Patents Examined by Eyamindae C Jallow
  • Patent number: 12290907
    Abstract: A driving tool, including a driver assembly and a lifting assembly. The driver assembly includes a drivable driver member and a base arranged on the driver member, where the driver member extends longitudinally in a first axis, and a plurality of engagement holes arranged in the first axis are provided on the driver member. The lifting assembly includes a driving wheel that is driven by a power output portion to rotate and a plurality of fitting portions arranged on a periphery of the driving wheel at intervals, where the plurality of fitting portions can be alternately engaged with the corresponding engagement holes, to drive the driver member to move along the first axis, so as to drive the base to move from a starting position to a driven position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiwei Wang, Xiangliang Zhang, Hongbing Wu, Shaoshan Ji
  • Patent number: 12283706
    Abstract: An electric work machine allows use of batteries with different sizes with battery covers and allows easy maintenance of a damaged battery cover. A rechargeable concrete vibrator includes a motor, a motor housing accommodating the motor, a battery holder connected to the motor housing to receive a battery in a detachable manner, and a battery cover to cover an overall part of the battery held by the battery holder. The battery cover is attachable to and detachable from the battery holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryuki Yueda
  • Patent number: 12274444
    Abstract: A method of applying a buttress to a surgically cut and stapled site uses an end effector with a buttress applier cartridge assembly to load one or more buttress assemblies to the end effector. The buttress assemblies each include a buttress to support a staple formed therein as well an adhesive for adhering to the end effector. The adhesive of the buttress assemblies can include a pattern to assist in both attachment to the end effector and release from the end effector after cutting and stapling a tissue site. The buttress applier cartridge can include features that accommodate end effectors having various tip configurations, including straight tips and curved or bent tips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Michael J. Vendely, Trevor J. Barton, Pamela M. Ridgley, Rebecca Spatholt, Christopher J. Hess, Heather Strang, Mark S. Zeiner, John V. Hunt, Emily A. Scheliin, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, David T. Krumanaker
  • Patent number: 12275549
    Abstract: A feeding device for feeding a lid to a sealer includes a lid guide for guiding the lid along a guide plane to the sealer, a lid feed for introducing a lid into the lid guide and a movement device arranged at the lid guide. The movement device movably arranged in such a way that the lid can be moved along the guide plane by the movement device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: FERRUM PACKAGING AG
    Inventors: Thomas Müller, Roger Gisler
  • Patent number: 12274440
    Abstract: A powered surgical instrument disclosed. The instrument includes a first circuit portion operable at a first voltage level, a second circuit portion operable at a second voltage level, a voltage source to supply the first voltage level to supply power to electrical components in the first circuit portion; a transistor comprising a control terminal, a first conduction terminal, and a second conduction terminal, and a control circuit coupled to the control terminal of the transistor. The second voltage level is different from the first voltage level. The first conduction terminal is coupled to the voltage source. The control circuit is to set the transistor in a linear mode and control the transistor to set a current for operating the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International?
    Inventors: Shane R. Adams, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Matthew D. Cowperthwait, Nicholas J. Ross, Kevin M. Fiebig, Eric B. LaFay
  • Patent number: 12275126
    Abstract: A power tool including a housing. The housing supports a motor operably coupled to an output shaft. The housing includes a handle and a battery receptacle. The handle. The battery receptacle is disposed adjacent to the handle and is configured to receive a battery pack. The handle defines a storage space configured to support a tool accessory. The storage space is enclosed by the battery pack when the battery pack is coupled to the battery receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventor: Grant A. Wood
  • Patent number: 12272834
    Abstract: A system including a power tool, a device, one or more battery packs, a battery pack bank, and an adaptor. The power tool has a power tool battery receptacle. The device is wearable by a user and has a first device battery receptacle and a second device battery receptacle. The one or more battery packs are received by at least one selected from a group of the power tool battery receptacle, the first device battery receptacle, and the second device battery receptacle. The battery pack bank is on the device. The adaptor includes a user interface and an adapter interface, the adapter interface is received by the power tool battery receptacle, the adapter configured to supply power, via the first device battery receptacle, when the user interface is in a first mode, and supply power, via the second device battery receptacle, when the user interface is in a second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Clint Cagle, Adam Faulkner, Raony Barrios
  • Patent number: 12269136
    Abstract: A handheld power tool includes a housing, a tool receptacle disposed on a first end of the housing and configured to receive a tool accessory, a motor positioned within the housing and operatively coupled to the tool receptacle to drive the tool accessory, and a dust collection assembly integrated within the housing. The dust collection assembly includes a fan disposed within the housing and operatively coupled to the motor. The fan is configured to generate a suction airflow due to rotation of the motor, and a dust container removably coupled to the housing of the power tool. The dust container is configured to collect dust and other debris generated by the tool accessory during operation of the handheld power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Julia C. Marsh, John Bloom-Edmonds, Jeffery D. Spraggon, Andrew Delmar Van Hoorn, Allen H. Johnson, III, Amedee Brennan O'Gorman
  • Patent number: 12262939
    Abstract: A lesion resection method includes a marking step of forming a three-dimensional marking in peripheral tissues of a lesion; a grasping step of grasping the lesion by a grasping forceps; a retracing step of pulling the marking to a hand side of a staple ejection position of a stapler by pulling the grasping forceps grasping the lesion; a ligating step of ejecting a staple from the stapler to ligate the peripheral tissues of the lesion; and a resecting step of resecting the lesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya Higuchi
  • Patent number: 12263981
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, an apparatus for making pouch products includes a conveyor system. The conveyor system includes a first receiving location along a path of the conveyor system, and a dosing location along the path of the conveyor system. The apparatus also includes a first material dispensing station configured to transfer a first material to the first receiving location. The first material includes a first elastic layer and a first support layer. The first material dispensing station includes a dispenser roller configured to hold a roll of the first material, a plurality of rollers configured to convey the first material from the dispenser roller to the first receiving location, and a stripper plate configured remove at least a portion of the first support layer from a portion of the first elastic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Gregory L. Nelson, Christopher Ryan Newcomb, James D. Evans, Thien Nguyen, Jarrod W. Chalkley, Robert V. Powell
  • Patent number: 12257676
    Abstract: A power tool is provided comprising a drive, an output shaft, a threaded spindle drive and a linear actuator, wherein torque generated by the drive is transmissible via the output shaft, and the threaded spindle drive connected to the output shaft, to the linear actuator. the threaded spindle drive has an inner threaded spindle part with an external thread and an outer threaded spindle part with an internal thread, wherein the internal thread interacts with the external thread via at least one bearing roller, and the at least one bearing roller has at least one radially encircling channel by which the bearing roller engages in each case into the external thread and into the internal thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Florian Schmid, Albert Binder
  • Patent number: 12258165
    Abstract: An embodiment of a confectionary good delivery apparatus comprising: a delivery apparatus comprising: a mouth comprising; an upper aperture; and a lower aperture; a storage basin; and a concealment label disposed upon an outside surface of the storage basin; at least one baked layer disposed within the storage basin comprising; an upper baked layer circumference; a lower baked layer circumference; the lower baked layer circumference smaller than the upper baked layer circumference; and a baked layer sidewall disposed between the upper baked layer circumference and the lower baked layer circumference; and at least one glaze layer disposed atop the at least one baked layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: KACF LLC
    Inventor: Albert Tien
  • Patent number: 12251109
    Abstract: A surgical device includes a handle assembly having a power source; a motor coupled to the power source; and a controller configured to control the motor. The surgical device also includes an adapter assembly configured to selectively couple to the handle assembly; a reload configured to selectively couple to a distal portion of the adapter assembly, the reload including a plurality of fasteners; and an anvil assembly selectively couplable to the distal portion of the adapter assembly, the anvil assembly being movable relative to the reload. The controller is further configured to control the motor to move the anvil assembly from a starting position to a compressed position thereby compressing tissue at a target clamping force between the anvil assembly and the reload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: David E. Valentine, Jr., Alexander J. Hart, Charles R. Kollar, Haley E. Strassner, James P. Delbo, Steven H. Joyce, Stephen R. Casey
  • Patent number: 12251801
    Abstract: A method of controlling a rotary impact tool includes activating a motor to provide torque to a drive assembly, providing rotational impacts to a torque stick coupled to an anvil of the drive assembly in response to a reaction torque on the drive assembly exceeding a threshold value, and sensing a position of the anvil with a position sensor. The position sensor transmits a first signal indicative of the anvil rotating in a first direction and a second signal indicative of the anvil rotating in a second direction, where the second direction is a rebound angle of the anvil. The method further includes calculating a torque transferred from the torque stick to a workpiece by multiplying the rebound angle by a torsional stiffness value of the torque stick and deactivating the motor in response to the torque exerted on the workpiece being substantially equal to a torque limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Abbott, Jacob P. Schneider, Peter Malak, Christopher S. Hoppe
  • Patent number: 12246429
    Abstract: An electronic power tool device includes an electronic processor, a communication interface in communication with the electronic processor, and a wake-up sensor configured to generate a wake signal for activating the communication interface and the electronic processor responsive to a stimulus. The communication interface is configured to receive a first electronic message that includes an activation state and transmit the first received electronic message to the electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to control the activation state of the electronic power tool device to allow or prevent operation of the electronic power tool device based on the first received electronic message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy R. Obermann, Anthony M. Davis
  • Patent number: 12232734
    Abstract: A surgical stapler including a body assembly; a shaft assembly that extends distally from the body assembly; a stapling head assembly disposed at a distal end of the shaft assembly, wherein the stapling head assembly is operable to drive a plurality of staples into tissue, wherein the stapling head assembly comprises a closure shaft that is selectively movable longitudinally; and an anvil configured to form the staples, wherein the anvil is selectively coupleable with and actuatable by the closure shaft, wherein the anvil includes one or more sensors each configured to detect a parameter associated with at least one of closure or firing of the end effector; a processor configured to receive signals from the one or more sensors, wherein the signals are indicative of the parameter detected by the one or more sensors; a transmitter configured to transmit the signals; and a battery configured to power the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Logan R Rose, Sean M Starrett, Bradley A Arnold, Matthew D Cowperthwait
  • Patent number: 12232735
    Abstract: A method of operating a surgical assembly is disclosed. The method includes receiving a first input from a first RFID scanner indicative of a first information stored in a first RFID chip of a first modular component of the surgical assembly, receiving a second input from a second RFID scanner indicative of a second information stored in a second RFID chip of a second modular component of the surgical assembly, determining an operational parameter of a motor of the surgical assembly based on the first input and the second input, and causing the motor to effect a tissue treatment motion of the first modular component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Shane R. Adams, Kevin M. Fiebig
  • Patent number: 12214927
    Abstract: Molded pulp containers with fused junctions and methods of making of same are provided. The present invention provides a pulp container, comprising a molded pulp body, wherein the body comprising a bottom and at least one side wall forming a cavity, wherein the at least one side wall comprising a upper rim, a neck, wherein the neck comprising a upper closure part and a lower rim, a fused junction, wherein a part of the upper rim of the at least one sidewall of the body and a part of the lower rim of the neck are aligned and fused together. The fused junction may be formed by ultrasonic welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Inventors: Adam Berk, Lee Green, Fuad Khan
  • Patent number: 12202223
    Abstract: A machine for forming packing templates includes a infeed mechanism that can feed multiple feeds of sheet material into the machine without repositioning the infeed mechanism or forming creases or bends in the sheet material. The machine also includes a separation and cutting systems with one or more cutting tables and biased knives that cut the sheet material packaging templates. The machine also includes creasing roller(s) that forms creases in the sheet material. The machine also includes a system for reducing or eliminating the impact of irregularities in the sheet material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: AVERCON BVBA
    Inventors: David Michel Provoost, Herman Germain De Dycker, Dimitri Daniel Raphaël Van Steenkiste, Stefaan Albert Marie-Louise Hamerlinck
  • Patent number: 12202674
    Abstract: A fulfillment system is provided and includes a perishable drug filling system and a non-perishable drug filling system. A shipping station is provided for delivering the coolers and the boxes to at least one delivery service. A conveyor is configured to move the boxes and the coolers from the drug filling systems to the shipping station. A decision station is located along the conveyor and is configured to determine if a container on the conveyor is a cooler or a box. The conveyor is configured to direct the coolers to a shrink wrap station and to direct the boxes to the shipping station while bypassing the shrink wrap station. The shrink wrap station is configured to apply a wrapper around the cooler and apply heat to the wrapper to shrink the wrapper around the cooler with the wrapper having a transparent section over a label on the cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Anne Wheeler, Jason L. Cagle