over the crimping stroke. Crimping surfaces (40, 41) of the die halves (5) are formed by front surfaces of engaging ribs (37). Preferably, the guide (51) comprises a guiding rod (43) formed by an end-sided thickening (42) of a rib (37) and the guide (51) comprises a guiding recess (50) formed by a guiding recess section (45) which connects two ribs (37) to each other. The crimping pliers die (1) can be used for crimping pliers which can e. g. be used for crimping wire end sleeves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: WEZAG GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Glockseisen, Roman Zinser
  • Patent number: 11958097
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a metal profile blank configured as a hollow-chamber profile having at least one solid wall. A pressing tool is closed in a main direction about one end region of an element of the profile blank until surfaces of the pressing tool lie against a pair of surfaces of the profile blank to be calibrated, deforming and bending the at least one end region of the element. The pressing tool is closed in a secondary direction perpendicular to the main direction until surfaces of the pressing tool lie against surfaces of the at least one end region, and wedge-like limbs of a drive element of the pressing tool engage wedge-like dies of the pressing tool. The pressing tool is closed further in the secondary direction, subjecting the profile blank to plastic deformation so as to reduce or eliminate the bending of the end region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Frode Paulsen, Christian Handing
  • Patent number: 11952154
    Abstract: A binding machine includes: a wire feeding unit; a curl forming unit; a butting part; a cutting unit; and a binding unit. The binding unit includes: a rotary shaft; a wire engaging body configured to move in an axis direction of the rotary shaft and to engage the wire in a first operation area in the axis direction, and to move in the axis direction and to twist the wire in a second operation area in the axis direction; a rotation regulation part; and a tension applying part configured to perform, in the second operation area, an operation of applying tension on the wire engaged by the wire engaging body in the first operation area. The tension applied to the wire is equal to or larger than 10% and equal to or smaller than 50% with respect to a maximum tensile load of the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichirou Morimura, Yusuke Yoshida, Ichiro Kusakari, Osamu Itagaki, Shinpei Sugihara
  • Patent number: 11951526
    Abstract: A pressing step of forming a press-formed product includes: a primary formed product forming step of forming a primary formed product having an intermediate wall portion which will be a part of a convex-side wall part, and an intermediate flange continuous with the intermediate wall portion; and a secondary formed product forming step of forming a secondary formed product having a wall part which will be the convex-side wall part by extending at least a portion, on the intermediate wall portion side, of the intermediate flange formed in the primary formed product forming step such that the portion is aligned with the intermediate wall portion. In the primary formed product forming step, the intermediate wall portion is formed such that a boundary valley line between the intermediate wall portion and the intermediate flange is deeper at a large-curvature section than at a small-curvature section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOPRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaya Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11945020
    Abstract: A metal pipe having an outer diameter of 150 mm to 3,000 mm and a wall thickness of 2 mm to 50 mm, and a method for manufacturing the same. The method includes a pipe-end-portion expansion step of expanding pipe end portions that are located at both ends of a mother pipe and an internal pressure application step that is performed after the pipe-end-portion expansion step and in which the mother pipe is expanded by applying an internal pressure, p, to the entire interior of the mother pipe until the internal pressure, p (MPa), that corresponds to changes in an axial compression amount s (mm), the axial compression amount, s, representing an amount of compression in a pipe axial direction against pipe extreme ends which are the both ends of the mother pipe, becomes a preset maximum internal pressure pmax (MPa), and p and s satisfy a specified formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihide Matsumoto, Atsushi Matsumoto, Shinsuke Ide, Takatoshi Okabe
  • Patent number: 11931787
    Abstract: Solid metal protrusions are formed by the method including: clamping and fixing the metal workpiece between a support die and a pressure die; pressing end cross sections of two or more outer peripheral end parts of the metal workpiece fixed between the support die and the pressure die at a temperature lower than a softening point of a metal used as the metal workpiece from a direction perpendicular or oblique to an upright direction of the protrusions to be formed on one surface of the metal workpiece by press molding using a pressing die or a pressing jig; undergoing plastic flows of metal into through-holes formed as recessed parts that serve as female molds for forming the protrusions in at least one of the support die and the pressure die; and forming solid protrusions on the surface of the metal workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SEKI PRESS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masakatsu Seki
  • Patent number: 11931784
    Abstract: A rolling mill for solid elongated products, defining a rolling axis, including first and second rolling stations. Each station includes a load-bearing structure, a removable roll-holder cartridge with three rolling rolls movable radially and rotating around spaced rotational axes, and a roll having a vertical rotational axis. A system synchronizes mechanical adjustment of the rolls. Three actuators mount on the load-bearing structure; three gear motor groups connect to the rolls by single extensions. The second station rolls are rotated 60° from the first stations. The rolls with a vertical axis of the first and second stations are arranged on opposite sides of the rolling axis. All rolling stations allow lateral extraction of roll-holder cartridges from the same side of the rolling mill. The stations on the extraction side have actuators movable relative to the load-bearing structure. The stations with vertical rolls arranged on the opposite side have fixed actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SMS GROUP S.P.A.
    Inventors: Marcello Pacher, Nicola Maria Tuzio, Paolo Marin
  • Patent number: 11927024
    Abstract: A binding machine includes: a wire feeding unit configured to feed a wire; a curl forming unit configured to form a feeding path of the wire along which the wire fed in a first direction by the wire feeding unit is wound around an object; and a binding unit configured to twist the wire fed in first direction by the wire feeding unit and wound on the object. The wire feeding unit includes a pair of feeding members configured to sandwich the wire and to feed the wire by a rotating operation, and a feeding motor configured to drive the feeding members. The binding machine further includes a control unit configured to control the wire feeding unit. The control unit is configured to control the wire feeding unit to enable the wire sandwiched by the feeding members to be discharged from the feeding members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichirou Morimura, Yusuke Yoshida, Takahiro Ito, Hiroki Ishiguro
  • Patent number: 11919065
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for producing a hot forged material in air using a Ni-based superalloy for the die. Also described herein are methods for producing a hot forged material, by placing on a lower die a material for hot forging, of which part or all of the surface is coated with a glass-based lubricant, and pressing the material for hot forging with the lower die and an upper die, to form a hot forged material, wherein one or both of the lower die and the upper die are made of a Ni-based superalloy, and wherein the surface of the die in contact with the material for hot forging is coated with a glass-based lubricant containing SiO2 as a main component, in which the total content of alkali metal oxides is 0 to 10.0% in mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Shogo Suzuki, Tomonori Ueno
  • Patent number: 11911817
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming a part is provided, which includes a die. The die includes a round orifice, a central mandrel disposed within the round orifice, and a plurality of bridges and a corresponding plurality of portholes between the bridges. The bridges and the portholes extending around the central mandrel. A spacing of the bridges around the mandrel is non-equiangular. The die allows a material to be extruded through the die to form a round, closed geometry tube from the material such that the round, closed geometry tube has non-equiangular welds after emerging from the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Andrey M. Ilinich, Stephen Kernosky, Mark Stephen Salmonowicz, S. George Luckey, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11909159
    Abstract: The crimping plier of the present invention includes an abutting member, a crimping member, a crimping tooth member, a cover plate, and a driving mechanism. The abutting member has a crimping hole for placing the connection terminal. The crimping member is adjacent to the crimping hole, and one end of an elastic element abuts against the crimping member. The crimping tooth member is fixedly disposed on the crimping member. The cover plate is connected to the abutting member and covers the crimping member, and the cover plate is also in contact with the other end of the elastic element. The driving mechanism is in contact with the crimping member to push the crimping member and the crimping tooth member. When the crimping member and the crimping tooth member slide, the elastic element provides an elastic force between the crimping member and the cover plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Hanlong Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chien-Wei Huang
  • Patent number: 11904378
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for securing a tool (2), in particular a bending tool, comprising a receiving. space (4) for receiving an engaging part (5) of the tool and means (9) arranged in or close to the receiving space for locating and/or communicating with the tool. The device is further provided with a first protective layer (11) at least partially separating the locating and/or communication means from the receiving space. The tool can comprise a locating and/or communication element (14) which co-acts with the locating and/or communication means and which is closed off from the surrounding area by a second protective layer (15). The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing such a securing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Wila B. V.
    Inventors: Franciscus Wilhelmus Rouweler, Huub Hubertus Johannes Kienhuis
  • Patent number: 11905049
    Abstract: A binding machine is configured to feed a wire in a first direction, to curl the wire, to surround a to-be-bound object with the wire, to return the wire in a second direction opposite to the first direction, to wind the wire on the to-be-bound object, and to twist the wire, thereby binding the to-be-bound object. The binding machine includes: a main body; a reel accommodation unit; a wire feeding unit; a curl forming unit; a binding unit; a grip; a starter; and a feeding path. The reel accommodation unit is provided in the main body on an opposite side to the curl forming unit with respect to the starter, and the feeding path is provided with a load reducing part configured to reduce a load of the wire or the reel accommodation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yoshida, Kouichirou Morimura, Ichiro Kusakari
  • Patent number: 11904372
    Abstract: A side wall of a pipe is clamped by a first die and a second die to thereby clamp the pipe. The first die and the second die are made to approach each other while an end of the pipe is pressed toward the first die by the third die along a longitudinal direction of the pipe, to thereby form a spool between the first die and the second die. In a state where the spool is clamped by the first die and the second die, the third die is separated from the pipe along the longitudinal direction of the pipe so as to separate the second die and the third die from each other. Clamping of the pipe is released such that the first die and the second die separate from the side wall of the pipe, to thereby unclamp the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: FUTABA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mikuto Wakayama, Daisuke Izumikawa, Atsuya Hirade
  • Patent number: 11897219
    Abstract: An impact forming device and method for local small features on a metal thin-walled curved-surface part. The impact forming device includes impact forming dies, impact loading units and a forming supporting die, wherein the impact forming die is provided with an impact forming part, and the impact forming part is a convex part corresponding to a local small feature; the forming supporting die can support and fix a metal thin-walled curved-surface part without forming local small features, and the forming supporting die is provided with concave parts matched with the impact forming parts; and the impact loading unit includes a guide rail, an explosive ball and a detonating block, under the impact loading of the impact loading units, the impact forming parts can impact the metal thin-walled curved-surface part without forming local small features under the matching action of the concave parts to form the local small features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Dalian University of Technology
    Inventors: Zhubin He, Haihui Zhu
  • Patent number: 11897022
    Abstract: A fin according to the present disclosure is a corrugated fin formed of a metal plate by bending into a corrugated shape, and the corrugated fin includes peak portions extending in a first direction, valley portions extending in the first direction, and inclined portions connecting the peak portions and the valley portions adjacent to each other. The peak portions and the valley portions are alternately arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a thickness of the metal plate at each apex of the peak portions and the valley portions is larger than a thickness of the inclined portions of the metal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Kachi, Hisashi Kobayashi, Sachi Onaga, Kazuhiro Mitsukawa, Yoshinori Sakimoto, Taichi Asano, Kazutaka Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11897020
    Abstract: A reciprocating linear motion mechanism for a can body maker includes: a housing including an internal gear; a first rotation body; a first bearing connecting the housing and the first rotation body; a convex part protruding toward one side of an axis direction in the axis direction; a second rotation body including an external gear meshing with the internal gear; a recess recessed toward onside in the axis direction from a surface facing the other side of the second rotation body in the axis direction and into which the convex part is inserted; a second bearing connecting the convex part and the recess; and a ram shaft connection part connected to the second rotation body and moved linearly in a reciprocating manner, wherein the internal gear, the external gear, the recess, the second bearing, and the convex part overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: Universal Can Corporation, G&PInc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hanafusa, Naoyuki Yaguchi, Hideyuki Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 11896506
    Abstract: A mandrel for forming a stent with a tapered profile and one or more anti-migration features includes a first stent shaping segment having a first diameter, a second stent shaping segment having a second diameter less than the first diameter and a tapered segment disposed therebetween. A third stent shaping segment is releasably securable to the second stent shaping segment and has a third diameter greater than the second diameter. One or more movable pins are outwardly extendable from corresponding apertures formed within the tapered segment. An actuation element is engagable with the first stent shaping segment and includes a tapered surface configured to engage the one or more movable pins and support the one or more movable pins extended from the corresponding apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Keating, Martyn G. Folan, Thomas Holly, Anthony Creane, Paul E. Tierney
  • Patent number: 11898359
    Abstract: A binding machine includes: a wire feeder; a binding part configured to twist the wire wound around the object to be bound; a curl guide configured to curl the wire fed by the wire feeder; and an draw-in guide configured to guide the wire curled by the curl guide to the binding part, in which the draw-in guide includes a guiding facilitation part that comes into contact with the wire from a radially outer side of a loop that is formed by the wire curled by the curl guide, and applies, to the wire, a force that changes a feeding path of the wire, and a guiding concave portion, provided on a downstream side of the guiding facilitation part in a feeding direction of the wire, into which the wire, expanding toward the radially outer side of the loop, enters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yoshida, Shigeki Shindou, Kenichi Arai
  • Patent number: 11891822
    Abstract: A binding machine includes: a wire feeding unit configured to feed a wire; a curl forming unit configured to form a feeding path of the wire along which the wire fed in a first direction by the wire feeding unit is wound around an object; and a binding unit configured to twist the wire fed in first direction by the wire feeding unit and wound on the object. The wire feeding unit includes a pair of feeding members configured to sandwich the wire and to feed the wire by a rotating operation, and a feeding motor configured to drive the feeding members. The binding machine further includes a control unit configured to control the wire feeding unit. The control unit is configured to control the wire feeding unit to enable the wire sandwiched by the feeding members to be discharged from the feeding members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichirou Morimura, Yusuke Yoshida, Takahiro Ito, Hiroki Ishiguro