Patents Examined by Jason L Vaughan
  • Patent number: 11635260
    Abstract: A heat exchanger according to one embodiment includes: a heat exchange core; a shell provided to surround the heat exchange core; and a first partition wall that is provided in a space surrounded by an outer surface of the heat exchange core and an inner surface of the shell, and partitions the space into a first header space communicating with the heat exchange core and a second header space communicating with the heat exchange core. The first header space and the second header space are adjacent to each other, separated by the first partition wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Yoshida, Takeshi Kaneko, Koichi Tanimoto, Hiroyuki Nakaharai, Yoichi Uefuji, Nobuhide Hara, Kenji Kirihara, Masahiko Nagai, Koichiro Iida, Yuta Takahashi, Shunsaku Eguchi
  • Patent number: 11628481
    Abstract: There is provided a centrifugally cast composite roll for rolling having excellent wear resistance and surface deterioration resistance at levels of a high-speed steel cast iron roll and having rolling incident resistance at a level of a high alloy grain cast iron roll. Its outer layer includes chemical components by mass ratio: C: 1.5 to 3.5%; Si: 0.3 to 3.0%; Mn: 0.1 to 3.0%; Ni: 1.0 to 6.0%; Cr: 1.5 to 6.0%; Mo: 0.1 to 2.5%; V: 2.0 to 6.0%; Nb: 0.1 to 3.0%; B: 0.001 to 0.2%; N: 0.005 to 0.070%; and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein: a chemical composition of the outer layer satisfies Formula (1) and has 5 to 30% of M3C carbide by area ratio; an outer layer Shore hardness (A) of a roll surface satisfies Formula (2); and a residual stress (B) of the roll surface satisfies Formula (3), 2×Ni+0.5×Cr+Mo>10.0??(1) Hs 75?A?Hs 85??(2) 100 MPa?B?350 MPa??(3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL ROLLS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori Kamimiyada, Shinya Ishikawa, Yuji Konno
  • Patent number: 11629756
    Abstract: The method provides for the manufacturing a sensor bearing unit including a bearing having a first ring and a second ring capable of rotating concentrically relative to one another, and an impulse ring provided with a target holder secured to the first ring and with a magnetic target mounted on the target holder. The method further includes securing the target holder to the first ring and magnetizing the magnetic material of the magnetic target after the step of securing the target holder to the first ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Eric Robert, Benedicte Thomas
  • Patent number: 11629757
    Abstract: The method provides for the manufacturing a sensor bearing unit including a bearing having a first ring and a second ring capable of rotating concentrically relative to one another, and an impulse ring provided with a target holder secured to the first ring and with a magnetic target mounted on the target holder. The method further includes securing the target holder to the first ring and magnetizing the magnetic material of the magnetic target after the step of securing the target holder to the first ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Eric Robert, Benedicte Thomas
  • Patent number: 11629919
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a cooling device using a heat pipe in which, using casting, the heat pipe is embedded inside a housing, and the method includes a filling step in which a predetermined support member is filled inside a pipe to prevent deformation of the pipe by a pressure of a melt being injected into a cavity of a mold that is closeable, a pipe seating step in which the pipe filled with the predetermined support member is seated in the cavity, a melt injecting step in which the melt is injected into the cavity to surround the pipe, a cooling and withdrawing step in which the injected melt is cooled and a molded product is withdrawn, an injecting step in which a working fluid is injected into the pipe through an injection end, and a finishing step in which, after the injecting step, the pipe is sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: MH TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Jin-Ho Yoo
  • Patent number: 11623328
    Abstract: A tool and method of operating the tool is provided. The tool includes a first jaw, the first jaw arranged to rotate about a first pivot. A second jaw is arranged adjacent the first jaw, the second jaw arranged to rotate about a second pivot. A first cam member is rotatable about an axis, the first cam member being operably coupled to second jaw. A second cam member is rotatable about the axis, the second cam member being operable coupled to the first jaw. At least one movable handle is operably coupled to the first cam member and the second cam member. A clutch is operably coupled to the first cam member and the second cam member, the clutch being configured to allow free-rotation in first direction about the axis and prevent rotation in an opposite second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Oetiker Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Myers Dietiker, Scott Wetzel
  • Patent number: 11623469
    Abstract: A method of producing customized artwork includes forming and finishing a plurality of backdrops by cutting and/or engraving sheet metal. Based upon an order received for a customized artwork a particular backdrop is selected and a customized ornamental component is produced in sheet metal. If the backdrop and customized component are prone to galvanic corrosion, insulation may be provided between the customized component and backdrop and to insulate fasteners from either the customized component or backdrop. The method reduces lead times and production costs for customized artwork, while improving quality of the final product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventors: Ronald Lee, Jr., Anthony Sansone
  • Patent number: 11623705
    Abstract: A system and method for determining alignment of a first part relative to a second part includes an alignment gauge body including a first portion for resting against the first part and a second portion for positioning juxtaposed to the second part and a measuring device fixedly coupled to the alignment gauge body. The measuring device generates a distance signal corresponding to a distance between a first face of the first part and the second face of the second part. A controller coupled to the gauge device and a memory. The controller is programmed to store a vehicle identification number (VIN) in the memory and compare the distance. The controller associates the VIN and the distance in the memory. The controller compares the distance to a threshold and setting a flag in response to comparing. A display coupled to the controller displays an indicator corresponding to the flag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Rodrigo Espinosa Fernandez, Alberto Quitze Ponce Soto, Bertha Karen Sanchez de la Concha
  • Patent number: 11619455
    Abstract: An outer finned tube includes a tube body, an outer wall of the tube body is provided with outer fins spirally arranged in an extension direction of the tube body; grid fins are arranged between two adjacent spiral parts of the outer fins correspondingly; two ends of each grid fin are connected to the two adjacent spiral parts of the corresponding outer fin respectively; a gap is kept between each grid fin and the outer wall of the tube body; and the plurality of grid fins are spaced in the extension direction of the tube body. An enhancing cavity is formed in an area defined by the outer wall of the tube body, inner walls of the grid fins and the outer fins in an encircling way, which can form a larger degree of superheat, provides a nucleation point for a boiling/condensation process and improves a heat exchange performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: South China University of Technology
    Inventors: Zicong He, Zhenping Wan, Hanping Chen, Xiqian Song, Guanghui Zhan
  • Patent number: 11618113
    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, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Xiaoguang Zhu, Kyle M. Walsh
  • Patent number: 11618142
    Abstract: Dust cover installation tool configured for placement of a dust cover in an annular opening of an idler pulley includes a frame and a cap press. The frame includes an actuator end core, an opposed placement plate, and at least first and second arms extending therebetween, and a third arm disposed between the first and second arms. The cap press includes a press plate and a rotatable threaded rod extending through a threaded bore in the actuator end core. Rotation of the threaded rod in a first direction within the threaded bore advances the press plate toward the placement plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn M. Christian, Herchel R. Bryan, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11612948
    Abstract: A hardfacing metal composition and method of restoring worn work string tubing by application of a hardfacing metal to the worn regions of the work string tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: POSTLE INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert F. Miller, James D. Allen, Steven L. Stefancic
  • Patent number: 11613441
    Abstract: An elastic roller is capable of elastic deformation at low load, lightweight and low-cost, and the surface speed of the roller has been made stable. At a drawing showing the view from the side of pipe 2 and flange 3 which make up roller 1, roller 1 which has pipe 2 and flange 3 is supported by shaft 8 which is inserted therein along axis 8a of shaft 8, the situation being such that elastic deformation occurs upon being pressed downward by pressure P from pressure-applying body 11 above pipe. None of the four outermost ribs 7a disposed in outermost gap 6a between outermost ring 4a of flange 3 and middle ring 4b which is mutually adjacent thereto and toward the interior therefrom is present in the upper portion of pipe 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: RISETEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu Shoji, Kazuro Fukui
  • Patent number: 11603769
    Abstract: A manufacturing method is provided. During this method, a preform component is provided for a turbine engine. The preform component includes a substrate. A meter section of a cooling aperture is formed in the substrate. An internal coating is applied onto a surface of the meter section. An external coating is applied over the substrate. A diffuser section of the cooling aperture is formed in the external coating and the substrate to provide the cooling aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Craig, James M. Koonankeil, Brian T. Hazel, Paul E. Denney, Dominic J. Mongillo
  • Patent number: 11596820
    Abstract: A method of custom manufacturing a flame arrestor assembly configured to extinguish a flame propagating therethrough. The method includes creating a customized flame cell using an additive manufacturing technique, which generally includes forming a body and forming one or more channels in the body. The one or more channels define a flow path configured to transfer heat from a flame front propagating through the flow path to the body. The method also includes providing a housing, and securely arranging the flame cell within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies Tulsa, LLC
    Inventors: John D. Cockerham, James Myers, Travis Ellison
  • Patent number: 11597015
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a planet carrier of a gearbox comprises manufacturing a plurality of preforms. Each preform comprises a base portion, a first end portion connected to a first end of the base portion, a second end portion connected to a second end of the base portion, a first side portion connected to a first side of the base portion, a second side portion connected to a second side of the base portion and a top portion. The first and second end portions and the first and second side portions are folded relative to the base portion and the top portion is folded and the adjacent edges of the portions of each preform are secured together to form a support structure. A first ring and a second ring are manufactured. The first and second end portions of each support structure are secured to the first and second rings respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventors: Daniel Clark, Andrew R Ramshaw
  • Patent number: 11598377
    Abstract: Motor shaft adapters include a cylindrical shaft sleeve with a tubular body defined between inner and outer cylindrical surfaces, and frame adapters that include a section of structural tubing and flanges having sides aligned to the sides of the structural tubing section and fixed at respective ends of the section of structural tubing into assembly between a motor and gearhead. Key slot apertures are defined by opposing body end-walls of the tubular body and through the inner and outer cylindrical surfaces of the sleeve. A shaft key has outer sidewalls that include opposing outer sleeve aperture sidewall portions that enable the shaft key sidewall portions to fit within and to thereby engage the sleeve via the key slot aperture. The key sidewalls further include a base pair of opposing key seat engagement portions that fit within and engage opposing sidewalls of a key seat aperture defined within a workpiece shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KISS ENGINEERING, LLC
    Inventor: Merritt A. Osborn
  • Patent number: 11598356
    Abstract: A mating assembly is provided and includes a first mating component, a second mating component, a bolt to bolt first and second mating components together and an alignment pin. The alignment pin aligns the first and second mating components so that the first and second mating components can be bolted together. The alignment pin is configured to yield upon an application of a specified load thereto. A magnitude of the specified load is less than magnitudes of loads expected to be transferred between the first and second mating components through the bolt once bolting is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mark A. Zaffetti
  • Patent number: 11590395
    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 hollow body portion including a material having a first density and an interior cavity. A face pocket portion may be in the first interior cavity at or proximate to the front portion of the body portion, define a second interior cavity, and at least partially enclose the first interior cavity. A face portion is coupled to the front portion to enclose the second interior cavity. A first filler material may be injected into the first interior cavity from an external port. A second filler material may fill the second interior cavity. The first filler material and the second filler material may have at least one different physical property. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
    Inventors: Robert R. Parsons, Michael R. Nicolette, Bradley D. Schweigert
  • Patent number: 11587798
    Abstract: A base plate for cooling a power electronics device is provided, the base plate comprising cooling fins, the base plate configured to receive the power electronics device directly above the cooling fins, the cooling fins integral to the base plate, the base plate configured to conduct a liquid coolant past the cooling fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Douglas J. Snyder