Patents Examined by Jason L Vaughan
  • Patent number: 11745066
    Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads, golf clubs, and methods to manufacture golf club heads and golf clubs are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head includes a body portion having an interior cavity, a ledge portion extending outward from a back wall of the body portion, a filler material comprising a rubber compound in the interior cavity, a first set of mass portions that is closer to a toe portion edge of the body portion than to a heel portion edge of the body portion, and a second set of mass portions that is closer to the heel portion edge than to the toe portion edge. A face portion is coupled to the body portion to enclose the interior cavity and includes at least one back groove located proximate to a perimeter edge of the face portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
    Inventors: Robert R. Parsons, Michael R. Nicolette, Bradley D. Schweigert
  • Patent number: 11738884
    Abstract: An apparatus for an airship, including: a spacer ring adapted to couple to a joint opening of a joint, the spacer ring having multiple internal protruding portions adapted to form a gap between the spacer ring and a connector inserted into the joint; an injecting clamp adapted to clamp around a first portion of the spacer ring, the injecting clamp having an injecting hole for receiving an adhesive and an outlet for injecting the adhesive to fill a space formed between the joint and a portion of the connector inserted into the joint; and a heating clamp adapted to clamp around a portion of the joint that surrounds the portion of the connector inserted into the joint, the heating clamp including a heat source adapted to heat the adhesive in the space formed between the joint and the portion of the connector during a curing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: LTA Research and Exploration, LLC
    Inventors: Franklin Kyle Kepley, Jesus Ricardo Amezquita Zatarain, Michal Raviv Sayag, Alexis Jonas Thoeny, Stephen Benedict Kocsis, David Sanchez, Shalom Johnson, Edward Clements, III
  • Patent number: 11735872
    Abstract: A system includes a jack screw including a body portion and a keyed portion extending along a length of the body portion. The system includes a panel including a first aperture configured to receive the jack screw. The system includes a connector including a second aperture configured to receive the jack screw. The system includes a plate including a third aperture configured to receive the jack screw, where the jack screw is configured to be aligned along an axis through the first aperture, the second aperture, and the third plate aperture, where a portion of the body portion of the jack screw extends past a locking plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian D. LaFerriere
  • Patent number: 11734853
    Abstract: An antenna board alignment method includes following steps: A microprocessor finds a central positioning point on an antenna board to locate a positioning rectangle. The microprocessor finds four inner positioning points on the positioning rectangle to locate the antenna board. The microprocessor finds a plurality of outer positioning points at a plurality of edge locations on the antenna board to locate at least one edge of the antenna board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: GRAND-TEK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Hung Pan, Chun-Chien Chueh, Chien-Wen Hung
  • Patent number: 11724343
    Abstract: A method for repairing an at least externally coated hollow component. The direct mechanical machining of a coated component after use removes the need for a coating-removal and selective hollowing step and a selective repair of cracks, since a design adaptation leads to a component being engineered or used such that it can be used again as a result of external dimensional stipulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Heiko Lammers, Daniel Vöhringer
  • Patent number: 11724344
    Abstract: A flexible assembly system includes an industrial personal computer, a data collection card, a motion control card, a six-degree-of-freedom assembly platform, a first visual platform, a second visual platform and a supporting platform. The six-degree-of-freedom assembly platform includes a four-degree-of-freedom motion platform and a two-degree-of-freedom adjustment device, the two-degree-of-freedom adjustment device includes a two-degree-of-freedom motion platform and a clamping mechanism, and the clamping mechanism includes an outer frame, a flexible wrist rotatably connected in the outer frame, two clamping sheets mounted on the flexible wrist, two driving parts corresponding to the two clamping sheets, two first force sensors provided on the outer frame and two second force sensors provided on the flexible wrist; a first image collection apparatus is mounted on the first visual platform, and a second image collection apparatus is mounted on the second visual platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tao Chen, Yuxiang Tian, Xiandong Tian, Lining Sun, Kejian Ni, Zhiying Huang
  • Patent number: 11725682
    Abstract: A method for connecting a screw and a rotary tool in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein the drive surfaces of the driving profiles have a constant inclination relative to their profile axis, which is the same for all drive surfaces of both components. In the component with the outer driving profile, the drive surfaces are all concave or all convex, and in the component with the inner driving profile, the drive surfaces are curved complementary to the drive surfaces of the outer driving profile, in such a way that, in the plugged-together state, the drive surfaces of the two components, viewed in the circumferential direction, come into surface contact/engagement with one another on both sides of the apex of the concave/convex curvature. The driving profiles are designed in such a way that they do not come into contact with each other in the transition regions located between the drive surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventor: Nicole Bongartz
  • Patent number: 11725698
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods for manufacturing a wind turbine slewing ring bearing having an integral stiffener configured to resist deformation of the bearing under a load. More specifically, the present disclosure is directed to methods for manufacturing components of a slewing ring bearing (e.g., an inner, center, and outer race) using near-net-shape (NNS) ring rolling techniques. In particular, the present disclosure is directed to methods for manufacturing slewing ring bearing races, via NNS ring rolling, that are not restricted to conventional (e.g., generally square, rectangular, quadrilateral, trapezoid, quadrilateral) cross-sectional profiles that necessitate attachment of a separate, non-integral stiffener (e.g., a non-integral stiffening plate, stiffening ring, or stiffening assembly).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.
    Inventors: Dhanesh Chandrashekar Pathuvoth, Sujan Kumar Pal
  • Patent number: 11724303
    Abstract: A method for producing a heat exchanger having tubes that are each received at a longitudinal end side in an associated header, the tubes and the headers are formed out of aluminium. The method may include soldering the tubes and the headers to one another to form a coolant-conducting channel structure, and cold-forming the heat exchanger following the soldering of the tubes to the headers such that strength is thereby increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventors: Cord Voelker, Matthias Goerdeler
  • Patent number: 11719267
    Abstract: A device for mounting a leap block capable of automatically adjusting the mounting direction of the leap block comprises a block stand fixedly mounted to one end of a blocking device frame and configured to support a leap block so that the leap block is rotatable in a horizontal direction; the leap block in which a support rotatably supported by the block stand is formed in the center, and a first magnetic body is mounted in one direction; and a leap block mounting unit to which a second magnetic body that couples with the first magnetic body by magnetic force is mounted in one direction, and which rotates in the horizontal direction and couples with the leap block in a fixed direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: HUVITZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Kun Oh, Jin Ho Kim, Beom Mo Kim
  • Patent number: 11723174
    Abstract: A liquid cooling head manufacturing method includes the following steps. First, a liquid channel main body is provided. Then, a heat dissipation bottom plate and a heat sink are disposed in different recessed indentations in the liquid channel main body. The heat dissipation bottom plate and the heat sink are welded in the liquid channel main body and a cover plate is sealed on the liquid channel main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: AURAS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Yu Chen, Tian-Li Ye, Jen-Hao Lin
  • Patent number: 11717923
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a wound heat exchanger which has a core tube and a tube bundle, said tube bundle having a plurality of tubes wound about the core tube in a helical manner for conducting a first fluid. The course of the tubes of the tube bundle from a first tube base of the heat exchanger to a second tube base of the heat exchanger about the core tube is automatically calculated, and at least one position at which a respective tube runs according to the calculated course is marked by means of at least one light beam, wherein the respective tube is installed according to the marking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Linde GmbH
    Inventor: Christoph Seeholzer
  • Patent number: 11712818
    Abstract: A method for producing a glass furnace, including a refractory portion, a waveguide with a measurement portion extending into the refractory portion and an interrogator connected to an input of the waveguide to inject an interrogation signal. The measurement portion incorporating a sensor to send a response signal to the interrogator in response to the injection. The interrogator analyzing the response signal and sending a message. Arranging, inside a mold, a temporary part configured to leave space for a compartment for the measurement portion. Preparing a starting feedstock and introducing the starting feedstock into the mold such that the part is embedded therein to obtain a preform. Hardening the preform to form the refractory portion. Removing the temporary part to make the compartment. Assembling the refractory portion with other constituent elements and introducing the measurement portion into the compartment and connecting the interrogator to the input of the waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN
    Inventors: Isabelle Cabodi, Olivier Citti, Jean-Gaël Vuillermet
  • Patent number: 11712766
    Abstract: One or more methods of fabricating a microscale canopy wick structure having an array of individual wicks having one or more canopy members. Each method includes selectively etching a substrate to control the thickness of the canopy members and also control the width of a fluid flow channel between adjacent wicks in a manner that enhances the overall performance of the microscale canopy wick structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Gaohua Zhu, Evan Fleming, Kimihiro Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11712723
    Abstract: A centrifugally cast composite roll for hot rolling comprising an outer layer made of an Fe-based alloy having a chemical composition comprising by mass 2.6-3.6% of C, 0.1-3% of Si, 0.3-2% of Mn, 2.3-5.5% of Ni, 0.5-3.2% of Cr, 0.3-1.6% of Mo, 1.8-3.4% of V, and 0.7-2.4% of Nb, 1.4?V/Nb?2.7, a V equivalent (Veq=V+0.55Nb) being 2.60-4% by mass, and the balance being Fe and impurities, and an inner layer made of an iron-based alloy and integrally fused to the outer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Nozaki, Nozomu Oda, Toshiyuki Hattori
  • Patent number: 11712738
    Abstract: A method of additively manufacturing is provided. The method may include successively depositing and fusing together layers of a superalloy powder mixture comprised of a base material powder and a eutectic powder, to build up an additive portion, which eutectic powder has a solidus temperature lower than the solidus temperature of the base material powder. The method may also include heat treating the additive portion at a temperature greater than 1200° C. to heal cracks and/or fill pores and to homogenize the alloy of which the additive portion is comprised. The additive portion alloy has a chemistry defined by the superalloy powder mixture. The base material powder may be formed of a nickel-base superalloy with an aluminum content by weight of at least 1.5%. The eutectic powder may be a nickel-base alloy including by weight about 6% to about 11% chromium, about 5% to about 9% titanium, and about 9% to about 13% zirconium, with balance nickel as its primary components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Kazim Ozbaysal, Ahmed Kamel, Shankar P. Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 11712730
    Abstract: This manufacturing method of a structural member includes an intermediate step and a bending step. A height difference is provided on a bottom wall of a groove part between an intermediate position and both end positions sandwiching the intermediate position therebetween in a longitudinal sectional view in an extending direction of the groove part by the pressing in the intermediate step, and thereby at least one of a first curved part which has a concave curved shape in a plan view and a convex curved shape in the longitudinal sectional view and a second curved part which has a convex curved shape in the plan view and a concave curved shape in the longitudinal sectional view is formed on the bottom wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Tabata, Yasuhiro Ito
  • Patent number: 11708940
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of producing a boom part from a sheet metal blank, in particular a process of producing a boom part having a bearing seat, in which the starting material is merely formed by bending. Thus, the production process is simplified. In addition, the present invention relates to a process of producing a boom that is closed at both ends by joining two boom parts produced by means of the process of the present invention. Furthermore, the present invention comprises boom parts and booms which are produced by means of one of the processes according to the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: MAVIG GMBH
    Inventor: Hendrik Thomann
  • Patent number: 11707655
    Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads, golf clubs, and methods to manufacture golf club heads and golf clubs are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion, and an internal mass portion comprising a material having a greater density than a material of the body portion, a height in a top-to-sole direction, a depth in a front-to-back direction, and a width in a toe-to-heel direction. The distance between the internal mass portion and a toe portion edge is substantially less than the distance between the internal mass portion and a heel portion edge. The volume of the internal mass portion increases in a top-to-sole direction, and the height of the internal mass portion is greater than the width of the internal mass portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
    Inventors: Robert R. Parsons, Michael R. Nicolette, Bradley D. Schweigert, Daniel C. Kirtley
  • Patent number: 11707653
    Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads, golf clubs, and methods to manufacture golf club heads and golf clubs are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head includes a recessed opening between a front opening and a back wall portion, a front plate portion coupled to the recessed opening to enclose a first interior cavity in the golf club head between the front plate portion and the back wall portion, a face portion coupled to a front portion to enclose a second interior cavity between the face portion and the front plate portion, a first filler material at least partially filling the first interior cavity, and a second filler material at least partially filling the second interior cavity. The first filler material and the second filler material have at least one different physical property. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
    Inventors: Robert R. Parsons, Michael R. Nicolette, Bradley D. Schweigert