Patents Examined by Jacob J Cigna
  • Fastener and methods of manufacturing and use
    Patent number: 11396900
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fastener. The fastener includes an elongated body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The fastener also includes a head having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first end of the elongated body is coupled to the second surface of the head, and a diameter of the head is greater than a diameter of the elongated body. The fastener also includes a sleeve positioned over at least a portion of the elongated body and the second surface of the head. The fastener also includes a plurality of textured elements positioned on an exterior surface of the sleeve adjacent the second surface of the head. One or more of the plurality of textured elements extend from the exterior surface of the sleeve to the first surface of the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Blake A. Simpson
  • Lubrication ring for a mechanical expander for sizing large pipes
    Patent number: 11396036
    Abstract: A lubrication ring for a mechanical expander (1) for sizing large pipes comprises a conventionally manufactured ring (12) made of steel, in particular construction steel. Fluid bores are provided in the ring (12). A part (13) of the lubrication ring (6) is manufactured by an additive manufacturing technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SMS group GmbH
    Inventor: Sarah Hornickel
  • Door hinge and storage unit including such a door hinge
    Patent number: 11391074
    Abstract: A hinge for a door of a storage unit and a method of repairing a storage unit that includes a pivotable door. The hinge including a first bracket and a second bracket. The hinge further including a linking mechanism for coupling the second bracket to the first bracket so that the second bracket is able to translate and rotate relative to the first bracket, wherein a maximum amount of rotation of the second bracket relative to the first bracket is not determined solely by operation of the linking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: VIKING RANGE LLC
    Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, David J. Hensel, Warren J. Ellis, Jemsheer Thayyullathil, Charles E. Marble
  • Foldable tension spring mattress
    Patent number: 11389008
    Abstract: A foldable tension spring mattress, wherein a vertical pressure is converted into a tension by means of a wrapping blanket; the tension acts on the periphery of a spring net and is converted into a pulling force acting on coil springs and penetrating springs; and then the pulling force is uniformly dispersed to each of the coil springs, so that the local overstressing of the coil springs and the penetrating springs is avoided, thereby preventing the spring net and the penetrating springs from being arched and sunken. As a result, the mattress may keep good elasticity all the time, which further increases the comfort level of the spring mattress. The present solution may alleviate the plastic deformation of the coil springs to further increase the comfort level of the spring mattress and improve the elasticity and durability of the spring mattress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventor: Bo Nie
  • Integral ceramic matrix composite fastener with non-polymer rigidization
    Patent number: 11384020
    Abstract: A method of forming an integral fastener for a ceramic matrix composite component comprises the steps of forming a fiber preform with an opening, forming a fiber fastener, inserting the fiber fastener into the opening, and infiltrating a matrix material into the fiber preform and fiber fastener to form a ceramic matrix composite component with an integral fastener. A gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: David C. Jarmon
  • System comprising an air intake of an aircraft engine and an inflatable protection item for said air intake
    Patent number: 11377224
    Abstract: A system comprising a trolley which comprises a platform and wheels attached beneath the platform, an air intake of an aircraft engine, where the air intake rests on the platform so as to have its narrowest part at the top and its widest part at the bottom, and an inflatable protection item in the form of a closed envelope which is placed around the widest part of the air intake. A system of this kind makes it possible to protect the air intake from collisions that it might experience during movement of the trolley, and to increase safety by avoiding collisions between operators and the air intake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Cantin, Olivier Dubois
  • Line of a manufacturing plant for assembling of multicomponent articles
    Patent number: 11370074
    Abstract: An assembly line (40) includes a transport system having pallets (70), a riveting machine (100) with a stop device (1005) and a riveting device (1010), and a crushing head (1011). The stop device (1005) and the riveting device (1010) flank the pallet (70) on opposite sides, while a stop (1006) of the stop device (1005) and the crushing head (1011) are translatable to approach the article from opposite sides during assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: COSBERG S.p.A.
    Inventor: Gianluigi Carlo Viscardi
  • Surgical clamp produced by additive manufacturing and a method for producing such a clamp
    Patent number: 11369395
    Abstract: A medical instrument includes at least a first instrument shank and a second instrument shank that can be moved in relation to each other. The first instrument shank is a male instrument shank with a male bearing section. The second instrument shank is a female instrument shank with a female bearing section that includes a through-opening. The first instrument shank is arranged on the second instrument shank by the male bearing section engaging through the through-opening of the female bearing section. The instrument is produced by an additive manufacturing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: AESCULAP AG
    Inventors: Dieter Weisshaupt, Tobias Koller
  • Fluid conduits with heat shielding
    Patent number: 11369985
    Abstract: A method includes forming fluid conduit inside a heat shield in an additive manufacturing process, removing powder from an interior passage of the fluid conduit and from an insulation gap defined between the fluid conduit and the heat shield, separating the heat shield and fluid conduit from the build platform, and shifting the fluid conduit to a shifted position relative to the heat shield. The method includes securing the fluid conduit to the heat shield in the shifted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Delavan Inc
    Inventors: Jason Ryon, Lev A. Prociw
  • Integral ceramic matrix composite fastener with polymer rigidization
    Patent number: 11370714
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine component includes a gas turbine engine component body formed of a ceramic matrix composite material having at least one fastener integrally formed with the gas turbine engine component body as a single-piece structure. The gas turbine engine component body initially comprises a rigidized preform structure formed from a polymer based material. The at least one fastener connects the gas turbine engine component body to an engine support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: David C. Jarmon
  • Method for profiling blades of an axial turbomachine
    Patent number: 11365637
    Abstract: A method for profiling blades of an axial turbomachine includes preparing a geometric model of a blade profile; determining an oscillation mode of the geometric model; calculating a time profile of a position-dependent disruptive pressure in a channel between two adjacent blade profiles over an oscillation period of the oscillation belonging to the oscillation mode, changing the geometric model and determining a different oscillation mode for the modified geometric model; and determining the damping of the oscillation using the disruptive pressure profile calculated previously and accepting the modified geometric model for the case that the damping of the oscillation turns out to be greater than calculated, otherwise repeating the last two steps with another modified geometric model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Peeren, Stefan Schmitt, Heinrich Stüer
  • Method for fixing a plurality of workpieces via a rivet element
    Patent number: 11364534
    Abstract: A method for fixing a plurality of workpieces via a hollow rivet element with an open setting end and a closed closing end. The method includes passing the rivet element through mutually aligned openings of the workpieces. The method also includes introducing a fluid, in particular air, under high pressure from the setting end of the rivet element in a hollow space of the rivet element. The method also includes plastically deforming and setting of the rivet element by the fluid at the closed closing end of the rivet element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Julia Wagner, Maximilian Wilhelm, Stephan Lehner
  • Induction welding using a heat sink and/or cooling
    Patent number: 11364688
    Abstract: A method of induction welding a first thermoplastic composite (TPC) to a second thermoplastic composite (TPC) includes inductively heating a weld interface area between the first TPC and the second TPC, and cooling a surface of the first TPC opposite the weld interface area while inductively heating the weld interface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Robert A. DiChiara, Francis J. Samalot Rivera, Richard W. Burns
  • Build part and method of additively manufacturing the build part
    Patent number: 11358221
    Abstract: A build part has a body that is additively manufactured on a platform. The body is defined by multiple layers of material consecutively stacked along a build axis and fused together. The body defines one or more fluid channels for directing fluid through the body. Each of the one or more fluid channels is oriented such that a centerline of the respective fluid channel is angled no greater than a maximum offset angle relative to the build axis throughout the length of the fluid channel. The maximum offset angle is no greater than 75 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Tyler Davis, Stephanie Albanito, Matthew J. Frizzell
  • Miniature walking robot with soft joints and links
    Patent number: 11358663
    Abstract: Disclosed is multimaterial 3D printing (MM3P) to fabricate centimeter-scale robots by utilizing soft materials to create soft joints to replace revolute joints and also soft links to replace rigid links. A three-spring rotational-prismatic rotational (RPR) model is developed to approximate the motion of soft joints or links, which is further utilized to numerically predict the motion of the leg mechanism with multiple soft joints and links. The accuracy of the proposed numerical method is validated with experimental results. A functional walking robot actuated by a single DC motor is demonstrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jianguo Zhao, Anthony Robert Demario
  • Model for applying radiation, method for producing the same, and use thereof
    Patent number: 11351395
    Abstract: A method for producing a model for the application of radiation to a body surface area of a living being for cosmetic or therapeutic purposes is provided. The method includes defining a body surface area to which radiation shall be applied; producing a model having at least one surface which has the inverted shape of the defined body surface area, so that the model is configured to fit on the defined body surface area; and providing a radioactive isotope to the model during its production or after its production. Further, the use of the model in a cosmetic treatment of the skin is provided. The model, for cosmetic or therapeutic purposes, includes a surface which has the inverted shape of a defined body surface area which shall be treated with radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: ONCOBETA INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Tuomo Nikula, Thomas Wendler, Juho Nikula
  • Boxed header for air-cooled heat exchanger
    Patent number: 11346618
    Abstract: A boxed header is formed from an exterior side plate, an interior side plate, a top plate, a bottom plate, a first end plate and a second end plate. The top plate is connected to the exterior side plate and the interior side plate with welded joints that are formed at the juncture between J-beveled top edges on the exterior side plate and the interior side plate that support the weight of the top plate during assembly. Once the top plate has been secured, the boxed header can be rotated and the bottom plate is attached to the exterior side plate and the interior side plate with welded joints that are formed at the juncture between J-beveled bottom edges on the exterior side plate and the interior side plate that support the weight of the bottom plate during assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Hudson Products Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Weaver, Allen James, Danny Waters
  • System and method for crimping a prosthetic valve
    Patent number: 11344409
    Abstract: Embodiments of a crimping device for crimping a radially expandable and compressible prosthetic valve are disclosed. A crimping device can comprise a housing configured to receive a prosthetic valve in a radially expanded state. The housing member can include a funnel segment and an outlet in communication with the funnel segment. The crimping device can further comprise an actuator rotatably coupled to the housing, wherein rotation of the actuator relative to the housing causes the prosthetic valve to move axially through the funnel segment such that at least a portion of the prosthetic valve compresses radially by engagement with the funnel segment and exits the crimping device via the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: David Robert Landon, Glen T. Rabito, Hieu Minh Luong
  • Method for checking a rivet
    Patent number: 11338355
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for checking a rivet, the rivet being transported from a rivet filling station along a transporting path in the direction of a riveting machine during operation of the riveting machine. The method is characterized in that the rivet is measured on the transporting path for determining a rivet geometry of the rivet. The disclosure similarly relates to a corresponding measuring arrangement for checking a rivet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Broetje-Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried Ficken, Bernd-Michael Wolf
  • Unitized construction panel
    Patent number: 11339569
    Abstract: A process for fabricating a unitized structure comprises creating a multilayer structure by applying a flame-retardant resin to a first layer and stacking, on the first layer, an intermediate layer comprising a honeycomb structure. Further, a second layer is stacked on the intermediate layer and the flame-retardant resin is applied to the second layer. The multilayer structure is then heated to a desired temperature and a pressure is applied about the multilayer structure for a predetermined process time. Moreover, the flame-retardant resin is prevented from entering spaces of the honeycomb structure. After elapse of the predetermined process time, the pressure is released, creating the unitized structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: NEXGEN COMPOSITES LLC
    Inventors: Robin Banerjee, Michael S. Sheppard