Patents Examined by Jason L Vaughan
  • Patent number: 11519115
    Abstract: The subject matter of this invention is a heat distribution management device in a treatment device of yarns in movement on a means of transport, said means of transport being able to be traversed by a flow of heat at or through the of orifices, characterized in that the device comprises at least one means of sealing by coverage of at least one part of the orifices of the means of transport, said means of sealing being independent of the means of transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SUPERBA SAS
    Inventor: Philippe Massotte
  • Patent number: 11512723
    Abstract: A panel attachment structure for a wearable article manufacturing equipment includes: lower and upper panels vertically arranged while separated up-and-down; a first processing section and a first driving section respectively attached to a front face and a back face of the lower panel; a second processing section and a second driving section respectively attached to a front face and a back face of the upper panel; a base horizontally arranged under the lower panel; and a pair of pillars raised from the base, wherein, in the structure, the lower and upper panels are removably fixed to the pillars while being supported by the respective lower and upper parts of the pillars, and each pillar has a support section, provided between the upper and lower panels and supporting the load of the upper panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Susumu Honge
  • Patent number: 11512732
    Abstract: A tolerance compensation arrangement for fastening first and second components with automatic or self-acting compensation of tolerances in the spacing between the components. The arrangement includes a base element having first and second metal elements with inner threads. An adjustment unit includes a threaded sleeve with an outer thread and a dragging unit at least partially arranged in the threaded sleeve. The outer thread forms a first thread pairing of a first thread direction with the inner thread of the first metal element. A fastening screw can be screwed into the inner thread of the second metal element via a second thread pairing of a second thread direction opposite to the first thread direction. The fastening screw can be connected to the adjustment unit via the dragging unit so that, during the rotation of the fastening screw, the adjustment unit co-rotates and is moved into abutment with the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Ulrich Figge
  • Patent number: 11512634
    Abstract: A turbine rotor blade according to at least one embodiment of the present invention is to be connected to a rotational shaft so as to be rotatable around an axis and includes: a hub having a hub surface inclined with respect to the axis in a cross-section along the axis; at least one rotor blade disposed on the hub surface; and a connection passage disposed inside the turbine rotor blade and connecting a first opening disposed in the at least one rotor blade and a second opening disposed downstream of the first opening in the turbine rotor blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Yokoyama, Toru Hoshi, Toyotaka Yoshida, Keigo Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11512949
    Abstract: A screw length determination system capable of quickly determining the length of a screw is obtained. A PLC (10) is equipped with a determination part for measuring the moving speed of a driver for tightening screws in the axial direction of the driver from an initial position until a screw contacts and is screwed into a workpiece, and determining the length of the screw on the basis of the time from the start of movement from the initial position until the moving speed changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Nishigaki, Tatsuya Sasaki, Takanori Shibutani
  • Patent number: 11512722
    Abstract: A panel attachment structure for a wearable article manufacturing equipment includes: lower and upper panels vertically arranged while separated up-and-down; a first processing section and a first driving section respectively attached to a front face and a back face of the lower panel; a second processing section and a second driving section respectively attached to a front face and a back face of the upper panel; a base horizontally arranged under the lower panel; and a pair of pillars raised from the base, wherein, in the structure, the lower and upper panels are removably fixed to the pillars while being supported by the respective lower and upper parts of the pillars, and each pillar has a support section, provided between the upper and lower panels and supporting the load of the upper panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Susumu Honge
  • Patent number: 11512724
    Abstract: A fitted bolt connection is provided for connecting at least two components to holes to be matched comprises a fitted bolt having a conical surface for arrangement in a hole in the first component, three or more separate cone segments each for arrangement between the conical surface of the fitted bolt and an inner peripheral wall of the hole in the first component, and clamping bolts each associated with the cone segments, by means of which the cone segments, independently of one another, can each be individually clamped between the conical surface of the fitted bolt and the inner peripheral wall of the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Ellergon Antriebstechnik Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Matthias Geislinger
  • Patent number: 11506233
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a spring element for a device for compensating for tolerances between a first component and a second component, wherein the spring element comprises: at least two axial webs extending in the direction of a longitudinal center axis of the spring element and spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction of the spring element, each of which, viewed in the direction of the longitudinal center axis of the spring element, has two opposite end sections connected by an intermediate section, wherein the end sections of an axial web have at least approximately the same radial distance from the longitudinal center axis of the spring element and the intermediate section arranged between these end sections has a different radial distance from the longitudinal center axis; and at least one connecting ring which connects the axial webs to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: WITTE Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus Spickenheier
  • Patent number: 11505329
    Abstract: A component which is configured to be joined to a further component in a preselected relative orientation is disclosed. The further component has an interface surface and the component is configured to contact the interface surface when joined to the further component. The component includes a surface disposed on a side of the component intended to face the interface surface when the components are joined, a plurality of recesses formed in the surface, and a plurality of spacer elements. Each recess has a preselected orientation relative to the component, the preselected orientation being selected in dependence on the preselected relative orientation. Each spacer element comprises a contact surface configured to contact the interface surface when the components are joined. Each spacer element is disposed in one of the recesses such that the orientation of a given contact surface is defined by the orientation of the corresponding recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: William Tulloch, Pat Broomfield
  • Patent number: 11503770
    Abstract: A roll for an agricultural baler includes an interior tube and an exterior tube surrounding and connected to the interior tube. The exterior tube has an exterior surface and a plurality of loops extending from the exterior surface of the exterior tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Jason T. Gahres, Todd F. Hertzler, John R. McClure, Luke W. Morrie
  • Patent number: 11504838
    Abstract: A slide hammer tool including a shaft having first and second opposing ends, a handle slidably coupled to the shaft, and a slide hammer weight assembly removable coupled to the handle via threaded fasteners. The slide hammer weight assembly including a number of slide hammer weights coupled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Snap-on Incorporated
    Inventor: Benjamin T. Schulz
  • Patent number: 11499037
    Abstract: A roll covering includes a functional layer formed of a polymer which is a blend of at least one rubber and one millable polyurethane rubber. The polymer includes from 65% by weight to 85% by weight of the at least one rubber and from 15% by weight to 35% by weight of the millable polyurethane rubber. A roll having the roll core, a method of using the roll and a combination of the roll and a heated drying cylinder are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Grohmann, Anton Horak, Nina Eggers, Stefan Pollaschek
  • Patent number: 11498671
    Abstract: A replacement tip section for a rotor blade, from which a legacy tip section was removed, includes a blade tip portion configured to be attached to an intermediate section of the rotor blade after removal of the legacy section. The intermediate section has a connection feature at an end of the intermediate section to which the blade tip portion is attachable. The replacement tip section includes a transition region configured to be attached to a forward end of the connection feature. The transition region is configured to form a leading edge of the rotor blade and extends from the blade tip portion to form an opening into which the intermediate section is attached. The transition region includes a first end having a first airfoil that conforms to the intermediate section airfoil at the connection feature, and a second end having a second airfoil that conforms to the blade tip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Pantalone, III, Timothy James Conti, Daniel Caleb Sargent, Benjamin Edward Isabella, Masruk Siddique
  • Patent number: 11498163
    Abstract: A method of installing an air conditioning unit in an opening. The method includes securing a bracket to a sill of the opening between a first and second environment where the bracket has a pivot arm disposed and extending within the first environment. The method also includes positioning a first unit of the air conditioning unit on top of the bracket; moving the first unit on top of the bracket onto the pivot arm; and rotating the pivot arm and first unit downward so that the first unit is disposed in the first environment and extending downward below the sill of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Treau, Inc.
    Inventors: Grace Li, Kipp Bradford, Dean DiPietro, Vincent Domenic Romanin, Steve Gennrich
  • Patent number: 11491593
    Abstract: A radiating structure assembly system includes a movable conveyor that supports fixtures. Work stations are spaced about the conveyor such that the fixtures are moved sequentially to position the fixtures at the plurality of work stations. A first work station includes a loading assembly for loading the radiating elements on the fixtures. A second work station includes a first automated vertical assembly machine for mounting a first printed circuit board to the radiating element. A third work station includes a second automated vertical assembly machine for mounting a second printed circuit board to the radiating element to create a dipole assembly. A holding device is movable with the conveyor aligns and supports the first and second printed circuit boards relative to the radiating element. A fourth work station includes an unloading assembly for removing the dipole assembly from the conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Xiaoguang Zhu, Kyle M. Walsh
  • Patent number: 11486052
    Abstract: Provides an electropolishing treatment method for a stainless steel workpiece, wherein the method comprises the following steps: placing the stainless steel workpiece in an oxalic acid solution and performing supersonic oscillation; performing a first electropolishing treatment to the stainless steel workpiece, wherein the first electropolishing treatment uses the stainless steel workpiece as an anode and 10% to 15% perchloric acid as an electrolyte, and when a constant voltage is set as 12V, the first electropolishing treatment procedure is performed; and performing a second electropolishing treatment to the stainless steel workpiece, wherein the second electropolishing treatment uses the stainless steel workpiece after the first electropolishing treatment as an anode, and an electrolyte consists of ethanol, sulfuric acid and perchloric acid, and when a constant voltage is set as 12V, the second electropolishing treatment is performed to obtain the stainless steel workpiece after the second electropolishing
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chun-Hsiang Kao, Yi-Cherng Ferng, Kuo-Kuang Jen, Shun-Yi Jian, Ming-Hsien Lin, Yu-Chih Tzeng, Chia-Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 11478886
    Abstract: The present invention relates to attachment mean (1) for connecting plane components in dry construction, in particular for fixing two-dimensional construction material to a metallic substructure, having a shaft (2) on one end region of which a point (3) and on the other end region of which a head (4) are formed, a fine thread (5) being formed on the shaft (2) in order to increase extraction values of the attachment means (1), at least in regions, a number of grooves (6) being provided on the shaft (2) which extend substantially parallel to the central axis (X) of the shaft (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Raimund Beck Nageltechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Schachner
  • Patent number: 11472557
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for a galley lift. In one embodiment, the galley lift includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion can have a lift platform and a lift platform ram extension. The lower portion can have a lift mechanism and a ram. In some embodiments, the lift platform ram extension is attached to the ram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Delta Air Lines, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Lee Newbauer, Galen James Meyers
  • Patent number: 11465249
    Abstract: A self-centering device for a liner press-fit wheel may improve center alignment when liners are pressed in bolt holes of the wheel, may reduce rejects generated when bolt hole materials are pressed out by alignment failures, and may improve a press-fit yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: CITIC DICASTAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Wang, Xiao Liu, Xiaopeng Chen, Xingming Zhang, Zuo Xu, Hanqi Wu
  • Patent number: 11465747
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an interior cabin, a primary structure within the interior cabin, a plurality of securing mounts having first ends directly coupled to the primary structure, and second ends, and an overhead support platform system directly coupled to the second ends of the plurality of securing mounts. The overhead support platform system includes at least one adapter rail having a plurality of commodity mounts. At least one commodity is directly coupled to the overhead support platform system. The commodity is adaptively secured to one or more of the plurality of commodity mounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Kevin Cassou, Gregory A. Tubbs