Patents Examined by Eric A. Gates
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Patent number: 10943808Abstract: Implementations described herein provide a substrate support assembly that includes a seal band. The seal band protects an adhesive layer that is disposed between an electrostatic chuck (ESC) and a cooling plate of the substrate support assembly. In one example, a substrate support assembly includes an electrostatic chuck and a cooling plate. A bonding layer secures a bottom surface of the electrostatic chuck to a top surface of the cooling plate. The bonding layer has an adhesive layer and a seal band. The seal band circumscribes and protects the adhesive layer. The seal band has a ring shaped body. The ring shaped body has a top surface connected to a bottom surface by an inner surface and an outer surface. The top surface and the bottom surface angled less than 85 degrees from the inner surface. The outer surface has an indent formed therein.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2016Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Hamid Noorbakhsh, Ippei Nakagawa, Nobuhiro Yoshida
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Patent number: 10940545Abstract: A drill bit includes an elongated shaft having an outer surface forming plural lands and spaces between the lands forming a helical flute; a shank located at a first end of the elongated shaft, the shank configured and arranged to engage the drill bit in a tool; a head located at an opposing end of the elongated shaft from the shank, the head including a first cutting arm and a second cutting arm, the first cutting arm including a first cutting portion having a first leading cutting edge, the second cutting arm including a second cutting portion having a second leading cutting edge; and wherein the first cutting arm includes a first groove extending through the first leading cutting edge and the second arm includes a second groove extending through the second leading cutting, the first and second grooves configured to cause shorter fibers, shavings or chips.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Disston CompanyInventors: Eugene A. Kulig, Jacky Zhang
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Patent number: 10940541Abstract: A shrink fit adapter for a collet chuck has a rear holding area that can be mounted inside a collet chuck and a front receiving area for holding a tool shank. A through opening runs from a front face of the receiving area to a rear face of the holding area. A clamping area extends into the rear holding area. Here, the adapter is formed with a plurality of slots, which extend radially outward from the through opening and are distributed over the circumference. The slots are arranged in a central area of the through opening and the front ends of the slots are spaced apart from the front face of the receiving area.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KGInventor: Franz Haimer
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Patent number: 10940543Abstract: A drilling tool for a punch device, in particular for a turret punch device, comprises a housing, a tool shank arranged in the housing with a drilling means accommodated therein and a tool head arranged on the tool shaft to interact with the punch device. The tool head of the drilling tool has a ram engagement portion configured to transmit a rotational movement about a tool longitudinal axis from an external drive to the tool head.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: PASS Stanztechnik AGInventors: Stefan Kraft, Andreas Deuerlein
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Patent number: 10940551Abstract: A lightweight cutting tool, such as a reamer, includes a front cutting body, a front cutting ring, a center tube, a rear cutting ring and a rear machine connection member. An arm assembly of the front and rear cutting heads includes one or more leading arms, one or more trailing arms and a cutting head supported by the leading and trailing arms. The leading arms and the trailing arms curve in opposite directions. To reduce weight and moment of inertia of the reamer, a cross-sectional area of the leading arms and the trailing arms is largest proximate the sleeve member and is smallest proximate the cutting head. In addition, the front cutting body, the front and rear cutting rings and the center tube may be made by additive manufacturing. Fluid can be transported entirely through the reamer to the cutting insert/workpiece interface and the guide pad/workpiece interface.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.Inventors: Logan M. Semnisky, Alan J. Bookheimer, Ruy Frota de Souza Filho, Werner Penkert, Ingo Grillenberger, Dominik Schmid
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Patent number: 10940539Abstract: The present invention discloses a tapping shank which mainly consists of axial, radial and deflection comprehensive floating mechanisms and a high-sensitivity rolling clutch safety mechanism. The present invention has an actual safety guarantee in tapping an M1 thread, solves the problems of axial pressure and tension of a main shaft on a screw tap, and eccentric and deflection errors between the screw tap and a bottom hole, ensures the precision of a hole diameter and a longest service life of the screw tap, and is also a high-precision hole machining floating reamer shank.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Inventor: Chunming Zhang
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Patent number: 10940540Abstract: A coupling device and coupling method for the self-securing mechanical connection of two parts of a holding system for medical instruments, including a bolt element insertable into a bushing; wherein the bushing has a main body and, connected fixedly to the latter, a cone sleeve which tapers conically at its free end, wherein a cage sleeve acted upon by a spring and guiding clamping bodies is inserted axially movably into the cone sleeve and can be moved between an uncoupled position, a release position and a locking position. The clamping bodies in the locking position can be latched into a coupling groove of the bolt element by means of the spring force. The inclined coupling groove flank, at the front in the insertion direction, of the bolt element encloses an angle ? with the longitudinal axis of the bolt element, and the cone inner face of the cone sleeve encloses an angle ? with the central sleeve axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Karl Storz SE & Co. KGInventors: Jochen Stefan, Robin Merz, Sven GrĂ¼ner
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Patent number: 10933476Abstract: A rotary cutting unit for a rotary saw has a cross bar and at least one cutting structure, wherein the cutting structure is in contact with the cross bar. The cross bar runs through sleeve holes. The center of gravity of the turning unit is located in an axis of the center of the sleeve holes. The axis is perpendicular to the transverse axis of the crossbar. The rotary saw selectively installs the rotary cutting unit of the corresponding specification, and it can quickly and easily change the aperture of the circular hole to be processed, and with high usability.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Inventors: Chin-Fa Kao, Yao-Hsien Hsu, Huang-Ming Hsu
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Patent number: 10933477Abstract: A wall magnet anchor system is used to install magnetic anchors in wall material that can be used to magnetically hold an object to the wall, thereby avoiding the need to a conventional hook that is protrudes from the surface of the wall. The anchor can include a helical thread to hold the anchor in the wall. An installation tool includes a cutting features at one end for cutting a hole in a wall to receive an anchor, and an installation feature that engages the anchor an allows a user to drive the anchor, through rotation, into the hole cut by the cutting features.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Inventor: Varun Jay Patel
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Patent number: 10933475Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a tool-clamping system having two metallic shaft portions, wherein the first shaft portion has a locking pin at the end and the second shaft portion has a locking sleeve at the end, wherein, in order to establish a releasable drive connection, the first shaft portion can be introduced coaxially, by way of its locking pin, into the locking sleeve of the second shaft portion and the two shaft portions can be pivoted in relation to one another, in a locking pivoting movement, about a common geometrical longitudinal axis into a locking pivot position, wherein, over the course of the locking pivoting movement, at least one latching formation arranged on the circumference of the locking pin, snap-fits or snap-fit over at least one corresponding mating latching formation of the locking sleeve, the locking pin and/or locking sleeve being elastically deformed in the process.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2016Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Broetje-Automation GmbHInventor: Egbert Sendzik
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Patent number: 10933474Abstract: This disclosure includes various embodiments of couplers for coupling intraosseous (IO) devices and drivers, and various embodiments of drivers and kits.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: TELEFLEX LIFE SCIENCES LIMITEDInventors: Steven Paul Woodard, Michel Yoon
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Patent number: 10926338Abstract: The chuck mechanism includes: a chuck body 10; an axially movable plunger 40 disposed inside the chuck body; and a master jaw 20 radially movable by wedge action caused by fitting the plunger in the master jaw 20. A guide groove 11 that radially guides the master jaw and has a T-shaped cross section is formed in the chuck body. The master jaw has a narrow portion 23 and a wide portion 24 that form a T-shaped cross section. A wedge 21 fitted in a wedge groove 41 of the plunger is formed radially inside the wide portion. The end face 21a of the wedge in the width direction is positioned outward in the width direction with respect to the end face 23a of the narrow portion in the width direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: KITAGAWA IRONWORKS CO., LTD.Inventor: Tamio Nishimiya
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Patent number: 10926344Abstract: Provided is a taper reamer with which it is possible to achieve an improvement in machining accuracy and machining life. The taper reamer comprises a plurality of cutting edges each having a helical shape provided on the outer periphery of a cutting-edge portion having an external diameter being expanded from a front end toward a rear end thereof, wherein an intertooth angle, defined between each of a pair of the cutting edges adjacently arranged in a circumferential direction, is different from one another at any given reference position, and wherein the plurality of cutting edges each have a helix angle that is different from one another. As the plurality of cutting edges that are unequally partitioned each have the helix angle that is different from one another, a resonance during cutting can be prevented.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: ISHII CORPORATION CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasushi Sasagawa, Yuichi Hirokawa, Hiroshi Saito, Takumi Abe, Shunsuke Sakuma, Yuki Ogiue, Satoshi Koike, Mitsuru Otaki, Hiroto Kanda, Suguru Machiya, Hifumi Okada
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Patent number: 10919096Abstract: A modular clamping device for a tool or a workpiece includes: a pallet having a plurality of x-y references and a plurality of z references for alignment with a chuck and a clamping unit, which is arranged in a clamped state concentrically at an outside of the chuck. In the clamped state, a tubular part is arranged concentrically between the pallet and the clamping unit, the tubular part being connected to the pallet by a first connecting mechanism and connected to the clamping unit by a second connecting mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: SYSTEM 3R INTERNATIONAL ABInventors: Jan Bergwall, Hakan Dahlquist, Jonas Rosengren
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Patent number: 10906167Abstract: This accessory, for a hand held drill, turns the drill into a portable drill press. To use this portable drill press, place the drill bit where you want it. Lean the drill forward until the base slides under the metal your drilling. The base is a lever and the drill and bit swings off it. The base holds the drill in place at a angle. When the drill is pulled straight, everything tightens up. The metal and the drill bit are pushed together with leverage. Turn the drill on and drill the hole by just holding the drill straight. This portable drill press is faster and easier to use, than drilling by hand.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Inventor: Jason W Bethards
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Patent number: 10910252Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes an electrostatic chuck and a lifter pin. The electrostatic chuck has a mounting surface on which a target object is mounted and a back surface opposite to the mounting surface, and a through hole formed through the mounting surface and the back surface. The lifter pin is at least partially formed of an insulating member and has a leading end accommodated in the through hole. The lifter pin vertically moves with respect to the mounting surface to vertically transfer the target object. A conductive material is provided at at least one of a leading end portion of the lifter pin which corresponds to the through hole and a wall surface of the through hole which faces the lifter pin.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Yasuharu Sasaki, Akira Ishikawa, Ryo Chiba
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Patent number: 10906153Abstract: A work tool includes a spindle and a clamp shaft. The spindle is supported to be rotatable around a driving axis defining an up-down direction of the work tool. The clamp shaft includes a shaft part and a fixing part. The shaft part extends coaxially with the spindle. The fixing part is coupled to the shaft part on a lower side of the spindle. The clamp shaft is supported to be movable in the up-down direction relative to the spindle. The clamp shaft is configured to be biased upward and to fix the tool accessory to a lower end portion of the spindle by the fixing par. The fixing part is configured to be removable from the shaft part and to be integrally coupled to the shaft part only by moving upward relative to the shaft part.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Yonosuke Aoki
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Patent number: 10898958Abstract: A cutting insert may include an upper surface, a side surface, and a cutting edge. The upper surface may include a first breaker portion and a second breaker portion. The first breaker portion may include a first surface inclined downward and a second surface inclined upward. The second breaker portion may be inclined upward as the second breaker portion extends away from the first breaker portion. An inclination angle of the first surface may be constant along the first side portion. A length of the first surface may be greater at a second end portion than at a first end portion. An intersection portion of the first breaker portion and the second breaker portion may be orthogonal to the first side portion, or inclined away from the first corner portion as the intersection portion extends away from the first side portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Yousuke Fukuhara
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Patent number: 10888979Abstract: A lockable socket insert and insert lock comprises: a lockable socket insert comprising an insert axis, a cylindrical tool body comprising an free end, a shaft end, and a tool bore extending inwardly from the free end, and a cylindrical key shaft attached to the shaft end comprising a length, a shaft surface, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced key members disposed along the length and protruding radially outwardly away from the shaft surface, the cylindrical tool body, tool bore, and cylindrical key shaft concentric about the insert axis; and a cylindrical insert lock comprising an outer end configured for disposition toward the fastener pocket, a drive pocket end configured for disposition toward the drive pocket, an outer surface, and a keyway opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Chase O. Muncy, Dallas L. Barbre
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Patent number: 10882149Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a new push bar type of index apparatus which can hold and machine the work exactly while the machining center machines the work having a predetermined length even if the work is long. An index apparatus comprises first and second index tables 4a and 4b configured to hold a work 1. The apparatus comprises a push bar transmission mechanism configured to rotate the first index table 4a in response to the movement of the push bar 7. The work 1 and the second index table 4b are rotated by the rotation of the first index table 4a integrally so as to index the work 1.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: KAWATA CHUCK MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Yasuyuki Kawata