Patents Examined by Debra Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10094127
    Abstract: A reinforcing bar binding machine is provided with a cutting die having a wire through hole which penetrates through the die along a direction in which a wire is fed out, a blade portion adapted to move along an open plane of an opening at one end of the wire through hole to cut a terminating end portion of the wire which has passed through the wire through hole and an engagement portion adapted to be brought into engagement with a portion of the wire which lies in the vicinity of the terminating end portion thereof when the blade portion is rotated so as to bend to hold the portion lying in the vicinity of the terminating end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ichiro Kusakari, Akira Kasahara
  • Patent number: 10092939
    Abstract: A spinning forming device according to one aspect, a receiving jig supporting a central portion of a plate to be formed is attached to a rotating shaft, and a transform target portion of the plate is pressed by a processing tool and locally heated by a heater that performs induction heating. The heater includes an electric conducting pipe in which a cooling liquid flows. The electric conducting pipe includes: a coil portion extending in a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft and having a doubled circular-arc shape facing the plate; and a pair of lead portions extending from the coil portion outward in a radial direction of the rotating shaft. Each of the pair of lead portions is retreated father away from the plate than the coil portion at its end portion adjacent to the coil portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto Sakane, Yoshihide Imamura, Kohei Mikami, Hayato Iwasaki, Hiroshi Kitano
  • Patent number: 10086424
    Abstract: An assembly for removably securing a tool to an industrial machine. The assembly includes an assembly base portion that may be removably secured to the industrial machine. A tool main body may be integrated with the assembly base portion. A tool attachment unit is provided to transition the assembly between a secured configuration and an unsecured configuration. The tool main body is securely fixed to the assembly base portion in the secure configuration. The tool main body is separable from the assembly base portion in the unsecured configuration. The assembly base portion and the tool attachment unit are configured to accommodate a variety of different tool main bodies according to a desired application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: ADMC HOLDING, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Ian Carruthers
  • Patent number: 10086418
    Abstract: There are provided a shape-correcting and rolling method and a shape-correcting device for effectively correcting the shape of high-strength steel. The shape-correcting and rolling method includes: transferring a hot-rolled coil to a pay-off reel after cooling the hot-rolled coil or directly through a hot rolling to skin pass mill direct transfer process; unwinding the coil from the pay-off reel; correcting a shape of a strip unwound from the coil by using a heat pipe roller; and rewinding the strip as a coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Gil-Ho Song, Jae-Woong Byun, Nam-Il Jo, Sang-Kug Je, Jae-Wook Bae
  • Patent number: 10081911
    Abstract: A wire drawing apparatus (10) is used in a final drawing process to ensure adequate initial performance of adhesion between brass-plated steel wire and rubber without a drop in productivity. At least one of the die (14z) disposed in the most downstream position, the die (14y) disposed in the second most downstream position, and the die (14x) disposed in the third most downstream position is a drawing die having a friction coefficient ? of 0.12 to 0.41 with the brass-plated steel wire. The other dies (14) are drawing dies each having a friction coefficient ? of 0.1 or below. By using these drawing dies, brass-plated steel wire (13) is drawn, and a noncrystalline portion of high lattice defect density is formed on the surface of the crystalline portion of the brass-plating layer of the brass-plated steel wire (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Bridgestone
    Inventor: Koji Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 10071410
    Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing apparatus and a manufacturing method for a stretch-formed product which can improve the yield of material in the stretch forming performed while clamping the blank by the lock beads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Nishimura, Yorifumi Sakamoto, Toru Yonebayashi, Yoshihiko Masuo, Yoshiaki Nakazawa, Koji Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10071408
    Abstract: A precursor detection device 6 detects a precursor of a stick-slip phenomenon in a drawing machine 1. The precursor detection device 6 includes a load measurement section 61 for measuring a load applied to a plug support bar 4 in the drawing direction, a precursor detection section 62 for detecting a precursor of a stick-slip phenomenon based on a load measurement value measured by the load measurement section 61, and a control section 63. After drawing is started, a load applied to the plug support bar 4 in the drawing direction is measured by the load measurement section 61 during a predetermined period from a measurement start point to a measurement end point, and based on the measured load measurement values, a precursor of a stick-slip phenomenon is detected by the precursor detection section 62.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya Hanada
  • Patent number: 10065231
    Abstract: A method of attaching a metal end (7) to a metal container body (6) in order to close an opening in the body, wherein the body (6) has a curled lip at least partially surrounding the opening and the end (7) has an upstanding lip extending at least partially around a periphery thereof. The method comprises locating the end (7) within the body (6) at or near said opening, bringing a curling tool (8) into contact with said upstanding lip of the end (7) and applying a force to that lip, via the curling tool (8), in order to curl the upstanding lip around the curled lip of the body (6) to form interlocking curls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David Malcolm Hollingworth, Michael George Bonsall
  • Patent number: 10058907
    Abstract: A forming tool for pressure forming a connecting web between incompletely separated workpiece parts of a plate-like workpiece from a cutting operation, in particular a metal sheet, comprises two tool parts, of which each is provided with a forming unit. The tool parts are able to move towards each other along a stroke axis with a processing stroke to a stroke end position. Each of the forming units has a forming surface on a web side facing away from the respective workpiece part, wherein the said forming surface, starting from a front face of the forming unit extends along the stroke axis away from a workpiece side facing the respective workpiece part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Marc Klinkhammer, Markus Wilhelm, Takeshi Abiko
  • Patent number: 10052677
    Abstract: A spring forming device in which the steel wire can be continuously cut off without stopping the feeding of the steel wire in cutting, and in which the steel wire can be uniformly heated, is provided. The spring forming device has a wire supplying mechanism for supplying a steel wire using a plurality of feeding rollers, a heating mechanism for heating the steel wire, a coiling mechanism for forming in a coil state the heated steel wire, and a cutting mechanism for cutting the steel wire coiled at a given number of turns off the steel wire remained backward. A cutting blade of the cutting mechanism follows tracks having a speed Va that moves to the receiving blade and a speed Vc that moves in an axial direction of the coiled steel wire, in cutting of the steel wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Takahashi, Tohru Shiraishi, Yuichiro Ono, Kaoru Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 10040107
    Abstract: A temperature control apparatus of a hot-rolling mill according to the present invention extracts a high-frequency component, a medium-frequency component, and a low-frequency component from a deviation between a calculated value or a measured value of a material temperature in a temperature managing position set on an outlet side of the hot-rolling mill and a given temperature target value. The temperature control apparatus then corrects a reference value of electric power of an induction heating device set to an electric power changing device based on the high-frequency component, corrects a reference value of a cooling water flow rate set to a flow rate changing device based on the medium-frequency component, and corrects a reference value of a roll rotation speed set to a speed changing device based on the low-frequency component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsuhiko Sano
  • Patent number: 10030942
    Abstract: A steel armor plate and method of manufacturing is described. The armor plate has three curves, a first curve about an axis that parallels the length of the armor plate, and two additional curves about axes that parallel the width of the armor plate. A die for manufacturing said plate is described, the die being formed of a stack of metal plates, each plate having a curve that substantially matches the first curve, the stack of plates being arranged in a step-down-then-step-up fashion to form a concavity that approximates one of the two additional curves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: TK ARMOR SYSTEMS, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Jeremy Tepper
  • Patent number: 10022768
    Abstract: A spinning forming device includes: a receiving jig supporting a central portion of a plate to be formed; and a rotating shaft to which the receiving jig is attached. Further, the spinning forming device includes: a heater that locally heats a transform target portion of the plate by induction heating; and a processing roller that presses the transform target portion to transform the plate. Furthermore, the spinning forming device includes a cooling device and/or a lubricant supply device. The cooling device sprays a cooling gas toward the processing roller. The lubricant supply device supplies a lubricant onto the processing roller or to between the processing roller and the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihide Imamura, Yuto Sakane, Kohei Mikami, Hayato Iwasaki, Hiroshi Kitano
  • Patent number: 10022766
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a curved channel part having a curved portion in a vertical wall portion by press forming, the method restricting stretch flange deformation, which occurs in the vertical wall portion and a flange portion. The method includes a shear deformation step as a step of forming the vertical wall portion. In the shear deformation step, a boundary-side portion of a base section of a blank with respect to a deformation section, and an outer portion of the deformation section are individually restrained, a portion to be a vertical wall portion of the deformation section is shear-deformed in a sheet face, and a material is caused to flow from a portion separated from a curved portion toward the curved portion in an outer edge portion of the portion to be the vertical wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Fujii, Toyohisa Shinmiya, Yasuhiro Kishigami, Eiji Iizuka, Yuji Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 10010918
    Abstract: A method uses a device to level a metal plate fabricated from high-strength metal material. The method includes providing a serpentine path between a plurality of upper and lower rollers in parallel arrangement to define a longitudinal spacing. The upper and lower rollers are positioned relative to one another such that a plunge depth is defined based upon a difference between a top-dead-center point of the lower rollers and a bottom-dead-center point of contiguous upper rollers, and a longitudinal spacing and the plunge depth are configured such that the upper rollers and the lower rollers are disposed to impart a bend radius on the metal plate as the metal plate is drawn through the serpentine path such that the metal plate bends about the outer peripheral surfaces of the upper and lower rollers. The bend radius is selected to achieve a desired plastification of the metal sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Allor Manufacturing Inc.
    Inventors: James Kitson, Anthony Allor, David Withrow
  • Patent number: 10010920
    Abstract: A method of incrementally forming a workpiece. The method may include incrementally forming a stiffening feature on the workpiece and incrementally forming a part on the workpiece. A gap between forming tools may be decreased to reform the part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Feng Ren, Zhiyong Cedric Xia
  • Patent number: 9993857
    Abstract: A method relates to producing a sheet metal profile, in particular consisting of steel, for a drawer pull-out guide having at least one web projecting laterally, in particular perpendicularly, from a flat surface of the sheet metal profile and extending in the longitudinal direction of the sheet metal profile. In a first method step, from at least one flat surface of a sheet metal billet, there is extruded at least one web projecting laterally, in particular perpendicularly, and extending in the longitudinal direction of the sheet metal billet. In at least one further method step, preferably in 10 to 15 further method steps, the at least one web is squeezed together, i.e. is reduced in width and increased in height. The invention further relates to a sheet metal profile produced in this manner and to a drawer pull-out guide that comprises such a profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Schneider, Olaf Isele
  • Patent number: 9987815
    Abstract: A method and device for production of a combustion chamber tube for restraint systems in vehicles. The combustion chamber tube is embossed by several embossing dies arranged stellate around the combustion chamber tube and movable by an annular compression module with several punches movable in synchronized fashion in the radial direction and two inner punches extending into the ends of the combustion chamber tube, each with a support mandrel and a shaping mandrel movable relative to support mandrel. The combustion chamber tube is embossed from the outside by the embossing dies radially movable via punches against the support mandrels and the ends of the combustion chamber tube are shaped by shaping mandrels movable relative to support mandrels when the embossing dies are closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: FAMILIE BURGER GBR
    Inventor: Manuel Burger
  • Patent number: 9981303
    Abstract: A tube expander for heat exchanger coil units according to which a tubular expansion process is conducted. In one aspect, the tube expander includes a fixture, which includes a back unit and first and second door assemblies movably connected thereto. One or more heat exchanger coil units are adapted to be connected to each of the first and second door assemblies. In another aspect, the fixture is adjustable to accommodate different heat exchanger coil units. In yet another aspect, the tubular expansion process is not permitted when the first or second door assembly is closed and a sensor does not sense the presence of a latch bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: FIRST CO.
    Inventors: Sergiu Vrabie, Anthony Garrett Orchard, Jessie Doria, Irving George Pennini
  • Patent number: 9981298
    Abstract: A method of producing a polygonal closed cross-section structural component includes press-forming a metal sheet into a gutter-shaped pre-processed part with a curved form along its longitudinal direction having plural ridge lines corresponding to corner portions of the polygonal closed cross-section in a cross-sectional form developed by cutting the component at a position corresponding to the ridge line located at the innermost side in the radial direction to provide a flange portion extending along the ridge line at the resulting respective ends, and press-forming the pre-processed part to deform inwardly in the cross-sectional direction at a position of one or more of the plural ridge lines to butt the ridge lines located at the innermost side and the flange portions to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Toyohisa Shinmiya, Yasuhiro Kishigami, Yuji Yamasaki